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"Once upon a time, in a world just like ours, there came "the time of the strangenesses." Reason receded and the loudest, most illiberal voices reigned. A simple gardener began to levitate, and a powerful djinn -- also known as the Princess of Fairyland -- raised an army composed entirely of her semi-magical great-great-great-grandchildren. A baby was born with the ability to see corruption in the faces of others. The ghosts of two philosophers, long...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus. One of Publishers Weekly's top ten most anticipated books of 2022! Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians...
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Series
Xanth volume 36
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Summoned to Xanth as part of a Demons wager, Bryce is transported out of his aged body and granted youth and magic in exchange for his agreement to woo and marry a reluctant Princess Harmony.
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Enchantment Emporium volume 3
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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When NASA and Doomsday Dan confirm Auntie Catherine's prediction of an approaching asteroid, Charlotte "Charlie" Gale turns to her supernaturally complicated family for help and soon discovers that the asteroid is the least of her problems.
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Enchantment Emporium volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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Alysha Gale is a member of a family capable of changing the world with the charms it casts. Then she receives word that she's inherited her grandmother's junk shop in Calgary, only to discover upon arriving that she'll be serving the fey community. And when Alysha learns just how much trouble is brewing in Calgary, even calling in the family to help may not be enough to save the day.
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Witches of Thistle Grove volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"An awkward first date leads to a sparkling romance between one of the most powerful witches in town and a magical newbie in this rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback’s a Witch. Even though she won’t deny her love for pretty (and pricey) things, Nineve Blackmoore is almost painfully down-to-earth and sensible by Blackmoore standards. But after a year of nursing a broken heart inflicted by the fiancée who all...
8) Knot Gneiss
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Series
Xanth volume 34
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Wenda Woodwife has a knotty problem--her mood swings have sent her beloved husband, Prince Charming, off on Adventure. She seeks the cure from the Good Magician Humphrey, only to discover that he has a knotty problem of his own and that only Wenda Woodwife can help him.
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Xanth volume 35
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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When a walking skeleton named Picka Bones happens upon a trio of melodic pets and a lovely, lovelorn princess, his dull and passionless existence is suddenly filled with danger, excitement, and the temptations of the flesh.
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Xanth volume 40
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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A quest to fulfill a lifelong wish turns into an adventure rife with magical creatures and arduous tasksand puns, of coursewhen New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony revisits the enchanted land of Xanth In Xanth, everyone has a talent. But that doesnt mean everyone loves his talent, and no one understands that better than Hapless. Endowed with the ability to conjure any instrument he wants, Hapless could be an extraordinary musician if...
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Xanth volume 39
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Five Portaits picks up where Board Stiff, Xanth #38, leaves of. We follow the same lovable characters as they adventure together through the lands of Xanth and Mundania along the way saving five children and deepening their bond of unlikely friendship . Piers Anthony's acclaimed and loved puns are alive and well in Five Portraits, the 39th title in the long running Xanth series. In fact part of the adventure involves a fight to keep puns safe in Xanth!...
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Xanth volume 42
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Lydell, a shy, naive man of twenty-one, and world-weary grandmother Grania could not be more different. But when their paths cross on the way to beseech the Good Magician to add some excitement to their extraordinarily dull lives, the one thing they have in common is about to get them more than they bargained for . . . Lydell and Granias exceptional integrity makes them valuable to the Good Magician. He promises to fulfill their hearts desires on...
13) Island of time
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Island of time volume 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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""There was no murder . . . Because they never existed." The Geneva branch of Interpol - the international agency tasked with policing magic and the arcane arts - is where careers go to die. Action is rare as Switzerland banned magic seven hundred years ago. That's how Agent Jackson Burnett likes it. But then reports of an explosion lead Jackson to the home of businessman Bernard Bouchon. What's there is unfathomable: The family and their possessions...
14) Killer's kiss
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Series
Lizzie Grace novel volume 11
Publisher
KA Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"After tumultuous events in Canberra forced Lizzie Grace to confront her demons-literal and figurative-she returns to Castle Rock, hoping the stalemate with Aiden O'Connor can finally be resolved. Of course, for that to happen, she first has to talk to the man, and Lizzie is fighting a major case of cowardice. But cowardice holds no weight against the force of evil, and this one has a specific target in mind-Maelle Defour, the vampire Lizzie has an...
15) Board stiff
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Series
Xanth volume 38
Publisher
Premier Digital Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Be careful what you wish for . . .“Im actually a smart girl who would make any man an excellent wife. But no man sees that. No man is interested in my mind or personality, just my whatevers. So here is my wish: I'm board stiff. I want Adventure, Excitement, and Romance.”So begins Piers Anthonys thirty-eighth Xanth novel, in which Irrelevant Candy looks at her reflection in the water of the shallow well and sees luxuriant midnight-black hair reaching...
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Xanth volume 46
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Young Vinia is enjoying her life with her boyfriend, Prince Ion. They complement each other perfectly: her telekinesis helps him walk, and his ambiance abolishes all allergens, allowing her to breathe freely. But Ion and his twin, Hilda, are bored with their easy royal lives and are restless for an adventure . . . While telling the story of how their parents met, the twins remember their mother was once captured by a dragon and frozen in crystal...
17) Forbidden
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Series
Island of time volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A loner, a runaway, and a failed apprentice Talent, Chad Hagan now wants a quiet life. He's been kicked out of one Institute of Magic for fighting and fled another after the death of his closest friend. But when he meets Kara Sedgewick, everything changes. Their forbidden alliance may just have the power to expose the institutes' corruption!"--
"In this sequel to Island of Time, a young renegade wizard flees the corrupt power structure controlling...
18) Dead man's hand
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Series
Unorthodox chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of his renowned father, James J. Butcher’s debut novel is a brilliant urban fantasy about a young man who must throw out the magical rule book to solve the murder of his former mentor. On the streets of Boston, the world is divided into the ordinary Usuals, and the paranormal Unorthodox. And in the Department of Unorthodox Affairs, the Auditors are the magical elite, government-sanctioned witches with spells at their command and...
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