From one of the world's best loved storytellers Paulo Coelho comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life & disappearance of Athena dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello' which was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller in hardback. This is the story of Athena or Sherine to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through a series of recorded interviews with those people who knew her well or hardly at all
- parents colleagues teachers friends acquaintances her ex-husb&. The novel unravels Athena's mysterious beginnings via an orphanage in Romania to a childhood in Beirut. When war breaks out her adoptive family move with her to London where a dramatic turn of events occurs... Athena who has been dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello' for her seeming powers of prophecy disappears dramatically leaving those who knew her to solve the mystery of her life & abrupt departure. Like The Alchemist The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love passion joy & sacrifice.
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It's not easy being the only day girl at Turlingham Academy: Sophie misses out on all the midnight feasts & late night gossip. & when new girl Katy turns up it feels like she's bewitching all of Sophie's friends! Katy's no witch but there is a witch at Turlingham. Katy comes from a long line of witch hunters whose job is to stop evil magic. Sophie is going to help her
- anything to get Katy out of her life & get things back to normal. But what she discovers means nothing will ever be normal again!
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In the dragons keep... Joarr Enge never believed in the legendary powers of the chalice & he certainly wasnt going to let the captivating witch whod robbed him escape. Now after a century Joarr has commandeered Ammas body & blocked her magic. She will remain bound to him until he finds the chalice. Amma had risked everything to uncover the secrets of her past
- even the rage of her powerful & mysterious lover. But Joarrs passionate fire tempted her to dream of a future with him. Could their magic unite two separate worlds for the most precious thing of all...their son?
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Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite featuring Chrestomanci -- now a book with extra bits! SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH When the note written in ordinary ballpoint turns up in the homework books Mr Crossley is marking he is very upset. For this is Larwood House a school for witch-orphans where witchcraft is utterly forbidden. & yet magic keeps breaking out all over the place
- like measles! The last thing they need is a visit from the Divisional Inquisitor. If only Chrestomanci could come & sort out all the trouble.
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Following Wards of Faerie & Bloodfire Quest this is the final novel in a powerful new trilogy from bestselling master of fantasy Terry Brooks. Set in Brooks's original Shannara world this spellbinding series will delight both seasoned fans & those discovering Shannara for the first time. For centuries the Four Lands enjoyed freedom & peace protected by a magical barrier from the dark dimension known as the Forbidding. But now the unthinkable is happening: the ancient wards securing the border have begun to erode
- & the monstrous creatures imprisoned there are poised to spill forth seeking their revenge. Young Elf Arling Elessedil possesses the means to close the breach but her efforts may be doomed when she is taken captive. The only hope lies with her determined sister Aphen who bears the Elfstones & commands their magic. Now the fate of their world rests upon her shoulders.. . Praise for TERRY BROOKS: ' If you haven't read Terry Brooks you haven't read fantasy' Christopher Paolini 'I can't even begin to count how many of Terry Brooks's books I've read (and re-read) over the years' Patrick Rothfuss 'I would not be writing epic fantasy today if not for Shannara' Peter V. Brett 'A master of the craft.. .required reading' Brent Weeks
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Wilf wants to be a witchs dog. His friends dont think he can as witches dont usually have dogs as pets
- they have cats spiders
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Wilf the Witchs dog is having a difficult day. Its Weenies birthday & everything is going wrong. A box of tricks has gone missing at Weenies school concert & it looks like Sly Cat & Tricky Toad have been up to some nasty tricks of their own. But with a little bit of magic & some help from his friends Wilf gives Weenie the best birthday suprise ever... ...

Wilf the Witchs Dog is full of magic ideas that help Weenie to think of something to make for the Witches Fun Day. But in the sports disaster strikes & Wilf is accused of cheating. Its not true of course but how can he prove it? Wilf remembers Weenies crystal that was a disaster as it revealed events of the past rather than the future. The crystal ball proves his innocence & Weenie & Wilf become the stars of the show. ...

An old magic carpet causes all sorts of trouble for Wilf the Witchs Dog & his friends. Sly Cat & Tricky Toad dont help
- they are
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Wilf the Witchs dog has baked a cake. But before Wilf & his friends can eat it Sly Cat & Tricky Toad cast a spell that makes the cake grow bigger & bigger & then float away. Wilfs quick thinking
- & a little bit of magic
- stop the giant magic cake before it causes a terrible accident.

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