Magic for a Price" is the latest book in this fantastic urban fantasy series featuring Allie Beckstrom by Devon Monk thats perfect for fans of Charlaine Harris Laurell K. Hamilton & Karen Chance. We were about to enter a war with two of the most powerful creatures who had ever used magic. & we were nowhere near ready for this fight. For most of her life Allison Beckstrom has used magic & accepted the heavy price it exacts. But now that all magic is poisoned its no longer just using people
- its killing them. With Portland about to descend into chaos Allie needs to find a way to purify the wells of tainted magic beneath the city. But the only options left to her are grim: attempt to close down magic forever or follow her fathers plan to set magic into the right hands
- even though shes learned to never trust his word. In her final stand against death darkness & her own deepest fears Allie must fight smart & choose well or pay the ultimate price. " Magic for a Price" is the gripping finale to the Allie Beckstrom urban fantasy series by Devon Monk
- & is one not to be missed. Praise for Devon Monk: " Devon Monks writing is addictive & the only cure is more more more!". (Rachel Vincent). " Fiendishly original & a stay-up-all-night read". (Patricia Briggs). " Allies adventures are gripping & engrossing with an even clever mix of humour love & brutality". (" Publishers Weekly"). Devon Monk has one husband two sons & a dog named Mojo. She lives in Oregon & is surrounded by colourful & numerous family members who mostly live within dinner-calling distance of each other. Devons previous novels " Magic to the Bone" " Magic in the Blood" " Magic in the Shadows" " Magic on the Storm" & " Magic Without Mercy" have also been published by Penguin."


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This title offers fun & adventure for dinosaur-mad boys & girls aged 5+! Ever wanted to meet a real live dinosaur? The Magic Fossil": Max is dinosaur mad. He knows everything about them & he would do anything to meet one. His wish is about to come true! When Max finds a fossil on the local beach & traces his finger over the spiral pattern on its shell...whoosh...he finds himself in an incredible land full of dinosaurs! There Max meets a new friend called Fern who needs his help with a baby dinosaur Cory who has lost his mother. Can Max help to save Cory...or will he lead them all into danger?" ...

Every atom in our bodies has an extraordinary history. Our blood our food our books our clothes
- everything contains atoms forged
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Stewart Penders is a 12-year-old kid who loves comics. He loves drawing his own creations especially the adventures of his fantasy alter ego Stupendous Man! Part of his passion for comics comes from his late granddad who was a great comic book artist. Granddad has just died leaving his house & its contents to Stew's family. But when his family move in they are greeted by a pig in a top hat running amok through the house. When Stew explores the house later he finds a discarded comic strip in the attic
- featuring an image of the very same pig they just saw
- & beside it a mysterious pot of ink. When Stew starts drawing with it his artwork springs into life
- & so begins a hilarious adventure that could only have come from the madcap mind of Mr Steve Cole bestselling author of Astrosaurs Cows in Action & Slime Squad!


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Landover was a genuine magic kingdom complete with fairy folk & wizardry just as the advertisement had promised. But after he purchased it for a million dollars Ben Holiday discovered that there were a few details the ad had failed to mention... Such as the fact that the kingdom is falling into ruin. The barons refuse to recognize a king & taxes havent been collected for years. The dragon Strabo is laying waste to the countryside while the evil witch Nightshade is plotting to destroy no less than everything. & if that werent enough for a prospective king to deal with Ben soon learns that the Iron Mark terrible lord of the demons has challenged all pretenders to the throne of Landover to a duel to the death
- a duel no mere mortal can hope to win. But Ben Holiday has one human trait that even magic cant overcome. Ben Holiday is stubborn.
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Kim cant wait for her cousin Mia & her cousins Siamese cat Bibi to visit. But when they turn up neither cousin nor cat are half as nice as Kim remembers & proceed to make Kims summer really horrible. But when Kim discovers a tiny silver tabby kitten with emerald green eyes looking up at her in her garden shed things seem to magically get better... This is the third title in this globally bestselling series
- now with a fabulous new look.
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A woman once rang me up & said Mr. Escher I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print " Reptiles" you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation. I replied Madame if thats the way you see it so be it." An engagingly sly comment by the renowned Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
- the complex ambiguities of whose work leave hasty or single-minded interpretations far behind. Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images were thrilling the public Escher was a master of the third dimension. His lithograph " Magic Mirror" dates as far back as 1946. In taking that title for this book mathematician Bruno Ernst is stressing the magic spell Eschers work invariably casts on those who see it. Ernst visited Escher every week for a year systematically talking through his entire oeuvre with him. Their discussions resulted in a friendship that gave Ernst intimate access to the life & conceptual world of Escher. Ernsts account was meticulously scrutinized & made accurate by the artist himself. Eschers work refuses to be pigeonholed. Scientific psychological or aesthetic criteria alone cannot do it justice. The questions remain. Why did he create the pictures? How did he construct them? What preliminary studies were necessary before he could arrive at the final version? & how are the various images Escher created interrelated? This book complete with biographical data 250 illustrations & explications of mathematical problems offers answers to these & many other questions & is an authentic source text of the first order."
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Arthurs tremendous career has led to his becoming the most familiar face on the royal circuit & the respect he shows his subjects means that he is a popular figure with the royals themselves. Indeed Princess Diana referred to him as our Arthur & Prince Charles introduces him to world leaders when they are on royal tours. He has been on hand to capture some of the most significant & poignant royal images of our time: he was there to witness happy & loving moments at the start of Charles & Dianas marriage; he saw Prince Williams first steps & was there for Prince Harrys first day at Eton. As well as having taken magical & momentous pictures Arthur has some fascinating stories to go with them. Take for example a time in Klosters when Patti Palmer-Tomkinson announced to the assembled press that her Uncle Harry would be joining her party
- & out stepped Prince Charles wearing fake glasses nose & moustache; in Toxteth Liverpool a young lad rode up to Princess Diana & asked her for a kiss
- & she obliged. It was also Arthur who pointed out to Prince Charles during a polo match that his flies were down
- having checked with Arthur that nothing was showing the Prince then carried on playing! This wonderful book is packed with the very best of Arthurs delightful colour pictures & unique stories from someone who has been present as history & headlines have been made. Within these pages is a valuable record of three decades during which the face of Britains monarchy changed beyond recognition.


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Enter a magical world of friendship & fun! In book five of the exciting Secret Kingdom series it's time for best friends Ellie Summer & Jasmine to head to the frosty slopes of Magic Mountain! Can they find Queen Malice's fifth enchanted thunderbolt & stop the snow brownies from turning into icicles...? Secret Kingdom is a brand new series full of the things girls love most: special friendships secrets & magical adventures. Newly confident readers will be swept away by the magical stories of three children whose courage & resourcefulness save a fantastical land from disaster. Full of all the things little girls love best: special friendships secrets & magical adventures all set in an incredible kingdom! Eye-catching illustrations throughout. Become best friends with Ellie Summer & Jasmine
- plus Trixi the pixie! Help Ellie Summer & Jasmine save the Secret Kingdom from wicked Queen Malice & her naughty storm sprites. A new exciting adventure in each & every book.
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What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night & day winter & summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? Has anyone ever told you that earthquakes are caused by a sneezing giant? These fantastical myths are fun
- but what is the real answer to such questions? The Magic of Reality" with its explanations of space time evolution & more will inspire & amaze readers of all ages
- young adults adults children octogenarians. Teaming up with the renowned illustrator Dave Mc Kean Richard Dawkins answers all these questions & many more. In stunning words & pictures this book presents the real story of the world around us taking us on an enthralling journey through scientific reality & showing that it has an awe-inspiring beauty & thrilling magic which far exceed those of the ancient myths. We encounter rainbows our genetic ancestors tsunamis shooting stars plants animals & an intriguing cast of characters in this extraordinary scientific voyage of discovery. Richard Dawkins & Dave Mc Kean have created a dazzling celebration of our planet that will entertain & inform for years to come."

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