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By combining the spirit of fiction with the fabulism of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research, Vanessa R. Sasson shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of a forgotten woman: Yasodhara, the Buddha’s wife. By combining the spirit of fiction with the fabulism of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research, Vanessa R. Sasson shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of a forgotten woman: Yasodhara, the Buddha’s wife.

Witches, wizards, and one judgmental, talking cat. Welcome to my new life. I'm Clementine Cole. I thought I was a normal nineteen-year-old with anger issues, but I was wrong. I’m not angry, I'm just a witch. After my cat started talking to me one night, I made a few discoveries: First, magic is real and nightmares aren’t just in your dreams. Second, I'm the last witch in the world. Third, there's an academy for magic users just like me. Trouble is, I don't quite fit in at the academy. Witches get a bad rap, and everyone thinks we're destined to turn evil.

From the soft light of ordinary days to the spaces between worlds, The Wishing Well tells a story of love that endures, of purpose found in compassion, and the quiet strength that connects all hearts.

A devastating feminist reimagining of Arthurian legend set in the dark and dangerous years after the Romans left Britain. Nin is joining the gilded world of her sister's husband - a powerful man known only as the Bear. It's midwinter and there's victory to feast. And where better than at the...

A large number of children have been leaving school for suspicious reasons, and Henrietta is convinced she knows who’s behind it. When her best friend Lina disappears, Henrietta follows the kidnapper onto the roof, into the school greenhouse, and to a whole new world—where pigs grow on trees, giant bees lurk beneath the ground, and the people have enormous goat-like horns.

This is a book of fun fiction, or is it really fiction? It targets possible answers about this mythical creature. Where did Sasquatch come from? Why are the Sasquatch vastly more aware than humans? Why do they live three to four times longer than humans? What happens to their bodies after death? How do they fade in and out of our reality?

The Totters of Totown live bright lives in the shadow of Anansi's Peak. Well, all except the Scrooge, who lives on the mountain, throwing snowballs and chasing away all who try to bring Giftmas cheer their way. Merithia knows that, but when her only true friend and their entire family may have to work off gifting debt they can't afford to pay, she decides to venture up the mountain for advice from the Scrooge, who has watched them from afar for decades.

In the heart of Victorian England, where steam and iron threaten to smother the ancient countryside, artist Robert McKinley is swept into a world of enchantment and peril. When the actress he loves vanishes with her mysterious troupe, Robert’s search leads him beyond the veil of ordinary life—into a realm where forgotten gods and immortal lords dwell beneath the hills, wielding magic older than time itself.

Just when I was about to escape and return home, my fated mate, Prince Eli of the Night Court, intercepted me. And he wasn’t alone. He brought the man who betrayed and manipulated my mom—my father. After being locked in the dungeon, the Night Court king gave me two options. Become his weapon or die. It wasn’t much of a choice. Even worse, Eli is my sponsor. If I step out of line, we’ll both be killed. I’m angry and hurt, but I don’t want him dead. I’m tired of being a victim. It’s time to fight back.

When nineteen-year-old Elara returns to her grandmother’s ridge house in the Appalachian hollow, she finds more than heirlooms waiting. A sycamore tree as pale as bone stands watch, a cracked pocket watch stops at 10:17 each day, and a ledger filled with rules whispers what it costs to live here: Kin before names. Bread before bargains. Never pay in leaving. The hollow keeps storms, secrets, and sometimes people. If you feed it heels of bread and speak plain, it will mind its side of the fence.

Twenty years after their first encounter, Goldilocks returns to the Three Bears house high up in the Himalayas, with a Salmon of Questionable Knowledge tucked up in the pocket of her coat. Goldilocks Returns is a story rich in philosophy, humour and irreverence, wrapped up in compassion and spiritual wit and shared in a way that you've never heard before.

Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters. 'I never met a Mark Lawrence book that I didn't love' ROBIN HOBB 'An excellent writer' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies – The Kindly Ones –...

Alta was meant to be perfect. Woven from living magic and guarded by an eternal goddess, it should have been untouchable. Yet a corruption seeps through reality itself, rotting the land, twisting faith into fanaticism, and turning salvation into something monstrous. Unable to act directly without destroying everything she loves, the goddess makes a final, desperate choice: a trial.

WAR IS RAGING IN EDYN. The battered Middlemist can barely hold itself together. Olden monsters terrorize the land. The gods are awakening from their ancient slumber, but if the vengeful Kilraith destroys them, all will be lost. And it's up to the Ashbourne sisters—demigods, daughters of the...

Sparta is dying. Gods once ruled the land, until King Menelaus cast them out and crowned himself in their place. Now, drought scorches the earth and a mysterious affliction steals the breath from the living, while defiance is answered with death. When the king resurrects the ancient trials meant to choose his queen, Helena becomes her dying village's only hope.

Once upon a time, on the edge between meadow and forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. In exchange for being left in peace, his sister made him a playmate—Daye, a girl woven from flowers and words. And for the first time, this boy, Rory, had a friend. Rory couldn’t be happier, until he learns that Daye is a short-lived creature. At the end of each season, she must be woven back together or fall gruesomely apart. And every time Daye falls apart might be her last.

Madelena isn't in love with her friend Armando, but his marriage proposal offers the security she needs. She sympathizes with him—his father insists Armando must either find a bride or join the army. Armando would rather become a husband than a soldier, but his ugly face has scared away all other eligible ladies despite his family's wealth.

Gefangen in einer lieblosen Ehe, fristet die junge Galdmandur Elisabeth ein tristes und unglückliches Leben. Fernab ihrer Familie, ausgeschlossen von ihrem Volk und dazu verdammt, ihre Magie vor den Menschen zu verbergen, bemüht sie sich, ihr Schicksal anzunehmen. Doch gerade, als sie glaubt, ihren Weg gefunden zu haben, steht ein Elf vor ihr und wirbelt ihr Leben und ihre Gefühle gehörig durcheinander. Das magische Wesen verzaubert sie auf eine Art, die sie niemals für möglich gehalten hätte.

‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. Martin The second volume in Robin Hobb’s internationally bestselling Farseer Trilogy. Honesty is the bedrock for any relationship. But how can Fitz – royal bastard, trainee assassin, holder of secrets crucial to the security of the kingdom...

Can three lonely, wounded hearts make a whole? Johan had resigned himself to spending his life alone. Until them. Until two sets of scared but fierce amber eyes peer at him through curtains of silky white hair, and Johan's heart takes on a new beat. A beat he can't ignore. Despite escaping their...