Birth Science

After the end of the Great War, Mural has made a steadfast recovery and have found peace thanks to the GSD. The six Continent-Nations of Mural have united and restarted trading and collaborating. With newfound peace - ugh! Sorry...It seems it’s time. Time for the fragile peace to be shattered. So soon...But it was within prediction. It seems Mural has a new artist in mind. The last colors of sins that have stained it are...Quite a mess...I hope this artist is cleaner. Schemers too...I can sense one - no...Not one but two...Two lurking down below.

You follow a young warrior, Ruin, who is exiled from his homeland after a bloody provocation. With the naivety of youth he believes he is well prepared for the wider world until he is shipwrecked on the shores of Elohim. You will discover the world of Mareta through Ruin's eyes as he continues to blunder into difficult situations and in doing so makes some powerful enemies. His selfish outlook is broadened when he is forced to team up with the proud warrior woman Efferial.

Wesley está emocionado al despertarse la mañana en que cumple siete años. ¡Por fin se le abriría una puerta mágica! Se había preguntado qué había al otro lado de esa puerta desde que apareció por primera vez cuando cumplió cuatro años. ¿Qué aventuras le esperan? El deseo de cumpleaños de Wesley es una conmovedora historia de fantasía sobre el rito de iniciación de un niño pequeño, y uno no puede evitar emocionarse por él mientras observa el nuevo e ilimitado mundo que le espera.

In summer 2006, 20-year-old Gerald Yeung and his childhood friends from Hong Kong travel to South America and Africa on their parents' dime. Confronted by challenges foreign to their privileged upbringing, the "Wannabe Backpackers" persevere in their Christian Dior clothes. They make plans to do it again when they turn 30. The decade that follows doesn’t go exactly to plan.

"Bad boy" der Rock Szene und Lead Sänger der Rolling Stones feiert diesen Monat seinen 70. Geburtstag...

Emma and Saffie are going to stay with their grandparents for the summer to learn how to use their superpowers. Grandma has powers too, but Grandpa doesn't, and he definitely doesn't like the gnomes doing the gardening, or the washing up doing itself - he'd rather play with his model aeroplanes.

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

A hilarious and heart-warming tale for children and grown-ups of all ages. What Simon wanted for his seventh birthday was a set of action figures from Planet Patrol, his favourite cartoon. What he got was a tatty, second-hand teddy bear. What Simon doesn't know is that the teddy bear is alive and can do magic. What the bear doesn't know is that he's not as good at magic as he thinks he is. When the bear tries to grant a wish for Simon, everything goes wrong, and poor Simon's life is turned inside out, upside down, and sideways. Will things ever go back to the way they were?

The Murphy Family Farm is an enchanted farm that owes much of its success to an agreement made between the Murphys and the Fairy Folk over a century ago in Ireland. With over a hundred acres of farm land, the fairies and enchanted creatures work together to help the Murphy Family keep the farm prosperous enough to be generous to the community. The fairy folk call the Murphy Farm Lismore Baile, their words for "Bountiful Home."

Wizened and invigorated by their losses, fears, and ultimate triumph in the elven ruins of Kadason, the Heroes of Dragon’s Nest seek to continue the mission of their looming benefactor by traveling on to the magic-infused stronghold of Falcon Crest. Arriving in the great city, however, they find its people as distrusting of outsiders — especially those of half-breed blood — as they are enamored with their protectors; the Samanir Order and its champions.

Back in the age where they belong, Jack, Tanner, Allie, and Gefnar have bid farewell to their friends in the lawless lands of Varbius, only to encounter an old acquaintance - one who extends to them a curious invitation from the eagle-blood King Shanedir. Intrigued and assured that the requested detour will not delay them long, the heroes of Dragon’s Nest agree to meet with Shanedir, a man strangely intent on uniting all the half-breed nations under a banner of peace.

Lauren Pailing is born in the '60s, and a child of the '70s. She is 13 years old the first time she dies. Lauren Pailing is a teenager in the '80s, becomes a Londoner in the '90s. And each time she dies, new lives begin for the people who loved her - while Lauren enters a brand new life, too. But in each of Lauren’s lives, a man called Peter Stanning disappears. And, in each of her lives, Lauren sets out to find him. And so it is that every ending is also a beginning. And so it is that, with each new beginning, Peter Stanning inches closer to finally being found....

Un garçon qui fête ses sept ans découvre un nouveau monde, en passant par une porte magique. Wesley est incroyablement excité à l'idée de se réveiller le matin où il aura enfin sept ans. Une porte magique allait enfin s'ouvrir pour lui ! Il s'est demandé ce qu'il y avait de l'autre côté de cette porte depuis sa première apparition lorsqu'il a eu quatre ans. Quelles aventures l'attendent ?

Even robots have birthdays! Celebrate Curiosity and wish happy birthday to one of NASA's most famous Mars rovers with this audiobook! Mars is our closest neighbor, and a little robot named Curiosity is investigating the planet for us. Join for a tour of the place this rover calls home. Its birthday is a perfect time to celebrate curiosity. For nerdy parents, fans of space, or those who are just curious, relive the moment when the Curiosity rover sang itself happy birthday in 2013 after one year on Mars.

"Рождение трагедии, или Эллинство и пессимизм"—эстетический трактат, в котором Фридрих Ницше изложил свой взгляд на дуалистические истоки искусства.

In this first of eight exciting episodes, find out how Roger from Nebraska’s search for his destiny leads him to become Blue Knight’s alternate identity. Learn of his willingness to accept a role that is in the tradition of heroic knights who came before him.

The Birth of Malgyron is the sequel to The Quest of the Thirteen, and takes place more than a year after Mavinor's new king begins his reign. It details the struggles he faces in bringing his people closer to The Author and the lessons of The Scrolls, as well as the futility of his efforts to broker peace with his neighbors.

Blake Stone's upgrade to the Memory Machine is a huge improvement. Not only can it read criminals minds so they can never tell lies, but it also reads the minds of the people they killed!

When his brother bumbles a burglary, Finn Bates blasts into space with the cops hot on his heels and his brother's DNA broadcast to every spaceport around. With the number of places he can land approaching zero, Finn must plan one final score that his brother can't possibly screw up, or risk getting kicked off every decent planet in the universe.

It’s Robin’s eighth birthday and it seems like everyone has forgotten. But things take a sudden turn when the Cat-Headed Wanderer shows up and sweeps Robin away to a magical party in a fantastical treehouse. It’s a joyful celebration full of song, dance, and newfound friends, but Robin soon realizes there’s another reason they’ve been brought there. To uncover that reason, all Robin needs to do is walk through the half-open door in the back—but what lies beyond.