Great Fantasy

Join Earth’s greatest hero on the adventure of a lifetime! In her daily life, she’s Bonnie Boring, the petite, smart-mouthed customer service girl at the Big Box in Queens, where she laughs it up with her best friend, Lisa Lin, and falls all over herself around her work crush, “Handsome” Hal Holstein. Yet she is secretly an alien refugee from a distant world, possessing many awesome powers. For years, at the insistence of her mother, she has hidden her true self. Now she is at last coming forward, in her new alter ego as the superhero Ms. Infinity.

After narrowly surviving their last adventure, the Masker family knows there are forces plotting against them. Worse, a precious artifact is unaccounted for, almost certainly in the hands of a dangerous foe. The only option is to head north to follow the trail of the thief. When the hunt leads them to a plague-ridden forest not far from Fel’s sister, he has to make a choice. Does he risk the disease to recover what’s his? Or does he leave empty handed?

With the coming of the Great Flood - the mother of all disasters - only one family was spared, drifting on an endless sea, waiting for the waters to subside. We know the story of Noah, moved by divine vision to launch their escape. Now, in a work of astounding invention, acclaimed writer Sarah Blake reclaims the story of his wife, Naamah, the matriarch who kept them alive.

The hunt for Mannfred von Carstein takes the Hallowed Knights and Astral Templars far into the hazardous Sea of Bones. It is here that Ramus of the Shadowed Soul and Vandalus, the 'King of Dust', meet a worthy foe: the Ironjawz. Led by the fearsome Great Red, this orruk tribe sees the intrusion of the Stormcasts as a challenge.

The great wizard Merlyn prophesized that his seventh descendant would do wonderful, miraculous things—baffling everyone when his great-great-many-times-great grandchild turns out to be twins. Soon enough, however, it becomes clear which sibling is the Septimum Genus: Percy is a natural with magic. Merlynda (to put it simply) is not.

Creepy. That's what Ace thinks of clowns. But the Doctor insists on entering the talent contest at the Psychic Circus, the self-proclaimed Greatest Show in the Galaxy, on the planet Segonax. What has reduced Segonax to an arid wasteland? Why have the happy-go-lucky circus folk stayed here so long? And why are they no longer happy? Above all, what is the dreadful truth about the 'talent contests' run by the sinister Ringmaster and his robot clowns?

In "Man's Greatest CIN" the world is a complex tapestry of humans and artificial intelligence, with the latter serving humanity's needs. Yet, beneath the surface of harmony, a rebellion simmers lead by a handful of individuals. Together, they embark on a daring quest against the malevolent AI, CIN, threatening to overturn the delicate balance.

En Manhattan, un joven estudiante de posgrado sale del tren y se da cuenta de que no recuerda quién es, de dónde viene ni su nombre. Pero sí que es capaz de sentir el latir del corazón de la ciudad, ver su historia y percibir su poder. En el Bronx, la directora lenape de una galería de arte encuentra unos extraños grafitis que adornan toda la ciudad, tan maravillosos y poderosos que se podría decir que la pintura la llama, literalmente. En Brooklyn, una madre y política descubre que oye las canciones de la ciudad, que resuenan al ritmo de los tacones de sus Louboutin.

Alexander the Great ruled the greatest Empire of the ancient world, but he was ruled by his mother, called Olympias. There are as many legends about this powerful Queen as there are of her famous son, and the stories began long before she even met Philip of Macedon. Priestess of the Great Goddess, daughter of ruling house of Epiros, witch, and familiar of Serpents... she was a figure of mystery, fascination, and fear even during her own lifetime.

In a future world where people can buy and sell intelligence, citizens are each allocated 100 1.Q. points at birth. When they turn 16, they can make a choice either to remain as 100s and be cared for by the state, or they can gamble with their intelligence. Those who succeed become high I.Q.s and enjoy all of the benefits this brings; those who fail lead squalid lives and some eventually become I.Q. 30 glidiots, battling in the Glidiot Games in a pop-up maze where they kill one another for I.Q. points and for public amusement.

Brittany, 1741: there hasn't been a witch born in the Orchière clan for generations. According the elders, that line is dead, leaving the clan vulnerable to persecution. Ursule Orchière has been raised on stories of the great witches of the past. But the only magic she knows are the false spells her mother weaves over the women who visit their fortune-telling tent. All of that changes when Ursule comes of age and a spark of power flares to life.

A prisoner of his own immortal body, Gael’s sole duty to his ruler, the White Prince, is reduced to a title. Executioner. Unable to let go of the nobility that made him human, Gael is thrown into an unimaginable nightmare. And with a new purpose–to save seven-year-old Maddie McDaniel. Through her childlike wonder, Maddie has no idea of the power she wields and the forces that protect her. She is a danger to everything the White Prince has built over centuries and his dreams of the future.

Dingo the dwarf, Igor the eagle, and Oonzil Windlestraw set out on a quest for the great wizard, Master Zarvin. They end up transporting some very precious cargo across the forested Dropull Mountains to Clover's tower. On the way dangers abound, and the stakes are high, for all sorts of deadly creatures live in these parts. Adventure awaits any of you brave enough to take The Greatest Quest.

Warlock Marcus Shifter has been sent on the most dangerous mission of his career: travel to the remote Minotaur nation and convince them not to abandon the tenuous peace agreement between the humans and the paranormals. But securing that peace requires his best friend, Steve the Minotaur, to help him find a way into the isolated homeland. A homeland Steve left behind long ago, intending to bury his complicated past.

With Verassis finally secured, Marcus hoped for some downtime. Unfortunately for him and his party, they have to rush off to yet another kingdom. Sonaria is under assault, and Marcus may be the only one that can save them. However, their party will not be the same.

HD Schenk is a maker—an inventor, someone who builds cool stuff. He's got a plan for the summer: He'll build his own computer and enter it in the county fair. Then everyone will know who he is and what he can do. To earn enough money for the parts he'll need, HD has promised to clear out his uncle's overflowing basement. No big deal, right? But there's more in that basement than HD bargained for. On his first trip down there, a voice only he can hear starts talking to him. About...sauerkraut?

This a wonderful book for both children and adults. Lovers of The Little Prince will enjoy it.

There are few characters in the English language more iconic than Robin Hood. Emerging out of the ballads of the High Middle Ages and surviving through numerous permutations to the present day, the green-clad archer has become an icon. This audiobook profiles the historic figures who scholars speculate may be the person Robin Hood was based on, and explains the origins and evolution of Robin Hood.

En 1762, el Zar Pedro III muere en un complot y Catalina asume el cargo de emperatriz como sucesora de su esposo, lo que la convierte a los 33 años en Catalina de Rusia. Desde el primer momento, manifiesta los planteamientos que habrían de regir su política: fortalecimiento del Estado a nivel interno, apoyo ilimitado a la nobleza y acción exterior agresiva para lograr la hegemonía de Rusia en Europa oriental, y situarse en la comunidad internacional en un plano de superioridad.

J'étais convaincue qu'une fois mariée, ma vie chaotique se calmerait et que je pourrais profiter de quelques interludes romantiques bien mérités avec mon nouveau mari. Ce n’a pas été le cas. Et quand un étranger fait irruption dans notre ville, tout s'effondre. Mis à part le fait qu'il soit riche, personne ne semble avoir la moindre information à son sujet. Mais je sais une chose. Son arrivée n’est pas une bonne nouvelle. Et il cache quelque chose.