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Unique to this collection is: A historical introduction to Lewis Carroll, his work and his life, a list of recurring themes appearing in Lewis Carroll’s works, a list of the best famous quotes from his works. You may of course skip all of it and go straight to the titles if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning. Enjoy these timeless classics!

Kinsley Scott is a lesbian romance author who doesn’t actually believe in love. While her alter ego, Laurel Lake, loves happy endings and epic love stories, Kinsley has a more cynical view of the world. Grace Harper is a hopeless romantic hanging on every word of the lesbian romance novels she reads. She believes her happy ending is right around the corner if she can just move on from the ex who cheated on her.

In this digital age, many people are surrounded by modern technologies. They have access to a world with a device as small as their palm. A few hundred years back, it would be considered to be witchcraft when one was able to talk to someone halfway across the globe, see the Great Wall of China while still being in the United States, or participate in a meeting from the living room.

In her best-known work, The Yellow Wallpaper, Gilman writes about different kinds of oppression that women were exposed to at the time. Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, in which an isolated society composed entirely of women exists. The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination. The Crux tells the story of a group of New England women who move west to start a boardinghouse for men in Colorado. It is an important early feminist work that brings forward complicated issues of gender, citizenship, eugenics, and frontier nationalism.

Unique to this title is: A historical introduction and a study of the themes present in A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol and The Chimes. Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He was born in 1812 in Portsmouth. When his father was sent to jail because of unsettled debt, Dickens had to leave school and get a job in a factory. Dickens is believed to be the best novelist of the Victorian era and he became very popular during his lifetime. His novels are still widely read and translated.

Now, you are about to go on an exciting journey in your life which only starts with your wedding. Although a wedding is a celebration of you and your fiancé starting a life together, its planning can be quite overwhelming...You currently hold the best wedding planning tool to plan the wedding of your dreams. This practical guide to planning the ultimate wedding tailored for you was prepared specifically for you, the very busy and well-informed couple.

In this second book, Autumn knows unicorns have a unique ability to find magical objects in nature with their horn. She recruits Gwyn, her friend from the magic realm, with a plan to find the vanishing and reappearing gem around her town. Autumn’s plan is to find the gem and give it to Abe Undertree, a boy who recently moved into Stillbrook and owns a wizard staff, but has no way of powering it. Autumn wants to be his friend and hopes this gift will help him join their ground. So Gwyn, Autumn, and Sky all set out on an adventure that leads to a wild goose chase all over Stillbrook.

Vanitha is the world's greatest parahuman hacker and can physically enter computer systems to control them from the inside. To relax, she's created a Hindu-themed multiplayer online role-playing game called The Path. When a mystery presents itself, she goes to investigate the strange new Malevolence. It kills her. She awakens inside the game as a new character, unable to use her parahuman powers to return to the real world. With no other options, she embarks upon a desperate quest to locate her body, a corpse run that may present her only chance to escape.

In A Christmas Carol a mean old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits at his office on a cold Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers with cold because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating. Scrooge's nephew, Fred, visits him and invites him to a Christmas party, as he does every year. Two gentlemen drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to both his nephew and the two gentlemen with bitterness and venom. Later that evening, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley.

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From the number one bestselling Norse Fantasy Author, comes The Light Keepers, a short story prequel to the ShadowLight Saga. Isolated because of what she is - because of the power she holds inside - Astrid longs for contact with another human being. Her well-intentioned mother locks her away from society in order to protect her from an evil that seeks to use Astrid's abilities for his own means. But the resulting loneliness drives Astrid deeper into the shadowwalk - a power she is forbidden to use, a magic that lands her directly into the arms of the Shadow.

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In her best-known work, "The Yellow Wallpaper", Gilman writes about different kinds of oppression that women were exposed to at the time. Women were patronized and treated as mentally weak and fragile. They were believed to be prone to many "nervous conditions" and particularly hysteria. Enjoy this timeless classic!

Bedtime stories are a great way to connect with your child and live adventures with them. Also, you won’t have to worry about nightmares ever again since all your child will dream about are fairy tales. Take your little one to the magical land of unicorns, be amazed by their magical powers, and enjoy living the adventures with them! In this book, Gwyn comes to school with Autumn to help her on her report about unicorns and the history she has seen.

Wicca is a nature-based religion that has its roots in ancient pagan beliefs. The central focus of Wicca is nature and all its elements, particularly the moon, honoring that the phases of the moon help us stay grounded and in touch with our own cycles of life. The concept of Mother Earth is particularly important for Wiccans, and celebrating sabbats, the eight seasonal festivals, is a way of paying homage to the cycles of nature. At these times, Wiccans align themselves with the core life-giving energy of nature.

Hallad Avarson’s vow to protect a mysterious warrior maiden pits his best friend against him, endangers the life of his little sister, and leads him into a treacherous realm of magic and intrigue. This richly imagined epic fantasy transports listeners into a tale of seductive power, heart-wrenching love, and edge-of-your seat thrills, while following inspiring young heroes and heroines as they discover their abilities and destinies interweave with the fate of a captivating original world.

Does your kid love unicorns? Are you looking for the perfect unicorn adventure bedtime story to put your little angel to sleep and dream of amazing adventures? Then look no further, you found it! Bedtime stories are a great way to connect with your child and live adventures with them. Also you won’t have to worry about nightmares ever again since all your child will dream about are fairy tales. Take your little one to the magical land of unicorns and be amazed by their magical powers and enjoy living the adventures with them!

Unique to this title is a study of the themes present in Herland. Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman, in which exists an isolated society composed entirely of women, who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction). The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination. Enjoy this timeless classic!

In this first book of the Stillbrook Woods series, follow the adventures of Autumn, a young girl in search of unicorns. Every 10 years, when the legendary storm hits, a herd of unicorns arrives near Stillbrook, Autumn’s town. She sets off to explore the forest, braving the thunderstorm, hoping to be just like her older adventuring friend Oskar, who gave her a journal about his notes on unicorns.

Bedtime stories are a great way to connect with your child and live adventures with them. Also you won’t have to worry about nightmares ever again since all your child will dream about are fairy tales. Take your little one to the magical land of unicorns and be amazed by their magical powers and enjoy living the adventures with them!

Man. Lion. Warrior. Enigmatic superhero Lionheart was always cut from a different cloth than his teammates on Just Cause, so when he learns his old kung fu teacher, Master Chou, is dying, he doesn't hesitate to travel halfway around the world to pay his final respects to the man who saved his life, and set him off upon his heroic journey. Upon arrival, he discovers his old master has been murdered, and quickly becomes embroiled in a battle for the honor of his master's Cherrywood School against one of the most dangerous heroin cartels in Hong Kong: the Five Deadly Serpents.