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War in the air over the Middle East Mesopotamia, 'the land of the two rivers', is deemed the birthplace of civilisation. Now modern day Iraq, it has known warfare throughout the millennia that man has inhabited it. By the first years of the twentieth century the Ottoman Turkish Empire had claimed Mesopotamia as their own and its alliance with Germany during the Great War brought battle to it once more. For the first time conflict came to its skies...
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Sir Turnip is one centimetre too short to take part in a jousting tournament due to be held in the castle above the clouds. The little wizard Wobbletooth wants to cast a spell to help him. But, once again, his spell goes horribly wrong! Instead, he conjures up a giant bluebottle and, as you can imagine, a great deal of chaos and mayhem. But Sir Turnip isn't about to give up! He's convinced that pirates have stolen his missing centimetre. And so he...
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Winter has at last arrived at the castle above the clouds! The little wizard Wobbletooth, Princess Pustilla, Sir Turnip and Flutteric the dragon want to go ice-skating on the castle pond. But Sir Turnip accidentally shatters the ice. And so the four friends fly to the big ice lake in the snowy mountains. There, they meet the ice princess Smaragda. She is very sad because she can't find her best friend – the snowflake Esmeralda. The little wizard...
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When one day, in the castle above the clouds, the little wizard Wobbletooth tries to cast a spell, something terrible happens to his wand: it disappears! The only place he can get a new one from is Rainbow Island. His friends Princess Pustilla, Sir Turnip and the dragon Flutteric are, of course, all keen to accompany him on his wand-finding mission. And the four friends have a lot of adventures along the way, before the little wizard finally gets...
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There's a great deal of commotion in the castle above the clouds: King Catnap has lost his crown! The little wizard Wobbletooth wants to help, and so tries to cast a spell to get King Catnap's crown back for him. But instead, he conjures up a chamber pot on the king's head! The little wizard's spells usually go wrong, because his first wobbly tooth hasn't fallen out yet. And so the little wizard and his best friend Princess Pustilla set off in search...
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Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 4
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IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Uh-oh! Neal has a problem. He's turned into a bug -- again. Eric and Julie hope someone in Droon can help. Princess Keeah thinks there might be a cure in the City in the Clouds. Too bad the friends only have one day before the city disappears!"--Cover.
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Hercule Poirot must solve a perplexing case of midair murder in Death in the Clouds when he discovers that the woman in seat two of the airborne aeroplane he's traveling on is quite unexpectedly-and unnaturally-deceased.
From seat No. 9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers on the short flight from Paris to London. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat...
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Now with God's promise in hand, Susan still waited for her groom to return. But, since God never wastes the waiting times, He began to move in her life once again. He began to orchestrate the events of her life in order to prepare her for the fulfillment of His promise, and for her wedding day. In doing so, He began to paint a beautiful picture depicting how all His people should live in preparation for His return and for their ultimate wedding day...
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A suspenseful whodunit, where not all the suspects are human.
Recently graduated Ruger-Phillips employee, Dr. Sam "Doc" Price, is looking forward to his new project-evaluating training for a team. But it's a team like no other because only one of the team members is human. The other is one of the most intelligent and lethal machines ever built by man - the Joint Aerial Combat Capability (JACC). Loaded with the latest in detection and threat assessment...
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Travel the world with an intrepid explorer who's adventurous, brave and just a little bit forgetful. She searches for ancient loot but loses her swimsuit! Goes to beautiful places and misplaces three suitcases! From Canada to Nepal to Egypt and beyond, our narrator circles the globe while abandoning her possessions. She even loses her mother, briefly, in the desert.
The cadence and rhyme, accented by quirky collage-style art, will propel readers...
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The Okanagan summer stretches out in front of twelve-year-old Nikki like a sparkling rainbow, with lots of time to spend at the beach and with her horse, Ginger. When her cousin Trevor arrives in his wheelchair, spoiling all her plans, they take an instant dislike to one another. But a vision in the clouds will change both her and Trevor's feelings about a lot of things and, in fact, will help make a dream come true as Trevor competes in the B.C....
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Those who dream do so in defiance of a practical world. In beautifully painted verse, author and poet Erin Walker describes the longing and determination of those with vision. These encouraging, and sometimes harrowing, poems speak to the soul of every dreamer.
The pain of dreams delayed or lost. The hope that ambitions will soon be reached. The heart-wrenching tug-of-war between a distracting imagination and the suffocating grind that holds us...
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Burial in the Clouds is the first English language translation of Hiroyuki Agawa's classic novel of World War II, Kumo No Bohyo. A powerful novel, it takes the form of the war-time diary of a young Japanese college student inducted into the Imperial Navy at the height of World War II. Trained as a combat pilot, he is transferred to one of the new "special attack" or "kamikaze" units when the tide of the war turns against Japan. Like many young men...
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Rafael Patino has a great life in Rain Valley. He's a teacher at the high school, has a great group of friends, and enjoys the occasional baseball game. Other than the sporadic call from his drunken mother, he's pretty content. He's also been in love with his best friend Dustin for nearly a decade. Years of keeping those feelings under control are put to the test when they begin a summer project together. Dustin Vance builds furniture for a living,...
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After his fifteenth birthday, Blythe Midwinter finds himself in a bit of a pickle. It's high time for him to be a productive member of his family, taking up work he detests in order for his older sister, Molly, to follow her dreams of success as a talented baker. Though the three orphaned Midwinter siblings - Molly, Bertie, and Blythe - are lucky enough to work, they still earn only enough to keep themselves clothed and fed. Blythe desperately wishes...
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Truth is stranger than fiction in this epic fantasy drama that will leave you hanging on the edge of your seat.
Windy Breeze is your ordinary Fairy. She has brown skin and blue hair and loves to spend time in the Junkyard with her pet Dragon, Puff-Puff. She enjoys crafting unique inventions and testing her creations on her father, Edward.
Unexpectedly, Windy is whisked away from her Junkyard haven by Matriarch Xenobia to be presented to Prince Nigel...
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Stray cat Nin drifts from house to house until he meets a meteorologist named Mark. Then Nin begins his greatest journey yet--to the top of Mount Washington. Follow Nin to a land where the wind howls, snow swirls and wild bears roam. At the Mount Washington Observatory, Nin learns that the best friends--and a wonderful home--can be found anywhere, even high above the clouds.
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