Fantasy Realism

Abandoned as an infant on the local veterinarian’s front porch, Pepper Rafferty was raised by two loving mothers, and now, at thirty-six is married to the stable, supportive Ike. She’s never told anyone that at fifteen she discovered the identity of her biological mother. That’s because her birth mother is Ula Frost, a reclusive painter famous for the outrageous claims that her portraits summon their subjects’ doppelgängers from parallel universes.

Firuzeh and her brother Nour are children of fire, born in an Afghanistan fractured by war. When their parents, their Atay and Abay, decide to leave, they spin tales of their destination, the mythical land and opportunities of Australia. As the family journeys from Pakistan to Indonesia to Nauru, heading toward a hope of home, they must rely on fragile and temporary shelters, strangers both mercenary and kind, and friends who vanish as quickly as they’re found.

Stormy Morgan left her hometown of Shadow Hills, Michigan, with one goal: To write the great American novel and strike it rich. Now, without a book contract, she’s back at her family restaurant in a one-stoplight town...and she’s convinced things couldn’t possibly get worse. That feeling only lasts until her first shift, when on a trip to the storage building behind the restaurant, she literally trips over a body. Stormy is a woman - or maybe a witch - lost in a sea of magic and despair...but murder might just lead her out of it.

Una colección de historias muy queridas para brujas y hechiceros de todas las edades, Los cuentos de Beedle el Bardo son los cuentos de hadas de los hermanos Grimm del mundo mágico. Esta edición fue traducida de las runas originales por Hermione Granger, y contiene notas útiles del Profesor Dumbledore y de J. K. Rowling.

Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic...everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between two worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece of herself behind on the East Side. There are dangers to leaving behind the place that made you.

Was würdest Du tun, wenn Dir Deine Tochter anvertraut, dass sie magische Kräfte hat? Für Alice, eine talentierte Malerin und liebevolle Mutter, ist die Antwort klar: Sie wird ihre Tochter mit allen Mitteln beschützen. Als ihre Tochter ein Stipendium für ein mysteriöses Elite-Internat erhält, ahnt Alice noch nicht, dass sie beide Teil einer uralten Prophezeiung sind. In einer Welt, in der Engel unerkannt unter uns leben und vergessene Märchen mehr Wahrheit enthalten als gedacht, muss sich Alice ihrer Bestimmung stellen.

From the author of The Wolf Road comes a compelling thriller about a boy caught up in a land of shadows ruled by a mysterious queen. In a dangerous land enslaved by the cruel Regent, where the Dreamers have the magical power to turn dreams into reality, Toby meets Tamurlaine, a strange girl who has lost her memory. To uncover the mystery of her identity and get Toby back home, the pair must go on a thrilling journey to the heart of the kingdom, the castle of the Regent.

Después de haber trabajado más de un año en la Galería los Sueños de Dallergut, Penny puede decir que es una experta en atender a los clientes, gestionar el inventario y cuidar que los medidores de párpados estén a punto. Por si fuera poco, ahora puede alardear de estar acreditada para entrar en "la zona empresarial" como una profesional más de la industria de los sueños. Sin embargo, allí tendrá que hacer una parada obligatoria en la Oficina de Atención al Cliente, donde hay numerosos usuarios lamentándose de sus sueños.

Veronica Langley just found out she was a soul keeper. She couldn't help but feel uneasy, but as this story progresses, she'll learn more about herself than she could ever imagine.

Mona tiene catorce años y no es como los magos encargados de defender su ciudad. Carece de la habilidad para controlar las tormentas o hablar con el agua. Su tótem es una porción de masa madre y su magia sólo funciona con el pan, pero tiene una vida cómoda trabajando en la panadería de su tía y haciendo bailar a los muñequitos de jengibre. Pero un día, la vida de Mona da un vuelco cuando encuentra un cadáver en la panadería. Un asesino acecha las calles de su ciudad buscando a todos aquellos que posean magia y parece que Mona es su próximo objetivo.

As one friend fights for her life—the knowledge she holds silenced unless she wakes—others race to expose a sordid money-making scheme before it claims more victims. But the search for answers is entwined with complications. Elle must navigate the pitfalls of high society, a toxic new living arrangement, and the balancing act of chasing love in a world where wealth dictates worth—while Raven's relationship with Logan is tested by newly imposed rules. But the real blow may be a shocking family secret nobody saw coming.

En el centro de una ciudad muy particular se encuentra la gran tienda de los sueños de Dallergut, una tienda departamental que ofrece a los clientes una variedad inimaginable de experiencias oníricas para todos los gustos y ocasiones; viajar a una isla paradisíaca, volver a encontrarnos con el amor de nuestra vida, volar por los aires, atravesar el océano nadando como un pez… Todo es posible en la tienda de Dallergut.

Lou feels like she is stuck on the wrong path: alone, in a city far from home, watching other people be happy. When the man she’s in love with announces his engagement to someone else, Lou is consumed by what-ifs. That’s when she finds herself slipping back in time to a night two years ago, where one small decision changed everything …

Vince and Stu's road trip through Texas is cut short when Stu's ancient Honda breaks down in the quiet town of Rambling. Nearby is Bubba's used-car lot, containing a collection of classic American cars. Following a bizarre encounter with a talking crow, and a deal signed in blood, Stu trades in his Honda for a powder-blue 1952 Cadillac convertible. Back on the road, the two buddies continue their journey in style, until a series of Burma Shave road signs and an encounter in a cemetery changes things forever.

Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except 17-year-old Leighton Barnes. For Leighton, it’s no stranger than her house, which inexplicably repairs itself every time her father loses his temper and breaks things. Leighton doesn’t have time for the crows - it’s her senior year, and acceptance to her dream college is finally within reach. But grabbing that lifeline means abandoning her sisters, a choice she’s not ready to face.

Anthropologist Calliope Santiago awakens to find herself in a strange and sinister wasteland, a shadow of the New Mexico she knew. Empty vehicles litter the road. Everyone has disappeared - or almost everyone. Calliope, heavy-bellied with the twins she carries inside her, must make her way across this dangerous landscape with a group of fellow survivors in search of answers. Long-dead volcanoes erupt, the ground rattles and splits, and monsters come to ominous life. Calliope will be forced to reconcile the geological record with the heritage she once denied.

The search for the Holy Grail has been going on for countless centuries. Science and religion have both sought to answer humanity's thirst for the ultimate knowledge, the power over life and death and the key to immortality. Sometimes, however, great discoveries occur by complete accident.

Master storyteller David Almond presents a beautiful collection of short fiction interwoven with pieces that illuminate the inspiration behind the stories. May Malone is said to have a monster in her house, but what Norman finds there may just be the angel he needs. Joe Quinn's house is noisy with poltergeists, or could it be Davie's raging causing the disturbance?

Benson and Jensen treat a number of crucial ways in which anti-realism—popularly known as social constructivism—pervades and ultimately corrodes American culture, everything from soccer to more serious matters such as scientific objectivity and moral realism. Establishment elites in academia, the judiciary, and the media increasingly determine the acceptability of various kinds of political and social views, moral beliefs, even the language we use.

Together alone: Meena and Rahm have crossed into a world that is unrecognizable. What comes next is so dangerous that it could break them both.