The tales range from the deadly serious to the absurdly hilarious. Also included is a new, never-before-published novella that takes place after the cliff-hanger ending of the new April 2010 hardcover, Changes.Contains:+ "Restoration of Faith"+ "Vignette"+ "Something Borrowed" -- from My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding + "It's My Birthday Too" -- from Many Bloody Returns + "Heorot" -- from My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon + "Day Off" -- from Blood Lite + "Backup" -- novelette from Thomas' point of view, originally published by Subterranean Press+ "The Warrior" -- novelette from Mean Streets + "Last Call" -- from Strange Brew + "Love Hurts" -- from Songs of Love and Death + Aftermath -- all-new novella from Murphy's point of view, set forty-five minutes after the end of Changes

    65 pages of summaries and analysis on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

    He didn't particularly like fantasy games, but he'd made a bet with Ed, and a bet's a bet. So he loaded the game and...Within moments he had left Mundania and was standing in a forest glade in Xanth, with his Companion in Adventure Nada Naga -- a beautiful Princess who just happened to be a shape-changing serpent. For a long time Dug thought that this was just an incredibly convincing virtual world. Then he began to believe in Magic. Which was a good thing, because the prize in this Game is the Power of Magic in Xanth.In the next installment, Harpy Thyme, Gloha must brave a demoness and snow dragons, malevolent clouds and musical volcanoes, on a wild odyssey that takes her not only across the length and breadth of Xanth, but on journeys through Time, Space, and the perilous realms of Madness and Mundanity.Two Piers Anthony's Xanth novels in a single volume: Twice the magic, twice the adventure - Xanth By Two.

    Edmond's Field, while preparing for the annual Bel Tine Festival, receives two more very important guests. One is Padan Fain, the peddler who travels from town to town in his wagon, bringing goods to trade as well as news and rumors from abroad, including one of war and a false Dragon. The other is gleeman Thom Merrilin, arriving in his patchwork cloak, ready to entertain and thrill the crowds with his song and dance. Both are not as they appear, and soon will be swept up into events neither could foresee...

    . . Poor Little Wizard. He's the only one who can't fly, and none of the other wizards will be his friend. But after he meets a dragon in the woods he discovers that friendship can be found in the most surprising of places, and that anything is possible if you believe in yourself. A touching story about the power of friendship and self-belief from the CILIP Kate Greenaway-nominated creator of The Haunted House and Jack Frost.

    As he had no ready coin with which to pay, Lythande agreed to take his lute in exchange, knowing that it was enchanted... but unaware of just how much trouble this particular enchantment could cause.

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    K. Rowling. The planned series was left incomplete and has no sequels.

    Aeroplanes rule the sky, and crystalline technology has transformed life itself. But for stunt pilot Jack Racine, life is little more than an endless tailspin into liquor, laudanum, and loose women. But all that is about to change. For Jack Racine is about to have an audience with the architect of the age, the mysterious Doctor Azaz...

    The school was in an old large building in downtown Tulsa, and this was going to be the best year yet. When a group of kids decided to join a new club, they had no idea what they were getting themselves into. They thought it would be so cool. Imagine learning spells, developing powers, concocting potions, and doing good things for mankind. They were the Wiccans, the new witches on the block. Wicca was the Old English term for witches. The Wiccan Rede is the rule of conduct, that all witches must follow while practicing witchcraft. It rules that a witch may engage in any action, as long as their action is carefully considered, and their actions harm no one, not even themselves. witchcraft is ruled by the Threefold law, which is the belief that any action taken by any witch that affects another person, will come back to that witch threefold, whether it be harm or good. Sami was a good witch, but an evil warlock wanted her on his dark side, and he would do anything to get her. Hunter knew what was going to happen. It was up to him to save everyone, especially the girl he loved.