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Another Fine Myth / Myth Conceptions

Robert Lynn Asprin · 400 pages

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The Eyre Affair

Jasper Fforde · 374 pages

The Eyre Affair Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. Baconians are trying to convince the world that Francis Bacon really wrote Shakespeare, there are riots between the Surrealists and Impressionists, and thousands of men are named John Milton, an homage to the real Milton

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The Wishing Spell

Chris Colfer · 448 pages

Frustrated by all the happy goofy representations of fairy tales? (Note: Chris began the concept for this book in his late high school years, which were much earlier than the copyright date of 2012.) Well, so was Chris. So, he decided to mix them up a little. This book has several of the standard fairy tale characters, such as Red Riding Hood, the witch who liked to eat children (Hansel & Gretel),

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Man from Mundania

Piers Anthony · 347 pages

When college freshman Grey Murphy buys a computer program guaranteed to improve his life, it introduces him to Ivy, the lovely girl across the hall...whose only fault is her insistence that she comes from a magical land called Xanth. But before long -- through the interference of the computer program, which is actually an extension of the evil machine Com Pewter -- Grey finds out his attractive n

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Finding Serendipity

Angelica Banks · 281 pages

"When Tuesday McGillycuddy and her beloved dog Baxterr discover that Tuesday's mother--the famous author Serendipity Smith--has gone missing, they set out on a magical adventure. In their quest to find Serendipity, they discover the mysterious and unpredictable place that stories come from"-- When Tuesday McGillycuddy and her beloved dog, Baxterr, discover that Tuesday's mother, famous author Ser

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The Wee Free Men

Terry Pratchett · 320 pages

A riotous, wise, and gripping junior Discworld novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author and acknowledged master of comic fantasy.Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might have been a witch, but now Granny Aching is dead and it's up to Tiffany to work it all out when strange things begin happening: a fairy-tale monster in the stream, a headless horseman and

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Twice Upon a Time

James Riley · 340 pages

Jack, of the village of Giant's Hand, is now accompanied by a prince as he continues trying to help a reluctant princess find her family, while also attempting to save a city full of fairies from a nameless curse.

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Searching for Dragons

Patricia C. Wrede · 249 pages

A fast paced, humorous YA fantasy novel. Princess Cimorene, assistant to the dragon king, and Mendebar, the young king of the Enchanted forest, team up to foil the latest plots of the Society of Wizards. Book two of the Enchanted Forest series.

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The Wonderful Wizard of OZ Illustrated

L Frank Baum · 160 pages

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (/ɒz/) is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in May 1900.[1] It has since seen several reprints, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the iconic 1939 live-action film.The story

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Bunnicula

James Howe, Deborah Howe · 98 pages

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Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World

Bryan Lee O'Malley · 392 pages

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl · 176 pages

Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

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Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Brandon Sanderson · 314 pages

A hero with an incredible talent...for breaking things. A life-or-death mission...to rescue a bag of sand. A fearsome threat from a powerful secret network...the evil Librarians. Alcatraz Smedry doesn't seem destined for anything but disaster. On his 13th birthday he receives a bag of sand, which is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians plotting to take over the world. The sand will gi

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The Templeton Twins Have an Idea

Ellis Weiner

Abigail and John, the Templeton twins, and their dog Cassie, foil a pair of inept kidnappers intent on stealing one of their father's newest inventions.

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Wizard at Large

Terry Brooks · 297 pages

When a spell to change the dog Abernathy into a human goes awry, Ben Holiday and his wife, Willow, journey to Earth to rescue their friend while a mischievious imp is released into the Magic Kingdom.

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Assistant to the Villain

Hannah Nicole Maehrer · 347 pages

**ASSISTANT WANTED**: *Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits*. With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain resu

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Dark Lord: The Early Years

Jamie Thomson

Evil Dark Lord tries to recover his dignity, his power, and his lands when an arch-foe transports him to a small town, into the body of a thirteen-year-old boy.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Lyman Frank Baum · 226 pages

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz remains one of the world's most beloved and widely read books. Throughout a century of remarkable change, the popularity of L. Frank Baum's classic tale has endured and grown, embraced by generation after generation of children and the young at heart. To honour the centennial of its publication in 1900, the University Press of Kansas is presenting this special anniversar

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Heretical Fishing 2

Haylock Jobson · 534 pages

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The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster · 256 pages

It has been fifty years—and millions of readers—since the world was first introduced to Milo and his adventures in the Lands Beyond with Tock, the Humbug, and the captive princesses Rhyme and Reason. Now we have a remarkable 50th anniversary edition to honor this universally adored and deeply influential novel.  This special edition will include:    • Gorgeous packaging that features the classic

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Adventure Time Vol. 1

Ryan North, Braden Lamb

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams · 304 pages

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is the first ever fully realised Ghost—Horror—Detective—Whodunit— Time—Travel—Romantic—Musical— Comedy Epic. Dirk Gently himself is a detective — well, a sort of detective.. There is a long and honourable tradition of great detectives and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible, then whatever

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