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With her crooked spine and reckless heart, Princess Meera always knew she wasn't meant to become queen of Ezo. But when her sister, the rightful heir, is cursed on the eve of her coronation, Meera must defend her kingdom from ruthless invaders by taking the throne.

This touching, short story recounts the tragic loss and the miraculous recovery of a family pet. Based entirely on actual events, Miracle at Seeleys Cove provides a first-hand, emotional account of a family's resourcefulness, perseverance and exceptional luck in overcoming seemingly impossible odds to find and bring back home their beloved, feathered family member. It's a story that will resonate loudly with anyone, from teens and young adults to seniors and everyone in between, who has ever known the unique and profound joy one can derive from caring for a pet.

Sir Thomas è un magnifico esemplare di Maine Coon rosso. Maestoso, supponente e un po’ cinico. Insofferente alla stupidità della razza umana, il cui unico pregio è il pollice opponibile, Sir Thomas ha uno sguardo impietoso sull’inettitudine della sua servitù. Nella fattispecie, la disgraziata Umana che gli è toccata in sorte: Federica. A lei il compito di soddisfare le sue infinite richieste, che vanno dall’intrattenerlo con giochi sempre nuovi, al nutrirlo con le leccornie più prelibate, fino allo spazzolare regolarmente il suo manto affinché si mantenga sempre lucido e soffice.

An escape-artist monkey lets out some threatening animals, causing a CODE RED emergency. Javier, an exhausted barrista in dire need of a holiday, gets roped into helping his zookeeper friend defuse the situation.

Kira vividly remembers the moment Cady Bennett and one of her search and rescue dogs found her as a child, living alone in the wild, with no memories of her life before. Years later, now adopted into the Bennett family, Kira has spent most of her life training in search and rescue herself. So, when Cady’s estranged father appears with news of a missing child out in the wilderness, Kira vows to bring the girl home. As the search intensifies, danger mounts and long-buried secrets begin to come to light. To find one missing child, Kira will have to question everything she thinks she knows.

Писатель использует все богатство и мощь русского языка, чтобы в ярких красках и романтических ощущениях передать всю красоту и величие природы. По сути, он создает красочные, удивительные по силе воздействия на чувства читателей миниатюры. Его любовь к природе и ее обитателям безгранична. В сборник вошли известные рассказы Константина Паустовского: Летние дни, Золотой линь, Последний черт, Заячьи лапы, Кот-ворюга, Резиновая лодка, Барсучий нос, Сивый мерин, Жильцы старого дома, Собрание чудес, Подарок, Прощание с летом.

Terrified of water since her twin brother's tragic death, Cordelia confronts her fear of water and discovers she's not just human—she's a mermaid, born of the oldest bloodline. Entrusted with a powerful relic, she holds the key to breaking an ancient curse that binds her kin beneath the waves.

Emlyn DuLaine just wants to know what happened to her sister, Camille, seven years ago on the fateful day she vanished—literally. Emlyn witnessed Camille unravel and disappear, but no one believes her. Since they think she’s crazy, the least the cops could do is solve Camille’s case. Is a little closure too much to ask? But Emlyn’s life is upended when she is pulled through a portal into the fantasyland of her childhood imaginings—a magical library holding the storyworlds of every story ever published. And trouble is brewing in the land of Rivenlea.

Char, the illegitimate daughter of the Northern Prince, longs for peace in a world on the brink of war. But when the ancient and devious dragon Zaxx tasks her with retrieving a lost crown from her family’s palace, she cannot refuse—if she succeeds, he promises to allow something unprecedented: the dragon hoard to choose their riders.

Sometimes a special friend comes into our life to teach us things that we need to know. And what we learn ends up changing our life forever! What if that friend isn't human, but a bird? A young Magpie to be precise. What then? This is the true and passionate story of Jerry the Magpie, and how he helped a teenage boy overcome a gang of bullies, and to find secret treasure.