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The Staff of Serapis
Riordan, RickPenguin Random House Children's UK 2014The Staff of Serapis is a high-octane new story from Rick Riordan, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of Percy Jackson. Annabeth Chase is about to encounter more than she ex...
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The Staff of Serapis
Riordan, RickDisney Book Group 2014In this adventure, Annabeth encounters more oddities in the subway than usual, including a two-headed monster and a younger blond girl who reminds her a little of herself. This is...
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Star Stable. Fyra berättelser från Jorvik
Dahlgren, HelenaBonnier CarlsenÖdesryttarna: Noveller bjuder på hästfantasy med hisnande äventyr, hästar och magi i bästa bokslukarstil! I den här novellsamlingen får vi lära känna de fyra Ödesryttarna bättre....
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Stolen : A Novella
Bowman, ErinHarperCollins 2014In this thrilling 100-page digital prequel novella, enter the world of Taken, a heart-pounding dystopian sci-fi series from Erin Bowman.Before Gray Weathersby uncovered the truth a...
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Storfågeln och andra Norrlandsberättelser
Åslund, FridaSaga EgmontStorfåglarna och andra Norrlandsberättelser består av tolv fristående berättelser som utspelar sig runt om i Sverige men främst i nordlig bruksmiljö. I 'Storfåglarna' ligger Kristi...
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The Story of Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontBefore Ali Cogia goes on a pilgrimage to Mecca, he hides a thousand pieces of gold in a jar of olives, and leaves it for safekeeping with a neighbour. But after seven years, the ne...
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The Story of Sidi-Nouman
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontSidi-Nouman is happy with his new wife, Amina, except for one thing: her strange way of eating just a few grains of rice at each meal. One night, hearing her slip out of the house,...
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The Story of Sindbad the Sailor
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontSinbad the Sailor is among the most famous heroes of the Arabian Nights; his voyages have been adapted many times, including as Marvel comics and a Dreamworks film starring Brad Pi...
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The Story of the Barber's Fifth Brother
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontThere are many ways to make a small fortune; the easiest is to start with a large one. Brought before the Sultan of Kashgar, a barber regales him with stories of his many brothers,...
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The Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontA good fairy tale needs a happy ending, and if he can’t provide one for the rags-to-riches-to-rags-again story of his sixth brother, the barber of Kashgar can at least add one to t...
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The Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontBaba-Abdalla has worked his whole life to increase the fortune he was born with, and now owns eighty camels. On one of his business trips, he comes across a poor dervish, who revea...
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The Story of the Duchess of Cicogne and of Monsieur de Boulingrin
France, AnatoleSaga EgmontIn ‘The Story of the Duchess of Cicogne and of Monsieur de Boulingrin’ (1920), Anatole France presents a fantastic reimagining of the classic fairy-tale ‘Sleeping Beauty’. However...
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The Story of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontWhen the second princely calender’s story of an envious man fails to appease an evil genie, his punishment is to be turned into a monkey. No longer able to speak, he nonetheless re...
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The Story of the First Calender, Son of a King
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontPalace intrigues abound in the story of the first calender, a wandering Sufi of royal birth: on a visit to his uncle’s kingdom, the young prince is sworn to secrecy by his cousin,...
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The Story of the First Old Man and of the Hind
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontAn old man leads a deer that appears completely tame; stranger still, he claims that it is really his wife. Nor is she the first of his household to have been turned into an animal...
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The Story of the Fisherman
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontGenies don’t always grant three wishes, as a fisherman discovers when his nets drag up a small yellow pot sealed with lead. Opening the seal frees a genie, but unlike the one disco...
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The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontWhen a wandering physician named Douban cures a Greek king of his leprosy, he inspires murderous jealousy in the king’s vizir, leading the king to tell a cautionary tale of his own...
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The Story of the Husband and the Parrot
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontA jealous husband gives his wife a talking parrot as a gift—but if you remember Gilbert Gottfried as Iago in Disney's animated Aladdin, you'll have an idea what to expect! Now the...
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The Story of the Second Calender, Son of a King
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontThe second wandering Sufi tells how, as a young prince, he set off to visit the Sultan of the Indies, but never arrived. Instead, his adventures led him through danger, poverty, a...
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The Story of the Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs
Nights, One Thousand and OneSaga EgmontAn old man explains that his two black dogs are really his two brothers, whom he repeatedly saved from poverty. When he married a beautiful woman, however, all his kindnesses were...