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Stepfather Christmas: A heartfelt funny festive story that sparkles with Christmas wonder and magic!
by L.D. LapinskiHe's got a big white beard , he looks after a team of reindeer and Christmassy things just keep happening whenever he's around . . . What if he really truly is Father Christmas?! A heart-warming and hilarious story that's perfect for sharing during the festive season.It's 25 days until Christmas when Mum announces to 10-year-old Harper and her brother, Will, that Mum's new boyfriend, Nick, will be visiting for the holidays!Nick seems nice enough and he definitely makes the greatest hot chocolate of all-time. But why do strange Christmassy things happen whenever he's around? Like snow falling in their family's garden but nowhere else? Or a reindeer suddenly appearing on the roof of their house?!Harper's convinced that there is more Santa to Nick than he's letting on. And if her mum and older brother won't believe her, she'll just have to find a way to prove it . . .A gorgeously festive treat that sparkles with the magic and wonder of Christmas in 25 festive chapters, the companion novel to The Biggest Christmas Secret Ever.'With 25 chapters, this is one to read every night in December' - i newspaper
Stephanie Tyler The Defiance Series Collection
by Carina PressThree post-apocalyptic motorcycle club novels by New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Tyler!DefianceRebelling against her legacy as the MC's princess, Tru Tennyson escaped the ruthless, male-dominated culture of the Defiance motorcycle club. Three years later, her newfound freedom is ripped away, thanks to a massive hybrid storm that killed millions. Now, in the post-Chaos world of semi-darkness and near-total anarchy where gangs rule, Defiance-and the only man Tru has ever loved-may be all that can keep her safe.RedemptionMatthias Robichaud is looking for an alliance. The Defiance motorcycle club is a stronghold in the dangerous world that's become the new norm and he's driven to prove he's tough enough to be a full member. But when he sees beautiful, spirited Jessa Everson abducted by a rival MC, rescuing her jeopardizes all he's worked for. And if Matthias and Jessa have any chance of surviving, they'll need to put their full strength behind the MC...and hope that the MC will do the same for them.SalvationLuna Davies knows exactly what the men who run motorcycle clubs are capable of-the ruthless violence, the grabs for power, the brutal treatment of women. Bishop, the one bright spot in her dark world, is being held against his will by a rival gang after sacrificing himself for the sake of the club-without saying goodbye first. Luna needs to bring Bishop home to Defiance, both for the good of the MC and for herself.
Stephanie the Starfish Fairy: The Ocean Fairies Book 5 (Rainbow Magic #5)
by Daisy MeadowsGet ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls aged 5 and up. Rachel and Kirsty are visiting Kirsty's grandmother when they are whisked away to Fairyland for the yearly Ocean Gala. Here, Shannon the Ocean Fairy plays her Magical Golden Conch Shell to ensure that the seas and oceans remain peaceful and ordered for the year ahead. Everything is going well - until Jack Frost snatches the conch shell and breaks it into seven pieces. Rachel and Kirsty, along with the Ocean Fairies, must get the pieces back before chaos takes over the oceans! 'These stories are magic; they turn children into readers!' ReadingZone.com Read all seven fairy adventures in the Ocean Fairies set! Ally the Dolphin Fairy; Amelie the Seal Fairy; Pia the Penguin Fairy; Tess the Sea Turtle Fairy; Stephanie the Starfish Fairy; Whitney the Whale Fairy and Courtney the Clownfish Fairy. If you like Rainbow Magic, check out Daisy Meadows' other series: Magic Animal Friends and Unicorn Magic!
Stephen King's Box
by Claudio HernándezThe master of terror, Stephen King, found a box full of stories and manuscripts that belonged to his father. Since then, no one found out what was inside that box or if all of this influenced Kings work. This is an homage to Stephen King and his stories. In the story, “The stories’ box”, Steve tells about a box and as he grows up, he has recurrent dreams and predictions of stories that would become a successful book. In the story “The gravedigger”, an old gravedigger about to retire, after 40 years of burying people in Boad Hill, never wondered when his time to die would come or who would bury him. Because it does no good to think about death. In the story “The A girl”, a married man has several affaires with different women, until one day the A girl presents herself. A gorgeous beauty of long legs and big green eyes. But after going to a hotel, he finds out the truth. In the story “Rotten apples”, Tom loved his fruit trees, especially his apple trees when they were a color festival in the spring. He loved apples and he would eat two every day. Until one day, he feels very tired and he sees roots growing instead of fingernails. His joints start to become rigid. In the story “In the maggot’s mouth”, a shylock from the eighteenth century counts his money every night… And many, many more.
Stephen King's The Dark Tower Concordance: The Complete Concor (The Dark Tower)
by Robin FurthThe Complete Concordance is an entertaining and incredibly useful guide to Stephen King&’s epic Dark Tower series by Robin Furth and features a foreword by Stephen King himself. The Dark Tower series is the backbone of Stephen King's legendary career. Eight books and more than three thousand pages make up this bestselling fantasy epic. The Complete Concordance covers books I-VII and The Wind Through the Keyhole and is the definitive encyclopedic reference book that provides readers with everything they need to navigate their way through the series. With hundreds of characters, Mid-World geography, High Speech lexicon, and extensive cross-references, this comprehensive handbook is essential for any Dark Tower fan.Includes: -A Foreword from Stephen King -Characters and Genealogies -Magical Objects and Forces -Mid-World and Our World Places -Portals and Magical Places -Mid-, End-, and Our World Maps -Timeline for the Dark Tower Series -Mid-World Dialects -Mid-World Rhymes, Songs, and Prayers -Political and Cultural References -References to Stephen King&’s Own Work
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume One
by Robin FurthFrom hundreds of characters to Mid-World geography to the High Speech lexicon, no self-respecting Dark Tower fan will want to be without this comprehensive handbook to the series. As Stephen King himself explains in the introduction, he commissioned the concordance for his own private use while writing the final three books. When he found Robin Furth's work to be 'entertaining and invaluable' he immediately recommended the manuscript for publication.
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume Two
by Robin FurthThe second volume of THE CONCORDANCE is the definitive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters and cross-references within the Dark Tower series and among the rest of Stephen King's works. Covering portals and magical places, providing maps to Mid-, End- and Our World, and a timeline for the series, this is a fascinating and essential reference guide.
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Revised and Updated
by Robin FurthInspired more than thirty years ago by works as diverse as J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and the 'spaghetti westerns' of that time, the Dark Tower series is the backbone of Stephen King's legendary career. Eight books make up this bestselling fantasy series.THE DARK TOWER: THE COMPLETE CONCORDANCE is the definitive encyclopaedic reference book that will make navigating through the series an even more enjoyable reading experience for readers.With hundreds of characters, Mid-World geography, High Speech lexicon, and extensive cross-references, this comprehensive handbook is essential for any Dark Tower fan.This updated volume is an invaluable guide to all of Mid-World and one of Stephen King's most significant literary achievements.
Stephen King: The Art of Darkness
by Douglas E. WinterI first met Stephen King in a shoeshine parlor. It was like finding a Woodrow Wilson dime or a Maine roadmap with a town named Jerusalem's Lot. It was like ...well, it was like a story by Stephen King.
Steppe
by Piers AnthonyA riveting tale of a barbarian snatched from ninth-century Asia to take part in a deadly far-future game. Alp, a Turkish warrior, is abducted by mysterious Galactics to fight in a strange recreation of his own era, played out on a vast interstellar scale--where horses are starships, cities are planets, and mountains are suns.
Stepping Stone and Love Machine: Two Short Novels (From Crosstown to Oblivion)
by Walter MosleyWalter Mosley's talent knows no bounds. Stepping Stone and Love Machine are but two of six fragments in the Crosstown to Oblivion short novels in which Mosley entertainingly explores life's cosmic questions. From life's meaning to the nature of good and evil, these tales take us on speculative journeys beyond the reality we have come to know. In each tale someone in our world today is given insight into these long pondered mysteries. But how would the world really receive the answers? Stepping Stone:Truman Pope has spent his whole life watching the world go by--and waiting for something he can't quite put into words. A gentle, unassuming soul, he has worked in the mailroom of a large corporation for decades without making waves, until the day he spots a mysterious woman in yellow. A woman nobody else can see.Soon Truman's quiet life begins to turn upside-down. An old lover surfaces from his past even as he finds his job in jeopardy. Strange visions haunt his days and nights, until he begins to doubt his sanity. Is he losing his mind, or is he on the brink of a startling revelation that will change his life forever--and transform the nature of humanity?Love Machine: The Datascriber was supposed to merely allow individuals to share sensory experiences via a neurological link, but its true potential is even more revolutionary. The brainchild of an eccentric, possibly deranged scientist, the "Love Machine" can merge individual psyches and memories into a collective Co-Mind that transcends race, gender, species . . . and even death itself. Tricked into joining the Co-Mind, as part of a master plan to take over the world, Lois Kim struggles to adapt to her new reality and abilities. Is there any way back to the life that was stolen from her, or is she destined to lead humanity into a strange new era, despite the opposition of forces both human and otherwise?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Stepping Stone: Two Short Novels From Crosstown To Oblivion (From Crosstown to Oblivion)
by Walter MosleyWalter Mosley's talent knows no bounds. Stepping Stone is one of six fragments in the Crosstown to Oblivion short novels in which Mosley entertainingly explores life's cosmic questions. From life's meaning to the nature of good and evil, these tales take us on speculative journeys beyond the reality we have come to know. In each tale someone in our world today is given insight into these long pondered mysteries. But how would the world really receive the answers? Stepping Stone:Truman Pope has spent his whole life watching the world go by–and waiting for something he can't quite put into words. A gentle, unassuming soul, he has worked in the mailroom of a large corporation for decades without making waves, until the day he spots a mysterious woman in yellow. A woman nobody else can see.Soon Truman's quiet life begins to turn upside-down. An old lover surfaces from his past even as he finds his job in jeopardy. Strange visions haunt his days and nights, until he begins to doubt his sanity. Is he losing his mind, or is he on the brink of a startling revelation that will change his life forever–and transform the nature of humanity?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Stepping Through
by Cjane ElliottCameron Wheeler's life is all mapped out: he'll finish business school, return home to Vermont, get a job, and marry his high-school girlfriend. He's packed away what he really wants--a career as a musician--because he knows it's never going to happen. But Cameron's well-planned life is turned upside down when he walks into a musty jewelry shop in LA and meets the mysterious Apollo, who tells him to "follow his soul, not his past." Apollo's magical presence spurs Cameron to discover and follow his true path, in life and in love.
Stepping Through The Stargate: Science, Archaeology And The Military In Stargate Sg1
by P.N. Elrod and Roxanne ConradExplore the Stargate SG-1 universe as never before with the expertise and insight of noted professionals from a diverse range of fields: from archaeology to parasitology to science fiction, is a fascinating collection of essays that delve into every aspect of Stargate with the same humor and intellectual curiosity of the show itself.
Stepping into the Prince's World
by Marion LennoxFalling for the secret prince Claire Tremaine accepted the post as sole caretaker of a gorgeous island after a professional betrayal left her life in tatters. It's the perfect place to heal, until her solitude is interrupted by a gorgeous solider who's shipwrecked on her shores! Raoul breaks down Claire's barriers with his kindness and kisses, but she's stunned when he's revealed as Prince of Marétal. She believes they can't be together...until Raoul whisks Claire to his palace! She's stepped into the prince's world-but can Claire capture this prince's heart?
Steps to Deliverance (Tales of Mantica)
by Mark BarberOver a decade after violating his ruthless orders from his superiors in the Basilean military, ex-legion captain Dionne emerges from hiding in the Mountains of Tarkis, leading a force of rebels against the dark forces of the Abyss. Desperate to clamp down on the popular rebel leader, the Basilean Duma dispatches a force to bring the former legion officer to justice. Leading the paladins of this force is Tancred, freshly promoted and harboring political ambitions of his own. Under the brutal leadership of Hugh, the commander of the force, Tancred must struggle to find the balance between obeying orders, following the path of righteousness, and advancing his own ambitions.
Stepsister
by Jennifer Donnelly* "Printz Honor winner Donnelly offers up a stunningly focused story that rips into the heart of familiar fairy tale. Isabelle [is] a shattered but not unreedemable girl with a warrior's heart." -- Booklist, starred reviewAn instant New York Times bestsellerOptioned for film by Lynette Howell Taylor, the producer of A Star is Born and Bruna Papandrea, producer of Big Little LiesA Seventeen Best of the YearLonglisted for the Carnegie MedalAn American Librarian Association-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults bookAn American Library Association Feminist Book Project bookA Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the YearIsabelle should be blissfully happy -- she's about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn't the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince's heart. She's the ugly stepsister who cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella's shoe . . . which is now filling with blood.Isabelle tried to fit in. She cut away pieces of herself in order to become pretty. Sweet. More like Cinderella. But that only made her mean, jealous, and hollow. Now she has a chance to alter her destiny and prove what ugly stepsisters have always known: it takes more than heartache to break a girl.Evoking the darker, original version of the Cinderella story, Stepsister shows us that ugly is in the eye of the beholder, and uses Jennifer Donnelly's trademark wit and wisdom to send an overlooked character on a journey toward empowerment, redemption . . . and a new definition of beauty.
Stepsister from the Planet Weird
by Francess LantzAlthough Megan usually discounts her younger brother's outer space fantasies, she is not so certain that he is wrong when he suggests that the unusual man with whom their surfer mother has fallen in love and his seemingly perfect daughter are aliens.
Stepsons of Terra
by Robert SilverbergIt had been five hundred years since the distant Terran Colony of Corwin had communicated with Earth. But now Corwin was threatened by the indomitable warriors of Klodni and the peaceful planet desperately needed help. Baird Ewing was the ambassador chosen by his people to find that help and save Corwin from destruction.But Earth had changed . . .Ewing found a decadent world of worthless pleasure-seekers devoid of hope and incapable of help. The only remaining vestige of the old world on Earth was to be found in the College of Abstract Science. It was Ewing's last hope. If he failed it was the end of the line for him, Corwin - and the galaxy.First published in 1958.
Sterling City
by Stephen Graham JonesWhen a Martian moon explodes, what follows in rural Texas will take your breath away, in this haunting short novel from the New York Times–bestselling author. When Lee&’s wife of fifteen years leaves him on the same night a Martian moon is destroyed, the fields of his farm still need to be irrigated and the cotton planted. The space accident is too far away to concern Lee more than boll weevils and rain forecasts—but then a giant caterpillar is found on his land. For months, all Lee sees of the caterpillar are the pieces it leaves behind from molting . . . until the night the moon debris makes its way to Earth. &“Sterling City is mesmerizing, horrifying, strange, and you can&’t put it down. It has a kind of stark poetry in the concision and clarity of its prose. Another great example of why you should be reading Stephen Graham Jones.&” —Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times–bestselling author of Annihilation
Sterling Karat Gold: A Novel
by Isabel WaidnerLike Franz Kafka’s The Trial for the post-truth era, at once “surreal, polemical, and fun” (The Telegraph).Sterling Beckenbauer is plunged into a terrifying and nonsensical world one morning when they are attacked, then unfairly arrested, in their neighborhood in London. With the help of their friends, Sterling hosts a trial of their own in order to exonerate themselves and to hold the powers that be to account.Sterling Karat Gold, in the words of Kamila Shamsie, is “a madly brilliant and deeply sane novel that reveals surrealism as possibly the most effective way of talking about the political moment we find ourselves in.” In it, Isabel Waidner concocts a world replete with bullfighters, high fashion, DIY theater, the Beach Boys, and time-traveling spaceships. The acclaimed winner of the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize for fiction that breaks the mold and extends the possibilities of the form, this novel explores the phantasmagoric nature of contemporary life, especially for nonbinary migrants, and daringly revises how solidarity and justice might be sought and won. Sterling Karat Gold couldn’t be a better North American introduction to a writer with an irresistible style and unforgettable vision.
Sterling and Nugget the Dragon
by Judd B ShawSterling’s adventure in Sterling and Nugget the Dragon teaches the importance of empathy and brings out the knight in shining armor within any child.
Stern-faced Prince, Sturdy Consort: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Jiu MengruoyouhenOnce she transmigrated she became an imperial concubine that was even inferior to a concubine The prince was infuriated You don't love your wife and concubine It didn't matter the stud man wasn't her dish A female ghost was trying to steal his body No no my body is mine you go play on the side Future husband's internal troubles She didn't care no matter how many storms there were she would always be willing to share the burden with him
Stern-faced Prince, Sturdy Consort: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Jiu MengruoyouhenOnce she transmigrated she became an imperial concubine that was even inferior to a concubine The prince was infuriated You don't love your wife and concubine It didn't matter the stud man wasn't her dish A female ghost was trying to steal his body No no my body is mine you go play on the side Future husband's internal troubles She didn't care no matter how many storms there were she would always be willing to share the burden with him
Steve L. McEvil (Steve L. McEvil #1)
by Lucas TurnbloomLean into your wicked side in this full-color graphic novel series about a middle-school super villain (in training) who must choose between saving his town and doing the most horrific thing of all--teaming up with the good guys.Hi! My name is Steve L. McEvil, and I am THE GREATEST SUPERVILLAIN IN THE WORLD! Or…I will be. It&’s hard to take over the planet when you still have a bedtime. Right now, my grandpa Tiberius McEvil is teaching me how to pull off my nefarious schemes. Though lately someone has been doing the job for me. These weird stones have appeared in town. Professor Stinger won&’t stop droning on about wormholes. And no one is more villainous than my new neighbor Vic Turry. That guy is just so…NICE! Barf. Even Sierra, who rarely looks up from her geology books, is impressed by his good guy routine. But I&’ll show them all. No one can outsmart Steve L. McEvil! (Yeah, yeah, I know it rhymes.)