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      • Trusted Partner
        October 2020

        Turning Men into Pigs and Staying Safe from Such Trickery

        A Scientific Foray into the World of Ancient Greek Legends

        by Monika Niehaus, Michael Wink

        The adventures of Odysseus are not just a classic literary epic but also shine a light on intriguing questions for geography, archaeology and biology. Phenomena like the Cyclops and magic potions were only understood in recent decades thanks to phytochemical and pharmacological research that enabled new insights into the effect of plant substances on the mind and body. Monika Niehaus and Michael Wink embark on an enjoyable excursion in their book on a scientific foray for knowledge – from ancient myths to medieval drug excesses and the world of comics.

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        Fiction
        June 2017

        Worst Seller

        by Bighead Horse

        “Your biggest problem,” shouts a sadistic instructor at a confused group of writers, “is that you’re too mass-market!” The first story in Bighead Horse’s How to Write a Worstseller tells of an unusual workshop whose participants learn how to curb their sales appeal. This book generates from this story and fictionalises a writing contest with prize of 30 million RMB. The stories touch upon a rich range of topics and display a diverse spectrum of styles, while the author is concealed in the elaborated stories and hidden behind the different writer identities. This collection of stories demonstrates the author's command of writing novels in different styles and themes.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2015

        Cumin, a wizard who knows it all

        Witch & Wizard

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        Cumin is an exceptionally bright wizard-child. He knows all the spells and potions and knows the meaning of the most confusing terms.  Only one thing he does not know: how to have fun. How can he eat sugared worms candy when he knows that extra sugar can cause the terrible sucrazitus-limfotzitos illness? How can he play with a unicorn when he holds in his hand the third volume of the "œspell and magic" trilogy? Slowly Cumin's friends drift away, and even his parents are worried that maybe he is too smart for his own good. Who will teach Cumin that he can not find all the answers in his books?   This is the seventh installment in the Witch and Wizard book series. The Witch and Wizard series (7 books) is a fantasy book series for beginner readers. It's funny and easy to read. It captivates youngsters with the unusual adventures, activities, names and foods that are part of day to day life in this alternate world of witches and wizards.

      • Children's & YA

        The Secret Potion

        by Tony Flood

        As leading author Jessa Duchen says: "Readers pining for more magic post Harry Potter need look no further than The Secret Potion in which Tony Flood conjures up all the wizards, goblins, pixies and poisonous spiders you could want - plus quite possibly the world's worst monster. Jody Richards, a bubbly 10-year-old girl with an unfortunate habit of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, is desperate to find her missing brother James.   Her vivid dreams take her to a mysterious land called Tamila, which is inhabited by magical wizards, both good and bad, mischievous pixies, nasty witches and goblins and helpful fairies. The unsuspecting girl falls foul of an evil wizard called Hugo Toby, who sends her into a whirlpool. But Wiffle, the wizard of kindness, arrives in the nick of time on his flying white horse to save her from drowning.   In her search for her kidnapped brother, Jody has several hair-raising, terrifying - and sometimes hilarious – encounters.   She has to battle against Hugo Toby and his vile brother Augustine The Awful, a cruel witch called Huffy Haggard, and two horrid goblins, all of whom are seeking the secret of ever lasting life.   Jody also comes up against the most horrendous monster in the whole world as she battles to rescue her brother from Augustine The Awful's clutches.   But she and her new friend, The Bag Man, who seems to have literally everything in his carrier bags, are determined that good shall triumph over evil.   The Secret Potion has been recommended by actress June Whitfield, who says it is ideal for Harry Potter fans, and more details - plus signed copies - are available on www.fantasyadventurebooks.com

      • Picture books

        ADVENTURE OF A SMALL STONE

        by Cheng CHEN

        This is an adventure journey of “Rock” a small stone. Since born in a pool, Rock has got bored at the ordinary, no-change days, admiring his friends around could exploit the outside world in growing-up. When the bud grows up into a tall tree, he can see the far horizons. When the tadpole transforms into the fog, he could jump at the lands and leaves. Even his best friend, the water, accompanying with him mostly, can catch the break to have some play outside when the heavy rains help spread the pool… But for Rock, he still remains same and has to fix there. One night, a magician passes by. Rock is surprised to witness the magician transmits a snake into a zebra by a magic potion. So Rock asks the magician’s favor to help him realize his wishes. The magician agrees to help but gives him only eight drops of the magic potion. Rock is so excited and sets out shortly. Along his journey, he becomes water, fire, storm, castle, mouse, cat and dog in the subsequent courses. But Rock the Dog is captured by the butcher. He struggles to survive but injured badly into death. The adventure out of the pool flashes in Rock’s brain. Rock recalls the magician’s advice for him, “No perfect in this world”, and he drinks up the last magic potion. In the last chance, he decides to revert back into his original form, a small, plain stone. In the simple style of Shel Silverstein’s The Missing Piece, Adventure of a Small Stone is a self-publish gift book about the struggles to look for the change and the perfect, but in the end gain the harmony and peace with its nature.

      • Fiction
        August 2023

        The Ultimate Wizarding World Guide to Magical Studies

        A Comprehensive Exploration of Hogwarts’s Classes and Curriculum

        by MuggleNet

        This comprehensive tome examines every aspect of the Hogwarts curriculum, from class descriptions and exam questions to potion ingredients and the magical world’s perspective on Muggle history. Certain to make reading (or re-reading) the Harry Potter series that much more intriguing, this book explores the full breadth of instruction at Hogwarts, as well as the fine details of each class, from each class syllabus to final exams.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2013

        Melisa, Tiresome Old Witch

        Witch & Wizard

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        Anise and Sage had a lot of plans for the spring break: hunt toads, swim in the river, hike... but they did not imagine that they would have to spend their entire vacation in the company of their old aunt! When aunt Melisa arrives with tons of suitcases, a screechy voice, and a pet potted plant, the girls decide to make her go away in any way they can. But how will they get rid of a witch with a dire love for disgusting things and a peculiar taste?   This is the fifth installment in the Witch and Wizard book series. The Witch and Wizard series (7 books) is a fantasy book series for beginner readers. It's funny and easy to read. It captivates youngsters with the unusual adventures, activities, names and foods that are part of day to day life in this alternate world of witches and wizards.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2014

        Cichorium, the new wizard on the block

        Witch & Wizard

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        Every neighbourhood gets new neighbours from time to time, but when they move into a deserted house, houtend by the spririts of long passed dragons, it's clear that this is the begining of an adventure. Anise and her friends meet Cichorium, their new neighbour, and immediately start warning him about the weird residents of the house his family choose. But Cichorium is not afraid, as he does not belive in ghosts, and especialy dragon ghosts.   This is the sixth installment in the Witch and Wizard book series. The Witch and Wizard series (7 books) is a fantasy book series for beginner readers. It's funny and easy to read. It captivates youngsters with the unusual adventures, activities, names and foods that are part of day to day life in this alternate world of witches and wizards.

      • Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's/YA)
        May 2010

        Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

        by Robert Louis Stevenson

        Bold, visionary Henry Jekyll believes he can use his scientific knowledge to divide a person into two beings – one of pure good and one of pure evil. Working tirelessly in his secret laboratory, concocting a potion that would tear at the core of what makes a man human, he eventually succeeds – but only halfway. Instead of separating the good and evil halves, Jekyll isolates only the latter. What seems at first a relief to the doctor becomes a nightmare as he loses control of the transformation. His friends feel Jekyll will waste away and fear the worst. Can Jekyll undo what he has done? Or will it change things forever?

      • Pete Saurus 1. A Prehistoric Mischief

        by Pablo C. Reyna

        Welcome to Atapuerca, a prehistoric village where the firstchildren of the world live. Among them, Mona Sapiens,inventor (although she never gets it right at first); CrockMagnon, the strongest of all the kids (and also the brutest),and Pete Saurus... the only one who doesn’t have anythingspecial.At least, until he accidentally gets covered by Mona’smagical potion, which turns him into a dinosaur. But...Achoo! When he sneezes, he becomes a normal kid again.In this first adventure, Pete and his friends will have toface the Monster of the Caves.

      • Adult & contemporary romance
        February 2012

        Midnight Remedy

        by Eve Gaddy

        BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES . . . Piper Stevenson's mysterious "potion" cured one of his patients. Dr. Eric Chambers is determined to unravel the secret of her painful past. Can they heal each other's hearts? "A sparkling fresh love story . . . 4 Stars" -Romantic Times, Melinda Helfer ". . . lively and entertaining . . . Piper and Eric make a wonderful, steamy combination." -Old Book Barn Gazette "This book is fabulous; the plot is original and fresh. The characters are darling and the sexual tension simmers . . ." -Rendezvous Eve Gaddy is the bestselling, award-winning author of sixteen novels for Bantam Loveswept and Harlequin Superromance, with more than a million copies in print. Her books have won and been nominated for awards from Romantic Times, Golden Quill, Bookseller's Best, Holt Medallion, Texas Gold, Daphne Du Maurier and more. She was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Innovative Series romance as well as winning the 2008 Romantic Times Career Achievement award for Series Storyteller of the year. Visit her at http://www.evegaddy.net.

      • Trusted Partner

        SECRET DRUGS OF BUDDHISM

        Psychedelic Sacraments and the Origins of the Vajrayana

        by Mike Crowley

        Secret Drugs of Buddhism is the first book to explore the historical evidence for the use of entheogenic plants within the Buddhist tradition. Drawing on scriptural sources, botany, pharmacology, and religious iconography, this book calls attention to the central role which psychedelics played in Indian religions. It traces their history from the mysterious soma potion, celebrated in the most ancient Hindu scriptures, to amrita, the sacramental drink of Vajrayana Buddhism. Although amrita used in modern Vajrayana ceremonies lacks any psychoactivity, there is copious evidence that the amrita used by the earliest Vajrayana practitioners was a potent entheogen. It is the nature of this psychedelic form of the sacrament which is the central topic of this book. In particular, Secret Drugs of Buddhism attempts to identify the specific ingredients employed in amrita’s earliest formulations. To this end, the book presents evidence from many countries in which the Vajrayana movement flourished. These include Bhutan, Japan, Mongolia, and Tibet but special attention is given to India, the land of its origin.

      • Children's & YA
        August 2022

        Dumbledore

        The Life and Lies of Hogwarts's Renowned Headmaster: An Unofficial Exploration

        by Irvin Khaytman

        A BRILLIANT investigation into the motivations and methods behind the actions of Hogwarts’s renowned Headmaster! Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is one of the most recognizable and mysterious figures in the Harry Potter series. As an unscrupulous beetle-like journalist once said, he’s “a biographer’s dream.” Is he omniscient or limited? Is he benevolent or malevolent? What really drove him in the last years of an extraordinary life?

      • Adventure stories (Children's/YA)
        April 2014

        The Riddle of Trefflepugga Path

        by Phil & Jacqui Lovesey

        The first in the Most Majelicus trilogy. When Matlock the Hare's beloved home of Winchett Dale is threatened by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, the only way he can save the dale is by taking a perilous and twizzly journey along Trefflepugga Path - a journey that will test all his majickal abilities to the very limits. Join Matlock and a fregle of saztaculous majickal creatures, as he sets out along Trefflepugga Path  in an adventure that will change his destiny for ever; from the very first pid-pad he takes.  And then perhaps, ask yourself the question: just where would Trefflepugga Path take you...? ISBN 978-1-78132-183-6

      • 1997

        THE LOVE POTION

        The bestselling title by Swedish author, sold in Danish, Finnish, French, German and Norwegian.

        by Karin Brunk Holmqvist

        The two Svensson sisters have both passed the 70-mark and lead a quiet and content life in their childhood home in Borrby, Østerlen, Sweden. When the businessman, Alvar Klemens, buys the house next door as his summer residence, new winds start to blow. The two sisters who are normally extremely prudent when it comes to money, feel the need for a make-over to catch the attention of the attractive neighbour.   One day the sisters witness how a male cat practically throws himself on a female cat after he has eaten some of the flowers in Alvar’s garden. Tilda and Elida now hatch a brilliant plan which will enable them to fund their need for new acquisitions. And from that day, their life never becomes the same again.

      • Historical fiction
        June 2012

        To The Fair Land

        by Lucienne Boyce

        In 1789 struggling writer Ben Dearlove rescues a woman from a furious Covent Garden mob. The woman is ill and in her delirium cries out the name "Miranda". Weeks later an anonymous novel about the voyage of the Miranda to the fabled Great Southern Continent causes a sensation. Ben decides to find the author everyone is talking about. He is sure the woman can help him - but she has disappeared. It is soon clear that Ben is involved in something more than the search for a reclusive writer. Who is the woman and what is she running from? Who is following Ben? And what is the Admiralty trying to hide? Before he can discover the shocking truth Ben has to get out of prison, catch a thief, and bring a murderer to justice.

      • Fiction
        March 2016

        The First Immortal: Dark Angel

        by Stone Palatin

        One of the darkest and most mysterious times in the history of the world is brought to breathtaking light in this action packed, epic fantasy. At no time in civilization was the intellect of man greater than before the great flood; the pre-diluvian progeny of the first man, Adam. Magnificent and powerful beasts roamed the earth and the seas, along with giants, fallen angels and the surprising offspring of angels and womankind. Myth, legend and theology intertwine in this tale of love, betrayal, redemption and the titanic struggle between good and evil, and the quest for eternal life. In this first adventure of the Trilogy, “The First Immortal: Dark Angel,” the reader is transported to a majestic civilization built by Adam, the first man, Cain, his son and antagonist – and their deadly foes, the Dark Lords, led by a powerful ruler, Lucifer. Join the conflict and judge for yourself who deserves to become...”The First Immortal.”

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