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Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception

After his last run-in with the fairies, Artemis Fowl had his mind wiped of his memories of the world belowround. Any goodness he had grudgingly learned is now gone, and the young genius has reverted to his criminal lifestyle.
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The merry wives of Windsor

Presents an annotated edition of Shakespeare's comedy about Sir John Falstaff's attempts to seduce Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page; and includes a critical introduction, and discussion of the historical background of the play.
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White is for witching

Miranda has a strange eating disorder and lives with her twin brother and her widowed father in a Gothic house in Dover, England that rejects strangers and eventually unleashes it most destructive power.
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The Boleyn bride

At sixteen, Elizabeth Howard envisions a glorious life as lady-in-waiting to the future queen, Catherine of Aragon. But instead, she is forced to marry Thomas Boleyn, a wealthy commoner, and stagnate in the countryside while her husband pursues his ambitions. There, she raises Mary, George, and Anne, while entertaining a string of admirers. When Henry VIII takes the throne, Thomas brings his highborn wife to London, and Elizabeth indulges in lavish diversions and catches the lusty king's eye. But those who enjoy Henry's fickle favor must also guard against his wrath. For although they are at the pinnacle of power, the Boleyn family's fortune may be turning.
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Black Beauty

A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
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Faces in the water

During Daniel's summer visit with his grandmother in York County, Pennsylvania, characters and events from his visit to York, England, appear and reappear in mysterious ways.
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A Christmas carol

in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
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Paddington takes the test

Presents further misadventures in England of the bear from Darkest Peru in which he takes a driving test, visits a Stately Home, gets a rise, and takes part in a magic act.
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Matilda Bone

Fourteen-year-old Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine in a village in medieval England, tries to reconcile the various aspects of her life, both spiritual and practical.
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