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Vianne has found new relatives who welcome her in their family and help her improve her magic abilities. But not everything is fine.Aunt Suzanne had friends, and they are no less dangerous than she was.Vianne has found new allies, but also new enemies. Evil forces will soon be unleashed, and Vianne needs all the help she can get if she wants to survive.

Vianne’s life has never been normal. She sees ghosts and she has an affinity for magic. Now that she’s twelve, her magic is getting stronger and her life is about to get even stranger — and more dangerous.Vianne has been raised by her single mum, Andrea, and knows very little of her other relatives. What she does know is that her mother is terrified by her witch sister, Suzanne. When Vianne’s grandmother becomes seriously ill, Andrea wants to be reunited with her mother, but this i...

Create Timeless & Gorgeous Tops for Everyday WearEnter the wonderful world of Tunisian crochet and create unique, beautiful pieces that will carry you through each and every season! With careful guidance from pattern designer Ashley Rivas, you can crochet these lovely tops using the trendy Tunisian technique—filling your wardrobe with everything from cozy pullovers to comfy tees. This easy-to-follow, comprehensive guide will walk you through each and every method, ...

A dark and magical tale of witches, ghosts, and dangerous family secrets.Twelve-year-old Vianne has always been different—she sees ghosts, feels magic, and sees the future in her dreams—and knows her life isn’t exactly normal.Raised by her single mother, Vianne knows little about her family—except that her mum is terrified of her sister, the powerful and mysterious witch aunt, Suzanne. When Vianne’s grandmother falls ill, the family is forced back together....

Brown Enough, Christopher Rivas's first book, is a literary memoir about what it truly means to be Brown in America. Holding the weight of being a Latino man, Christopher wonders where he falls on the color line, widened through his experience as an ethnically ambiguous actor of color in Hollywood and the man!) dangers and pitfalls that come from owning one's Brownness. Told through the lens of his personal stories and in a unique and literal voice, Christopher examines the deep history of...

In a land where magic is feared and monsters rule the night, their journey becomes the key to survival.At thirteen, Ari already knows that life is far from easy. But when tragedy strikes, she is forced to leave her remote village and everything she knows behind and journey to the king’s City in search of her only surviving relative. What awaits her is a world far more dangerous—and far more magical—than she ever imagined.Wes

A filmmaker moonlighting as a top-secret courier must thwart a deadly plot involving kidnappers and Nazi gold in this break-neck thriller.Pero Baltazar's work as a film producer takes him all over the world. It's the sort of career that has made him an asset to the US State Department as a part-time courier. His last assignment from them, however, proved almost fatal and required some time off.Finally rested and ready to get back to work, Pero takes a job o...

A documentary team hiking through East Africa collides with a gang of deadly poachers, in this gripping adventure by the author of Kidnapped on Safari.Years of filming, extreme dangers, and daring rescues have taken their toll on documentary producer Pero Baltazar and his team. To relax and reconnect with the East African wildlife they love, Pero organizes a walking safari for him, his camerawoman Nancy Breiton, and their elite guide Mbuno Waliangulu. Still...

The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies“Golem Girl is luminous; a profound portrait of the artist as a young—and mature—woman; an unflinching social history of disability over the last six decades; and a hymn to life, love, family, and spirit.”—David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasWINNER OF THE ...

Do you have what it takes to challenge a god?An epic YA fantasy filled with magic, dragons, lost memories, and gods who don’t play fair.As war threatens New-Land once again, Wes, Ari, and their friends prepare to face their oldest enemy—the kingdom of Ehlebas. But the true danger isn’t across the border. It’s already among them.When Ari and others mysteriously disappear from the city of Whitetowers, and Tyss loses all memory of his ...

Learn how to use Next.js for building web apps without compromising performance, user experience, and developer happiness Key Features • Develop scalable web applications using Next.js • Use Next.js as a frontend for existing backends and e-commerce websites and understand how to implement it with any headless CMS • Deploy Next.js on different platforms, such as Vercel, DigitalOcean, and AWS, or on your own server Book Description Next.js is a scalable and high-performance React.js framewo...

Haunted by blood. Driven by vengeance. Consumed by shadows.Dimitri lives for one purpose... to destroy Prism, the black-market organization that shattered his past. His hunt is merciless, his hands stained with the lives he's taken to get closer to his target. But when his obsession leads him to Serena, the only light in his darkness, everything changes.Serena is fire to his ice, an unexpected innocence tangled in danger. When Prism marks her as their next ...