Reality is not what it seems

Reality Is Not What It Seems

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Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity - Carlo Rovelli

<p>From Aristotle to Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday to the Higgs boson, he takes us on a wondrous journey to show us that beyond our ever-changing idea of reality is a whole new world that has yet to be discovered.</p> <p>What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his...

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Rationality : What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters - Steven Pinker

<p>In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that discovered vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, quack cures and conspiracy theorizing? In Rationality, Pinker rejects the cynical cliche that humans are simply an ir...

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Reality+

From one of our leading thinkers, a dazzling philosophical journey through virtual worldsIn the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impossible to distinguish from non-virtual worlds. But is vir...

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This Is Not the Jess Show

A timely YA thriller about a teenage girl whose reality may not be what it seems, blending 90s nostalgia with a speculative hook that dissects our mod

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The God is Not Willing - Steven Erikson

<p>'Awe-inspiring. Prepare to fall in love with epic fantasy all over again.' ANNA SMITH SPARK, author of the bestselling The Court of Broken Knives 'Erikson is an extraordinary writer . . . treat yourself.' STEPHEN R. DONALDSON The thrilling opening chapter in an epic new fantasy from the author of The Malazan Book of the Fallen... Many years have passed since t...

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Reality: A Very Short Introduction

'What is real?' has been one of the key questions of philosophy since its beginning in antiquity. But it is not just a question that philosophers ask.

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The Magic of Reality - Richard Dawkins

<p>Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth. These are magical, extraordinary tales. But there is another kind of magic, and it lies in the exhilaration of discovering the real answers to these questions. It is the magic of real...

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The God is Not Willing : The First Tale of Witness - Steven Erikson

Anotace: 'Awe-inspiring. Prepare to fall in love with epic fantasy all over again.' ANNA SMITH SPARK, author of the bestselling The Court of Broken Knives 'Erikson is an extraordinary writer . . . treat yourself.' STEPHEN R. DONALDSON The thrilling opening chapter in an epic new fantasy from the author of The Malazan Book of the Fallen... Many year...

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Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy - Chalmers David J.

Anotace: From one of our leading thinkers, a dazzling philosophical journey through virtual worldsIn the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impossible to distinguish from non-virtual worlds. ...

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Janko Kráľ - I was Not Born for Quiet

Anotace: Thanks to Janko Kráľ, as John Minahane has written, the Váh is Slovakia´s most mystical river. Again and again the poet returns to his community via that flagship poem of Slovak romanticism, The Enchanted Maiden in the Váh and Odd Johnny. Characteristic in Kráľ´s poetry is his focus on the inward side of events and stories, turned inside out, since one has to tu...

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Janko Kráľ - I was Not Born for Quiet

Thanks to Janko Kráľ, as John Minahane has written, the Váh is Slovakia’s most mystical river. Again and again the poet returns to his community via that flagship poem of Slovak romanticism, The Enchanted Maiden in the Váh and Odd Johnny. Characteristic in Kráľ’s poetry is his focus on the inward side of events and stories, turned inside out, since one has to turn one’s c...

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The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything: - Kara Gnodde

<p>Like circles of a Venn diagram, Mimi and Art Brotherton have always come as a pair. Devoted siblings, they're bound together in their childhood home by the tragic death of their parents.Art believes that people - including his sister - are incapable of making sensible decisions when it comes to love. That’s what algorithms are for.Mimi knows that her brother is a...

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The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You (0525540423)

Kniha - autor Julie Zhuo, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná No idea what you're doing? No problem. Good managers are made, not born. Top tech executive Julie Zhuo remembers the moment when she was asked to lead a team. She felt like she’d won the golden ticket, until reality came crashing in. She was just 25 and had barely any experience being managed, le...

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Janko Kráľ - I was Not Born for Quiet (978-80-8119-149-7)

Kniha - 120 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Thanks to Janko Kráľ, as John Minahane has written, the Váh is Slovakia’s most mystical river. Again and again the poet returns to his community via that flagship poem of Slovak romanticism, The Enchanted Maiden in the Váh and Odd Johnny. Characteristic in Kráľ’s poetry is his focus on the inward side of events a...

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Game Called Malice

A brand new original Rebus play from the iconic #1 bestseller - in which all is not quite what it seems at an Edinburgh dinner party, full of secrets

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Cat Who Lived High (The Cat WhoÂ… Mysteries, Book 11)

Something's afoot and all is not what it seems, but you can trust Qwilleran and his feline friends to investigate the mystery of the Casablanca apartm

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Tintin in Tibet

The world's most famous travelling reporter is devastated at the death of a dear friend. But what if all is not as it seems? Could Chang still be aliv

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The Turn of the Key, 1. vydání - Ruth Ware

<p>When Rowan stumbles across the advert, it seems like too good an opportunity to miss: a live-in nanny position, with a very generous salary. And when she arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten by the luxurious 'smart' home fitted out with all modern conveniences by a picture-perfect family. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare - on...

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The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath's only novel. Renowned for its intensity and outstandingly vivid prose, it broke existing boundaries between fiction and reality and helped to make Plath an enduring feminist icon. It was published under a pseudonym a few weeks before the author's suicide. 'It is a fine novel, as bitter and remorseless as her last poems ...The world in which t...

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Night Shift - Stephen King

<p>A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by the shadows of the night.As you read, the clutching fingers of terror brush lightly across the nape of the neck, reach round from behind to clutch and lock themselves, white-knuckled, around the throat. This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that b...

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Caraval

WELCOME TO CARAVAL, WHERE NOTHING IS QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS . . . Scarlett has never left the tiny isle of Trisda, pining from afar for the wonder of Caraval, a once-a-year week-long performance where the audience participates in the show. Caraval is Magic. Mystery. Adventure. And for Scarlett and her beloved sister Tella it represents freedom and an escape from their ruthle...

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The Architecture of Reciprocity - Miroslav Cikán,Pavla Melková

Anotace: We should ask not only how architecture is, but primarily, what it causes. Such is the epigraph for the present work, discussion (not only) architecture in a way that addresses every one of us. The authors of the publication, who have spent much time investigating the mutual relations between human beings, their environment and architecture, demonstrate through ...

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Five Nights at Freddy's: #8: B7-2: An Afk Book - Scott Cawthon; Kelly Parra; Andrea Waggener

Anotace: How do you know what´s imagined and what is not? . . . After spending most of his life trying to become an animatronic, Billy wakes up in the hospital to an entirely new reality. Travis can´t shake the feeling that something eerily familiar is haunting him. And nightmares make Rory´s days and nights blend together until it´s hard to tell what´s what. In the worl...

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B-7: An AFK Book (Five Nights at Freddy´s: Tales from the Pizzaplex #8) - Scott Cawthon

<p>How do you know what’s imagined and what is not? . . . After spending most of his life trying to become an animatronic, Billy wakes up in the hospital to an entirely new reality. Travis can’t shake the feeling that something eerily familiar is haunting him. And nightmares make Rory’s days and nights blend together until it’s hard to tell what’s what. In the world...

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Being You: A New Science of Consciousness (0571337724)

Kniha - autor Anil Seth, 368 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts...

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The Stardust Thief - Chelsea Abdullah

<p>'The Stardust Thief will transport you, enchant you, and revive your belief in the magic of storytelling' Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the SunInspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, The Stardust Thief weaves the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a magical lamp.Ne...

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Silver Tears - Camilla Läckberg

<p>One woman... Faye Adelheim seems to have it all. The head of a global business, she lives in a beautiful villa in Italy with her daughter. But in reality, her life is far from perfect. One man... Faye's ex-husband went to prison for murder. And now, he has escaped, with one thing on his mind. Revenge. One fight for survival... Faye will do anything to keep he...

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Our Fault - Ron Mercedes

Anotace: *A BookTok and Wattpad Viral Sensation*Fast-paced and sizzling with a forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance, Our Fault is the final book in Mercedes Ron`s Culpable trilogy. This suspenseful YA series untangles the threads of love, trauma, and secrets, perfect for fans of Ugly Love and After.Nick and Noah`s rocky relationship is struggling through its worst moment,...

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Our Fault - Mercedes Ron

<p>*A BookTok and Wattpad Viral Sensation*Fast-paced and sizzling with a forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance, Our Fault is the final book in Mercedes Ron's Culpable trilogy. This suspenseful YA series untangles the threads of love, trauma, and secrets, perfect for fans of Ugly Love and After.Nick and Noah's rocky relationship is struggling through its worst moment, ...

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Shadow and Bone

Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold - a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains ...

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Night Shift (1444723197)

Kniha - autor Stephen King, 496 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Stephen King, 496 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by the shadows of the night.As you read, the clutching fingers of terror brush lightly across the nape of the neck, reach round fr...

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Self Analysis

The book starts with an introduction of basic concepts of how the mind works and what it takes to improve its performance. Secondly it contains a chart which is very helpful in predicting the behavior of others (i.e. who can you trust or not), and it contains a number of processes which you can do with yourself to improve memory and well-being. Using this book, through a ...

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The Little Friend

Twelve-year-old Harriet is doing her best to grow up, which is not easy as her mother is permanently on medication, her father has silently moved to another city, and her serene sister rarely notices anything. All of them are still suffering from the shocking and mysterious death of her brother Robin twelve years earlier, and it seems to Harriet that the family may never ...

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The Little Friend - Donna Tartt

<p>Twelve-year-old Harriet is doing her best to grow up, which is not easy as her mother is permanently on medication, her father has silently moved to another city, and her serene sister rarely notices anything. All of them are still suffering from the shocking and mysterious death of her brother Robin twelve years earlier, and it seems to Harriet that the family m...

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The Vanishing Point - McDermidová Val

Anotace: It`s every parent`s worst nightmare...tephanie Harker is travelling through the security gates at O`Hare airport, on her way to an idyllic holiday. Five-year-old Jimmy goes through the metal detector ahead of her. But then, in panic and disbelief, Stephanie watches as a uniformed agent leads her boy away - and she`s stuck the other side of Security, hysterical w...

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Vanishing Point

It's every parent's worst nightmare...tephanie Harker is travelling through the security gates at O'Hare airport, on her way to an idyllic holiday. Five-year-old Jimmy goes through the metal detector ahead of her. But then, in panic and disbelief, Stephanie watches as a uniformed agent leads her boy away - and she's stuck the other side of Security, hysterical with worry....

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Prophet: ´Fabulous...a page-turner´ NEIL GAIMAN - Macdonald Helen

Anotace: YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON.This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want?`Present day science fiction that feels like the best sort of spy novel` NEIL GAIMANAn all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. I...

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Prophet: ´Fabulous...a page-turner´ NEIL GAIMAN - Helen Macdonald

<p>YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON.This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want?'Present day science fiction that feels like the best sort of spy novel' NEIL GAIMANAn all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. It...

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Emily Windsnap and the Fate of Forgotten Island - Liz Kessler

Anotace: Emily Windsnap, an ordinary girl on land and a magical mermaid in water, is overdue a break from excitement - as her exhausted best friend Shona keeps reminding her! So, promising Shona she'll stay free of trouble and just 'swill out' ('chill out' for mermaids), Emily invites her best friend and her boyfriend Aaron along for a relaxing family holiday in the sun ...

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Lockwood &amp; Co: The Creeping Shadow - Jonathan Stroud

<p>Now a major Netflix series!Lucy has left Lockwood &amp; Co. A freelance operative, she is hiring herself out to other agencies - agencies that might value her ever-improving skills.But now Lockwood needs her help.Penelope Fittes, leader of the well-renowned Fittes Agency wants Lockwood &amp; Co. - and only them - to locate and remove the 'Source' for the ...

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Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth - Tom Burgis

<p>'Stand by for fireworks as it hits the shelves' SUNDAY TIMES 'If Orwell were with us today, he'd be writing books like this' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'Breath-taking and jaw-dropping' PETER FRANKOPAN 'A true-life thriller' ANNE APPLEBAUM From th...

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Where the Crawdads Sing, 1. vydání - Delia Owens

<p> *The multi-million copy bestseller*Soon to be a major filmA Number One New York Times Bestseller</p> <p>'Painfully beautiful' New York Times'Unforgettable . . . as engrossing as it is moving' Daily Mail'A rare achievement' The Times 'I can't even express how much I love this book!' Reese Witherspoon-------------------------------------------------<...

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Those Other Women - Moriarty Nicola

Anotace: Poppy never thought her husband wanted children - especially not with her best friend. When Poppy arrives home to find her husband and best friend sitting side by side at her kitchen table, she thinks they`re planning her a birthday surprise . . . Little does she know, they`re waiting to tell her about their affair. And worse, that they`re having a baby. Now eve...

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Those Other Women - Nicola Moriarty

<p>Poppy never thought her husband wanted children - especially not with her best friend. When Poppy arrives home to find her husband and best friend sitting side by side at her kitchen table, she thinks they're planning her a birthday surprise . . . Little does she know, they're waiting to tell her about their affair. And worse, that they're having a baby. Now ever...

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The Architecture of Reciprocity - Miroslav Cikán

<p>We should ask not only how architecture is, but primarily, what it causes. Such is the epigraph for the present work, discussion (not only) architecture in a way that addresses every one of us. The authors of the publication, who have spent much time investigating the mutual relations between human beings, their environment and architecture, demonstrate through c...

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The Housemaid - Freida McFadden

Anotace: "Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . . Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house ...

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The Talented Mr Varg : A Detective Varg novel - McCall Smith Alexander

Anotace: Spring is coming slowly to Sweden - though not quite as slowly as Detective Ulf Varg`s promised promotion at the Department of Sensitive Crimes. For Varg, referred by his psychoanalyst to group therapy at Malmoe`s Wholeness Centre, life now seems mostly a circle of self-examination, something which may or may not be useful when it comes to the nature of his prof...

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The Mahjong Huntress

Mary Elisabeth Riley is to be wed to sir Charles Gilbertworth on the eve of her 21st birthday. She is reluctant, as the marriage was arranged and she does not feel it’s the time or the place – or the man for that matter. She, as a growing number of women of her age, wants to make something more out of herself, and becoming a housewife is not exactly what she h...

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The Mahjong Huntress (PC)

Mary Elisabeth Riley is to be wed to sir Charles Gilbertworth on the eve of her 21st birthday. She is reluctant, as the marriage was arranged and she does not feel it&rsquo;s the time or the place &ndash; or the man for that matter. She, as a growing number of women of her age, wants to make something more out of herself, and becoming a housewife is not exactly wh...

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Talented Mr Varg

Spring is coming slowly to Sweden - though not quite as slowly as Detective Ulf Varg's promised promotion at the Department of Sensitive Crimes. For Varg, referred by his psychoanalyst to group therapy at Malmoe's Wholeness Centre, life now seems mostly a circle of self-examination, something which may or may not be useful when it comes to the nature of his profession and...

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The Talented Mr Varg : A Detective Varg novel - Smith Alexander McCall

<p>Spring is coming slowly to Sweden - though not quite as slowly as Detective Ulf Varg's promised promotion at the Department of Sensitive Crimes. For Varg, referred by his psychoanalyst to group therapy at Malmoe's Wholeness Centre, life now seems mostly a circle of self-examination, something which may or may not be useful when it comes to the nature of his profe...

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Ravensburger GraviTrax Extension Color Swap

Typ: Rozšíření Doporučený věk: Od 8 let Počet dílů: 9 Materiál: kov / plast GraviTrax Element Colour Swap - marble run extension Enter the fascinating world of GraviTrax Element Colour Swap! The ball seems to magically change colour. What colour do you think it will be next? Watch as the GraviTrax Element changes the colours of the balls. A ball rolls into the Colour S...

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Ravensburger GraviTrax Extension Color Swap

Typ: Rozšíření Doporučený věk: Od 8 let Počet dílů: 9 Materiál: kov / plast GraviTrax Element Colour Swap - marble run extension Enter the fascinating world of GraviTrax Element Colour Swap! The ball seems to magically change colour. What colour do you think it will be next? Watch as the GraviTrax Element changes the colours of the balls. A ball rolls into the Colour S...

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Sanctuary of the Shadow: The most gripping and epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance of 2024 - Ascher Aurora

Anotace: Enter the circus at your own risk . . . and discover the greatest show on earth in this explosive and darkly magical fantasy novelFor humans, the circus is a place filled with wonder and amazement. For Harrow, it`s a place to hide from those who slaughtered her entire clan. Disguising her abilities as part of her act has kept her true identity safe for years.Unt...

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Sanctuary of the Shadow: The most gripping and epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance of 2024 - Ascher Aurora

Anotace: Enter the circus at your own risk . . . and discover the greatest show on earth in this explosive and darkly magical fantasy novelFor humans, the circus is a place filled with wonder and amazement. For Harrow, it`s a place to hide from those who slaughtered her entire clan. Disguising her abilities as part of her act has kept her true identity safe for years.Unt...

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Sanctuary of the Shadow: The most gripping and epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance of 2024

Enter the circus at your own risk . . . and discover the greatest show on earth in this explosive and darkly magical fantasy novelFor humans, the circus is a place filled with wonder and amazement. For Harrow, it's a place to hide from those who slaughtered her entire clan. Disguising her abilities as part of her act has kept her true identity safe for years.Until he arri...

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Sanctuary of the Shadow: The most gripping and epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance of 2024

Enter the circus at your own risk . . . and discover the greatest show on earth in this explosive and darkly magical fantasy novelFor humans, the circus is a place filled with wonder and amazement. For Harrow, it's a place to hide from those who slaughtered her entire clan. Disguising her abilities as part of her act has kept her true identity safe for years.Until he arri...

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Sanctuary of the Shadow: The most gripp - Aurora Ascher

<p>Enter the circus at your own risk . . . and discover the greatest show on earth in this explosive and darkly magical fantasy novelFor humans, the circus is a place filled with wonder and amazement. For Harrow, it's a place to hide from those who slaughtered her entire clan. Disguising her abilities as part of her act has kept her true identity safe for years.Unti...

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Sanctuary of the Shadow: The most gripp - Aurora Ascher

<p>Enter the circus at your own risk . . . and discover the greatest show on earth in this explosive and darkly magical fantasy novelFor humans, the circus is a place filled with wonder and amazement. For Harrow, it's a place to hide from those who slaughtered her entire clan. Disguising her abilities as part of her act has kept her true identity safe for years.Unti...

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