Mikado's Secret: Path to the Purple Moon


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Shayde was an average girl and at age sixteen had nothing more but a simple life. A family she calls her own, a sister that she loves dearly, the life she wanted was going to come true, until one afternoon. Kit, her best friend, ever since they were both little, leading two lives. Two worlds separated holding a fate for both girls. The woods that hold the key to Shayde’s past. A crystal that unlocks the secrets to the life she’s about to have. One boy that sees something more, but can’t learn to tell the truth about it. Takrom, an evil man that will risk anything and everything, even his own daughter, to rule both worlds for himself. Creatures that are only in a person’s dreams. The boundaries of friendship and love intertwined. Two worlds, one girl to save them both in only so much time. Two moons, but nothing alike, that Shayde must save for the sake of the ones she loves and the new life she wants to live. Battles that Shayde never wanted to face become the truth that she must face not only by herself, but the people she has encountered. Shayde must learn the spell of her long dead mother to send the man that is taking over the other world to his grave in order to save both worlds. Only when the purple moon touches the ground will she try to take back what is hers once and for all.







Tales of Old Japan (illustrated)


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Tales of Old Japan (1871) is an anthology of short stories compiled by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name of A.B. Mitford. These stories focus on various aspects of Japanese life before the Meiji Restoration. The book, which was written in 1871, forms an introduction to Japanese literature and culture, both through the stories, all adapted from Japanese sources, and Mitford's supplementary notes. Also included are Mitford's eyewitness accounts of a selection of Japanese rituals, ranging from harakiri (seppuku) and marriage to a selection of sermons.




The Order of Odd-Fish


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JO LAROUCHE HAS lived her 13 years in the California desert with her Aunt Lily, ever since she was dropped on Lily’s doorstep with this note: This is Jo. Please take care of her. But beware. This is a dangerous baby. At Lily’s annual Christmas costume party, a variety of strange events take place that lead Jo and Lily out of California forever—and into the mysterious, strange, fantastical world of Eldritch City. There, Jo learns the scandalous truth about who she is, and she and Lily join the Order of Odd-Fish, a collection of knights who research useless information. Glamorous cockroach butlers, pointless quests, obsolete weapons, and bizarre festivals fill their days, but two villains are controlling their fate. Jo is inching closer and closer to the day when her destiny is fulfilled, and no one in Eldritch City will ever be the same.




British Film Studios


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Ninety studios, 200 film stills, and countless fascinating facts are all in this A-to-Z compendium of movies made at British studios, from the silent days to the present. Featuring an in-depth cross-reference, the guide also covers the role of the directors, producers and stars.




The Moon Maid


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In the late twentieth century, Admiral Julian 3rd can get no rest, for he knows his future. He will be reborn as his grandson in the next century to journey through space and make an ominous discovery inside the moon; he will live again in the dark years of the twenty-second century as Julian 9th, who refuses to bow down to the victorious Moon Men; and as Julian 20th, the fierce Red Hawk, he will lead humanity's final battle against the alien invaders in the twenty-fifth century.




The Nation


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Exhibitors Daily Review


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The Flaming Sword


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