Ruby Rosemount and the Magic Carpet


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"Ruby's mouth was open in a silent scream. She gripped the carpet tightly as it climbed higher and higher. Panic rose like a lump in her throat." Ruby Rosemount is flying! A magic carpet (with attitude) is about to take her on the adventure of her life to a magical oasis. Here genies, wicked villains, sand sprites, spells and dungeons will test all of her powers - including the ones she still doesn't know she has.




The Magic Carpet


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Ruby's mouth was open in a silent scream. She gripped the carpet tightly as it climbed higher and higher. Panic rose like a lump in her throat. Ruby Rosemount is flying! A magic carpet (with attitude) is about to take her on the adventure of her life to a magical oasis. Here genies, wicked villains, sand sprites, spells and dungeons will test all of her powers, including the ones she still doesn't know she has.




Ruby Rosemount and the Traveller's Telescope


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"Ruby is still trying to learn about magic, and Granny McQuirky is sending her lessons via the mail wind to help her. Ann Rosemount, Ruby's mother, is against Ruby using magic of any kind and forbids her to use it in the house. But Ruby can't obey, and when her house-proud mother decides to give the tarnished old travellers telescope a polish, Mrs Pinkus from next door disappears! Ruby and her friends, Avalon and Jaffa, must go in after her. One minute Ruby is in her lounge room and the next she is in a dark forest with Avalon, Jaffa and the magic carpet. To Ruby's horror, she discovers that they are not alone..." --Back cover.




Ruby Rosemount and the Doomsday Curse


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When a terrible curse is invoked, Ruby's studies at the Academy of Peace are cut short. Who is doing this? Why have her mother and Granny disappeared? Long-hidden secrets are about to be uncovered, and these could have disastrous consequences for everyone.




We Hold this Treasure


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Based Upon interviews and correspondence with more than four hundred former patients, We Hold This Treasure is the inspiring story of the first state-funded hospital in the United States to provide care for indigent, handicapped children.




A View of the Birdtail


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Think Tanks Across Nations


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Brings attention to the extent of think tank development in countries including Malaysia, Russia, Japan, Italy, the US, and Australia, and explores their involvement in the policy process. Each chapter begins with an empirical and historical analysis of developments in think tanks within a country to gain insight into their diverse forms and behaviors, and compares think tank activity in different countries in an attempt to understand why they have developed differently. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




The Tale of Run Run Rat


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