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Pippi moves into in a house at the edge of a Swedish village with a horse, a monkey, a suitcase full of gold, and no grown-ups to tell her what to do. She has upside-down braids and is wild and funny and her crazy ideas have a way of making anything exciting! Naturally, the children next door, Tommy and Annika are curious about their new neighbor. The three children have the most rollicking adventures on their own, with horses and monkeys, the circus,...
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Horror (Adult Fiction)
OBD Happy Halloween - Adult
Horror (Adult Fiction)
OBD Happy Halloween - Adult
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Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, first published in 1910, remained a perennial favorite throughout the twentieth century and into the early 2000s. It was adapted to several popular motion pictures and into one of the most successful stage musicals of all time. Its main character, Erik, is a romantic figure whose appeal reaches across different cultures and times. He is a sensitive soul, an accomplished composer and musician whose great...
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In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to join them in fleeing the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.
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Moomin books volume 2
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Mysterious pictures of stars with tails have been popping up all over Moominvalley and nobody knows what they mean until Muskrat tells Moomintroll they are signs that a comet will appear in the nighttime sky. Moomintroll and his friend Sniff journey to the Observatory to see what they can learn. They hear the alarming news that the comet is headed straight for Moominvalley! With the help of new friends, Moomintroll and Sniff start for home, hoping...
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Moomin books volume 3
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It is spring in the Valley of the Moomins. And Moomintroll and his friends Snufkin and Sniff make an exciting discovery of a hat with magical powers. They have many adventures until the hat produces something unexpected inside the Moomin household that makes everyone wonder if perhaps the magic is more trouble than it's worth.
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