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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Curse of the Thirteenth Fey The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty【電子書籍】[ Jane Yolen ]

＜p＞You think you know the story of Sleeping Beauty, but the ＜em＞real＜/em＞ story is far more spellbinding…＜/p＞ ＜p＞Gorse is the thirteenth and youngest in a family of fairies tied to the evil king’s land and made to do his bidding. When accident-prone Gorse falls ill just as the family is bid to bless the new princess, a fairytale starts to unfold. Sick as she is, Gorse races to the castle with the last piece of magic the family has leftーa piece of the Thread of Life. But that is when accident, mayhem, and magic combine to drive Gorse’s story into the unthinkable, threatening the baby and the kingdom.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor【電子書籍】[ Charles Palmer ]

＜p＞'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor' is the first in a two book series, inspired by the characters in the old English counting rhyme. The stories are a blend of traditional and modern and are designed to thrill, chill, and ー above all ー entertain.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Recommended for smart children (8-12) and canny mums, dads, aunties, uncles and grandparents (24-100).＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Tinker and the Pool of Oblivion: How is the Tinker going to find his Bronze Age princess when he doesn't even know he has lost her? And if that wasn't problem enough, his rival is a powerful sorcerer with a very nasty plan for his permanent removal from the scene!＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Tailor and the Changeling: The Tailor is a thoroughly modern 14th century designer and entrepreneur, so he is not at all amused when his baby daughter is stolen by goblins. It's just so 'Dark Ages'! Can he outsmart them or does he have to resort to 'old school' swords and sorcery methods to rescue her?＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Two Soldiers: Walter is greedy but the only way he can survive in the snow-bound mountain pass is to give his enchanted food and drink away! Worse still, there is gap in the path and a long drop, and his brother Boris is missing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Sailor and the Sea Witch: The Sailor's habit is always to hesitate and calculate the odds. So will he be able to make the quick decisions needed to save his young daughter from the Sea Witch? Especially when he discovers she holds a very powerful bargaining chip.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bonus story: The Chichi's Last Dance: The Chichi is beautiful, vain and arrogant … but will his conceit be his downfall?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Villain School: Good Curses Evil【電子書籍】[ Stephanie S. Sanders ]

＜p＞Twelve-year-old Rune Drexler is a student at Master Dreadthorn's School for Wayward Villains. It's like a military school for the children of evil villains. Rune is nearly failing his villain studies, so he's sentenced to a Plot by his father, Master Dreadthorn. In seven days time he must:＜/p＞ ＜ol＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Kidnap a princess＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Steal a baby＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Find a henchman and commit him to service＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Overthrow a kingdom and place a new ruler on the throne＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜/ol＞ ＜p＞If he succeeds, Rune will be promoted to Fiend, if he fails, he'll be exiled from the villain community forever. Luckily, he may choose two Conspirators, so Rune chooses his best friends Countess Jezebel Dracula and Big Bad Wolf Junior. Only one problem, Rune's not very evil. In fact, his behavior on the Plot starts to seem suspiciously heroic....＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Anna of Byzantium【電子書籍】[ Tracy Barrett ]

＜b＞For fans of Joan of Arc and Alexander the Great, comes "a gripping saga of alliances, intrigues, deceits, and treacheries" about Anna Comnena of the Byzantine Empire.＜/b＞＜br＞＜br＞?? Anna Comnena has every reason to feel entitled. She's a princess, her father's firstborn and his chosen successor. Someday she expects to sit on the throne and rule the vast Byzantine Empire. So the birth of a baby brother doesn't perturb her. Nor do the "barbarians" from foreign lands, who think only a son should ascend to power. Anna is as dismissive of them as are her father and his most trusted adviser--his mother, a manipulative woman with whom Anna studies the art of diplomacy. Anna relishes her lessons, proving adept at checkmating opponents in swift moves of mental chess. But as she matures into a young woman, her arrogance and intelligence threaten her grandmother. Anna will be no one's puppet. Almost overnight, Anna sees her dreams of power wrenched from her and bestowed on her little brother. Bitter at the betrayal, Anna waits to avenge herself, and to seize what is rightfully hers.＜br＞＜br＞＜u＞＜b＞Praise for ＜i＞Anna of Byzantium＜/i＞:＜/b＞＜/u＞＜br＞＜b＞A ＜i＞Bulletin＜/i＞ Blue Ribbon Book＜/b＞＜br＞ ＜b＞An ALA Quick Pick＜/b＞＜br＞ ＜b＞An ALA Best Book for Young Adults＜/b＞＜br＞ ＜b＞A ＜i＞Booklist＜/i＞ Editor's Choice＜/b＞＜br＞ ＜b＞A ＜i＞Booklist＜/i＞ Top Ten Historical Fiction Pick＜/b＞＜br＞＜br＞ [＜b＞STAR＜/b＞] "[＜i＞Anna of Byzantium＜/i＞] involves readers in ＜b＞a gripping saga of alliances, intrigues, deceits, and treacheries＜/b＞ worthy of a place among the tragic myths." ー ＜i＞The Bulletin＜/i＞, Starred review＜br＞＜br＞ "＜b＞In the tradition of E. L. Konigsburg's ＜i＞A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver＜/i＞ and Karen Cushman's ＜i＞Catherine, Called Birdy＜/i＞＜/b＞ comes this story of a real-life historical figure, Anna Commena, groomed to be the sovereign of the Byzantine empire…Barrett uses an effective first-person narrative to draw readers into Anna's story, and the author's precise use of detail helps re-create Anna's world, the palace of Constantinople in the ninth century. . . Readers will be caught up in…this exciting read."ー＜i＞Booklist＜/i＞, Boxed review＜br＞＜br＞"＜b＞A fascinating mix of history, mystery, and intrigue.＜/b＞"-＜i＞The Horn Book Magazine＜br＞＜br＞＜/i＞ "Barrett does a remarkable job of painting moods and emotions with spare, elegant sentences. . . This splendid novel about a neglected period of history is the perfect choice. . . ＜b＞Hard to imagine it being any better written.＜/b＞" ー＜i＞VOYA＜/i＞＜br＞＜br＞ "＜b＞This wonderfully engaging novel both entertains and serves as a lively history lesson＜/b＞ with its well-researched background, dramatic plot and dimensional characters. Barrett's descriptive, engaging prose will draw readers into a fascinating historical time, filled with political intrigue and a complex, admirable teen protagonist who faces her changing future with an inspiring combination of heart and mind."ー ＜i＞Wichita Eagle＜/i＞＜br＞＜br＞＜br＞＜i＞From the Paperback edition.＜/i＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Chica the Garden Fairy【電子書籍】[ Martha Therrell ]

＜p＞Chica, a baby Sugarmouth Fairy, gets lost and separated from her family during their journey to Mexico. Rescued by a group of English Sugarmouths, they take Chica to a proper English garden inhabited by Royal Garden Fairies and a Princess cat named Chloe. Melly and Ruby, two little English garden fairies, cannot wait for her to become a garden fairy. They are all very surprised when she instead turns into a Spanish Garden fairy and announces her arrival in Spanish. "Hola, Aqui Estoy." With long black hair, hoop earrings, bangle bracelets, and an adventurous personality, Chica transforms the English garden into a Fiesta. The little garden fairies become best friends, and soon all three have hot pink, swishy skirts and turn the English garden upside down.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Melly, Ruby, and Chica decide to go to Mexico in search of her family with the help of Miss Monarch and Chloe.＜/p＞ ＜p＞They have one narrow escape after another, escaping black flying eaters, getting lost, and meeting new fairy families. Just when they finally get to Mexico, they fall into a magic Mayan River, turning them into Princess Fairies. And so, their adventures begin.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Douglas the Dragon: Omnibus Edition【電子書籍】[ William Forde ]

＜p＞'Douglas the Dragon' symbolises 'the power of love.' A young orphaned dragon is found and adopted by a young boy and becomes a much-loved dragon in the village. When the boy is killed by a volcano, the dragon is eventually evicted from the community. The dragon spends 50 years in exile sitting upon his volcano of hate and getting angrier and angrier- until his anger explodes and he seeks revenge.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Old age and death are stages in a person's life that all children find difficult concepts to understand, but this is eased considerably when 'death' is associated with the concept of 'rebirth.' At a time of separation, bereavement or loss, children become more isolated, non-communicative and vulnerable. Allow Douglas to help them 'live again' through his own experiences of illness and near death.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Douglas negotiates the life stages of being orphaned, adopted, accepted, loved, rejected, feared, outcast, reformed and then made redundant. He leaves his beloved village and past to seek a new way of life, and finds an angry female dragon whom he eventually changes with his love, returns to his beloved village, marries her and starts a family of baby dragons.＜/p＞ ＜p＞By 1971, I had founded the process upon which all 'Anger Management' groups would thereafter follow and freely gave this knowledge to the world. Within the space of two years, 'Anger Management' (a phrase that I coined), had mushroomed across the English speaking world.＜br /＞ After 25 years of researching and specialising in Anger Management, Relaxation Training, Behaviour Modification and Stress Management, I started writing children's books. My primary purpose of writing for children was to convey to them through my books, the basic principles of 'Anger Management.'＜/p＞ ＜p＞The expression of 'Anger' by a child is a natural and healthy process that ought not be discouraged by adults. When a child expresses anger, the adult is alerted to the fact that something is wrong, but the repression (non-expression) of anger by a child conceals personal hurt and a degree of emotional disturbance, which could lead to them feeling 'unloved.'＜/p＞ ＜p＞The most popular of all my children's books have been the four stories of 'Douglas the Dragon.' They have been publicly read in thousands of Yorkshire Schools between 1990 and 2005.Numerous teachers have used them to help children come to terms with the emotional upset that moving house, changing schools, being separated from part of one's family, bereavement of loved ones or being excluded from community activities can produce. Child Psychologists, Educational Welfare Officers and Trauma Therapists also used the stories to help abused children express their righteous anger, thereby enabling the progression of their emotional development through the facilitation of healthy expression.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The central themes of the 'Douglas the Dragon' stories evolve around the issues of Anger, Fear, Love, Separation, Bereavement, Second Chances, Effect of Exclusion and the unwelcome experience Sudden Change can produce. Indeed, the late Princess Diana once phoned me when Princes William and Harry were aged around 9 years and 7 years, and asked that I send her a copy of 'Douglas the Dragon' along with a copy of 'Sleezy the Fox' so that she may read them to her children at bedtime.＜/p＞ ＜p＞There is a two-headed dragon that lives in the heart of every man, woman and child; a 'Dragon of Anger' and a 'Dragon of Love.' Both dragons compete for the control of our thoughts, feelings and actions, but only one of them can be victorious. The 'Dragon of Anger' will destroy you unless you evict it from your body in the form of healthy expression. We cannot get the 'Dragon of Anger' out of our bodies until we allow in the 'Dragon of Love.'＜/p＞ ＜p＞The ability to express the 'Dragon of Love' through our thoughts, words and deeds will lead us on to increased self-acceptance, greater happiness, improved health and personal freedom; bringing us...＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Down the River and Awakening the Rose Before Happily Ever After, #4【電子書籍】[ Ann T Bugg ]

＜p＞There is no magic mirror around, no sign of a frog or a possum, as Valerie and Samantha get ready for a canoe trip down the river with Val's dad. As they wait for him by the river, their world transforms before their eyes. Through the stormy sky, a dragon approaches. With the help of a young man who suddenly appears, they take cover.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Discovering a baby dragon hidden in his knapsack and his intentions with it, they know what they are sent here to do. They didn't expect the task at the end of their adventure: to help awaken a sleeping princess.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。