Títulos em Realismo Mágico

On the outskirts of Rainbow Town, there is an old, abandoned house. They say that if you send a letter detailing your misfortunes there, you could receive a ticket. If you bring this ticket to the house on the first day of the rainy season, you'll be granted entrance into the mysterious Rainfall Market—where you can choose to completely change your life. No one is more surprised than Serin when she receives a ticket. Lonely and with no real prospects for a future, Serin ventures to the market, determined to create a better life for herself.

2035: In the shadow of a race course, a young woman finds a robot named Coli on a scrap heap, contemplating the sky. Intrigued, she takes him into her care and learns how he is designed to be a humanoid jockey who has mistakenly been programmed to have feelings. She and Coli are determined to rescue his beloved race horse who is heading for the knackers' yard after a lifetime of overwork. To remind the horse of happier times, they hatch a special plan to let her run another race. But it will be no ordinary event—they will train her to run the slowest time of her life.

Esta que tiene en sus manos me la explicó una amiga colombiana mientras tomábamos tinto con almojábanas en un café de Cali, al sur de Colombia, y narra los increíbles acontecimientos que hace unos años le sucedieron a una niña llamada Luz.

In this series debut of a fantasy adventure for all ages, a young nymph finds herself trying to decipher a set of runes that hold the key to unlocking the book she carries…Along with the knowledge kept within it. The task she has been asked to fulfill takes her on a trek north, and she quickly finds herself immersed in the world of Viking folklore. As she begins to discover the meaning of the script etched into the cover of the book, she realizes that she has been caught in the sights of a God’s quest for vengeance, and that those who are pursuing her have no intention of offering mercy.

Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is where his story might have ended. “If it keeps me awake,” says Marnie's husband Rob, a farmer, “I'll have to wring its neck.” But with Tama come new possibilities for the couple's future. Tama can speak, and his fame is growing. Outside, in the pines, his father warns him of the wickedness wrought by humans. Indoors, Marnie confides in him about her violent marriage. The more Tama sees, the more the animal and the human worlds—and all the precarity, darkness and hope within them—bleed into one another.

Colin Bott is a middle-aged man who loses his job as an unsuccessful letting agent, and discovers how to speak at funeral services as a Celebrant. When attending the funeral of his boss’s wife, Colin discovers the service is being conducted by a non-religious person – a Celebrant. He is intrigued by this, and on losing his job, and several new job disasters, he decides that becoming a Celebrant is the job for him.

Ein fesselnder Romantasy-Roman von der Bestsellerautorin Olivie Blake (The Atlas Six) über zwei rivalisierende Hexenfamilien in New York und eine unmögliche Liebe. Die Antonova-Schwestern sind schön, klug und begabt. Außerdem leiten sie ein nicht ganz legales Familien-Imperium, das die besten magischen Drogen herstellt, die in New York zu bekommen sind. Ihre Gegner in Crime sind die einflussreichen Fedorov-Brüder, die ihnen die Herrschaft um die Straße streitig machen.

Following a childhood of sexual abuse at the hands of her deranged stepfather and a five-day criminal trial to put him behind bars, Cassie Flynn believes her chance to embrace normalcy has finally come. Following the trial, she is brought to the meetinghouse of a society named Niteo. Members here possess supernatural gifts which they use to help victims of trauma find the justice they deserve. It is soon revealed to Cassie that there is a prophecy over her life which calls her to a place of leadership within this society. Will Cassie accept this prophecy or will she let fear change her course?

At just six years old, it becomes clear that China Creed's birthright, passed down from her mother's side of the family, is the power to grant wishes with only a touch. In their small Ozark town, where superstition runs rampant, the only person who can be trusted with her secret is the Cherokee midwife and healer who makes China her apprentice. After the tumult of the Civil War, a new doctor arrives in town who is curious about the lovely young woman who can birth babies and banish hexes.

In the mountainous town of Gethsemane, 17th-century Cape Verde, a mysterious woman's arrival sparks a series of strange events that will leave the town's inhabitants changed: men sporadically blind in the afternoons, children disappearing and reappearing without warning and infertile women pregnant with the memories of past births. In present-day London, a quartet are brought together by their fascination with ritual, miracles and a life beyond the mundane.

In Toronto gibt es ein besonderes Restaurant. Sein Eingang besteht aus einer einfachen und schmucklosen Holztür, die mit einem farblosen Hochglanzlack bestrichen worden war und versteckt zwischen Mülltonnen und einer Feuertreppe liegt. Es gibt weder ein Schild noch sonst irgendwelche Hinweise darauf, was sich hinter der Tür verbirgt. Falls es trotzdem jemandem gelingt, das Restaurant aufzustöbern, findet er eine veraltete und abgenutzte Einrichtung vor. Wenn man sehr großzügig ist, könnte man es durchaus als gemütlich bezeichnen.

Nanami ama i libri fin da quando era bambina: orfana di madre, e con un padre spesso assente, è abituata alla solitudine e adora passare i pomeriggi in biblioteca. Leggere è diventato per lei un piacere irrinunciabile e un modo per superare gli ostacoli provocati da una forte asma che le impedisce di correre, saltare e vivere come gli altri ragazzini della sua età: grazie alla lettura, può invece esplorare mondi diversi e straordinari. Un giorno, però, nella biblioteca che frequenta quotidianamente, i libri iniziano a sparire.

Whisper is a collection of stories that center around the rural Tennessee town of Kaden Hollow. The first, a short novel, follows the experiences of Samuel "Sketch" Thibodeaux as he navigates the odd world of human interaction and morality following the death of his adoptive mother. The subsequent three short stories focus on other characters in this quaint, troubled town.

You’ve heard of the Afterlife. Welcome to the Beforelife. There are four of us: Samuel, Lucy, Thomas, and me – Eliza. We came into being the day Becca Valentine was born. We’ve been by her side ever since. What she doesn’t know yet, is that one day she might become our mother. Then two men come into her life. Both seeking her heart. And then we realise: everything rests on Becca’s love story. Because one of the men is Lucy and Thomas’s father. And the other is mine and Samuel’s. And there’s simply no way we can all be born.

Emma is having a fresh start. After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms. While imagining days spent supporting Grayson with his dream, working the land and helping with the animals, Emma harvests a dream of her own – to set up an alpaca-walking business around the farm. But working together isn’t as easy as Emma expected. Soon her dreams are in tatters and, broken-hearted, she must start over yet again.

Clair’s normal life in Healdsburg, California, was changed forever when The Gate to eternal life stopped in her town. After discovering her magical powers as part-seraph, she was trained to hone her gift by Minor Angels Chris and Sam. But now, after being thrown from the Garden of Eden, she must train harder while dealing with her tragic past.

Wenn du nach Jahren endlich auf Menschen triffst, die so sind wie du... Destiny besitzt magische Fähigkeiten, die sonst niemand in ihrem näheren Umfeld hat, weswegen sie schon ihr Leben lang eine Außenseiterin ist. Bis sie nach ihrer Flucht von der sterbenden Erde, auf eine Gemeinschaft von sogenannten Sternenmagiern, den Guardians, trifft. Dort lernt sie Arilian kennen, ein selbstbewusster junger Sternenmagier, der es Destiny zu Beginn alles andere als leicht macht. Als frisch ernannter Pionier und den damit erlangten Freiheiten, gefällt es ihm gar nicht, dass man ihm Destiny als Schülerin zuteilt.

Rising star Jules Costa loves re-creating vintage recipes for her popular online cooking show. But when personal and professional disaster strikes, her only chance of saving her career is to complete her new cookbook before the end of the summer. Panicked, Jules returns to her family’s beloved olive farm on the shores of Italy’s stunning Lake Garda. Seeking culinary inspiration, she's hoping to convince her spunky eighty-year-old Nonna Bruna to share her precious collection of family recipes. Jules’ plans quickly go awry as she discovers Nonna’s cookbook has magical and unpredictable powers.

New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling author Susanna Kearsley explores romance, court alliances, and the limits of one's duty in this rich story of an ordinary man in service to a treacherous king, and the mission that brings him to love and his true calling.

Ojos Grises es producto de un mágico encuentro entre una experiencia vital y simbolismo mítico. El infierno de la Divina Comedia sirve de trampolín para que Javier Beas se lance a componer una obra donde, paso a paso, ingresamos en la primera etapa de la vida un encuentro, a través de los otros, con nosotros mismos. El amor que impacta, y que no se sabe aún manejar enteramente, sirve de base para que los personajes sean un reflejo de lo que un símbolo se extiende hacia latitudes externas e internas a un mismo tiempo.