false 14907003 565471 547448 055338404X 9780553384048 45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255806094m/547448.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255806094s/547448.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/547448.In_the_Cities_of_Coin_and_Spice 4.34 183 In the Night Garden. Now she continues to weave her storytelling magic in a new book of Orphan’s Tales—an epic of the fantastic and the exotic, the monstrous and mysterious, that will transport you far away from the everyday….

Her name and origins are unknown, but the endless tales inked upon this orphan’s eyelids weave a spell over all who listen to her read her secret history. And who can resist the stories she tells? From the Lake of the Dead and the City of Marrow to the artists who remain behind in a ghost city of spice, here are stories of hedgehog warriors and winged skeletons, loyal leopards and sparrow calligraphers. Nothing is too fantastic, anything can happen, but you’ll never guess what comes next in these intimately linked adventures of firebirds and djinn, singing manticores, mutilated unicorns, and women made entirely of glass and gears. Graced with the magical illustrations of Michael Kaluta, In the Cities of Coins and Spice is a book of dreams and wonders unlike any you’ve ever encountered. Open it anywhere and you will fall under its spell. For here the story never ends and the magic is only beginning….]]> 338705 4.08 1010 319 2007 5 0 false Thu Mar 20 10:51:54 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 08 09:35:59 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 11:01:29 -0700 2008
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And I am still loving these stories in the second reading. Or maybe loving th...more...]]>