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OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit.skin and φαγείαlit.eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit.biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
Skulduggery Pleasant is a series of dark fantasy novels written by Irish author Derek Landy. Tom Percival is the series' illustrator. The books revolve around the adventures of fledgling detective Valkyrie Cain and her mentor Skulduggery Pleasant, along with other friends and allies. The central story concerns Valkyrie's struggle to stop evil ...
The TimeRiders series' summary. The novels revolve around three teens who are recruited by an organization known as 'The Agency' just before their deaths. The Agency was set up by Roald Waldstein to protect the established set of events throughout history and to fix it if it is tampered with.
The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini. Set in the fictional world of Alagaësia ( / æləˈɡeɪziə / ), the novels focus on the adventures of a teenage boy named Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, as they struggle to overthrow the evil king Galbatorix. The series ...
The first six books were written by Julie Campbell Tatham. The following 33 titles were written by various in-house writers of Western Publishing under the pseudonym Kathryn Kenny. Between 2003 and 2006, Random House republished the first fifteen books of the series with new cover art illustrated by pulp artist Michael Koelsch.
Audiobook. How to Train Your Dragon is a series of children's books written by British author Cressida Cowell. The books are set in a fictional Fantasy Viking world, and focus on the experiences of protagonist Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, as he overcomes obstacles on his journey of "becoming a hero, the hard way".
[How to Stop Time left] the reader craving some of the sharp-edged black humor that made The Humans such a delight." [8] Los Angeles Times ' reviewer Chelsea Leu wrote, "Hendrich is a physical manifestation of Tom’s fears of attachment and vulnerability, though he’s more comic book villain than sensitively rendered character."
Moon of the Spider (2006, ISBN 0743471326, reissue 2023, ISBN 9781956916171) is the third novel set in the Diablo universe written by Richard A. Knaak . Driven by nightmares to the ruins of a mysterious tomb, Lord Aldric Jitan hopes to awaken a terrible evil that has slept since the fall of Tristram. Drawn by the growing darkness in the land ...