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English
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The fourteen fantastical stories in Magic For Unlucky Girls take the familiar tropes of fairy tales and twist them into new and surprising shapes. These unlucky girls, struggling against a society that all too often oppresses them, are forced to navigate strange worlds as they try to survive. From carnivorous husbands to a bath of lemons to whirling basements that drive people mad, these stories are about the demons that lurk in the corners and the...
Author
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
©1990
Language
English
Description
"Hundreds of thousands have already thrilled to this extraordinary retelling of a life unmatched in human history. Through the story of the Singer, his Song and his battles with the World Hater, Calvin Miller has created a book full of life. Now, in one volume, you can find a powerful tale of incarnation and redemption."--Publisher's website.
Author
Series
King Arthur series (Howard Pyle) volume 1
Language
English
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A retelling of the adventures and exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.
6) Grendel
Author
Language
English
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Description
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic BEOWULF, tells his side of the story.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
The epic warrior from earliest English literature Beowulf was always a hero. As a child, he borrowed his father's sword to attack a nest of savage trolls that preyed on travelers. Now a young man, he seeks to defend the Danish king Hrothgar from a monster named Grendel. King Hrothgar asks Beowulf, "Are you not afraid?" Beowulf replies, "Why should I fear? If I am fated to win, then Grendel cannot defeat me. If I am fated to lose, then it has been...
8) The tempest
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Television adaption of Shakespeare's play revolving around an enchanted island, an exiled Duke, young lovers, and a framework of conspiracy.
Author
Series
Once and future king volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A retelling of the Arthurian legend.
13) Gold
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Who belongs and who doesn't? Do members of the same family all look the same? This wordless picture book plays with our assumptions about family. Is the little girl making food an univited guest, taking advantage of the bear family's open door? Or is she someone else entirely?"--Provided by publisher.
14) The fourth bear
Author
Series
Nursery crime novels volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
15) As you like it
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play, a pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France.
Author
Publisher
Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"The greatest collection of fables ever written, updated for our turbulent times A witty, scatological illustrated version of the world's greatest collection of fables, allegedly written by a slave in the 5th century BC. A book for our times: as Gebler notes, Aesop has two subjects-the exercise of power and the experience of the powerless who endure life and all that it inflicts on them. This retelling of the Fables makes them relevant and richly...
18) Sleeping Beauty
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"The beautiful, clever, and kind Princess Redbud is cursed to slumber for a hundred years by a maleficent fairy. Can the spell be broken? One little fairy has a plan..."--Front jacket flap.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. In this classic comedy, three plots intertwine: the entangled love affairs of Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia, the comic performance of a "play within a play"...
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. The trickiest sort of play -- a comedy with tragic relief. With her brother condemned to die for the crime of premarital sex, Isabella is torn between her vows to God...
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