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"Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the goddesses whose prowess, passions, jealousies, and desires rival those of their male kin, including: Athene, who sprang fully formed from her father's brow (giving Zeus a killer headache in the process), the goddess of war and provider of wise counsel;...
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"The twelve gods of Olympus are alive and well in the twenty-first century, but they are crammed together in a London townhouse--and none too happy about it. Even more disturbingly, their powers are waning ... [and] a minor squabble between Aphrodite and Apollo escalates into an epic battle of wills. Two perplexed humans, Alice and Neil, who are caught in the crossfire, must fear not only for their own lives, but for the survival of humankind. Nothing...
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"Persephone and Hades are engaged. In retaliation, Demeter summons a snowstorm that cripples New Greece, and refuses to lift the blizzard unless her daughter calls off her engagement. When the Olympians intervene, Persephone finds her future in the hands of ancient gods, and they are divided. Do they allow Persephone to marry Hades and go to war with Demeter, or prohibit their union and take up arms against the God of the Dead? Nothing is certain...
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Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The gods of Olympus are the most colorful characters of Greek civilization: even in antiquity, they were said to be cruel, oversexed, mad, or just plain silly. Yet for all their foibles and flaws, they proved to be tough survivors, far outlasting classical Greece itself. In Egypt, the Olympian gods claimed to have given birth to pharaohs; in Rome, they led respectable citizens into orgiastic rituals of drink and sex. Under Christianity and Islam...
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
A collection of familiar and lesser-known Ancient Greek mythological tales includes the stories of Theseus and the Minotaur, the 12 Labors of Hercules (Heracles) and the voyages of Jason and the Argonauts, in a treasury that is complemented by additional background material.
10) Crown of cinders
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Series
Wings of fury volume 2
Publisher
47North
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English
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"Althea Lambros is growing into her power, wrestling with a burdensome heritage, and unwilling to concede to Cronus, the redoubtable God of Gods. For that, Cronus is making good on his promise. Calling upon the elder Titans, he's bringing down his wrath on the world...With the help of her friend Theo, Althea takes cover with her sisters, Bronte and Cleora. But they can't hide forever. To mastermind the downfall of the evil king, Althea must recruit...
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Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin Quix hardcover edition, First Aladdin Quix paperback edition.
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English
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Persephone and her friends must rescue Athena from the evil King Hephaestus, who has turned Athena into a statue and hidden her in his massive treasure room.
Author
Series
Little goddess girls volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Aladdin Quix paperback edition, First Aladdin Quix hardcover edition.
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English
Description
Eight-year-olds Aphrodite, Athena, and Persephone continue their journey on the Hello Brick Road to meet Zeus and meet a new, timid friend, Artemis.
Author
Series
Little goddess girls volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Young Athena is carried by a storm to Mount Olympus, where she follows the Hello Brick Road toward Sparkle City hoping Zeus will help her get home.
16) Hecate the witch
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Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 27
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition, First Aladdin paperback edition.
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English
Description
"After stumbling into a pet cemetery, Hecate meets Melinoe, who calls herself a ghost herder. She is in charge of leading the ghosts of pets and other animals to the River Styx in the Underworld. But Melinoe doesn't notice when one of her ghost animals follows Hecate home! More and more of the lost ghosts gather with Hecate, and she learns they have unfinished business left on Earth and refuse to enter the Underworld"--
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
Description
Athena learns that she is a goddess when she is summoned to Mount Olympus by her father, Zeus, and she must quickly adjust to her new status, make friends with the other godboys and goddessgirls, and catch up with all the studies she missed while attending mortal school.
18) Dragon healer
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Series
Beasts of Olympus volume 4
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Demon must find and cure whatever is making the dragon so smelly -- and sad -- without the help of his magic medicine box -- Cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin QUIX hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Guided by Prometheus the talking carrot to a mysterious Pandora's box inscribed with warnings to anyone who would open it, Aphrodite and her fellow Little Goddess Girls link the box to accidental fires that have been breaking out in a magical vegetable patch.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin QUIX
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Aladdin QUIX hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Persephone and Aphrodite are continuing the quest to try and find some missing jewels. They end up meeting a lost bunny in their travels, who is looking for the Castle of What-Ifs. The girls end up in a magical, delicious land, where they meet a unicorn made of chocolate, with a very special crown--one that might be the key to finding one of the missing jewels!
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