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1) Dragon world
Author
Publisher
DK Children
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Meet the fire breathing beasts of mythology. Lurking in every corner of the world. From mountain peaks to ocean depths, and even under the very ground you tread, dragons watch and wait... Whether as powerful gods, wise friends, or fearsome foes, dragons take many forms, and exist in myths from cultures all around the world. So turn the pages to enter the dragon's domain. Soar through their skies, look into their lairs, witness their power, and discover...
2) Fathomfolk
Author
Series
Drowned world volume 1
Publisher
Orbit, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Tiankawi--shining pearl of human civilization and a safe haven for those fleeing civil unrest. Or at least, that's how it first appears. But in the semi-flooded city, humans are, quite literally, on top: peering down from shining towers and aerial walkways on the fathomfolk--sirens, seawitches, kelpies and kappas--who live in the polluted waters below. For half-siren Mira, promotion to captain of the border guard means an opportunity...
Author
Series
Heart of thorns trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The second book in the Heart of Thorns trilogy explores the effects of power in a dark magical kingdom-and the fierce courage it takes to claim your body as your own. Mia Rose is back from the dead. Her memories are hazy, her body numb-but she won't stopsearching. Her only hope to save the boy she loves and the sister who destroyed her is to find the mother she can never forgive. Pilar is on a hunt of her own. Betrayed by her mother and plagued by...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword History
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The timeless stories of Greek mythology come to life in these reimagined tales written in the voices of Zeus, Oedipus, Odysseus, and many others.
Though the gods are featured prominently in Greek mythology, there is nothing sacred about it. Anyone is free to bring their own interpretation to these stories, just as Homer, Sophocles, and Euripides did centuries ago. In this volume, classicist and author Robert Garland presents nearly
...Though the gods are featured prominently in Greek mythology, there is nothing sacred about it. Anyone is free to bring their own interpretation to these stories, just as Homer, Sophocles, and Euripides did centuries ago. In this volume, classicist and author Robert Garland presents nearly
Author
Language
English
Description
James George Frazer attempted to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat, and many other symbols and practices whose influences had extended into 20th-century culture. His thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer proposed that mankind progresses from magic...
Author
Publisher
The Unnamed Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A woman cultivates a knack for walking on water, but is undermined by her husband's brain, which he removes each night when he returns home from work; a couple overcomes the irksome mischief of the gods; a skeptical dragon wonders what sex is all about: this is the world of Kristiina Ehin. From the 2007 British Poetry Society Popescu prize winner for European poetry in translation: a series of comic, surreal adventures. Kristiina Ehin's quirky
...7) Fulgor
Author
Series
Publisher
Salto de página
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
Eva, una joven estudiante de antropología que se recupera de un aborto, se instala en una cabaña para hacer un trabajo de campo sobre una comunidad indígena. Pero se topa en el bosque con un inquietante grupo de silenciosas mujeres de blanco, aunque nadie en el pueblo tiene constancia de ellas. Ni tampoco del extraño caserío que habitan, junto a un muchacho albino, por el que rondan las lechuzas. Y para cuando la medicación de Eva se agote,...
Author
Publisher
Digireads.com Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"The Library of Greek Mythology" is a classic source of Greek mythology, heroes, and legend. Also known as the "Library of Apollodorus", or the "Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus", this definitive compendium dates originally from the first or second century A.D. The "Library" was first mentioned in a 9th century manuscript and has been considered over the centuries to be one of the most important and valuable works of mythology to survive from ancient...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Princess and the Prick is a feminist humour and gift book for adults. May I kiss you, he said.
She didn't answer. She was asleep.
So he kissed her anyway.
SLEEPING BEAUTY Revisit childhood classics, but not as you remember them. Familiar fables are turned on their heads as your beloved heroines finally have their say. Think Ladybird for Adults or Enid Blyton spoofs; The Princess and the Prick flips fairy tales, nursery rhymes and children's...
10) Kill Me Softly
Author
Series
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Mirabelle's past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents' tragic deaths to her guardians' half-truths about why she can't return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see the town, Mira runs away-and discovers a world she never could have imagined.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In A Gathering of Ravens, he fought for vengeance. Now, Grimnir is back to fight for his survival.
It is the year of Our Lord 1218, and in the land of the Raven-Geats, the Old Ways reach deep. And, while the Geats pay a tax to the King in the name of the White Christ, their hearts and souls belong to the gods of Ásgarðr. But, no man can serve two masters.
Pledging to burn this Norse heresy from the land, famed crusader Konráðr the White leads...
12) Loki: A Novel
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
With the trickster, Loki, as your guide, journey to the ancient forests of Scandinavia and bear witness to the legends of Norse mythology.
Starting with the Norse creation myths, the trickster god Loki takes the reader on a wild ride through Norse mythology, from the era when the gods—the founders of Asgard—defeated a race of monsters, and then hurtles through legendary stories, including Odin hanging...
Starting with the Norse creation myths, the trickster god Loki takes the reader on a wild ride through Norse mythology, from the era when the gods—the founders of Asgard—defeated a race of monsters, and then hurtles through legendary stories, including Odin hanging...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge.
There is something about Demi. When this boy is angry, rain clouds gather. When he cries, rivers burst their banks and the first time he takes a shot on a basketball court, the deities of the land take note.
His mother, Modupe, looks on with a mixture of pride and worry....
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Part history, part spellbook, this magical compendium gives young witches a fascinating insight into the lives and practices of witches throughout time and from all over the world.
Since ancient times, magic and witchcraft have inspired both fear and fascination. More recently, witchcraft has become a popular symbol for feminist empowerment. Everything a beginning witch needs to know is contained in Secrets
...Since ancient times, magic and witchcraft have inspired both fear and fascination. More recently, witchcraft has become a popular symbol for feminist empowerment. Everything a beginning witch needs to know is contained in Secrets
15) Wizard's Hall
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
An inept wizard-in-training is the only one who can save his classmates from the terrible sorcery that threatens to devour their magical school
Acclaimed master fantasist Jane Yolen imagines an academic world of wonders where paintings speak, walls move, monsters are made real, and absolutely anything can happen—as she introduces readers to a hero as hapless as the legendary Merlin is powerful.
...Acclaimed master fantasist Jane Yolen imagines an academic world of wonders where paintings speak, walls move, monsters are made real, and absolutely anything can happen—as she introduces readers to a hero as hapless as the legendary Merlin is powerful.
Author
Publisher
Babelcube Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
Español
Description
Laguna la sirenita triste es un libro ilustrado encantador, con muchas y graciosas imágenes. Cuenta la historia de una joven y triste sirena que debe idear una forma creativa de rescatar a unos piratas náufragos. Al ayudar a otros, la sirenita hace nuevos amigos.
¡Genial para leer los padres a sus párvulos o los niños de algo más de edad a sus padres!
¡Genial para leer los padres a sus párvulos o los niños de algo más de edad a sus padres!
Author
Language
English
Description
From the author of 2020's astonishing THE STORY OF SILENCE comes another retelling of an ancient story full of magic, myth and self-discovery.
Taking the epic Italian legend of Orlando Furioso as his starting point, Alex Myers unravels a tale of fate, of East and West, of twinship and of heroic self-affirmation; once more translating a classic into a multilayered new story sure to delight fans of UPROOTED and THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Amazon's No. 1 Children's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019 is an illustrated encyclopedia of Greek mythology like no other. Mythologica features startlingly beautiful and exquisitely otherworldly portraits of mythological characters in eye-popping color from artist Victoria Topping and authoritative text from Classics scholar and Greek mythology expert Dr. Stephen Kershaw.
Uncover the colorful lives of
...Uncover the colorful lives of
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Sarah Iles Johnston is the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Religion and Professor of Classics at The Ohio State University, where she teaches courses on Greek myths. Her many books include The Story of Myth, Ancient Greek Divination, and Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece. Tristan Johnston is an illustrator and graphic designer whose work includes books for children and adults, as well...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In Crete during World War II, Alenka, a young woman who fights with the resistance against the brutal Nazi occupation, finds herself caught between her traitor of a brother and the man she loves, an undercover agent working for the Allies.
May 1941. German paratroopers launch a blitzkrieg from the air against Crete. They are met with fierce defiance, the Greeks fighting back with daggers, pitchforks, and kitchen knives. During the bloody eleven-day...
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