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Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
To those who can decipher it, the night sky is alive with gods and goddesses, animals and mythical creatures?an endless carnival played out in shining constellations. Amidst this jet-black canvas pricked with white dots, a hunter leaps in pursuit with his dogs at his heels, a sea monster threatens a maiden in distress, and a pair of twins lives forever. In Stories in the Stars, writer and stargazer Susanna Hislop and international artist Hannah Waldron...
66) Mythology
Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Greek, Roman and Norse myths.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
When the king of Pagasae left his infant daughter on the slopes of a mountain to die, he believed he would never see her again. But Atalanta, against the will of the gods and the dictates of the Fates, survived-and went on to bring to life one of the greatest legends of all of ancient Greece. Teaching herself to hunt and fight, Atalanta is determined to prove her worth to her father and, disguising herself as a man, she wins a place on the greatest...
Author
Series
Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
Reborn as the Flame, thirteen-year-old Emily has saved Olympus from destruction but when the gruesome Nirads begin a new invasion, Emily and her friends become entangled in the conflict as old grudges are unearthed and new enemies are discovered.
70) Hurricane season
Author
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse-by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals-propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Melchor extracts some tiny shred of humanity from these characters that most would write...
Author
Publisher
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.
Author
Series
Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Emily is contending with great changes, including diminished powers, but goes to London to rescue Agent B and others from the CRU, where she makes horrible discoveries about the agency's history.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored...
Author
Series
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Magnus and his friends set sail for the farthest borders of Jotunheim and Niflheim in pursuit of Asgard's greatest threat, Loki's demonic ship full of zombies.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When young hero Jason sets out to claim his rightful throne, he faces many challenges along the way. The most difficult of all? Capturing the Golden Fleece. Thankfully, he has his fellow heroes--the Argonauts--by his side. Find out if Jason and his pals succeed in their quest in this modern, graphic retelling of a classic Greek myth"--Provided by publisher.
78) Atalanta
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne, a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta, a fierce huntress raised by bears and the only woman in the world's most famous band of heroes, the Argonauts. Princess, Warrior, Lover, Hero. When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Step back into a sweeping landscape of green glades and glaciers where dwarves, frost giants, and ghosts roam and where gods and goddesses work their magic for Middle Earth, sometimes crossing the great rainbow bridge to come to the aid of humans. Five gripping new tales by Kevin Crossley-Holland plumb Norse mythology as never before"--
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