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Transylvania and Beyond: Vampires & Werewolves in Old Europe
By Shaina C. Indovino. 2011
Gloomy old castles, desecrated tombs in the crypts of ruined churches, battlefields strewn with corpses, and the moon rising over…
the moors--Old Europe was the perfect setting for the myths and legends of the undead and the beast that howls in the night. It is from the folklore of Europe that much of our tradition of vampires and werewolves originates. Living with the bloody realities of ethnic and religious warfare and the terror of death by plague and starvation, Old Europeans saw the world around them as a battleground of good and evil, where beings under the control of Satan threatened them on all sides. Some of the best-known vampire lore, like the tale of the nightmarish Count Dracula, was based on the lives of actual Europeans who were so brutal and so violent that they can only be described as human monsters. From the deep recesses of Old Europe come many of the stories that still thrill and frighten us in the twenty-first century.Sadie Sugarspear and Alasdair Astigan
By Nicole Arlyn. 2014
The child inside Sadie has begun to break... After her battle with Gismania Twilight and the monsters of the Terrible…
Stream, a banged-up Sadie unexpectedly awakens in what appears to be a familiar landscape: Muddlewoods. But when she finds herself inside a mysterious church and comes face to face with Sam Sugarspear, the one person she has always longed for, something still doesn't feel right--and Sadie loses Sam into the darkness once again. But Sadie will forget about Sam and the King of Wishes when she discovers something much more powerful coming alive inside her: Lust. Desire. Passion. This novella is followed by The Sadie Sugarspear Chronicles, Books 4-6 bindup, Sadie Sugarspear and the Mystery of the Map, Sadie Sugarspear and a Visit Home, and Sadie Sugarspear and the Princess of Revelathia.This work contains mature and disturbing content and is recommended for ages eighteen and up.Geek Charming
By Robin Palmer. 2008
The ideal L. A. fairy tale for fans of Once Upon a Time and L. A. Candy! Inspiration for the…
Disney Channel TV movie, Geek Charming! Dylan Shoenfield is the princess of L. A. ?s posh Castle Heights High. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new ?it? bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog: selfprofessed film geek Josh Rosen. In return for rescuing Dylan?s bag, Josh convinces Dylan to let him film her for his documentary on high school popularity. Reluctantly, Dylan lets F-list Josh into her A-list world, and is shocked to realize that sometimes nerds can be pretty cool. But when Dylan?s so-called prince charming of a boyfriend dumps her flat, her life?and her social status? comes to a crashing halt. Can Dylan?with Josh?s help?pull the pieces together to create her own happily-ever-after? .Los vampiros y lobisones de Chernóbil
By Vianka Van Bokkem, Melody Blanco. 2014
La radiación no afecta a los vampiros y a los lobisones. Por eso, un aquelarre británico y un clan ruso…
viven en Chernóbil. Mis hermanas Kassia y Maddy y yo pertenecemos a ambos. Luego de un accidente nuclear sucedido el 26 de abril de 1986, nuestro hogar sigue siendo uno de los lugares más contaminados del mundo. El bosque rojo ubicado en el área de 10 kilómetros (6,2 millas) alrededor de la planta de energía nuclear es conocido como «Reserva radiológica» y ahora alberga a animales como alces, jabalíes y linces. La mayoría de las veces cazamos allí. Mi padre era un vampiro atractivo con una preferencia por las lobisonas. Como resultado, mis hermanas y yo somos «híbridas» porque somos mitad vampiras, mitad lobisonas. Su nombre era Dimitry Belenko. Tenemos distintas madres.Trots En Eer – De Strijd Om Saksen
By Nathaniel Burns, Miriam van der Veen. 2014
Als een bloederige storm trekken de legers van Karel de Grote door het vroegmiddeleeuwse Europa, verwoesting en misère in hun…
kielzog achterlatend. Ze hebben het koninkrijk van de Longobarden geannexeerd, de hertog van Beieren verslagen; ze bedreigen de Moren in het westen en in het zuiden de paus in Rome.En toch heeft Karel de Grote nog meer ambitieuze plannen: hij begeert de Saksische gebieden in het noorden. De Saksen leveren onverwacht vurig verzet. Als de troepen van Karel de Grote het heiligdom de Irminsul vernietigen, het heiligste der heiligen onder de Saksen, ontstaat er een strijd op leven en dood. Aangevoerd door de legendarische hertog Widukind, vechten de Saksen decennialang met brute kracht voor hun gebruiken en onafhankelijk. En hun wraak zal zoet zijn...Trots en eer brengt de lezer rechtstreeks naar de kern van dit met legendes omgeven deel van de vroege Middeleeuwen. Met zijn verhaal heeft Nathaniel Burns een rijk, duister tapijt gewoven van een van de meest belangrijkste periodes in de middeleeuwse geschiedenis van Europa. Zijn historisch nauwkeurige beschrijvingen, die rijk zijn aan authentieke details, brengen deze verre, door conflicten verscheurde wereld voor uw eigen ogen weer tot leven.Toe maar, stook het haardvuur op, trek uw leunstoel iets dichterbij en duik in deze heerlijke historische roman boordevol koninklijke intriges, krijgsheren en veldslagen in het Europa van weleer ...Civilizaciones Perdidas: 10 Civilizaciones Que Desaparecieron Sin Rastro.
By Marcela Gutiérrez Bravo, Michael Rank. 2014
Este libro explorará las 10 más famosas civilizaciones reales o ficticias que desaparecieron sin dejar rastro. Explicará el surgimiento de…
estas civilizaciones, los aspectos únicos de su próspera cultura, y lo más importante de todo, las condiciones misteriosas en que desaparecieron. Los académicos han ofrecido teorías sobre como estas civilizaciones desaparecieron, y observaremos las mejores explicaciones de cómo una civilización avanzada, llena de metrópolis bulliciosas, vasta en redes mercantiles, flotas de barcos, y ejércitos en pie pueden desaparecer sin dejar nada atrás para tener algo que contar.A Princess Bound: Naughty Fairy Tales for Women
By Kristina Wright. 2014
Face it, fairy tales were always kind of kinky: from beautiful queens tied up in knots by wicked sorcerers to…
a wide variety of naughty and nice scenarios. Someone was always getting tied to a bed! In this new anthology of erotic romance fairy tales from the editor of the best-selling Fairy Tale Lust and Lustfully Ever After, the fairy tales are naughtier and have a BDSM twist. Retellings of the classics are joined with clever original tales, making for a darkly sensual and intensely romantic collection. Cathy Yardley, author of Crave: The Seduction of Snow White, introduces this compilation of enticing out-of-this-world erotic romance.Viajeros adolescentes del multiverso.
By Vianka Van Bokkem, Jessica Rodríguez. 2014
Mi hogar era un pequeño pueblo que estaba rodeado por el famoso Bosque Crooked al Oeste de Polonia. El bosque…
alberga aproximadamente 400 pinos que crecen con una curva de 90 grados en la base de sus troncos. Mi curiosidad me va a tomar a un bosque encantado, cuyos habitantes son tan increíbles como los mundos del multiverso que voy a visitar en compañía de otros adolescentes humanos que fueron capturados. Mi nombre es Aniela y ¡te invito a experimentar nuestras aventuras!Anatopsis
By Chris Abouzeid. 2006
Princess Anatopsis Solomon wants to be a knight-errant. But her mother, chairwoman of Amalgamated Witchcraft Corporation, plans for her immortal…
daughter to take over the family business. The Queen has even hired a new tutor: a demigod named Mr. Pound. But Mr. Pound's plans go far beyond completing Ana's education. He is searching for the mysterious and powerful Os Divinitas. And if he finds it, nothing will survive. A shocking and powerful gift will catapult the Princess into an unlikely quest through the rich worlds of Anatopsis, inhabited by magic immortals, a rebel army, and the last dog in the Universe.Michigan Legends: Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State
By Sheryl James. 2013
Over the course of its history, the state of Michigan has produced its share of folktales and lore. Many are…
familiar with the Ojibwa legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes, and most have heard a yarn or two told of Michigan's herculean lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. But what about Detroit's Nain Rouge, the red-eyed imp they say bedeviled the city's earliest residents? Or Le Griffon, the Great Lakes' original ghost ship that some believe haunts the waters to this day? Or the Bloodstoppers, Upper Peninsula folk who've been known to halt a wound's bleeding with a simple touch thanks to their magic healing powers? In Michigan Legends, Sheryl James collects these and more stories of the legendary people, events, and places from Michigan's real and imaginary past. Set in a range of historical time periods and locales as well as featuring a collage of ethnic traditions--including Native American, French, English, African American, and Finnish--these tales are a vivid sample of the state's rich cultural heritage. This book will appeal to all Michiganders and anyone else interested in good folktales, myths, legends, or lore.Wizards
By Mark Stacey, David Mcintee. 2014
From the wise and mysterious soothsayer with his long grey beard to the deathless necromancer practicing his dark magics in…
a forgotten dungeon, wizards have captured our imaginations since the earliest days of human storytelling, presenting us with some of our greatest heroes and villains. This book collects the tales of the most interesting, popular, and important spell-casters from history, including such legendary figures as Merlin, Simon Magus, Hermes Trismegistus, Koschei the Deathless, Nicholas Flamel, Dr John Dee, and Johann Georg Faust. Written to appeal to the modern reader, each tale captures the drama, the tragedy, and the wonderment that has ensured that these stories have survived the passing centuries. Each story is also examined in its historical, mythological, and thaumaturgical contexts.The First Marathon
By Susan Reynolds, Daniel Minter. 2006
Twenty-five hundred years ago, in ancient Greece, a small band of Greek soldiers faced the mighty Persian army on the…
plain of Marathon. A runner named Pheidippides ran to neighboring Sparta, one hundred forty miles away, to ask for the Spartans' aid. Afterwards he sped back to the battle, where he helped defeat the enemy. Then the weary runner did his duty yet once more; he ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the miraculous news of the Greek victory. The legend of brave Pheidippides has inspired the running of marathons worldwide.Waynetta and the Cornstalk
By Helen Ketteman, Diane Greenseid. 2007
A fast-paced Texas retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk featuring a girl hero.Times sure are tough on the ranch, and…
Waynetta and her ma can use all the luck they can get. But when Waynetta trades their last longhorn for a handful of so-called magic corn, Ma is none too pleased.This is a fixed-format ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book.Through the Skylight
By Ian Baucom, Justin Gerard. 2013
Two tantalizing tales, magically intertwined, cross cultures and span centuries as three kids set out to save the lives of…
three others--who just happen to live in the Middle Ages!A stone lion roars....A sleek black cat speaks....A faun leaps from the canvas of a painting.... When Jared, Shireen, and Miranda are each given one glittering gift from an old Venetian shopkeeper, they never fathom the powers they are now able to unleash; they never expect that their very reality is about to be utterly upended. And the adventure has hardly begun. For in another time, centuries earlier, another trio--Rashid, Maria, and Francesca--have been thrown together under terrible circumstances: They have been kidnapped and, along with hundreds of other children, will be sold into child slavery. Unless, that is, they can find some way to save them all. But all their fates lie in the hands of Jared, Shireen, and Miranda. The future--and the lives--of these three very modern children become entirely intertwined with those of the children from the past. Danger, it seems, has a way of spanning centuries.The Princess Who Had No Kingdom
By Ursula Jones, Sarah Gibb. 2009
There once was a princess without a kingdom. All she had was a pony and cart and a red umbrella…
to keep her dry from the rain. Though she lacked worldly possessions, she made up for it in kindness, cleverness, and beauty--qualities that made all the rich princes with kingdoms want to marry her. A wise and witty modern-day fairy tale brought magically to life through Sarah Gibb's exquisite art.The Essential Metamorphoses
By W. R. Johnson, Stanley Lombardo, Ovid. 2011
The Essential Metamorphoses, Stanley Lombardo's abridgment of his translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, preserves the epic frame of the poem as…
a whole while offering the best-known tales in a rendering remarkable for its clarity, wit, and vigor. While making no pretense of offering an experience comparable to that of reading the whole of Ovid's self-styled history from the world's first origins down to my own time, this practical and judicious selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature yet manages to relate many of the most fascinating episodes in that world-historical march toward the Age of Augustus--and is accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their cosmological, theological, and Augustan contexts.The Wooden Sword
By Ann Redisch Stampler, Carol Liddiment. 2012
Disguised in servant's clothes, an Afghani shah slips out of his palace to learn more about his people. When he…
encounters a poor Jewish shoemaker full of faith that everything will turn out just as it should, the shah grows curious. Vowing that no harm will befall the poor man, he decides to test that faith, only to find that the shoemaker's cheerful optimism cannot be shaken. But the biggest challenge of the poor man's life is yet to come!The Megalith Union (Celtic Mythos #2)
By Igor Adasikov, Brad A. Lamar. 1976
The fate of mankind teeters on the edge of the megalith union.Just as life was returning to normal for Brendan…
as a college freshman, the hands of fate intervene and adventure besets him again in the second installment of the best-selling Celtic Mythos series. Elathan, the golden god of Celtic lore, is reborn out of the ashes of a dead king and evil witch. Through Brendan and his family, Elathan maneuvers the tendrils of destiny, seeking to gain ultimate power at the expense of all humanity. Dogged by giants, alphyns, and ruas Brendan, Dorian, Lizzie, and a new cast of characters risk it all to unravel the mystery of the ultimate foe. With Corways under attack and Brendan's father captured by a forgotten enemy, can Brendan and his allies prevent the end of days? As the megalith union looms, Brendan and his friends must look to the past to prevent a future where Elathan reigns supreme. If you liked Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Fablehaven, you won't want to miss The Megalith Union!Damned
By Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié. 2011
There is a fine line between love and sacrifice.... Antonio would do anything for his beloved fighting partner Jenn. He…
protects her, even suppresses his vampire cravings to be with her. Together, they defend humanity against the Cursed Ones. But tensions threaten to fracture their hunting team and his loyalty--his love--is called into question. Jenn, the newly appointed Hunter, aches for revenge against the Cursed One who converted her sister. And with an even more sinister power on the rise, she must overcome her personal vendettas to lead her team into battle. Antonio and Jenn need each other to survive, but evil lurks at every turn. With humanity's fate hanging in the balance, they must face down the darkness...or die trying.Eternity
By Elizabeth Miles. 2013
Secrets and revenge make for desperate measures and fateful choices in this gripping conclusion to the Fury trilogy.The weather is…
mild in Ascension...but beneath the surface, everything is burning up. The nightmare Emily Winters has been living through for months shows no sign of ending, as the Furies stay on the peripheral, slowly driving her crazy. Em feels...different. She's angry, and never cold, and too strong. It's only a matter of time before she turns into the thing she hates the most. Em needs to take her fate into her own hands, but without Drea's help, or anyone to turn to, Em is quickly running out of options. Crow's involvement with Em has grown more complicated. His visions are taking shape--and it doesn't look good for Em. But Crow has a plan, and he will do anything to save her. Anything. JD misses the Em he used to know...and love. She doesn't seem like herself; it's like she's hiding something. When JD begins to learn the truth, he is as scared as he is determined to help her. And Em's survival may be dependent on his actions. The Furies love to play games, but this time they're deadly serious...and they hate to lose.