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"Once upon a time" is a phrase that immediately conjures images of enchantment. Royal balls, magical creatures, love at first sight... We are taken to a fantasy world where anything is possible. The Queen of Clocks and Other Steampunk Tales brings together the magic of fairytale and the allure of cogs and gears. Within these pages, find dancing automatons, industrial age fairies, a mermaid with wind-up legs, heroes of the steam age, and more. Drawing...
7662) The Boy In The Cemetery
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This is the story of a girl who lived but was not alive...
Carrie Anne is desperately unhappy. Tangled in a web of abuse, she seeks solace in the cemetery that backs onto her garden. But something creeps between the gravestones. Carrie Anne is not alone...
...and a boy who was dead, but could not die.
'The cemetery is home to a boy. He has guarded these forgotten bones since meeting a gruesome end two hundred years ago. Neither dead nor alive,...
7663) Advancing Folkloristics
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An unprecedented number of folklorists are addressing issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality in academic and public spaces in the US, raising the question: How can folklorists contribute to these contemporary political affairs? Since the nature of folkloristics transcends binaries, can it help others develop critical personal narratives?
Advancing Folkloristics covers topics such as queer, feminist, and postcolonial scholarship in folkloristics....
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This charming volume aimed at children explores the folklore that surrounds some of the more common birds, including the sparrow, owl, and magpie. Profusely-illustrated and written in simple, plain language, "Some Folk-Lore and Legends of Birds" is ideal for children with an interest in birds and nature, and it would make for a worthy addition to any family collection. Contents include: "Robin Redbreast", "Nightingale", "The Wren", "The Swallow",...
7665) Ali Baba's Secret
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La collection Little Fairy Tale Readers initie les jeunes lecteurs et lectrices à l'univers du monde merveilleux. Chaque livret présente une histoire inspirée librement d'un conte traditionnel. Au moyen de phrases simples, l'auteure raconte les péripéties de personnages légendaires et réinvente des passages choisis d'histoires fabuleuses. Les illustrations stylisées appuient le cours de l'histoire et entrainent l'enfant à voir au-delà du...
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De l'Odyssée d'Homère à L'Anomalie d'Hervé Le Tellier, en passant par Dracula ou Blanche Neige, les écrivains occidentaux ont construit un imaginaire, fait de mondes étranges, voisins et pourtant très proches du ntre. Dans cet ouvrage, Alan Guilloux explore pour nous les littératures fantastiques européennes et leurs personnages emblématiques.
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Passionné de voyages lointains, de phénomènes inexplicables et d'écrits...
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This dual-language edition of Beowulf is for the general readers' enjoyment of the poem as well as a study guide for students of English language and literature. To meet this dual purpose, the book provides the two texts running in parallel. The general readers can enjoy the poem by reading the translation; but the serious students of English can lean on the translation as a prop while studying the original text line after line. For the students of...
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Lighthouses are America's castles-proud, sturdy, mystical, and sometimes even haunted. The producer of the popular television series Haunted Lighthouses, seen on the Discovery Channel, the Learning Channel, and the Travel Channel, takes you on a tour of the legends of these bewitching monuments as he films. Meet a cast of intriguing characters including noted historians, people who work in lighthouses, and even the ghosts themselves. You will also...
7669) The Red Book of Luck
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This illustrated guide to good fortune shares lucky charms, symbols, and traditions from around the world-plus advice on avoiding curses and bad omens.
In The Red Book of Luck, you will discover the potential luck in everyday things, learn to decipher the auspicious meanings of numbers, colors, clothing, and the days of the week, find new ways to be lucky in love, and encounter superstitions and practices from around the world.
Author Amy Treadwell...
7670) Pluma de Ángel
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Pluma de Ángel Producto de la incongruencia humana, de la ambición desmedida y las guerras intestinas, la humanidad queda muy diezmada. En la ciudad de los Ángeles sin la autorización de Dios deciden bajar a la tierra seres de luz y así ayudar a la humanidad a restituir la fe. Los Ángeles bajan en grupos de 4 o 5, para mantener la fe, si esta se pierde, ya Dios no podrá contra el mal. El diablo aprovecha lo diezmada de la fe en la población...
7671) Shadow Mage
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Jemma Blackwood, shadow mage, is honored to be one of the twelve mages charged with protecting the Elven Princess Ameria. The sweet, magical baby is easy to love, but Jemma never thought she would be a mother, let alone obligated to protect a little one with her life. And as if serving as guardian to the princess wasn't unexpected enough, the child's safety brings the man who broke Jemma's heart back into her life abruptly.
Willing to do anything...
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Un florilège de mythes, de contes et de légendes permet de pénétrer dans l'imaginaire d'Algérie
Un sultan aimait son cheval plus que tout au monde. L'animal fut atteint d'un mal incurable. Au comble du désespoir, le monarque perdit la raison: - Je ferai trancher le cou à quiconque dira: " Il est mort ". Un grand hakim (médecin) fut convoqué au chevet du cheval. Il le trouva agonisant, couché sur le flanc, les pattes antérieures et postérieures...
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There is an otherworldly quality to the Mid-Shore--ghosts seem to rise up from the Chesapeake, and quaint towns hold the spirits of their historic pasts. Oxford's Robert Morris Inn is still home to its colonial namesake, while the Kemp House in St. Michael's is host to the restless specter of Robert E. Lee. Murdered actress Marguerite rides the elevator of the Avalon Theater, and Wish Sheppard stalks the halls of the Denton Jail. Near the witching...
7674) Bad Magic
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Jonathan and Regis find falling in love is never easy, especially when everyone involved is lying through their teeth.
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The collection of Seki City folktales called "The Love of a Silver Fox" became very popular in Seki when originally published in Japanese. Readership and popularity have since spread. This collection was created by local writers who have studied the legends, old tales and fairy tales about and relating to Seki. The writers wrote down the stories which have passed from generation to generation orally in Seki since long ago.This time, in order to help...
7676) Magic Burned
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Isla Ryan's magic was as much a part of her as breathing. When her powers are stolen along with the rest of the Guild's she's desperate and will do anything to get her magic back. When a spell to restore her magic goes awry, she's sent back to 1711 when her friends were killed by witch hunters. She knows she can't change time but can she walk away without helping them?
The Guild only has some power when they've located the one who stole their magic....
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The life of the travelling musician hasn't changed much over the millennia. For a prehistoric harper, a medieval fiddler or a modern guitar player, the experience is pretty much the same: there are times, when everything goes well and others when nothing does.
But, it's not just performing that can go wrong, listening can also be dangerous! Can you stop dancing when you get tired or must you keep going until the music stops...if it ever does? What...
7678) Pocahontas
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La collection Little Fairy Tale Readers initie les jeunes lecteurs et lectrices à l'univers du monde merveilleux. Chaque livret présente une histoire inspirée librement d'un conte traditionnel. Au moyen de phrases simples, l'auteure raconte les péripéties de personnages légendaires et réinvente des passages choisis d'histoires fabuleuses. Les illustrations stylisées appuient le cours de l'histoire et entrainent l'enfant à voir au-delà du...
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Extrait : "Or écoutez d'abord la triste et bien attachante histoire de la chambre d'amour que les jeunes filles des environs de Biarritz se redisent, le soir, en frissonnant bien fort – les pauvrettes ! Ecoutez-la, si du moins vous avez vraiment aimé de l'amour sont le souvenir seul fait trembler ma main en traçant ces lignes, de l'amour dont les voluptés idéales et pures effacent toutes les voluptés idéales..."
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Not all Tales stay in the past!
15 authors come together with 15 stories inspired by mythos, lores, and legends across the globe. Immerse yourself in tales from Native American lores, Greek mythology, Arthurian legends, Fairytale retellings, Scandinavian mythology, and Ancient Indian lores.
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