Dark Princess - The Hunt by Maxine Booker

By Maxine Booker

because the moment publication in the dead of night Princess trilogy, the quest keeps to bare the loves, hopes and aspirations of historic peoples in worlds locked in a conflict for his or her very survival. As an ingenious and distinct mythology that blends and inverts conventional Christian, Classical, jap, and Atlantian mythologies, it demanding situations us to determine gods and monsters in a brand new gentle.

The Hunt choices up after Atlantis has been destroyed via the forces of Zeus and Godiva. Godiva are not chuffed till she is certain Lilith, the daughter she hates, is additionally useless. The robust Sajan, Godiva’s husband and Lilith’s father, who was once presumed lifeless, awakens and returns.

On the facet of excellent are Sajan, Godiva’s former lover, Lilith, her daughter, Hades, Cratos, Magenta, vampires, clergymen, and Atlantians. at the facet of evil are Godiva, the archangels and Attila.

Godiva’s evil is exceptional. She tortures and kills with impunity. She creates a sword to kill immortals, which she supplies to Lucifer. She impregnates a virgin who's prophesised to offer start to a son who will smash the area, and he or she experiments on animals to create guns of mass destruction.

The in simple terms technique to defeat Godiva is for Sajan to kill the infant boy. yet can he conquer his judgment of right and wrong and do what he reviles?

Lilith is the planet’s different maximum wish: yet will she fall sufferer to Lucifer’s sword—the merely weapon that may kill her?

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La Terre des Falgères (Cal-Lévy-France de toujours et by Florence Roche

By Florence Roche

1914, dans le will pay du Velay. Depuis l. a. déclaration de guerre, Blaisine Falgères s’occupe seule de l. a. ferme familiale. Quand los angeles nouvelle de los angeles mort de son mari lui parvient, elle n’a pas d’autre choix que de s’accrocher à sa terre pour assurer l’avenir de leurs deux grands garçons. Elle reçoit le renfort inattendu de sa belle-soeur Agathe, venue avec une autre pensionnaire d’une maison shut stéphanoise. Elle recueille aussi sa voisine Louise, victime d’un mari violent. Une petite communauté de femmes laborieuses et solidaires se crée autour d’elle pour gérer l’exploitation et même los angeles faire fructif er. Dans l’amitié et le braveness partagés, Blaisine reprend goût à l. a. vie au element qu’elle accepte de donner l’asile à un mystérieux réfugié politique russe…
La visite à l’improviste d’une dame de Saint-Étienne, endeuillée par l. a. mort à l. a. guerre de son fils aîné, et porteuse d’un negative mystery, remet tout en cause…

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Munkontad: Descent of the Morning Star by Romel B. Kinliyan

By Romel B. Kinliyan

An Ifugao novel portraying Ifugao tradition and traditions. it's a tale set sooner or later whilst the future of the one thousand met the precise time to settle the error of the earlier that entailed the legend of the divided baby. Mark Anthony Pumbakhayon and his spouse Zyra needs to to shuttle in the back of time with the assistance a munkontad (Ifugao messenger god) descended from the morning megastar to hunt the reply that might heal their demise son who's decaying whereas alive. of their quest, they are going to face many hindrances, darkish magics, tribal wars, and a merciless destiny that may entangle their love and fervour.

Zyra alongside their means was once snatched out of what ferries them and located herself in a village belonged to her ancestors whereas Mark Anthony looking for her came across his ancestral village. despite the fact that, the 2 villages have been on conflict for a very long time. a virus struck Nadtong village the place Zyra used to be and with a purpose to heal the land, they need to to take the woven chest of Humdang village the place Mark Anthony was once. Will Mark Anthony face his spouse in a conflict? what's going to he do while his spouse was once possessed through the moon god and used to be performing cruelly?

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Skywater by Melinda Worth Popham

By Melinda Worth Popham

“Brand X and his fellow coyotes . . . are meticulously saw within the wasteland atmosphere that Ms. Popham turns out to understand like her yard. And so are the folk of this fable—old Hallie and Albert . . . and the different varmint-hunters, callous or alcoholic or either. there's a parable of ways we would relate to the creatures that proportion the realm with us; and a parable of goals as opposed to realty; and a parable of domestic, of recognized territory with its comparative security; and a parable of constructing the simplest of an international wanting every thing. the folks and the creatures of Ms. Popham’s myth are correct, they belong, and so they mean.” —Wallace Stegner
 
“This spare and affecting novel has the precision and the stinging sweetness of a delusion. an excellent book.” —Thomas McGuane
 
“Refreshing . . . Life-affirming . . . the 1st publication I’ve learn in many years that left me with teary eyes on the end.”—The San Diego Tribune
 
“Captivating . . . The animals’ laborious westward trip down the Colorado River to the Gulf indicates a coyote global view that's subtly sustained by means of their mysterious ways.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“With dramatic urgency and resourceful tenderness, Melinda Popham has given the realm a painful, poetic, and delightfully unpredictable tale that pulsates with wish and therapeutic meaning.” —Al younger, California Poet Laureate Emeritus
 
“Rich with poetic resonance.” —Los Angeles occasions e-book Review
 
“Evoking a wealthy experience of position and animal habit, [Popham] we could us see via very assorted eyes.” —The Seattle Times
 
“A bold and visionary story. [Popham] dares to inform us what a coyote thinks and sees and feels and dreams. . . . A hero of the vintage kind—a hairy, howling, water-seeking model of the Hero with 1000 Faces.” —James D. Houston
 
“Masterful . . . Astonishing . . . Remarkable . . . placed down the newest technothriller and bask awhile within the descriptive prose of Skywater.” —L.A. Life

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Nuevo inventario de criaturas fantásticas (Spanish Edition) by Rosa Gómez Aquino,José Marcelo Caballero

By Rosa Gómez Aquino,José Marcelo Caballero

Maléficos duendes que tiñen sus gorros con l. a. sangre de viajeros desprevenidos, viejas con senos de piedra que destrozan niños contra ellos, elefantes con siete trompas, caballos alados y serpientes emplumadas, un perro con tres cabezas que custodia l. a. puerta de los infiernos, gigantes con un solo ojo en el medio de los angeles frente, peces inmensos con cabeza de caballo, mulas que, en realidad, son mujeres transformadas y aves que tienen el poder de renacer de sus propias cenizas son algunas de las criaturas que componen l. a. fauna mítica creada por los angeles humanidad, conjunto del cual sólo pudimos dar cuenta mínimamente en este volumen, ya que, como bien decía Jorge Luis Borges en el prólogo de El libro de los seres imaginarios: “Un libro de esta índole es necesariamente incompleto; cada nueva edición es el núcleo de ediciones futuras que pueden multiplicarse hasta el infinito”.
Empero, esta compilación que rastreó seres fantásticos de l. a. mitología y las leyendas griegas, cántabras, argentinas y nórdicas, entre otras, pone de manifiesto que los angeles imaginación del género humano casi no ha tenido límites a los angeles hora de desplegar su inventiva en pos de crear criaturas fantásticas, seres imaginarios, entidades monstruosas o como prefiera llamárselas. Casi tampoco los tiene: hoy en día, los angeles leyenda de Nessie (el monstruo de lago Ness) sigue tan viva como hace centurias y los diarios, revistas y portales de net latinoamericanos dan cuenta con regularidad de los desastres originados por el chupacabras. Concretamente, Notiver, del 10 de enero de 2006, titula “Reaparece el chupacabras” para dar l. a. noticia de diez borregos descuartizados en Veracruz, México.
Pero… en esa imaginación, en cierto sentido desbocada y que ha traspasado fronteras tanto de tiempo como de espacio, ¿puede inferirse algún tipo de límite o de parámetro?, ¿es posible rastrear algún “método” o procedimiento recurrente, aunque no sea más que inconsciente o intuitivo?
Analizando las descripciones y relatos que se han recogido en este libro podemos dar una respuesta afirmativa. Efectivamente, en los angeles mayor parte de los casos existe una serie de procedimientos básicos para idear/imaginar/describir una criatura fantástica y éstos, como no podía ser de otra manera, siempre se realizan sobre l. a. base de lo conocido. Tal como sostienen quienes estudian el fenómeno de los angeles creatividad, lo que genera un efecto de sentido que podríamos denominar “creativo” no es algo nuevo, sino una combinación novedosa de lo ya existente. Y esto también se aplica a los seres que nos ocupan en este volumen y a los métodos que se ponen en juego para “crear” esas criaturas.

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Das Lebkuchenhaus (German Edition) by Carmen Schneider

By Carmen Schneider

Als Anna am Morgen des ersten Dezember aufwacht, traut sie ihren Augen kaum. Ein wunderschönes Lebkuchenhaus steht dort auf ihrem Tisch.
Dabei hatte ihre Mutter vor wenigen Tagen erst noch erklärt, dass es dieses Jahr erstmals kein Knusperhaus geben würde.
Aber irgend etwas an diesem Haus ist merkwürdig. Es ist anders, als jedes Haus, dass Anna jemals zuvor gesehen hat. Als sie sich stürmisch bei ihrer Mama bedanken will, weiß diese von nichts.....

24 besinnliche und warmherzige Geschichten, die nicht nur Kinder auf Weihachten einstimmen und daran erinnern wollen, was once im Leben wirklich wichtig und wertvoll ist.

Neue Ausgabe mit 18 farbigen und 10 schwarz/weiß Illustrationen von Anna Lisa Weisgerber.

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Breath of the Earth (The Trojan Chronicles Book 1) by Claire Simpson

By Claire Simpson

whereas her mom is making an attempt to pair her off with a by no means finishing procession of mistaken older males, Persephone is extra attracted to exploring the outdated shrines of fogotten gods and keeping off the makes an attempt at friendship prolonged via her half-sister Helen. unsatisfied with the responsiblity of her demi-god prestige, Persephone chooses in its place to easily forget about her talents, which are tough whilst the grass is sort of actually becoming underneath her street.

Helen has her personal difficulties, her father is a godly playboy who has hassle remembering the names of all of his little ones, and her mother's more and more unpredictable psychological country has noticeable Helen shipped off to stick with her step-mother within the nation. made up our minds to not unfastened what continues to be of her social status, Helen is fortunately ready to marry a stranger, viewing it as a merely enterprise association. it is a disgrace that the one male inside of ten miles that she may possibly even think about is fortunately dwelling with a mountain nymph on his father's farm.

After being kidnapped through Hades, the god of the Underworld, Persephone focuses all of her consciousness on warding off his advances and aiding others trapped there, whereas above her the realm, now disadvantaged of her talents, is loss of life. As her self belief in her break out starts off to dwindle, Persephone quickly unearths that her personal lifestyles is seeping away, and she's sure it will not be lengthy ahead of the Underworld claims her as one among it really is own.

Set earlier than the occasions of the Trojan struggle, and lengthy sooner than Paris' recognized kidnap of the married Helen of Troy, the development that marked the beginning of Troy's downfall, 'Breath of the Earth' winds jointly the tales of Persephone, Helen and Paris.

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Histoires autour du Canun: Contes d'Algérie (Patrimoine by Véronique Lagny-Delatour,Arnaud Cayuela

By Véronique Lagny-Delatour,Arnaud Cayuela

« Quel est le mystery qui permet de transformer en alliée fidèle une ogresse redoutable ? » - « remark un loup peut-il faire le bonheur d'un berger ? » - « Pourquoi un homme tout nu devenu vêtu se retrouve-t-il confronté à un homme vêtu devenu tout nu ? ». Lisez sans modération ces 24 contes recueillis pour l'essentiel à Alger et dans les régions de Biskra, Béchar et Béni-Abbès, une invitation au voyage à travers l'Algérie pour découvrir des sultans et des pêcheurs castle proches des rois et des bûcherons de notre enfance. Ces contes sont les représentants d'un patrimoine oral en perdition automobile happé par los angeles civilisation des jeux vidéo ou par des circonstances politiques dramatiques. l. a. richesse culturelle contenue dans les contes traditionnels reste un témoin majeur de l'originalité d'une tradition par rapport à une autre. Illustrations N&B.

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Einsichten: in Geschichten und Gedichten (German Edition) by Margret Brügger

By Margret Brügger

Schon früh begann die Autorin, ihre Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen in kurzen Texten zu artikulieren. Nach der Versetzung in den Ruhestand 1989 widmete sie sich intensiv dieser Tätigkeit.
Dabei entstand ihr eigener Stil, der die “klassischen” Formen durchbricht und mischt und somit eine große Vielfalt entstehen lässt. Sie ergibt sich, wenn bei der Darstellung sehr unterschiedlicher Geschehnisse shape und Inhalt eine Einheit
darstellen, hängt aber vor allem damit zusammen, dass die Autorin ganz intuitiv den inneren Bildern und deren Gestaltung folgt.

Ob es sich aber um Märchen, um Beschreibungen, um zeitgemäße oder mehr der culture verpflichtete Lyrik handelt, immer wird der Hintergrund des vordergründigen, spannend geschilderten Geschehens spürbar. Er öffnet sich und gewährt Einsicht. Das ist der springende Punkt.

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