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Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 77 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents eight stories about the Old Testament prophet Elijah, set in a variety of time periods and in places all over the world where Jews have lived.
63) Myths & legends
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a guide to myths and ancient legends from the cultures of Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, including creation tales and stories of heroes, gods, mythical beings, and magical animals.
64) Driftwood
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fame is rare in Driftwood--it's hard to get famous if you don't stick around long enough for people to know you. But many know the guide, Last, a one-blooded survivor who has seen his world end many lifetimes ago. For Driftwood is a strange place of slow apocalypses, where continents eventually crumble into mere neighborhoods, pulled inexorably towards the center in the Crush. Cultures clash, countries fall, and everything eventually disintegrates....
Author
Publisher
J.F. Blair
Pub. Date
[1982]
Physical Desc
xii, 93 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
With her tape recorder in hand, the author interviewed dozens of Low Country people, finding that almost every person had a story to tell. She sought out everyone from millionaires to the humblest of coastal people. From their narratives she has fashioned a collection of stories steeped in the history and character of the Low Country. Some of the tales in this collection are humorous, some mysterious. Others are positively eerie. There are stories...
72) Melmoth: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts--or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she...
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
426 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Editor Paula Guran presents a diverse reprint anthology collecting classic myths and legends, retold by today's top fantasy writers. Myths and legends are the oldest of stories, part of our collective consciousness, and the source from which all fiction flows. Full of magic, supernatural powers, monsters, heroes, epic journeys, strange worlds, and vast imagination, they are fantasies so compelling we want to believe them true. The authors of fantastic...
74) Myths & legends
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 36 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 5
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Sir Morien sets off from Africa in search of his father, and meets Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot who invite him to join their quest.
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