Archive for Mythology Books
A Dog’s Tale
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For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years.
Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calave… More >>
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
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INTRODUCTION TO
“FAIRIES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW”
The fairy tale is a poetic recording of the facts of life, an interpretation by the imagination of its hard conditions, an effort to reconcile the spirit which loves freedom and goodness and beauty with its harsh, bare and disappointing conditions. It is, in its earliest form, a spontaneous and instinctive endeavor to shape the facts of the world to meet the needs of the imagination, the cravings of the… More >>
Lilac Fairy Book
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33 tales from Portugal, Ireland, Wales and points East and West, among them “The Brown Bear of Norway,” “The Enchanted Deer,” “The Story of a Very Bad Boy,” and “The Brownie of the Lake.” 51 illustrations.
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Anne’s House of Dreams
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“Thanks be, I’m done with geometry, learning or teaching it,” said Anne Shirley, a trifle vindictively, as she thumped a somewhat battered volume of Euclid into a big chest of books, banged the lid in triumph, and sat down upon it, looking at Diana Wright across the Green Gables garret, with gray eyes that were like a morning sky.
The garret was a shadowy, suggestive, delightful place, as all garrets should be. Through the open window, by which Anne sat, blew th… More >>
Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable
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Here are the worlds most-loved stories, in a dynamic visual tour de force for todays readers. Each timeless myth is superbly presented in story form and enhanced with original art work by world-renowned artist Giovanni Caselli. Though Bulfinchs has been heralded for more than a century, it has never been published in so beautiful and accessible a format. Evocative four-color illustrations, many full-page, bring to life key events and characters of these universal… More >>
Moon Dance
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Mother, wife, private investigator…vampire. Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire.
Now the world at large thinks Samantha has developed a rare skin disease, a disease which forces her to quit her day job and stay out of the light of the sun. Now w… More >>
Frankenstein
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Frankenstein is an 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, who wrote it at the age of 18. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. This is the book that spawned a genre of horror books and movies.Amazon.com Review
Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seem… More >>
The Scarlet Letter
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On a fine summer morning in seventeenth-century Massachusetts, Hester Prynne standsin the dock accused of committing adultery. Sentenced to wear a scarlet A on her breast for the remainder of her life, Hester is unable to escape the stigma of her sin – even as her lover hypocritically denounces her in front of the village. And when her long-absent husband, Roger, takes up residence in the colony under an assumed name, Hester must prevent him from learning her lover’… More >>
The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris
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- ISBN13: 9780061456466
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks — a story about the seductions of success. Beinart describes Washington on the eve of three wars — World War One, Vietnam, and Iraq — three moments when American leaders decided they could remake the world in their image. Each time, leading intellectuals declared that history was over, and the spread of democracy was inevitable. Each time, a president held the nation in the palm of his hand…. More >>