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Meet the Greek gods and goddesses as you have never seen them-in LEGO form! Enjoy these fascinating myths, reimagined through elaborate scenes and colorful LEGO bricks in one thousand color photographs! This book shares a unique retelling of some of the most widely known and loved Greek myths, from the stories of Athena, Poseidon, and Pandora to the twelve labors of Hercules. Watch Athena spring from the head of ZeusSee Poseidon as he rules the seas with his mighty tridentMaintain hope with Pan...

The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church. This story recounts the fascinating tale of Aeneas, the legendary ancestor of Romulus, who escaped from the burning city of Troy and wandered the Mediterranean for years before settling in Italy. His adventures onece arriving in Latium are no less interesting since he must fight the jealous suitor Turnus for the hand of the princess Lavinia. Patterned after the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Aeneid was described in an epic poem by Virgil to glorify...

Coyote. Anansi. Brer Rabbit. Trickster characters have long been a staple of folk literature?and are a natural choice for the overarching subject of acclaimed editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's third ?mythic? anthology. "The Coyote Road" features a remarkable range of authors, each with his or her fictional look at a trickster character. These authors include Holly Black ("The Spiderwick Chronicles"), Charles de Lint ("The Blue Girl"), Ellen Klages ("The Green Glass Sea"), Kelly Link ("Ma...

Once upon a time there was a boy with a wicked tongue... Before Cardan was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. In this sumptuously illustrated tale, Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic high king. This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar but pivotal moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan's perspective....

From bestselling author Josephine Angelini comes a magical, fantasy comfort read about courage, friendship, and the enduring power of hope. Perfect for fans of Olivia Atwater and Travis Baldree. Ramsay thought coming to Lucitopia would be a dream come true. He said the spell with the intent of becoming a great mage, like Gandalf or Merlin, only to end up finding himself the apprentice to Asphodel, the Evil Sorcerer. Luckily, Ramsay’s time is almost up. All he has to do now to get back home is...

When magic falls, realms collide. Mel Ackerman knows her life is anything but magical. With her mom’s never-ending stream of loser boyfriends, a deadbeat dad she’s never even met, and a tiny room in the trailer she calls home, the only magic in her life exists in the fairy tales written by her best friend. Until she learns that the stories real and she is the daughter of a fae god. But being a demigoddess isn’t all perks and powers—it also comes with an evil psychopath who wants to kill her. Ya...

For all of Robert Louis Stevenson's achievements in fiction, many of his contemporaries thought of him primarily as an essayist. His essays, known for their intellectual substance, emotional force, and stylistic vitality, were widely considered the best of their time. Despite the importance of Stevenson's nonfiction, his personal essays-70 in total-have never been printed together in a single volume until now. Stevenson's essays explore a range of topics from illness and evolution to marriage...

Mystery... Intrigue... Voodoo... Witches... Ghosts... Vampires... Detective John Newman had done his research on the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, yet nothing would prepare him for what he discovered after moving here. After learning that there was a Paranormal Unit in the police force, he thought he had heard it all. That was, until he found himself partnered up with someone not entirely human. Haunted by her past, Josie seeks out the monster who condemned her soul to hell over a century a...

History is filled with stories of women accused of witchcraft, of fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure and to kill. (Anthonogy).