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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Gilgamesh is a Babylonian epic from three thousand years ago, which tells of King Gilgamesh's deep love for the wild man Enkidu and his pursuit of immortality when Enkidu dies. It is a story about love between men, loss and grief, the confrontation with death, the destruction of nature, insomnia and restlessness, finding peace in one's community, the voice of women, the folly of gods, heroes, and monsters--and more. Millennia after its composition,...
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Sixteen-year-old Rowan is about to become one of the famed Leonodai Warriors - the elite shapeshifting fighters who protect the floating city Heliana from the world of Men - but when disaster strikes the city's children, Rowan sets out on her own, risking everything to save her beloved city.
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Victoria Goddard
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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An impulsive word can start a war.A timely word can stop one.A simple act of friendship can change the course of history.Cliopher Mdang is the personal secretary of the Last Emperor of Astandalas, the Lord of Rising Stars, the Lord Magus of Zunidh, the Sun-on-Earth, the god.He has spent more time with the Emperor of Astandalas than any other person.He has never once touched his lord.He has never called him by name.He has never initiated a conversation.One...
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Gargoyle queen volume 2
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English
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Bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Gargoyle Queen epic fantasy series where magic reigns, alliances are tested, and a dangerous attraction could tear down a throne. Crown princess. Clever spy. Powerful mind magier. Gemma Ripley of Andvari is all those things--and determined to stop an enemy from using magical tearstone weapons to conquer her kingdom. Gemma's quest for answers leads her to a trade Summit between the various kingdoms. Among...
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Flesh and false gods volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win unimaginable riches. Princess Calla Tuoleimi lurks in hiding. Five years ago, a massacre killed her parents and left the palace of Er empty... and she was the one who did it. Before King Kasa's forces...
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Prosas con Amplitud Mental ReligiosaUna obra literaria escrita por:Carlos Rafael Fernández MorilloCarfer Las prosas o poesias podrían ser catalogadas como inspiración divina ya que las musas o ninfas de la inspiración asisten y guían a muchos poetas, Carfer no ha tenido esa suerte de ser inspirado por estos seres mitológicos; pero analizo un libro religioso y con su estilo muy propio nos presenta un grupo de sus prosas o poesias urbanas, las...
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Prosas Extrañas y SentimentalesUna obra literaria escrita por:Carlos Rafael Fernández MorilloCarfer Carfer nos indica que las musas de la inspiración le enviaron este conjunto de poesias o prosas urbanas extrañas; pero con cierto toque sentimental en algunas de ellas que expresan cierto tipo de sentimientos encontrados y son dedicadas a las personas que no sufren de acatalepsia.
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J.R.R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume complete with new illustrations in watercolor and pencil by renowned artist Alan Lee.
J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a "dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told." And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord...
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Die Tage von Rasako, dem Drachenlord, sind gezählt. Er geht dem Tod entgegen, der neues Leben für ihn bedeuten kann, wenn – ja, wenn es Eglyseya, der Drachenpriesterin, rechtzeitig gelingt, das Drachenschloss Coriella zu erreichen. Doch wer diese geheimnisvolle Priesterin ist und wie sie aussieht, das wissen die dunklen Götter des Jhardischtan nicht, deren Pläne durchkreuzt werden, wenn der Drachenlord in ein neues Leben gehen kann.
Wer ist...
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A dragon, two wizards, and an assassin travel to the world of Drago, named after the many types of dragons living there. The first objective was to save Magda's aunt and grandmother, but when they find that Drago and Earth have a rift that needs to be repaired or both worlds will destruct, they have to change their goal.
Earth, the planet 'with no magic,' is the next stop on their odyssey.
11) Prince of Authia
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Furius, King of Authia, is dead. Armed with only his father's sword and an ancient dragon pendant, Dagan, the son of the King, flees into the Highlands, where the dragon, Aurifer, rescues him. But Dagan's relief is quickly shattered when he accidentally injures one of the dragon younglings, Corylus. Faced with the loss of his kingdom and the shame of his act, Dagan vows to heal Corylus and quests for the healing spring of Apenninus. But standing between...
12) Finale
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In einem einzigen Augenblick verschwinden auf der Welt Millionen von Menschen. Nur wenige beginnen, die Wahrheit zu ahnen. Einer von ihnen ist Rayford Steele. Eine fieberhafte Suche und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt ...
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Nathan is settling back into his old life as best as he can. His mysterious girlfriend and new writing career do not dampen his determination to get his brother back. When Thoth summons him and tells him to retrieve a magical weapon that can kill a god, Nathan has a condition. Despite Thoth's warnings, Anubis agrees to bring back Luca, but there is a price for magic, and Nathan may not be willing to pay it when the time comes.
Nathan and Luca are...
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Crispin is a "circus baby," born in a caravan, working as a daemon handler and aerialist... until an accident on the high wire casts him out into a world even stranger that the circus that nurtured him.Crispin falls headlong into the arms of Rae, an orphan girl of equally exotic origins. And soars in daemon-powered biplanes over the wastelands of the Raw, joining the awesome battle between Ferupe's slow-dying Queen and her adversary, the Lizard Significant.The...
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Lothar Face uses laboratory enhanced diseases to begin a gigantic depopulation of the world to follow his computer's model of an idyllic world environment. There is a massive sea and air battle over the Caribbean Sea. Williams is heroic and successful in a prototype jet, before the enemy downs him, and sends him towards certain death. But the powerful good witches are always there to protect him and all of us, as they also resist the powers of evil....
16) A Stormy Path
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Princess Aria has come a long way since surviving a near-death encounter with a wierlling and averting invaders in Torrannon, but the fight against mental illness can sometimes be one step forward, two steps back. As she struggles to overcome the health anxiety, her beloved horse, Storm, becomes lost in the wilderness. Aria will once again have to find the strength to face more challenges and figure out new ways to get more control over her mind....
17) Humility Garden
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The Stunning Debut Novel From Two-Time John W. Campbell Award Nominee Felicity Savage!An ordinary girl from the countryside ... sucked into a corrupt, elite society obsessed with sex and death.Humility never expected to leave her hardscrabble farming village, until Beau, her beautiful cousin, was chosen for the cruel ritual of ghosting. Now Delta City gleams like a diamond, drawing them to a future beyond their control and a destiny entwined with...
18) Shadow
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The second volume in this incredible YA trilogy. When stone hearts break they shatter. Sebastian Grey used to be a normal teenager. Now he's a creature whose sole purpose is to be a guardian for secretive gypsy clans. When the Romany gypsies need his help, Sebastian is given a second chance to protect Josephine Romany - the girl he loves. But this is no easy task when some of them think he's as bad as the shadow creatures attacking their camp. Yet...
19) Destiny
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When Brak destroys his mighty axe Woodchuck in battle, Sleipnir undertakes to find him a replacement. Nobody counts on the Gods themselves taking an interest in the outcome, nor the path that opens for a half-wit half-troll warrior.
20) Grey
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Can you still love with a heart of stone? Sebastian Grey always thought he was a fairly normal teenager - good friends, decent grades and a pretty sweet job in his foster brother's tattoo shop. But when Romany gypsies arrive in town, Sebastian discovers that his world is not what it seems. There is an age-old feud between his family and the gypsies - and this isn't the only secret his brother has been keeping from him. His life is not his own. The...
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