wyszukanych pozycji: 7
The Essential Bordertown: A Traveller's Guide to the Edge of Faerie
ISBN: 9780312867034 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bordertown. Once a normal American city, now a perilous nexus between the World and returned Elfland. From the banks of the addictive Mad River to the all-night clublands where young elves and humans fight and play, all the way up to glittering dragon's Tooth Hill, where high society seals itself away from the street--this is no city to trifle with. Bordertown. A place of hidden magic, flamboyant artists, runaway teenagers, and pagan motorcycle gangs. The city you always knew was there. Bordertown was created by Terri Windling, multiple World fantasy Award-winning editor,... Bordertown. Once a normal American city, now a perilous nexus between the World and returned Elfland. From the banks of the addictive Mad River to ... |
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83,54 zł |
The Wood Wife
ISBN: 9781250237552 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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75,18 zł |
Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold
ISBN: 9781481401661 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Just as fairy-tale magic can transform a loved one into a swan, the contributors to this book have transformed traditional fairy tales and legends into stories that are completely original, yet still tantalizingly familiar.
In this book you will find: - a Rapunzel whose most confining prison is her loneliness - a contemporary rendering of the Green Man myth - two different versions of Red Riding Hood - a tale that grew out of a Celtic folk song - Sleeping Beauty's experience of her enchantment - two works inspired by the Arabian Nights - and more ... Just as fairy-tale magic can transform a loved one into a swan, the contributors to this book have transformed traditional fairy tales and legends int...
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58,46 zł |
A Wolf at the Door
ISBN: 9781481401678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Did you ever wonder what happened to the seven dwarfs after Snow White ditched them, or what life was like for the giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk?" Can you imagine a wicked stepsister who really gets what she deserves, and a Cinderella who isn't dainty, but actually rather plump? Then this is the book for you.
All the fairy tales you've heard over and over again are revisted here, made new by award-winning fantasy and science fiction authors: Garth Nix tells a twisted new version of "Hansel and Gretel," Nancy Farmer shows us what life was like for the princess's magical horse, Gregory... Did you ever wonder what happened to the seven dwarfs after Snow White ditched them, or what life was like for the giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk?" ...
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58,46 zł |
Dreams Underfoot: The Newford Collection
ISBN: 9780765306791 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Welcome to Newford. . . . Welcome to the music clubs, the waterfront, the alleyways where ancient myths and magic spill into the modern world. Come meet Jilly, painting wonders in the rough city streets; and Geordie, playing fiddle while he dreams of a ghost; and the Angel of Grasso Street gathering the fey and the wild and the poor and the lost. Gemmins live in abandoned cars and skells traverse the tunnels below, while mermaids swim in the grey harbor waters and fill the cold night with their song. Like Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale and John Crowley's... Welcome to Newford. . . . Welcome to the music clubs, the waterfront, the alleyways where ancient myths and magic spill into the moder... |
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87,72 zł |
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy
ISBN: 9780765332271 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Gaslamp Fantasy," or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen, the Brontes, and George Meredith to Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and William Morris. And, of course, the entire steampunk genre and subculture owes more than a little to literature inspired by this period. Queen Victoria's Book of Spells is an anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian... "Gaslamp Fantasy," or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. ... |
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79,36 zł |
Good Faeries
ISBN: 9780684847818 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon my life as vibrant, luminous beings, permeating my art and my everyday existence, causing glorious havoc...." In the long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller Faeries, artist Brian Froud rescues pixies, gnomes, and other faeries from the isolation of the nursery and the distance of history, bringing them into the present day with vitality and imagination. In this richly imagined new book, Brian reveals the secrets he has learned from the faeries...
"Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon my life as vibrant, luminous...
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133,73 zł |