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A classic children’s tale about Gnomes, appealing equally, if not more so, to the adult child. Written in rich, lyrical prose, frequently shifting into the peasant dialect and interspersed with sundry verses and songs, the tale is replete with mytho-folkloric motifs, legends, superstitions, historical and biblical references, magical depictions of natural phenomena, the sunsets, the twilights, the dawns; the changing seasons, the shadows, the colors, the sounds and silences, Poland’s diverse landscape, her fields, forests and mountains, along with her flora and fauna, and realistic...

In the impoverished Kingdom of Eternicca during 200 A.S. (After Sorcery), an enchanted barrier keeps all of the townspeople ignorant and imprisoned. Seventeen-year-old VYVIANNA HARTE is amongst the captives and possesses a peculiar secret acquired from a magickal lineage that if discovered, will lead to her untimely death or even worse-lifelong torture.
When Vyvianna's worst nightmare becomes a soul-wrenching reality, she seeks assistance from a reluctant, silver-horned dragon who refuses to rid her of her self-proclaimed curse. But it is with the help of a young man named LEONELLE ETHRA...

Arguably the most authoritative English translation of Poland’s great national poem.   Sometimes called the “last epos in world literature,” Pan Tadeusz (first published in Paris in 1834) is a classic tale of romance, mystery, war, and patriotism set in the turbulent Napoleonic era. The old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lies dismembered and erased from the political map of Europe by the great powers of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. A brief ray of hope rekindles national aspirations when Napoleon Bonaparte establishes the Grand Duchy of Warsaw by the terms of the Treaty of Tilsit...

Arguably the most authoritative English translation of Poland’s great national poem.   Sometimes called the “last epos in world literature,” Pan Tadeusz (first published in Paris in 1834) is a classic tale of romance, mystery, war, and patriotism set in the turbulent Napoleonic era. The old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lies dismembered and erased from the political map of Europe by the great powers of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. A brief ray of hope rekindles national aspirations when Napoleon Bonaparte establishes the Grand Duchy of Warsaw by the terms of the Treaty of Tilsit...