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Giambattista Basile's the Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones
ISBN: 9780814342572 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Tale of Tales, made up of forty-nine fairy tales within a fiftieth frame story, contains the earliest versions of celebrated stories like Rapunzel, All-Fur, Hansel and Gretel, The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. The tales are bawdy and irreverent but also tender and whimsical, acute in psychological characterization and encyclopedic in description. They are also evocative of marvelous worlds of fairy-tale unreality as well as of the everyday rituals of life in seventeenth-century Naples. Yet because the original is written in the nonstandard Neopolitan... The Tale of Tales, made up of forty-nine fairy tales within a fiftieth frame story, contains the earliest versions of celebrated stories like Rapun... |
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When Love Blooms
ISBN: 9780991758012 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welcome to the village of Inglewood Hamlet. Nestled between a large forest and sprawling mountains, Inglewood Hamlet is home to many. Some that live within the village are like us. Others that live there have powers told in myth, legend and lore. There, magic runs free. There, you might meet a Mermaid longing for her lost love. You might happen upon a shape shifter who has never known true love. You might chance to hear a conversation between a Dryad and a Queen, or witness the reunion between a King and his Fool. There are all kinds of Love in Inglewood Hamlet. And all youhave to do is let...
Welcome to the village of Inglewood Hamlet. Nestled between a large forest and sprawling mountains, Inglewood Hamlet is home to many. Some that live w...
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Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter
ISBN: 9780380711116 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prankster, warrior, seducer, fool -- Old Man Coyote is the most enduring legend in Native American culture. Crafty and cagey -- often the victim of his own magical intrigues and lusty appetites -- he created the earth and man, scrambled the stars and first brought fire . . . and death. Barry Lopez -- National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams and recipient of the John Burroughs Medal for his bestselling masterwork Of Wolves and Men -- has collected sixty-eight tales from forty-two tribes, and brings to life a timeless myth that abounds with sly wit, erotic...
Prankster, warrior, seducer, fool -- Old Man Coyote is the most enduring legend in Native American culture. Crafty and cagey -- often the victim of hi...
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Best-Loved Folktales of the World
ISBN: 9780385189491 / Angielski / Miękka / 792 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of over two hundred folk and fairy tales from all over the world is the only edition that encompasses all cultures. Arranged geographically by region--West and East Europe, British Isles, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe, Middle East, Asia, the Pacific, Africa, North America, the Carribean and West Indies, and Central and South America--and lovingly selected from the personal favorites of folklorists and writers, this book is a major anthology in its field.
Gathered together in this wide-ranging collection are familiar classics like "Snow-White" and "Sleeping Beauty," and... This collection of over two hundred folk and fairy tales from all over the world is the only edition that encompasses all cultures. Arranged geographi...
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The Return of Merlin
ISBN: 9780449910740 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author of the million-copy best-seller Ageless Body, Timeless Mind emerges as a powerful new force in fiction with a luminously written novel about the final act of the Arthurian legend playing out in modern England. The Return of Merlin is a brilliantly realized narrative that begins in Arthurian times and jumps boldly to our own 20th-century dark age of war, pollution, predation, and hatred--with a message of hope. From the Hardcover edition.
The author of the million-copy best-seller Ageless Body, Timeless Mind emerges as a powerful new force in fiction with a luminously written nov...
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The Mabinogion
ISBN: 9780460872973 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Destiny, magic and chance, human strengths and weaknesses-The Mabinogion's stories are among the most compelling and beautiful in European literature. Compsed in the golden age of Celtic story-telling in the eleventh century or earlier, they bring together the grotesque and the warmly human, the entertaining and the richly significant. Culhwch is here, perilously wooing the Giant's Daughter; Owain is here, winning the Lady of the fountain by Knightly feats of arms;and -a portent and a miracle both -King Arther is here for the first time as a prime mover in a significant...
Destiny, magic and chance, human strengths and weaknesses-The Mabinogion's stories are among the most compelling and beautiful in European liter...
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Grimm'S Fairy Tales
ISBN: 9780486456560 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early in the nineteenth century, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm compiled a collection of stories to preserve the folklore of their native Germany. Forty-three of them -- fairy tales, some deliciously dark, that have bewitched readers for generations -- are gathered here. Translated into more than 150 languages, these well-loved narratives brim with fearless heroes, humble and hardworking heroines, and treacherous villains, exploring themes of innocence, curiosity, and revenge.
Rich in detail, lyrical in phrase, these masterful translations by Margaret Hunt capture the flavor of the original Grimm... Early in the nineteenth century, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm compiled a collection of stories to preserve the folklore of their native Germany. Forty-thre...
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Erec and Enide
ISBN: 9780520073463 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new verse translation of one of the great works of French literature, Dorothy Gilbert captures the vivacity, wit, and grace of the first known Arthurian romance. Erec and Enide is the story of the quest and coming of age of a young knight, an illustrious member of Arthur's court, who must learn to balance the demands of a masculine public life--tests of courage, skill, adaptability, and mature judgment--with the equally urgent demands of the private world of love and marriage. We see his wife, Enide, develop as an exemplar of chivalry in the female, not as an Amazon, but as a...
In this new verse translation of one of the great works of French literature, Dorothy Gilbert captures the vivacity, wit, and grace of the first known...
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm All-New Third Edition
ISBN: 9780553382167 / Angielski / Miękka / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Perhaps no other stories possess as much power to enchant, delight, and surprise as those penned by the immortal Brothers Grimm. Now, in the new, expanded third edition, renowned scholar and folklorist Jack Zipes has translated all 250 tales collected and published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, plus twenty-nine rare tales omitted from the original German edition, as well as narratives uncovered in the brothers' letters and papers. Truly the most comprehensive translation to date, this critically acclaimed edition recaptures the fairy...
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Perhaps no other stories possess as much power to enchant, delight, and surprise as those pe...
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A Touch of Myth
ISBN: 9780595091836 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Once Upon Another Time--Another Place
ISBN: 9780595183388 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Atom
ISBN: 9780595216017 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Runaround
ISBN: 9780595250240 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this fictional account of the the fifties and sixties music business, young Roger Denton becomes inspired to be a rock and roll performer as a youth in a small town. He eventually has a hit record and faces many career challenges as well as difficult choices in his personal life.
In this fictional account of the the fifties and sixties music business, young Roger Denton becomes inspired to be a rock and roll performer as a yout...
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Tales of the Teahouse Retold: Investiture of the Gods
ISBN: 9780595254194 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Heavens Are Mine: (The Chronicles of Kronide Soter)
ISBN: 9780595256570 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a world molded into a veritable Utopia, life seems incapable of mismanagement. World interest in space activity has withered back into seeming indifference. But for Kronide Soter, whose family has played such prominent roles in the conquest of space, the lure of the heavens is inborn.
In a world molded into a veritable Utopia, life seems incapable of mismanagement. World interest in space activity has withered back into seeming indi...
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Children of the Earth
ISBN: 9780595257362 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dana is a half Native American and half Irish American Protestant. In her chosen profession as a journalist, she discovers an isolated village in the mountains not far from her home where her grandparents raised her. She becomes intrigued by the simple villagers and falls in love with a handsome and ambitious young man who wants more for his people.
Dana is a half Native American and half Irish American Protestant. In her chosen profession as a journalist, she discovers an isolated village in the ...
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Chronicles of the Lords of the March: Volume I: Heir to the March
ISBN: 9780595260720 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Carpathia Tuathenia
ISBN: 9780595265572 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two sisters are parted shortly after birth to protect them from those who had killed their parents. The youngest, Ashling goes in search of her sister after having visions of a Great Battle and the death of her beloved, Arion. She finds her sister Aisline and her mate Herne. They go on a journey thru strange lands and become teachers to a young faery, Ainae. Together they encounter spirits of the Underworld, unforsaken lands and hideous creatures. Spells are cast and potions created to help protect themselves. A new king is found for Ashling.
Two sisters are parted shortly after birth to protect them from those who had killed their parents. The youngest, Ashling goes in search of her sister...
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Andy Johnson: Consort to the Lady of the Land
ISBN: 9780595272198 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What would you do if an ancient fertility goddess told you, "I have some work for you, some lessons you must learn and while you are doing this, you get to be my lover?"
What would you do if an ancient fertility goddess told you, "I have some work for you, some lessons you must learn and while you are doing this, you g...
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Gettyrama: Little known facts about J. Paul Getty and more
ISBN: 9780595282791 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James McDonald has put his experiences over 60 years in the oil business into his book, "Gettyrama," While an officer of Tidewater Associated Oil Co. (Flying A) he worked closely with George Getty, son of J. Paul Getty, and indirectly with J. Paul himself. In the first part of "Gettyrama," he recites a number of "tales" about the Gettys which were not generally known outside of a few in the company. In the second part of the book, McDonald has included a number of articles, which were published in Pacific Oil World over a period of years when he was an editor of the publication. He had a vast...
James McDonald has put his experiences over 60 years in the oil business into his book, "Gettyrama," While an officer of Tidewater Associated Oil Co. ...
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