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When Psyche convinces Cupid to protect college softball pitcher Ellie Beaufort from the other gods, who want to kill her because of a prophecy, he agrees to hide her in his castle. But when his brothers, Phobos and Deimos, discover his secret, he has no choice but to shoot them with his arrows of love.

The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone...so she ventured out from the safety of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind. Joined along the way by the bumbling magician Schmendrick and the indomitable Molly Grue, the unicorn learns all about the joys and sorrows of life and love before meeting her destiny in the castle of a despondent monarch—and confronting the creature that would drive her kind to extinction....

Tales of Old Japan (1871) is an anthology of classic tales compiled by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale. The narratives - adapted from Japanese sources - covers various aspects of Japanese life before the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Engaging with an arresting range of subjects such as Buddhist sermons, knightly exploits, ghost stories, fairy tales, folklore, terrifying vampires, noble samurai, and the plots of four Noh plays, the collection also serves as a treasure trove of information on the customs, characters, and places of the time.

One second I was standing on the shore, wondering if I'll ever learn the truth about my parents, and the next I'm caught in a whirlpool, drowning. Someone - or something - is out to get me. But who? And why? An elite sailing team saved my life, but these irresistible men seem to think I called them here. They say I'm a Siren. Their Siren. Turns out there's a whole lot about me I never knew, and these men are here to help me figure it out. I wanted to become more badass this year.... I'd say growing a tail qualifies.

The Three Kingdoms is one of the Chinese Noble Classics. The great empire of China is in turmoil. As the government becomes increasingly incompetent, warlords and nobles battle for power. In the north is the Kingdom of Wei, headed by cunning and manipulative Cao Cao. In the southeast is the Kingdom of Wu, ruled by masterful and charismatic Sun Quan. In the west is the Kingdom of Shu, commanded by kindhearted and humble Liu Bei.

In questi racconti, Michelangelo Fazio "nasconde" la propria estrazione accademica di Professore di Fisica. Sono tre racconti leggeri, uno addirittura una favola, ambientata tra gli amati boschi del trentino. Gli altri due sono gialli, brevi ma intensi, con tanto di assassini e di matassa ingarbugliata da risolvere. Il tutto è una lettura piacevole, che Michelangelo Fazio ci propone, svago nostro e, si capisce, suo.

Si cunta e si ricunta - "it is told and retold" - begins these rich and wondrous stories from Italy and Sicily. Weaving the golden thread of stories that connects magical worlds with our everyday lives, acclaimed storyteller Gioia Timpanelli shares the household rituals of a Sicilian family and turns mythic characters into our dear friends. Meet La Fortuna (Lady Luck), a princess with the power to heal, humorous folk characters, and neighbors on the streets of Brooklyn.

Research scientist Shea Caldwell has always had a thing for security consultant Derek Oneiros. He’s smart, handsome, and built like a Greek god. As attracted as she is to him, though, she’s afraid to let him into her bed. Because she’s dangerous when she sleeps. Derek is known amongst his brothers as “The Machine”, yet his carefully cultivated control is put to the test whenever he’s around Shea. The woman is as beautiful as she is intelligent, but they’ve always kept things professional. Until he learns why.

Sous la ville de Plombières-les-bains se trouve le monde des sources; c'est le royaume des elfes qui vivent là depuis des temps immémoriaux, cachés du regard des hommes par les vapeurs des bains chauds qui circulent sous la ville. Mais des elfes disparaissent et leur monde court un danger mortel ; la reine Lulle envoie alors un émissaire à la surface pour requérir l'aide des humains.

On peut voir dans l'"Odyssée" une allégorie de la vie humaine, où les voyages d'Ulysse sont les épreuves qu'il nous faut traverser pour nous accomplir. En arrière-plan, l'"Iliade", où Ulysse s'illustre. C'est lui qui invente ce Cheval de Troie qui met fin à la guerre fratricide entre Grecs. Sur le chemin du retour une foule de dangers le guettent : Charybde, Scylla, les Sirènes, le terrifiant Cyclope Polyphème, et des déesses séductrices comme la nymphe Calypso ou la magicienne Circé.

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, read by George Blagden. The tender feelgood story of a man's journey around Japan with a streetcat. Translated by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami. It's not the journey that counts but who's at your side. Nana is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is that he can sit beside his beloved owner, Satoru, in the front seat of his silver van. Satoru is keen to visit three old friends from his youth, though Nana doesn’t know why, and Satoru won’t say.

The fallen angel of fruit Rosier lives among cold caves and fiery demons with a soft heart succumbing to comfortable misery. He shares a bed with the monster who'd been his most beloved friend in Heaven, captive now to a beastly body of eternal rot. If there is any love left between them, it's surely a ghost fading with each daybreak. But when the devil commands Rosier to have the Earth bloom with its first fruits—Rosier must confront whether there is really any life after falling from paradise and whether there is really any solace in abandoning all hope.

Die Grimm'sche Literarisierung, die Niederschrift und Ausformung der Volksmärchen ist in Bedeutung und Gehalt der Bildsprache Höhepunkt, aber zugleich auch Endpunkt und Ausklang einer jahrtausendealten Kultur der mündlichen Überlieferung, der "oral tradition". Nach einer längeren Periode der Fixierung der einst lebendigen Form, besonders auch durch die Suspension der Bildsprache der Märchen in der Bildfläche der Illustrationen bis hin zu den Disney'schen Filmen, bedürfen die Märchen wieder der Verlebendigung durch eine Art Einübung in ein bildreiches Sprechen und Denken.

Willkommen im Reich der Hexen, Riesen, Könige und Prinzessinnen! Ob am Lagerfeuer erzählt, am Bett vorgelesen oder in Selbstlektüre - seit Jahrtausenden faszinieren Märchen Jung und Alt auf der ganzen Welt. Sie können romantisch, verzaubernd, lustig, aber auch schaurig, blutig, ja bitterböse sein. Bei den dreizehn deutschen Märchen, die hier erstmalig erzählt werden, handelt es sich vornehmlich um solche der letzteren Art. In Inhalt, Erzählweise und Schauplätzen erinnern sie am ehesten an die düstereren Märchen der Gebrüder Grimm.

Ein König lässt einen Hirtenjungen zu sich kommen, der für seine weisen Antworten bekannt ist. Er bietet an, ihn zu adoptieren, wenn er ihm drei Fragen gut beantwortet…

Die Heldinnen und Helden der zweiten Staffel überwinden ihre Feinde mit List, Stärke oder Intelligenz. Das Böse wird besiegt, das Gute belohnt und am Ende triumphiert die Gerechtigkeit... Das Hörbuch enthält die Märchen: - Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen - Brüderchen und Schwesterchen - Von dem Fischer und seiner Frau - Die sieben Raben - Das Hirtenbüblein - Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren - Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack - Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot - Der Hase und der Igel - Der Nagel

Harrowmore Diary (Band 1): Tibby und der Fluch der Trommel Tibby Harrowmore hat gerade mit seinem Dasein als Kurier abgeschlossen, als ihm auch schon eine neue Aufgabe präsentiert wird: Seine mehr als eigenartigen Freunde Cayden und Abe raten ihm, sich einer Expeditionsreise anzuschließen, um sich in dem entlegensten Winkel Afrikas dem bisher seltsamsten Abenteuer seines Lebens zu stellen. Bald schon wird Tibbys Blick auf die Welt nie mehr derselbe sein.

Aasim Daniels had a perfect life. Money, a family that he loved, a reputation that opened doors for him wherever he went, and a long-time girlfriend that he was intent on marrying. That all changed when an unforeseen betrayal and dark turn of events left him heartbroken and fighting for his life. Hell-bent on revenge, Aasim finds himself on a quest that leads him to new surroundings and right into the unexpected path of a curly-haired beauty he can’t seem to shake. After her ex-boyfriend Gabriel betrays her in the most unimaginable way, Reygan Haynes is done with love.

Qianze has not seen her father in eleven years, since he walked out of her life the night of her fourteenth birthday and disappeared without a trace. But then she gets a call—there is a man on the porch of her childhood home, and he’s asking for her. This man isn’t the Ba Qianze remembers: he is much older, more fragile, and worst of all, haunted by a half-forgotten prophecy.