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Feathered
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Tom Weston
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Whenever Alexandra Caroline O'Rourke, AKA Alex, met with trouble,
she generally blamed her younger sister, Jackie. And Alex's sudden
engagement to marry a Viking prince, against her will, probably
classified as trouble. If nothing else, a wedding held in 11th
century Ireland would make it difficult to invite her friends from
San Diego. Regardless of blame, Jackie was the only person who
could help Alex, but Jackie was still in the 21st century. And
Jackie had her own problems, which included uncooperative fairies
and strange songs which only she could hear. But most of all, if
Jackie could not find a way to make it rain, marauding Vikings
would be the least of their worries, because this is Feathered:
being a fairy tale and this is an Alex and Jackie Adventure.
Comprising three parts, this book is a companion volume to The
Boggart: Folklore, History, Place-Names and Dialect. Part one,
'Boggart Ephemera', is a selection of about 40,000 words of
nineteenth-century boggart writing (particularly material that is
difficult to find in libraries). Part two presents a catalogue of
'Boggart Names' (place-names and personal names, totalling over
10,000 words). Finally, part three contains the entire 'Boggart
Census' - a compendium of ground-breaking grassroots research. This
census includes more than a thousand responses, totalling some
80,000 words, from older respondents in the north-west of England,
to the question: 'What is a boggart?' The Boggart Sourcebook will
be of interest to folklorists, historians and dialect scholars. It
provides the three corpora on which the innovative monograph, The
Boggart, is based.
A new title in the series created for the modern reader,
introducing the heroes, cultures, myths and religions of the world.
The tale of the legendary Mongol General Genghis Khan is as
phenomenal as the man himself. Probably the greatest conqueror in
history, he ruled vast swathes of land in the early 1200s,
vanquishing people across Asia and Europe, so that by the mid-1200s
the Mongol Empire covered over 12 million square miles of land.
From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and
science fiction FLAME TREE 451 offers tales, myths and epic
literature from the beginnings of humankind, through the medieval
era to the stories of imagination and dark romance of today.
Part of a new series created for the modern reader, introducing the
heroes, cultures, myths and religions of the world, this is the
epic story of Julius Caesar who was born in 100 BCE, eventually
becoming one of the most influential leaders in history. After a
bloody civil war, where famously he crossed the Rubicon with his
army, he defeated Pompey and the Republicans and was appointed as
dictator of Rome, preparing the path for the Imperial might of the
Roman Empire. He died at the hands of Cassius and Brutus on the
Ides of March in 44 BC and centuries later his life was
immortalized by Shakespeare. From myth to mystery, the supernatural
to horror, fantasy and science fiction FLAME TREE 451 offers tales,
myths and epic literature from the beginnings of humankind, through
the medieval era to the stories of imagination and dark romance of
today.
FEATURED ON BARACK OBAMA'S 2019 READING LIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 'SPECTACULAR' Guardian 'A
WONDER' Daily Mail 'SPARKLING' The Times 'EXQUISITE' Observer
'MAGNIFICENT' TLS 'EPIC' Entertainment Weekly 'A TRIUMPH' LitHub
'INFECTIOUS' Financial Times 'A MASTERPIECE' Sunday Express Nora is
an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her
life, biding her time with her youngest son - who is convinced that
a mysterious beast is stalking the land around their home - and her
husband's seventeen-year-old cousin, who communes with spirits.
Lurie is a former outlaw and a man haunted by ghosts. He sees lost
souls who want something from him, and he finds reprieve from their
longing in an unexpected relationship that inspires a momentous
expedition across the West. Mythical, lyrical, and sweeping in
scope, Inland is grounded in true but little-known history. It
showcases all of Tea Obreht's talents as a writer, as she subverts
and reimagines the myths of the American West, making them entirely
- and unforgettably - her own. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE
YEAR BY: Guardian, Time, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly,
Esquire, Good Housekeeping, The New York Public Library 'Should
have been on the Booker longlist' Claire Lowdon, Sunday Times
'Magnificent... Brings to mind Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred
Years of Solitude or Toni Morrison's Beloved' Times Literary
Supplement 'Exquisite ... The historical detail is immaculate, the
landscape exquisitely drawn; the prose is hard, muscular, more
convincingly Cormac McCarthy than McCarthy himself' Alex Preston,
Observer
Character-forming moral fables, Viking and Nordic folk and fairy
tales take the magic of the natural world and combine it with the
practical common sense of the everyday. Good folk are rewarded for
their hard work, the honest and the faithful are valued by the
gods: treasured tales from Hans Christian Andersen, such as 'The
Little Match Girl', and less well known stories such as 'Katie
Woodencloak' (a Norwegian Version of Cinderella) by Asbjornsen
& Moe are some of the heartwarming pieces in this new selection
for the modern reader. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime,
supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame
Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and robots, mad
scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist
fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales, ancient and modern
gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Telling the Seasons takes us on a journey through the twelve months
of the year with stories, customs and celebrations. Drawing on the
changing patterns of nature and the rich tapestry of folklore from
the British Isles, it is a colourful guide into how and why we
continue to celebrate the seasons. Here are magical myths of the
sun and moon, earthy tales of walking stones and talking trees and
lively legends of the spirits of each season. Original drawings,
sayings, songs, recipes and rhymes, combine into a 'spell-book' of
the seasons. Martin Maudsley tells tales around the year to
children and adults, specialising in stories of the natural world
and local landscapes. He can be found leading seasonal celebrations
from firelit winter wassails to bright May Day mornings in rural
Dorset where he lives.
The unearthing of the Mayans' seeds: A brilliant story that
encases; love, emotions, facts of life, mystery and suspense; all
compounded into fiction and funny drama. You will get sensitively
captured by the characters and become part of their individual
story... Let their voices lead you comfortably into the viscosities
of the village... I dare you to take the challenge and read from
opening sentence to closing arguments. Very inspiring for the mind
- Captivating -it is enlightening for the consciousness and spirit.
Fairy stories, especially from the rich tradition of Ireland where
the supernatural grew from the legends of the Celts, are the magic
stories of everyday folk seeking solutions to the challenges of the
day. This spritely new collection brings together the fables and
stories of banshees, kings, trembling farmers, tricksters and
beloved princesses. 'Smallhead and the King's Sons' (a Cinderella
story) and 'The Haughty Princess' (recalling Grimm's 'Kings
Thrushbeard') are amongst the many delightful tales of hope and
reckless determination. Fairy tales bring the myths of ancient
times into the Victorian and Modern eras, where superstition and
the supernatural still exist. Rooted in the past, such fairy
stories bring morals and lessons for the young, and wise words for
the old. They are a reminder of the power of the natural world and
offer suggestions for our inner fears of the dark and the shadows.
These tales provide a link between the myths and legends of the
Celts, and the modern tales of dark monsters, of vampires and
bewitchment, of the dark voices hidden in the earth, and the stars.
FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror,
fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet
of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly
villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and
escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered
specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
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