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This collection is a compilation of novels and short stories by some of the greatest masters of fiction literature.
The collection includes works spanning over 150 years from the beginning of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century.
The works vary in genre, including humorous, lyrical, psychological, romantic, detective, fantastic, adventurous, and mystical prose.
It features classics of American, British, Irish, French, German, and...
23022) Norse Fairy & Folk Tales
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Meet gullible trolls, enterprising princesses and nefarious wizards in this treasury of 25 Norse fairy tales.
Collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in the 19th century, these Norwegian stories are described by Jacob Grimm as "surpassing nearly all others." They include such well-loved tales as 'The Three Billy Goat's Gruff' and 'Taming the Shrew' and open a window into the beautiful landscapes of Norway.
These funny and fantastical...
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Scotland has a stunning tradition of oral storytelling, from the firesides of the nation's legendary storytelling families to the physical and virtual platforms of today's narrative performers. Scotland is also a place with a strange, longstanding affinity with that most chilling of genres: the Gothic.
Haunted Voices – a bold and ambitious anthology in both text and audio – showcases some of Scotland's best oral storytellers, from archived stories...
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From the pages of Epic magazine come the true stories that Inspired the Apple Original Series.
Includes nearly a hundred color photographs and a Foreword by Kumail Nanjiani.
Nearly everyone in America came from somewhere else. This is a fundamental part of the American idea-an identity and place open to everyone. People arrive from all points distant, speaking a thousand languages, carrying every culture, each with their own reason for uprooting...
23025) Stealers' Sky
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The twelfth entry in the shared-world fantasy series finds wrongs righted, debts paid, and the city swathed in a mysterious dust storm.
With the completion of its new wall, Sanctuary seems peaceful and prosperous. The Beysib and Rankan invaders now favor diplomacy over military action. The wharves that once hosted only fishermen are now full of trade ships carrying merchandise to the city, and the streets, once full of warring factions, are calm....
23026) Hellbent, Volume 1
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The authors publishing under the Hellbender Books imprint have gathered together to produce a volume of short stories. Enjoy these spine-tingling tales of horror and suspense by established and emerging writers in the genre. Included in this volume:
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• Foreword – Thomas M. Malafarina
• Introduction – Catherine Jordan
• Parallelism – Thomas M. Malafarina
• Panty Lines – Catherine Jordan
• A Modern Fable – John B. Kachuba
• Delerium...
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From the award-winning Southern lifestyle magazine Garden & Gun comes this rich collection of some of the South's most notable women.
For too long, the Southern woman has been synonymous with the Southern belle, a "moonlight and magnolias" myth that gets nowhere close to describing the strong, richly diverse women who have thrived because of-and in some cases, despite of-the South. No more. Garden & Gun's Southern Women: More than 100 Stories of...
23028) Blood Ties
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A ruined city rebuilds in the ninth entry of this shared-world fantasy series.
Hakiem, storyteller and adviser, surveys the city of Sanctuary from a palace window and is heartbroken by what he sees. The city of outlaws and adventurers now lies in shambles, ravaged by war, plague, riots, and magical destruction, and many citizens are dead or wounded. Hakiem is not the only one thinking of leaving . . .
Now, without gods or magic, the people...
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Por un lado, la imagen ha adquirido un espacio relevante en la sociedad contemporánea. La visualización de la identidad de las personas a través de su propia imagen en las redes sociales en general da cuenta de esta afirmación. El suplemento de Imagen y Derecho de la Moda de elDial.com, como su nombre lo indica, quiere profundizar las cuestiones jurídicas relativas a la imagen y en particular la diferencia existente en las regulaciones normativas...