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Iliad, Books 1–12 by Homer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHere is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions... -
![Incarnations Of Immortality by Piers Anthony]()
Incarnations Of Immortality by Piers Anthony
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings...Categorized as:
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![The Color Monster: A Pop-Up Book of Feelings by Anna Llenas]()
The Color Monster: A Pop-Up Book of Feelings by Anna Llenas
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"This sensitive book . . . encourages young ones to open up and discuss how they feel, even when their thoughts are confusing... -
![The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso, Tim Parks]()
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso, Tim Parks
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPresenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."--Gore Vidal. 15 engravings... -
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![Iliad, Books 13–24 by Homer]()
Iliad, Books 13–24 by Homer
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHere is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions... -
![Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis]()
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsIn this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis reworks the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche into an enduring piece of contemporary fiction. This is the story of Orual, Psyche's embittered and ugly older sister, who posessively and harmfully loves Psyche...Categorized as:
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![Sartha - The Caravan by S.L. Bhyrappa]()
Sartha - The Caravan by S.L. Bhyrappa
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSartha literally means a trading caravan. In ancient India, such caravans would travel to distant lands to trade with them. Sartha is a remarkable novel, which works simultaneously on two planes. It is a physical journey across India, as well as a spiritual inward journey of an eighth-century scholar born to a tradition of Vedic studies... -
![The Spyglass: A Story of Faith by Richard Paul Evans]()
The Spyglass: A Story of Faith by Richard Paul Evans
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere once was a king who ruled over a darkened kingdom. Crops were planted and then failed, houses were built and then neglected, people were impoverished and dispirited. But when a traveler arrives at the crumbling palace, he shows the monarch his kingdom through the lens of an enchanted spyglass -- a spyglass that shows him his kingdom not as it is, but as it could be... -
![Can I Give You a Squish? by Emily Neilson]()
Can I Give You a Squish? by Emily Neilson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn important lesson about consent for over-exuberant little huggers, nestled inside this lighthearted, summery story about expressions of love and friendship.Kai is a little mer-boy who's big on hugs--or "squishes," as he and his mama call them... -
![Russian Fairy Tales by Alexander Afanasyev, Roman Jakobson]()
Russian Fairy Tales by Alexander Afanasyev, Roman Jakobson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTranslated by Norbert GutermanIllustrated by Alexander AlexeieffIn this most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales available in English we meet both universal fairy-tale figures—thieves and heroes, kings and peasants, beautiful damsels and terrifying witches, enchanted children and crafty animals—and such uniquely Russian characters as Koshchey the Deathless, Baba Yaga, the Swan... -
![Thief: Ratcatchers, Volume Two: A Fantasy Hardboiled by Matthew Colville]()
Thief: Ratcatchers, Volume Two: A Fantasy Hardboiled by Matthew Colville
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor years the king bottled up the city's crime by pitting the thieves' guilds against each other. A balance enforced by ruthless double-dealing, blackmail and a special cadre of secret watchmen. Now, armed with a mysterious substance that turns men into ravening ghouls, the Count is prepared to upset the balance. Installing himself as Underking, master of all crime in the city... -
![Sum: Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman, Multivoice]()
Sum: Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman, Multivoice
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSUM shows us forty wonderfully imagined possibilities of life beyond death. In one afterlife you may find that God is the size of a microbe and is unaware of your existence. In another, your creators are a species of dim-witted creatures who built us to figure out what they could not. In a different version of the afterlife you work as a background character in other people's dreams... -
![Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi]()
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAn extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born "with one foot on the other side...Categorized as:
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![Arjun: Without a Doubt by Shinde Sweety]()
Arjun: Without a Doubt by Shinde Sweety
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExplore Mahabharata in the voices & through the eyes of Arjun & Draupadi.Note - Draupadi's narrative is denoted by *** symbol.I knew there was nothing poetic about death. I knew not that the most horrific battles are fought off the battlefield. Arjun: The idealist in a non-ideal world; the warrior whose deadliest opponent was his conscience... -
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![Marlene's Revenge by Christopher Coleman]()
Marlene's Revenge by Christopher Coleman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTerror. Danger. Power. The witch has returned and no one is safe.Almost a year has passed since Anika and Gretel's horrifying night in an abandoned cannery in the Back Country, and the subsequent beginning of their quest to the Old Country for answers to the mysteries of Orphism... -
![A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda]()
A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCarlos Castaneda takes the reader into the very heart of sorcery, challenging both imagination and reason, shaking the very foundations of our belief in what is "natural" and "logical...Categorized as:
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![Aesop's Fables by Aesop, Ann McGovern]()
Aesop's Fables by Aesop, Ann McGovern
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsSixty-seven familiar and not so familiar fables from Aesop, including the tortoise and the hare, the frogs who wanted a king, the lion who fell in love, and the donkey who danced on the roof...Categorized as:
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![Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda]()
Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsIn Journey to Ixtlan, Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to this new approach for the first time and explores, as he comes to experience it himself, his own final voyage into the teachings of don Juan, sharing with us what it is like to truly “stop the world” and perceive reality on his own terms... -
![Lord Foulgrin's Letters by Randy Alcorn]()
Lord Foulgrin's Letters by Randy Alcorn
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThis repack of Randy Alcorn's gripping bestseller delivers us from ignorance of the devil's schemes. Foulgrin, a high-ranking demon, instructs his subordinate on how to deceive and destroy Jordan Fletcher and his family. It's like placing a bugging device in hell's war room, where we overhear our enemies assessing our weaknesses and strategizing attack... -
![The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy]()
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA poignant and suspenseful retelling of a classic fairy tale set in a war-torn world. In the last months of the Nazi occupation of Poland, two children are left by their father and stepmother to find safety in a dense forest. Because their real names will reveal their Jewishness, they are renamed "Hansel" and "Gretel...Categorized as:
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![The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer by Brian Bates]()
The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer by Brian Bates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSent on a mission deep into the forests of pagan Anglo-Saxon England, Wat Brand, a Christian scribe, suddenly finds his vision of the world turned upside down. The familiar English countryside is not what it seems: threatening spirits, birds of omen and plants of power lurk in this landscape of fallen terrors and mysterious forces... -
![The Buddha and the Terrorist by Satish Kumar, Thomas Moore]()
The Buddha and the Terrorist by Satish Kumar, Thomas Moore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“A challenging story, beautifully written, most pertinent and relevant to our time.” —Deepak Chopra Not every book will change your life, but any book can. Not every discussion will make a difference, but a conversation can change the world... -
![The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume XIII: A Vision: The Original 1925 Version: Volume 13 by W.B. Yeats]()
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume XIII: A Vision: The Original 1925 Version: Volume 13 by W.B. Yeats
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume XIII: A Vision is part of a fourteen-volume series under the general editorship of eminent Yeats scholar George Bornstein and formerly the late Richard J. Finneran and George Mills Harper. One of the strangest works of literary modernism, A Vision is Yeats's greatest occult work. Edited by Yeats scholars Catherine E... -
![The Age of Fable, Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch]()
The Age of Fable, Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe religions of ancient Greece and Rome are extinct. The so-called divinities of Olympus have not a single worshipper among living men. They belong now not to the department of theology, but to those of literature and taste...Categorized as:
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![Saving Tink by Evelyn Montgomery]()
Saving Tink by Evelyn Montgomery
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery villain has a story.This is ours.Tinker Bell and I have lived a life no one remembers, including her.I was supposed to die, take my secret and our time together to the grave.But fate had a crueler plan.Immortality.Bought for a price I’m intent on never paying.But when the horrors from our past come back to haunt her, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to defend her honor... -
![Festive Christmas Nights by Mimi Barbour, Susanne Matthews]()
Festive Christmas Nights by Mimi Barbour, Susanne Matthews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristmas cheer and romance are sweet any time of year!This gift set of eight diverse holiday-themed love stories is loaded with hunks and honeys, cops and crooks, love at first sights and second chances, and a few surprise youngsters out to trick Mommy...Categorized as:
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![The Dunwich Horror: Seven Stories by H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Dunwich Horror: Seven Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis edition reprints seven stories appearing in the 1963 Arkham House edition. The reprinted stories include:"In the Vault";"Pickman's Model";"The Rats in the Walls";"The Music of Erich Zann";"The Haunter of the Dark";"The Dunwich Horror";and "The Thing on the Doorstep"... -
![Ladder to the Moon by Maya Soetoro-Ng, Yuyi Morales]()
Ladder to the Moon by Maya Soetoro-Ng, Yuyi Morales
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Obama, comes a lyrical story relaying the loving wisdom of their late mother to a young granddaughter she never met. Little Suhaila wishes she could have known her grandma, who would wrap her arms around the whole world if she could, Mama says... -
![Tickle Monster by Édouard Manceau]()
Tickle Monster by Édouard Manceau
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis engaging picture book prompts young children to face their fear of monsters and take charge of the situation! The reader is prompted to tickle various parts of a monster, deconstructing the creature and repurposing his parts into a far less threatening scene. His horns become the moon, his legs and arms become trees, his nose becomes a car. . . -
![The Grudge Keeper by Mara Rockliff]()
The Grudge Keeper by Mara Rockliff
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one in the town of Bonnyripple ever kept a grudge. No one, that is, except old Cornelius, the Grudge Keeper.Ruffled feathers, petty snits, minor tiffs and major huffs, insults, umbrage, squabbles, dust-ups, and imbroglios--the Grudge Keeper received them all, large and small, tucking each one carefully away in his ramshackle cottage... -
![Irish Wonders by D.R. McAnally, H.R. Heaton]()
Irish Wonders by D.R. McAnally, H.R. Heaton
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCeltic lore holds a wealth of colorful characters beyond the famed leprechaun. And this gathering of late 19th century traditional folk tales brings together the best of the Emerald Isle's fabled denizens... -
![The Autobiography of God by Julius Lester]()
The Autobiography of God by Julius Lester
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRebecca Nachman is a Rabbi without a synagogue. Having resigned from her dwindling congregation, she now works as a college counselor at a small Vermont college advising students about private matters and offering the Jewish perspective on issues raised at faculty dinner parties... -
![And the Sea Called Her Name by Joe Hart]()
And the Sea Called Her Name by Joe Hart
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn a poor lobster fisherman's son on the stark, Maine coastline, Jason Kingsley has always struggled with becoming more than what his father intended for him. After meeting and falling in love with the beautiful Delphi Arans, he feels his destiny has finally been fulfilled. Their joy is unrivaled, something he's only ever dreamed of... -
![Twinkle by Katharine Holabird]()
Twinkle by Katharine Holabird
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of the beloved Angelina Ballerina series comes a delightful picture book about a feisty fairy named Twinkle!Twinkle is just starting to learn her spells in fairy school, and she can’t seem to understand that what comes naturally for all the other fairies-in-training is a bit of a struggle for her... -
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![Lionheart by Richard Collingridge]()
Lionheart by Richard Collingridge
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRichard hears something in his room before bedtime. Is it a monster? He doesn't wait to find out and sets off running through the streets, over the hills, through the forest, and into the fields until he finds himself in a magical jungle. With the help of his stuffed lion Lionheart, Richard finds the courage he needs to face his fears... -
![Jitterbug Jam by Barbara Jean Hicks]()
Jitterbug Jam by Barbara Jean Hicks
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat does this monster have under his bed? Bobo is a young monster who's afraid to sleep in his own bed. He is sure there is a boy hiding beneath it - a boy with "pink skin and orange fur on his head where his horns should be." Bobo's older brother thinks he's a fraidy-cat, but his grandpa, Boo-Dad, knows all about these fearful creatures. And Boo-Dad knows exactly what to do to scare them away... -
![The Holy by Daniel Quinn]()
The Holy by Daniel Quinn
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey knew us before we began to walk upright. Shamans called them guardians, mythmakers called them tricksters, pagans called them gods, churchmen called them demons, folklorists called them shape-shifters... -
![Sam, the Most Scaredy-cat Kid in the Whole World by Mo Willems]()
Sam, the Most Scaredy-cat Kid in the Whole World by Mo Willems
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne day Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world, makes a terrifying discovery. It's not Frankenthaler the monster. It's her friend--Kerry!Kerry, the second most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world, also makes a terrifying discovery. It's not Leonardo the monster. It's his friend--Sam!"AAAAH!" yells Sam."EEEEK!" yells Kerry.Something has to be done. Something BIG... -
![The Helios Disaster by Linda Boström Knausgård, Rachel Willson-Broyles]()
The Helios Disaster by Linda Boström Knausgård, Rachel Willson-Broyles
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis modern spin on the myth of Athena plunges us deep inside the mind of an unlikely twelve-year-old goddess confined to a small Swedish town. Separated from her father just moments after bursting from his skull in full armor, Anna is packed off into foster care where she learns to ski, speaks in tongues, and negotiates the needs of a quirky cast of relatives... -
![The Benefactor by Susan Sontag]()
The Benefactor by Susan Sontag
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Benefactor, Susan Sontag's first book and first novel, originally published in 1963, introduced a unique writer to the world. In the form of a memoir by a latter-day Candide named Hippolyte, The Benefactor leads us on a kind of psychic Grand Tour, in which Hippolyte's violently imaginative dream life becomes indistinguishable from his surprising experiences in the 'real world... -
![Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins]()
Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho knew that cakes were so rude?! In this deliciously entertaining book, a not-so-sweet cake—who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents—gets its just desserts... -
![Hunter: The Reckoning by Bruce Baugh, Angel McCoy]()
Hunter: The Reckoning by Bruce Baugh, Angel McCoy
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor centuries, supernatural powers have reigned, warring among themselves, culling the human herds and lashing out from the shadows. The creatures of the night have held court since before the dawn of history. Nothing lasts forever. From the throng of humanity, individuals emerge who know the truth. They know monsters exist. Enough is enough. The forces of darkness must pay their due... -
![Be Not Afraid by Cecilia Galante]()
Be Not Afraid by Cecilia Galante
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarin spends a lot of time avoiding things. She avoids thinking about her mother's suicide and what she could have done to prevent it. She avoids looking at people directly-because she can see their pain as bright, colorful shapes. And she avoids Cassie Jackson, who used her in a sinister ritual months ago, although Marin's not exactly sure why...Categorized as:
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![Instances of the Number 3 by Salley Vickers]()
Instances of the Number 3 by Salley Vickers
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Peter Hansome dies his wife and mistress confront many more mysteries than they had anticipated in this beguiling novel about love and loss... -
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![The Latinist: A Novel by Mark Prins]()
The Latinist: A Novel by Mark Prins
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTessa Templeton has thrived at Oxford University under the tutelage and praise of esteemed classics professor Christopher Eccles. And now, his support is the one thing she can rely on: her job search has yielded nothing, and her devotion to her work has just cost her her boyfriend, Ben... -
![War Of Lanka (Ram Chandra Series Book 4) by Amish Tripathi]()
War Of Lanka (Ram Chandra Series Book 4) by Amish Tripathi
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLANKA WILL BURN. DARKNESS WILL PERISH.BUT CAN LIGHT ENDURE?INDIA, 3400 BCE.Greed. Rage. Grief. Love. Smouldering tinder, waiting to trigger a war.But this war is different. This one is for Dharma. This war is for the greatest Goddess of them all.Sita has been kidnapped. Defiantly, she dares Raavan to kill her - she'd rather die than allow Ram to surrender.Ram is beside himself with grief and rage... -
![The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen]()
The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA mesmerizing debut about a young girl whose steadfast belief and imagination bring everything she once held dear into treacherous balanceIn Grace McCleen's harrowing, powerful debut, she introduces an unforgettable heroine in ten-year-old Judith McPherson, a young believer who sees the world with the clear Eyes of Faith...Categorized as:
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![The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyemi]()
The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyemi
Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a dazzling follow-up to The Icarus Girl, Helen Oyeyemi explores the thin wall between myth and reality through the alternating tales of two young women and their search for the truth about faith and identity. Maja was five years old when her black Cuban family emigrated from the Caribbean to London...Categorized as:
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![Black As Snow by Nick Nolan, Todd Haberkorn]()
Black As Snow by Nick Nolan, Todd Haberkorn
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSebastian Black is a god amongst men: he’s devastatingly handsome and charismatic—and telepathic. So when his scheming mother, prophetess Kitty Black, announces that her son is the “next species of man,” the world begins taking notice. Together, Kitty and Sebastian forge a spiritual movement that celebrates “divine evolution” while warning of a mass extinction...Categorized as:
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![The Accidental Exorcist by Joshua Graham]()
The Accidental Exorcist by Joshua Graham
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE ACCIDENTAL EXORCIST (A short novella)When forensic psychiatrist Abigail Lee meets a baby-killing mother who has been declared criminally insane and acquitted, she discovers something lurking beneath the surface. Something far deeper and more insidious than mere psychopathy...
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