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Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Among the epic themes exploited in the myths from ancient India are universal ideas, concepts, and topics of the creation of the universe and humanity; love; religious devotion; good versus evil; the recurring horrors of war; and human destiny. The people of ancient India consistently developed these and other similar themes in highly colorful ways"--
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Chinese people feel that the ethical qualities of their leading mythical characters mirror or echo the superior morality of their long-lived civilization overall. They believe that several of the heroes and deities in the myths were either real people or at least based on historical persons. In their eyes, therefore, their history is frequently highlighted by great individuals and deeds"--
6) Endless
Author
Series
Starcrossed novel volume 7
Publisher
Sungrazer Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The dice have always been loaded against her. Helen was always fated to start a war. Even after defeating the Olympians and taking up the mantle as the most powerful of all the Scions, Helen still wasn't able to save her father. Bereft and betrayed by Lucas, Helen falls into a downward spiral... but the Fates aren't done with her yet. Helen learns that her final purpose is to be the spark that sets the whole world on fire. To prevent this from happening,...
Author
Series
Monkey King and the world of myths volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Follow along as the legendary Monkey King tries to save the world from a mysterious new threat -- and smashes his way through the world of ancient Greek mythology in the process!"--
8) Clarion call
Author
Series
Ravensong volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Having failed to prevent her vengeful cousin from breaching the Veil, demi-god Neve attempts to prevent more havoc and destruction in the mortal world while she also grapples with old memories, a new family member's emergence, and the delicate balance between past, present, and an uncertain future.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
For years, when I fell asleep, I dreamed of a man with blazing green eyes and a cruel smile. The day I meet him, the ruthless mercenary leaves me for dead. Just hours after humans are born, the gods take what little power we have. In return, they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless fae. The humans who manage to keep their power are known as the corrupt. And they are burned. When my forbidden power is discovered, I'm forced to flee my tiny...
12) Silent cavalry
Author
Publisher
Crown
Language
English
Description
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals the little-known story of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War, and how they were scrubbed from the history books. We all know how the Civil War was won: by courageous Yankees who triumphed over the South. But as veteran journalist Howell Raines shows, it was not only soldiers from Northern states who helped General William Tecumseh Sherman burn Atlanta to the ground,...
Author
Series
Serwa Boateng volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After a lifetime of fighting creatures of black magic, twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng has just learned a devastating secret: she herself is half vampire! Now not only is she dealing with vampire puberty, she's on the run from the organization of Slayers she trained her whole life to join. Serwa's only ally is her aunt Boahinmaa, an obayifo who urges Serwa to embrace her vampire side. Boahinmaa and her underlings are on the hunt for the Midnight Drum,...
14) A Touch of Chaos
Author
Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The world will burn in the final installment of Scarlett St. Clair's bestselling Hades X Persephone saga. The gods are at war, the Titans have been released, and Hades and Persephone must fight tooth and nail for their happy ending. Persephone, Goddess of Spring, never guessed that a chance encounter with Hades, God of the Underworld, would change her life forever-but he did. Now embroiled in a fight for humanity and battles between the gods, Persephone...
15) Salammbô
Author
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Salammbô" is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert in which he skillfully interweaved historical and fictional characters. Set in Carthage in the 3rd century BC, it describes the revolt of the mercenaries who had fought for Carthage during the First Punic War (261-241 BC) but hadn't received their money for it. Along with describing the bloody Carthaginian conflict, it also tells of the fictional love story between the beautiful Salammbô - the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one?
Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt. In order to kill the gods, whose ravenous competition for power is bleeding Otera dry, she must uncover the source of her divinity. But with...
Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt. In order to kill the gods, whose ravenous competition for power is bleeding Otera dry, she must uncover the source of her divinity. But with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
This complete series ebook bind-up contains all three novels in author Robert Treskillard's Merlin Spiral series, which follows the Merlin of Arthurian legend, who as a maimed, teenaged bladesmith must fight against druids working to end Arthur's reign before it has a chance to begin.
In Merlin's Blade, a strange meteorite strikes Merlin's village, and only the blinded Merlin has the ability to resist its strange enchantments. And
...Author
Publisher
Duomo ediciones
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
El mundo de Ellie no es exactamente como el nuestro. Est̀n el colegio, los amigos y el centro comercial. Pero tambǐn existe Kirby, su perro fantasma, y un poder ancestral que corre por sus venas y le permite convocar a los esp̕ritus de los que ya no est̀n. Lo hered̤ de su abuela, junto con su nombre apache, Elatsoe, colibr̕. Un p̀jaro muy pequęo, pero incre̕blemente fuerte, como ella. Cuando el esp̕ritu de su primo Trevor la visita en un...
19) The Fox Maidens
Author
Language
English
Description
Kai Song dreams of being a warrior. She wants to follow in the footsteps of her beloved father, the commander of the Royal Legion. But while her father believes in Kai and trains her in martial arts, their society isn't ready for a girl warrior. Still, Kai is determined. But she is plagued by rumors that she is the granddaughter of Gumiho, the infamous nine-tailed fox demon who was killed by her father years before. Everything comes crashing down...
20) Legacy of a king
Author
Publisher
[Black Sands Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Diata, the descendant of a deposed king, makes his way from the Sahara to the great city of Timbuktu. Looking for a way to Mali's capital, Diata intends to enter a tournament whose winner is rumored to become the next general of the empire. While many seek the glory and nobility that comes with being Mali's general, Diata's only concern is avenging his late ancestor." -- Provided by publisher.
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