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A Flame In The North
Lili St. Crow An elemental witch and her shieldmaiden journey into a world of ancient myth and unexpected destiny in this sweeping Norse-inspired epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow. The Black Land is spent myth. Centuries have passed since the Great Enemy was viac

A Shadow in the Ember
Jennifer L. Armentrout Born shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Dea viac

A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling em viac

Atlas of Lost Cities
Aude de Tocqueville Like humans, cities are mortal. They are born, they thrive, and they eventually die. In Atlas of Lost Cities, Aude de Tocqueville tells the compelling narrative of the rise and fall of such notable places as Pompeii, Teotihuacán, and Angkor. She also details the less well known, viac

Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting
David Reed My name is Bobby Singer. In twenty-four hours I’m gonna lose my memory. So here’s everything you need to know. Monsters, demons, angels, vampires, the boogeyman under your bed: I’ve seen it, I’ve hunted it, I’ve killed it. I’m not the only hunter out here, but there aren’t as ma viac

Caraval
Stephanie Garber Welcome to Caraval, a sweeping tale of the unbreakable bond between two sisters. When Scarlett and Tella travel to the legendary Caraval, Tella mysteriously disappears. Can Scarlett find and save her before its too late? Love, heartbreak, and magic, and something dangerous are al viac

Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, teenaged Laura leads a solitary life with only her father, attendant and tutor for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest -- the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a fe viac

Classical Mythology
James Shepherd Travel back to a time when divine beings mixed with mortals, when heroes battled sorcerers, and nature was a mysterious realm ruled by beautiful and dangerous deities. From the legends of Hercules and the Titans, to tales of the underworld and the destruction of Troy, these en viac

Hellblazer, Vol. 10: In the Line of Fire
Paul Jenkins In this new Hellblazer collection, John Constantine comes to the aid of his downstairs neighbor, a dimwitted, epileptic giant whose home is haunted by a persistent ghost. Plus, John's affinity with the supernatural spoils a soccer game when a demon that thrives on hooliganism sho viac

Hellblazer, Vol. 11: Last Man Standing
Paul Jenkins In this new Hellblazer collection, John Constantine, while scouting for blackmail victims at an orgy, John finds himself accidentally summoning up sinister beings known as the Mendw, with terrible consequences for an anorexic girl and her abusive father. Plus, cattle mutiliation viac

Myths, Legends, and Sacred Stories: A Children's Encyclopedia
Author Not Found From lightning-wielding Zeus, the supreme Greek god, to protective Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of love - heroes, gods, and monsters are brought to life in these retellings of myths from around the world. Myths, Legends, and Sacred Stories is a children's book that invites you viac

Norse Mythology, Vikings, Magic & Runes
Collective of Authors viac

Star Wars Insider Fiction Collection
Michael Reaves   Ryder Windham   Jason Fry   Alexander Freed   John Jackson Miller   Christie Golden   Jeff Grubb   Matthew Stover   Timothy Zahn   Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff   John Ostrander   David J. Williams   Mark S. Williams   Karen Miller   Ari Marmell The official magazine of the Star Wars saga presents an amazing collection of exclusive fully-illustrated short stories from the galaxy far, far away. Including tales starring iconic characters such as Han Solo, Lando Calrissian and Darth Vader, this collection also features viac

Star Wars Insider Fiction Collection
Jason Fry   Alexander Freed   John Jackson Miller   Christie Golden   James S. A. Corey   Timothy Zahn   Sylvain Neuvel   Paul S. Kemp   Joe Schreiber   Delilah S. Dawson   Jennifer Heddle   Edward M. Erdelac   Michael Kogge   Janine K. Spendlov   Jason M. Hough   Mur Lafferty Star Wars Insider, the official magazine of the Star Wars saga, presents a stunning collection of exclusive tales, both Legends and current continuity, from the galaxy far, far away. A collection of exciting short stories featuring tales that take will take you from the Battle viac

Tales from the Empire
Michael Stackpole   Kathy Tyers   Timothy Zahn   Patricia A. Jackson   Laurie Burns Culled from the pages of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, one of the most popular Star Wars magazines in the field today, comes this exciting new short-story collection. Here are stories from such award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors as Timothy Zahn, Michael A. St viac

Tall, Dark, and Vampire
Sara Humphreys He's dying to have her... She always knew Fate was cruel... The last person Olivia Hollingsworth expected to see at her Greenwich Village vampire club was her one true love, Doug Paxton—whom she believed to be dead for centuries. Olivia thought she had moved on, but when Do viac

The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid
Pat F. Garrett Twelve decades after Billy the Kid's death in 1881, books, movies, and essays about this western outlaw are still popular. And they all go back to one source: The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid, published in 1882 by the man who killed Billy, Sheriff Pat Garrett.Frederick Nolan, viac

The Caged Queen
Kristen Ciccarelli Once there were two sisters born with a bond so strong that it forged them together forever. Roa and Essie called it the hum. It was a magic they cherished—until the day a terrible accident took Essie’s life and trapped her soul in this world. Dax—the heir to Firgaard’s throne viac

The Chinese Myths
Tao Tao Liu The essential guide to the complex, fascinating world of Chinese myths: retelling the stories and exploring their significance in Chinese culture. This is a concise and entertaining guide to the complex tradition of Chinese mythology. While many around the world are familiar w viac

The death of Joan the Arc
Michael Scott viac

The Dictionary of Mythology
J. A. Coleman From the fairy tales of our childhood to the Greek and Roman gods, this well-researched book really expands on the topic of mythology. It includes myths, heroes, places and legends from all five continents, and from the different cultures and peoples found there. viac

The Greek Myths
Robin Waterfield   Kathryn Waterfield The Greek Myths contains some of the most thrilling, romantic and unforgettable stories in all human history. From Achilles rampant on the fields of Troy, to the gods at sport on Mount Olympus, from Icarus flying too close to the sun, to the superhuman feats of Heracles, Theseus viac

The Green Knight
Iris Murdoch In a small circle of friends in London, some disturbing occurrences are taking place: Lucas Graffe, a reclusive academic, kills a man in self-defense, and disappears immediately after the trial, leaving his brother, the charismatic actor Clement Graffe, tortured by his absence. T viac

The Last Namsara
Kristen Ciccarelli In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went. But where there is light, there must be darkness—and so there was also the Iskari. The child of blood and moonlight. The destroyer. The death-bringer. These are viac

The Life and Times of King Arthur
Mike Ashley The legendary hero of medieval romance, Arthur is popularly associated with the adventures of the Knights of the Round Table, the search for the Holy Grail and with the wizard Merlin. viac

The Lost Stories collection
Michael Scott The legendary alchemyst Nicholas Flamel and his wife, tho sorceress Perenelle, traveled the globe for centuries before they discovered the Twins of Legend, Josh and Sophie Newman. Now you can discover even more of the Flamels' adventures in this volume of eight stories set in the viac

The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown Six years in the writing, ”The Lost Symbol” is Dan Brown´s extraordinary sequel to his internationally bestselling Robert Langdon thrillers, ”Angels & Demons” and ”The Da Vinci Code”. Nothing is ever what it first appears in a Dan Brown novel. Set over a breathtaking 12 hour time viac

The Reluctant Dragon
Kenneth Grahame In this beloved classic story, a young boy befriends a poetry-loving dragon living in the Downs above his home. When the town-folk send for St. George to slay the dragon, the boy needs to come up with a clever plan to save his friend and convince the townsfolk to accept him. viac

The Ring Legends of Tolkien
David Day An in-depth guide to the rich history of the symbol of the ring, its origin in ancient storytelling tradition, and its influence on Tolkien's work. Tolkien's One Ring, at the centre of one of the greatest fantasy tales ever told, is an undeniably iconic and powerful symbol in viac

The secret of secrets
Dan Brown A thrilling and long-awaited new novel from globally bestselling author Dan BrownAccompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon's world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their hote viac

The Sky Weaver
Kristen Ciccarelli Safire, a soldier, knows her role in this world is to serve the King of Firgaard—helping to maintain the peace in her oft-troubled nation. Eris, a deadly pirate, has no such conviction. Known as the Death Dancer for her ability to evade even the most determined of pursuers, sh viac

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
Howard Pyle The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Barnes & Noble Children's Leatherbound Classics Edition), written and illustrated by the great Howard Pyle. First Edition thus, 3rd printing. 54 color illustrations by Pyle, many of them full-page. Octavo, purple bonded leather boards wit viac

The Supernatural book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, And Ghouls
Alex Irvine Twenty-three years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father, John, set out to teach his boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America . . . and h viac

The Valkyrie
Kate Heartfield Brynhild is a Valkyrie: shieldmaiden of the All-Father, chooser of the slain. But now she too has fallen, flightless in her exile. Gudrun is a princess of Burgundy, a daughter of the Rhine, a prize for an invading king – a king whose brother Attila has other plans, and a dragon viac

Waking The Witch
Rachel Burge 'I tried to keep you safe, but I see now that I can't. They won't stop until they have you . . .' When Ivy's search for her mother draws her to a remote Welsh isle, she uncovers a dark secret about her past. An ancient and corrupt power is stalking Ivy, and her only chance viac

Wicked Fox
Kat Cho Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret--she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide a viac