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What-the-Dickens
The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
Written by Gregory Maguire
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $6.99
"Gregory Maguire does for the dark and stormy night what he did for witches in Wicked." — The New York Times Book Review
A terrible storm is raging, and Dinah is huddled by candlelight with her brother, sister, and cousin Gage, who is telling a very unusual tale. It’s thestory of What-the-Dickens... Read more >
The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
Written by Gregory Maguire
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $6.99
"Gregory Maguire does for the dark and stormy night what he did for witches in Wicked." — The New York Times Book Review
A terrible storm is raging, and Dinah is huddled by candlelight with her brother, sister, and cousin Gage, who is telling a very unusual tale. It’s thestory of What-the-Dickens... Read more >
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The Return of Merlin
Written by Deepak Chopra
Read by Simon Jones
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 16, 2008
Price: $15.00
The fictional debut of bestselling author, Deepak Chopra. Read more >
Written by Deepak Chopra
Read by Simon Jones
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 16, 2008
Price: $15.00
The fictional debut of bestselling author, Deepak Chopra. Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Adventures of Amir hamza
Written by Ghalib Lakhnavi and Abdullah Bilgrami
Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $25.00
Read more >
Written by Ghalib Lakhnavi and Abdullah Bilgrami
Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $25.00
Read more >
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The Adventures of Amir Hamza
Written by Ghalib Lakhnavi and Abdullah Bilgrami
Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Format: Trade Paperback, 992 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $25.00
Here is the first unabridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic: a panoramic tale of magic and passion, a classic hero’s odyssey that has captivated much of the world. It is the spellbinding story of Amir Hamza, the adventurer who in the service of the Persian emperor defeats many enemies... Read more >
Written by Ghalib Lakhnavi and Abdullah Bilgrami
Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Format: Trade Paperback, 992 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $25.00
Here is the first unabridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic: a panoramic tale of magic and passion, a classic hero’s odyssey that has captivated much of the world. It is the spellbinding story of Amir Hamza, the adventurer who in the service of the Persian emperor defeats many enemies... Read more >
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Men and Gods
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS
Written by Rex Warner
Illustrated by Edward Gorey
Format: Hardcover, 296 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $16.95
This outstanding collection brings together the novelist and scholar Rex Warner’s knack for spellbinding storytelling with Edward Gorey’s inimitable talent as an illustrator in a memorable modern recounting of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece.
Writing in a relaxed and winning colloquial style, Warner vividly recreates the classic stories of... Read more >
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS
Written by Rex Warner
Illustrated by Edward Gorey
Format: Hardcover, 296 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $16.95
This outstanding collection brings together the novelist and scholar Rex Warner’s knack for spellbinding storytelling with Edward Gorey’s inimitable talent as an illustrator in a memorable modern recounting of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece.
Writing in a relaxed and winning colloquial style, Warner vividly recreates the classic stories of... Read more >
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Latin American Folktales
Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions
Written by John Bierhorst
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $18.00
The wisdom and artistry of Latin America's storytellers preserve one of the world's richest folktale traditions--combining the lore of medieval Europe, the ancient Near East, and pre-Columbian America. Among the essential characters are the quiet man's wife who knew the Devil's secrets, the tree daughters who robbed their father's grave, and... Read more >
Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions
Written by John Bierhorst
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $18.00
The wisdom and artistry of Latin America's storytellers preserve one of the world's richest folktale traditions--combining the lore of medieval Europe, the ancient Near East, and pre-Columbian America. Among the essential characters are the quiet man's wife who knew the Devil's secrets, the tree daughters who robbed their father's grave, and... Read more >
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The Stolen Child
Written by Keith Donohue
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $13.95
“I am a changeling–a word that describes within its own name what we are bound and intended to do. We kidnap a human child and replace him or her with one of our own. . . .”
The double story of Henry Day begins in 1949, when he is kidnapped at age... Read more >
Written by Keith Donohue
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $13.95
“I am a changeling–a word that describes within its own name what we are bound and intended to do. We kidnap a human child and replace him or her with one of our own. . . .”
The double story of Henry Day begins in 1949, when he is kidnapped at age... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Stolen Child
Written by Keith Donohue
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $13.95
Inspired by the W.B. Yeats poem that tempts a child from home to the waters and the wild, The Stolen Child is a modern fairy tale narrated by the child Henry Day and his double.
On a summer night, Henry Day runs away from home and hides in a hollow tree. There... Read more >
Written by Keith Donohue
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $13.95
Inspired by the W.B. Yeats poem that tempts a child from home to the waters and the wild, The Stolen Child is a modern fairy tale narrated by the child Henry Day and his double.
On a summer night, Henry Day runs away from home and hides in a hollow tree. There... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Girl Who Married a Lion
and Other Tales from Africa
Written by Alexander Mccall Smith
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 7, 2004
Price: $22.00
Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana.
A girl discovers... Read more >
and Other Tales from Africa
Written by Alexander Mccall Smith
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 7, 2004
Price: $22.00
Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana.
A girl discovers... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Girl Who Married a Lion
and Other Tales from Africa
Written by Alexander Mccall Smith
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2004
Price: $22.00
Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana.
A girl discovers... Read more >
and Other Tales from Africa
Written by Alexander Mccall Smith
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2004
Price: $22.00
Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana.
A girl discovers... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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LA ATLANTIDA: MITO O REALIDAD?
Written by David Gueller
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: July 30, 2004
Price: $8.95
Read more >
Written by David Gueller
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: July 30, 2004
Price: $8.95
Read more >
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Eventide
Written by Kent Haruf
Read by George Hearn
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 4, 2004
Price: $39.95
One of the most beloved novels in recent years, Plainsong was a best-seller from coast to coast—and now Kent Haruf returns to the High Plains community of Holt, Colorado, with a story of even more masterful authority.
When the McPheron brothers see Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they’d taken in, move from... Read more >
Written by Kent Haruf
Read by George Hearn
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 4, 2004
Price: $39.95
One of the most beloved novels in recent years, Plainsong was a best-seller from coast to coast—and now Kent Haruf returns to the High Plains community of Holt, Colorado, with a story of even more masterful authority.
When the McPheron brothers see Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they’d taken in, move from... Read more >
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Eventide
Written by Kent Haruf
Read by George Hearn
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 4, 2004
Price: $17.95
One of the most beloved novels in recent years, Plainsong was a best-seller from coast to coast—and now Kent Haruf returns to the High Plains community of Holt, Colorado, with a story of even more masterful authority.
When the McPheron brothers see Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they’d taken in, move from... Read more >
Written by Kent Haruf
Read by George Hearn
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 4, 2004
Price: $17.95
One of the most beloved novels in recent years, Plainsong was a best-seller from coast to coast—and now Kent Haruf returns to the High Plains community of Holt, Colorado, with a story of even more masterful authority.
When the McPheron brothers see Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they’d taken in, move from... Read more >
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Latin American Folktales
Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions
Written by John Bierhorst
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $18.00
The wisdom and artistry of Latin America's storytellers preserve one of the world's richest folktale traditions--combining the lore of medieval Europe, the ancient Near East, and pre-Columbian America. Among the essential characters are the quiet man's wife who knew the Devil's secrets, the tree daughters who robbed their father's grave, and... Read more >
Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions
Written by John Bierhorst
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $18.00
The wisdom and artistry of Latin America's storytellers preserve one of the world's richest folktale traditions--combining the lore of medieval Europe, the ancient Near East, and pre-Columbian America. Among the essential characters are the quiet man's wife who knew the Devil's secrets, the tree daughters who robbed their father's grave, and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
Preface by Paul Muldoon
Edited by William Butler Yeats
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 11, 2003
Price: $15.00
Gathered by the renowned Irish poet, playwright, and essayist William Butler Yeats, the sixty-five tales and poems in this delightful collection uniquely capture the rich heritage of the Celtic imagination. Filled with legends of village ghosts, fairies, demons, witches, priests, and saints, these stories evoke both tender pathos and lighthearted mirth... Read more >
Preface by Paul Muldoon
Edited by William Butler Yeats
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 11, 2003
Price: $15.00
Gathered by the renowned Irish poet, playwright, and essayist William Butler Yeats, the sixty-five tales and poems in this delightful collection uniquely capture the rich heritage of the Celtic imagination. Filled with legends of village ghosts, fairies, demons, witches, priests, and saints, these stories evoke both tender pathos and lighthearted mirth... Read more >
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The Victorian Fairy Tale Book
Written by Michael Patrick Hearn
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: December 3, 2002
Price: $19.95
From Robert Browning’s Pied Piper of Hamelin and William Makepeace Thackeray’s Rose and the Ring to Kenneth Grahame’s Reluctant Dragon and J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, here are seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Some of them amuse, some enchant... Read more >
Written by Michael Patrick Hearn
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: December 3, 2002
Price: $19.95
From Robert Browning’s Pied Piper of Hamelin and William Makepeace Thackeray’s Rose and the Ring to Kenneth Grahame’s Reluctant Dragon and J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, here are seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Some of them amuse, some enchant... Read more >
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The Forensic Casebook
Written by Ngaire E. Genge
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 27, 2002
Price: $17.95
THE ULTIMATE READERS’ GUIDE TO THE ART OF FORENSICS!
An intrepid investigator crawls through miles of air conditioning ducts to capture the implicating fibers of a suspect’s wool jacket . . . A forensic entomologist discovers insects in the grill of a car and nails down a drug dealer’s precise geographical path... Read more >
Written by Ngaire E. Genge
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 27, 2002
Price: $17.95
THE ULTIMATE READERS’ GUIDE TO THE ART OF FORENSICS!
An intrepid investigator crawls through miles of air conditioning ducts to capture the implicating fibers of a suspect’s wool jacket . . . A forensic entomologist discovers insects in the grill of a car and nails down a drug dealer’s precise geographical path... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Japanese Tales
Written by Royall Tyler
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2002
Price: $19.95
Here are two hundred and twenty dazzling tales from medieval Japan, tales that welcome us into a fabulous, faraway world populated by saints and scoundrels, ghosts and magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the... Read more >
Written by Royall Tyler
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2002
Price: $19.95
Here are two hundred and twenty dazzling tales from medieval Japan, tales that welcome us into a fabulous, faraway world populated by saints and scoundrels, ghosts and magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the... Read more >
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales
Edited by Kate Bernheimer
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2002
Price: $14.00
New edition (revised and expanded) available 8/13/02.
Fairy tales are one of the most enduring forms of literature, their plots retold and characters reimagined for centuries. In this elegant and thought-provoking collection of original essays, Kate Bernheimer brings together twenty-eight leading women writers to discuss how these stories helped shape their imaginations... Read more >
Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales
Edited by Kate Bernheimer
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2002
Price: $14.00
New edition (revised and expanded) available 8/13/02.
Fairy tales are one of the most enduring forms of literature, their plots retold and characters reimagined for centuries. In this elegant and thought-provoking collection of original essays, Kate Bernheimer brings together twenty-eight leading women writers to discuss how these stories helped shape their imaginations... Read more >
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Literature and the Gods
Written by Roberto Calasso
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2002
Price: $15.00
Brilliant, inspired, and gloriously erudite, Literature and the Gods is the culmination of Roberto Calasso’s lifelong study of the gods in the human imagination. By uncovering the divine whisper that lies behind the best poetry and prose from across the centuries, Calasso gives us a renewed sense of the mystery and... Read more >
Written by Roberto Calasso
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2002
Price: $15.00
Brilliant, inspired, and gloriously erudite, Literature and the Gods is the culmination of Roberto Calasso’s lifelong study of the gods in the human imagination. By uncovering the divine whisper that lies behind the best poetry and prose from across the centuries, Calasso gives us a renewed sense of the mystery and... Read more >
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Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece
Written by Gustav Schwab
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $21.95
From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the inexhaustible vitality of a timeless cultural legacy.
Here are Icarus flying too close to the sun, mighty Hercules, Achilles and that darn heel... Read more >
Written by Gustav Schwab
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $21.95
From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the inexhaustible vitality of a timeless cultural legacy.
Here are Icarus flying too close to the sun, mighty Hercules, Achilles and that darn heel... Read more >
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The Mabinogion
Translated by Everyman's Library
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2001
Price: $20.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Preface by John Updike
The 11 stories of The Mabinogion, first assembled on paper in the fourteenth century, reach far back into the earlier oral traditions of Welsh poetry.
Closely linked to the Arthurian legends--King Arthur himself is a character--they summon up a world of mystery and magic... Read more >
Translated by Everyman's Library
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2001
Price: $20.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Preface by John Updike
The 11 stories of The Mabinogion, first assembled on paper in the fourteenth century, reach far back into the earlier oral traditions of Welsh poetry.
Closely linked to the Arthurian legends--King Arthur himself is a character--they summon up a world of mystery and magic... Read more >
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The Silent Gondoliers
Written by William Goldman
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2001
Price: $10.00
The return of a beloved classic,
from the bestselling author of The Princess Bride!
Once upon a time, the gondoliers of Venice possessed the finest voices in all the world. But, alas, few remember those days--and fewer still were ever blessed to hear such glorious singing. No one since has discovered the secret... Read more >
Written by William Goldman
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2001
Price: $10.00
The return of a beloved classic,
from the bestselling author of The Princess Bride!
Once upon a time, the gondoliers of Venice possessed the finest voices in all the world. But, alas, few remember those days--and fewer still were ever blessed to hear such glorious singing. No one since has discovered the secret... Read more >
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The Man Who Planted Trees
Written by Jean Giono
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: January 4, 2000
Price: $6.00
Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern times. In the foothills of the French Alps the narrator meets a shepherd who has quietly taken on the task of planting one hundred acorns a day in an effort to reforest his desolate... Read more >
Written by Jean Giono
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: January 4, 2000
Price: $6.00
Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern times. In the foothills of the French Alps the narrator meets a shepherd who has quietly taken on the task of planting one hundred acorns a day in an effort to reforest his desolate... Read more >
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