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The conclusion to the centuries-old Chinese epic in a translation that's "a joy to read . . . [a] fantastic tale of adventure" (Nathan Slavin, University of Pennsylvania).
A monk contends with demons, spirits, and other troubles as he travels to India in search of Buddhist scriptures in this classic Chinese fantasy adventure.
Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West is a remarkable historical saga that follows the fourteen-year...
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Die hier versammelten Suren des Koran vermitteln in erhabener Sprache und poetischer Schönheit das Wort Gottes, das Mohammed im Jahre 610 unserer Zeitrechnung in der "Nacht der Bestimmung" auf dem Berg Hira durch den Erzengel Gabriel offenbart wurde. Mit einer ausführlichen Einleitung.
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Die hier vereinten transzendenten Haupttexte der religiösen Geheimlehre der Kabbala, die Bücher Jezira, Bahir und Sohar, sind uralte mystische Deutungen der göttlichen Offenbarung und haben über die Jahrhunderte hinweg Juden und auch Angehörige anderer Religionen immer wieder spirituell inspiriert und in ihren Bann gezogen. Mit einer ausführlichen Einleitung.
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En la vastedad del universo, donde la oscuridad cósmica se mezcla con la danza de las estrellas, existe un rincón misterioso que desafía la lógica y estira los límites de nuestra comprensión: el agujero negro. Este fenómeno gravitacional, donde la gravedad se vuelve implacable y la luz se desvanece en la insondable negrura, ha sido el tema de especulación, asombro y fascinación a lo largo de la historia de la astronomía.En este viaje intergaláctico,...
5) Pandorum 2
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Pandorum es una colección de libros de bolsillo (o paperbacks) que intenta traer hasta nuestros tiempos el espíritu de las antologías de relatos de ciencia ficción que poblaron las estanterías de kioscos y librerías durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX.Cada antología de la Colección Pandorum contiene entre diez y quince relatos de ciencia ficción (de lectura independiente), escritos por otros tantos autores y autoras actuales del género,...
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"A fun, nostalgia-filled anthology of twenty-three original, lighthearted horror tales riffing on the movie monsters of both modern cinema and B-movie favorites." -Publishers Weekly
Lights! Camera! Monsters?
Sometimes you go to the movies. And sometimes, the movies-and their monsters-come to you. At any moment, without notice, monsters once relegated to the screen become a reality. Aliens and demons, dragons and ghosts, werewolves, vampires,...
7) The Iliad
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The Iliad, by Homer, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary historical,...
8) Seeing Stone
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Arthurian legend comes to life in the first novel in this remarkable, award-winning sagaThirteen-year-old Arthur de Caldicot lives on a manor, desperately waiting for the moment he can become a knight. One day his father's friend Merlin gives him a shining black stone, a seeing stone, that shows him visions of his namesake, King Arthur. The legendary dragons, battles, and swordplay that young Arthur witnesses seem a world away from his own life. And...
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Sein Name ist den meisten geläufig, die sich im deutschen Sprachraum für die frühe Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika interessieren. Er galt seit vielen Jahren als _der_ Experte für den Bürgerkrieg zwischen Nord und Süd, für den Pelzhandel und die Eroberung der Prärien. In der Presse wurde er gelobt als der »wohl beste lebende deutsche Experte für die Geschichte der nordamerikanischen Pionierzeit«.
Dietmar Kuegler wurde am 4....
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What happens when writers vacation together... And challenge each other to write ghost stories? On a stormy night in 1816, the writers Mary Shelley, John William Polidori, and Lord Byron undertook a challenge that would change history and create the gothic genre. The result is three chilling tales of monsters, vampires, and murder. Lord Byron's A Fragment is of historical importance as it is one of the very first vampire stories. Does it stand the...
11) Bullet Points 4
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Bullet Points captures the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human and nonhuman society, with reprints and original stories every three months. The January 2024 issue (Volume 4) presents stories on a combat theme:
• Original Stories
• Joe Prosit, "Instant War"
• Lucas Enne, "Revival"
• Lesley L. Smith, "Wartime Telework"
• Henry McFarland, "Every Soldier's Right"
• Andrew Knighton, "The Sound of War"
• Daniel...
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Introduce your family to a selection of folk tales from around the world, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects and fun, these stories will introduce your children to a wider world of classic stories.
· How the Elephant Got His Trunk
· East of the Sun
· West of the Moon
· Full Moon Night in Silk Cotton Tree Village
· Little Bear
· The Boy with Wings
· The Boy Who Cried Wolf
· The Firebird
· The King Who Thought he was...
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Introduce your children to the world of Shakespearean with these abridged stories, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects and fun, your children will come away with a newfound love for these classic stories!
· A Midsummer's Night Dream
· The Tempest· Twelfth Night
· Much Ado About Nothing
· A Comedy of Errors
· The Merchant of Venice
· As You Like it
· The Winter's Tale
· Hamlet
· King Lear
· Othello
· Richard III
·...
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Introduce your children to a selection of classic fairy tales written especially for children. Filled with sound effects and fun, your children will come away with a newfound love for these classic stories!
· Hansel & Gretel
· Jack and the Beanstalk
· The Hare and the Tortoise
· Rumpelstiltskin
· Snow White and Rose Red
· The Selfish Giant
· The Tinderbox
· The Twelve Dancing Princesses
· Dick Whittington
· Puss in Boots
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Best Classic Short Stories for Children brings together some of the most well-known and beloved stories by authors like O. Henry, Oscar Wilde and Saki, and extracts from children's classics such as The Railway Children and Little Women. With a mix of genres including science fiction, mystery and ghost stories, and a host of popular characters such as Oliver Twist, Sherlock Holmes, Jane Eyre and Dracula, this is the perfect introduction to a range...
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Introduce your children to a selection of folk tales from around the world, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects and fun, these stories will introduce your children to a wider world of classic stories.
· George and the Dragon
· Greedy Anansi and his Three Cunning Plans
· How the Birds got their Colours
The Golden Turtle
· The Rat-Catcher of Hamelin
· The Honey-Guide Bird
· The Story of Nian
· The Hairy Flip-Flops
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Ali Baba und andere schöne Märchen aus 1001 Nacht: "Sesam, öffne dich!" Mit diesen Worten steigt Ali Baba in die Höhle der 40 Räuber und gelangt durch seinen Mut in den Besitz eines großen Schatzes. Doch die Räuber versuchen mit allerlei List, ihre hart ergaunerte Beute zurückzustehlen ... Neben diesem berühmten Märchen gibt es drei weitere zauberhafte Geschichten aus der populären arabischen Sammlung auf diesem Hörbuch: "Padmanaba und...
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Paradise ICON is an annual writing workshop occurring every year during ICON, Iowa's Oldest Science Fiction Convention. This volume of nine new stories from past participants of the workshop range between Greek, Norse, and Christian myth imaginings, time travel, space travel to both the Moon and Venus, a story of Hell, the Devil, and fairy futures, and these stories range from fantasy to science fiction to horror. The wild locations, compelling characters,...
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.
Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre from...
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