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22) Cursed
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"All the better to read you with... It's a prick of blood, the bite of an apple, the evil eye, a wedding ring or a pair of red shoes. Curses come in all shapes and sizes, and they can happen to anyone, not just those of us with unpopular stepparents... Here you'll find unique twists on curses, from fairy tale classics to brand-new hexes of the modern world -- expect new monsters and mythologies as well as twists on well-loved fables. Stories to shock...
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy--featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many more! Hot on the heels of award-winning editor Gardner Dozois's (Rogues, Old Venus) acclaimed anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to magic. How could it be otherwise? For every Frodo, there is a Gandalf...and a Saruman. For every Dorothy, a Glinda...and a Wicked Witch of the...
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this follow-up to the bestselling Cursed: An Anthology, you'll unearth curses old and new. From a very different take on Snow White, to a new interpretation of The Red Shoes, the best in fantasy spin straw into gold, and invite you into the labyrinth"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"For every Pratchett fan, the must-have fully updated guidebook to Discworld!The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space.It is also a global publishing phenomenon with sales of nearly 85 million books worldwide (and counting). With 39 books in the canon, not including the various guides, maps,...
Publisher
Bodleian Library Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This collection of essays, family stories, and archival documents sheds new light on Christopher Tolkien's contributions to the Tolkien legendarium. Over more than four decades, J. R. R. Tolkien's son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien completed some twenty-four volumes of his father's work, much more than his father had succeeded in publishing during his own lifetime. Thanks to Christopher's extraordinary publishing efforts and scholarship,...
29) El hobbit
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotauro
Pub. Date
©1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
Español
Description
Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming hobbit, is perturbed when he is suddenly chosen by the wizard Gandalf to undertake a dangerous quest: face the dragon Smaug and recapture a lost treasure.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland comes this richly illustrated and expanded collector's edition of Martin Gardner's The Annotated Alice. First appearing in 1960, The Annotated Alice became an instant classic by, among other things, decoding the wordplay and mathematical riddles embedded within Lewis Carroll's masterpiece. As a result, Martin Gardner's groundbreaking work went on to sell over a million copies,...
Author
Series
History of Middle-earth volume 9
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the writing of the conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic work, presenting manuscript excerpts and previously unpublished drawings; and also includes "The Notion Club Papers," two versions of "The Drowning of Anadûnê," and an analysis of Tolkien's Adunaic language.
Author
Series
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred. This problem lies not only with children's publishing, but also with the television and film executives tasked with adapting these stories into a visual world. When characters of color do appear, they are often marginalized...
Author
Series
History of Middle-earth volume 6
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
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