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Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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Author: Kathleen N. Daly
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438128002
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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Alphabetically listed entries identify and explain the characters, events, important places, and other aspects of Greek and Roman mythology.

Author: Theresa Bane
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476623384
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings, including the Titans, Valkyries, Jotnar, yōkai, biblical giants, elves, ogres, trolls and many more.

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Publisher: Mongoose Publishing
ISBN: 1905471149
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Author: John F. Lavelle
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1785351842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315

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At fourteen, Cassie Wolphe’s way of life in Appalachia is being changed by the influx of modernity/postmodernity. She is in love with Jake McCollum, believes she will marry him and constructs her life around this central act, but like her brother, Ben, Jake rejects a life he believes offers nothing but hard work and poverty. Forced to make a decision between her love of Jake and her love of the mountains, Cassie finds she can't leave, a choice which may define her life forever. At once lyrical, emotionally charged, moving and heartbreaking, Oreads is a literary treat that will keep you compelled right to the very last page and beyond.

Author: Lily Webb
Publisher: Lily Webb
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Stashes of ashes turn trust to dust... Psychic Selena thinks she's seen it all while working at the paranormal Kindred Spirits Inn — until a prominent guest has an allergic reaction to fairy dust. The only problem? Fairies haven't lived in Starfall Valley for centuries. Fearing the financial fallout of her guest's affliction, Selena has no choice but to dust up the truth — and what she learns is nothing to sneeze at. Unfortunately, Selena's guest might not be the only carried away by the fairies because the curious culprit has plenty of trouble to sprinkle around. Can Selena's sleuthing clean up the marauder's mess? Or will she be next to bite the dust? Dead And Dusted is the fourth book in the Visions and Victims series of paranormal cozy mysteries. If fickle fairies, dubious dust, and supernatural secrets get your wand waving, then you’re sure to fall under the spell of this new spinoff series that expands Lily Webb's magical universe. Buy Dead And Dusted to continue conversing with the spirits of Starfall Valley today!

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Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Author: William F. Hansen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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An introduction to the mythological world of the Greeks and the Romans, combined with a chronology of myths and a dictionary of key characters, objects, and events. Handbook of Classical Mythology offers newcomers and long-time enthusiasts new ways to navigate the world of Greek and Roman myths. Written by a foremost mythologist, the book begins by exploring the sources and landscapes from which the myths emerged. It then provides a richly detailed timeline of mythic episodes from the creation of the cosmos to the end of the Heroic Age—plus an illustrated mythological dictionary listing every significant character, place, event, and object. Whether exploring the world that gave rise to ancient mythology or researching a specific piece of the whole, the handbook is the best introduction available to the extraordinary cast of these tales (gods, nymphs, satyrs, monsters, heroes) and the natural and supernatural stages upon which their fates are played out.

Author: Leonidas Warren Payne
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1056

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Author: Doug Scott
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN: 1910240427
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 667

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Winner: Himalayan Club Kekoo Naoroji Award for Mountain Literature 'A full and fascinating portrait of one of the great figures of mountaineering.' – Michael Palin 'As well as relaying the literal ups and downs of the biggest walls and highest mountains in the world, Scott writes with honesty about the emotional and personal peaks and troughs of a life where family relationships are put under strain and life itself is so often at risk.' – The Westmorland Gazette At dusk on 24 September 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to reach the summit of Everest as lead climbers on Chris Bonington's epic expedition to the mountain's immense south-west face. As darkness fell, Scott and Haston scraped a small cave in the snow 100 metres below the summit and survived the highest bivouac ever – without bottled oxygen, sleeping bags and, as it turned out, frostbite. For Doug Scott, it was the fulfilment of a fortune-teller's prophecy given to his mother: that her eldest son would be in danger in a high place with the whole world watching. Scott and Haston returned home national heroes with their image splashed across the front pages. Scott went on to become one of Britain's greatest ever mountaineers, pioneering new climbs in the remotest corners of the globe. His career spans the golden age of British climbing from the 1960s boom in outdoor adventure to the new wave of lightweight alpinism throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In Up and About, the first volume of his autobiography, Scott tells his story from his birth in Nottingham during the darkest days of war to the summit of the world. Surviving the unplanned bivouac without oxygen near the summit of Everest widened the range of what and how he would climb in the future. In fact, Scott established more climbs on the high mountains of the world after his ascent of Everest than before. Those climbs will be covered in the second volume of his life and times.