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A wonderful collection of spine-tingling ghost stories and thought-provoking essays on insects. This new version has an introduction "Hearn and Japan", which details the continuing influence of Hearn on contemporary Japan.

Tolkien’s acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tale, read by Derek Jacobi. Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange adventures of the painter Niggle, who sets out to paint the perfect tree. But he senses that he will be snatched away from his work long before it is finished – if indeed it could...

La Bella y la Bestia es la historia de la hermosa hija pequeña de un mercader que conoce a una solitaria y generosa Bestia que vive en un castillo encantado.

An exhilarating saga of the Vikings that conjures a brutal, superstitious, and thrilling ninth-century world and the birth of a kingdom—the debut installment in a historical literary trilogy that combines the bold imagination and sweeping narrative power of Game of Thrones, Vikings, and...

When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology. Angrboda’s story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to...

A beautiful princess lives in a magnificent kingdom deep, deep below the sea. While her five older sisters are content being mermaids, the little mermaid wonders endlessly about what life is like among the humans on land. On her 15th birthday, she saves a handsome prince from a terrible shipwreck. Unfortunately, the prince thinks that another girl—a human—rescued him instead. How much suffering and how many sacrifices is the little mermaid willing to make to live happily ever after with this handsome prince? Find out in this classic fairy tale.

A landmark anthology of queer Greek and Roman love stories that reclaim and celebrate homosexual love and sensuality, from artist Luke Edward Hall and award-winning poet Seán Hewitt. For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world has either been ignored or suppressed. Even today...

Revolution is a bloodthirsty business . . . especially when vampires are involved. It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires—usually rich and aristocratic—have slaked the guillotine’s thirst in large numbers. The mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel, a disguised British noble...

INCLUDES A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS Experience one of the most enduring classics of the twentieth century and the book that The Atlantic has called “one of the best fantasy novels ever.” The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone... ...so she ventured out from the...

Saviez-vous que le fils d'Apollon a failli brûler la terre en jouant avec le char solaire de son divin père ? Que Psyché est entourée de deux vilaines belles-sœurs prêtes à tout pour ruiner son histoire d'amour avec Éros ? Ou que Sisyphe a passé les menottes à la Mort en personne ? La mythologie grecque racontée par le facétieux Stephen Fry est un délice.

The most popular mythological creature in the human imagination, dragons have provoked fear and fascination for their lethal venom and crushing coils, and as avatars of the Antichrist, servants of Satan, couriers of the damned to hell, portents of disaster, and harbingers of the last days. Here are accounts spanning millennia and continents of these monsters that mark the boundary between the known and the unknown.

Anpu hat unsere unerschrockenen Helden damit beauftragt, den nächsten Teil des Verschlingers aus den Tiefen der Verbotenen Hügelgräber zu bergen, aber der Zugang zum Dungeon unterliegt strengen Regeln. Um überhaupt eine Audienz bei den Elfenpriestern zu bekommen, die ihnen ihre Hilfe versprochen haben, muss ausreichend Ansehen erworben werden. Jedoch hält eine große Spielergilde die meisten der verfügbaren Quests zurück, um Ansehen zu erlangen - das wird also eine verdammt harte Sache.

In this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes. Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracles. Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths. Whether recounting a...

Blaike was born in the blight. As one of the "touched" he is devoid of power. He is forbidden from following the Lightweaver Path. The "touched" still serve the brightlands, working the mines to extract sunstone; to deliver it to the Lightweavers, the saviors, preservers, and rulers of Ashathar. The largest sunstone ever extracted from the mines has been found. It could empower the brightlands for months. When it is discovered that someone stole the sunstone's power, Blaike is exiled from the brightlands. Was he really to blame? Can he survive the blight?

Alex Orlov is a changed man. Not because his time in Pelican Bay Prison rehabilitated him—rehabilitation is for the guilty, after all—but because helping a stranger cost him three years of his life and his dream job as a forest ranger. All Alex wants now is to stay out of other people’s business, finish his parole quietly, and to never, ever return to the harrowing experience of living behind bars.

The ghosts who follow me around are more than memories—they’re family. And someone just stole the artifact tying one of them to this world. I track the thief through a maze of magical traps and across continents, relying on the help of the alpha protector I'm mated to but barely know. We aren't fast enough. Soon, Ellie begins to forget who she is. To save her, I’ll have to face a legacy I barely understand and claim a power I never asked for. But if I open the door to what I might become, will there be anything left of who I was?

In one life, Carys is an assistant mythology professor in Northern California. In the Shadowlands, she’s a dragon rider with close ties to royals, fae, and powerful magic wielders. It’s not just differing worlds that Carys must navigate but the love of two very different men who wear the same beloved face. When the Anglian king dies, Carys returns to the Shadowlands where a brittle peace accord threatens to crumble. As war looms and old gods begin to wake, Carys will have to choose between the two men vying for her heart and the two worlds that promise very different destinies.

Morgana kennt nur die Dunkelheit der Höhle, in der sie gefangen gehalten wurde – bis sie endlich entkommt. Doch auch in Freiheit lassen sie Ängste und düstere Träume nicht los. Plötzlich erkrankt der Baum, unter dem das Herz ihrer Mutter, der Göttin Terrent, schlägt. Nun liegt es allein an Morgana, die sterbende Insel zu retten. Gemeinsam mit dem Wolfsprinzen Lycan begibt sie sich auf eine gefährliche Reise durch verwunschene Wälder, um ein Heilmittel für den Baum zu suchen.

Ich habe ein Leben lang meine Identität versteckt, nur um zu überleben. Ich habe meine wahre Natur vor unseren vampirischen Machthabern verborgen, insbesondere vor demjenigen, der mein Herz erobert hat, und ich habe meine Freunde auf Abstand gehalten, um uns beide zu schützen. Und jetzt stehe ich kurz davor, sie alle deswegen zu verlieren. Jetzt, wo der letzte uralte Stein zum Greifen nah ist, stehe ich vor meiner bisher größten Herausforderung: Entweder ich suche Hilfe bei Freunden wie Feinden … oder ich mache es allein, wie ich es immer getan habe.

When an aging donkey is cast aside by his master, he decides to seek a new life as a musician in the great city. Along the road, he is joined by a weary dog, a clever cat, and a proud rooster—each fleeing a similar fate. Though none are young or strong anymore, together they form an unexpected fellowship bound by hope and determination.