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In this issue, you’ll find 100 pages of fascinating facts and interesting stories. Learn all about the legendary characters and creatures in ancient tales and myths— today’s superheroes have nothing on them! You’ll also find out about lots of other intriguing phenomena, such as the surprising descendants of dinosaurs, how many drops of water are in a cloud and an insect that can live 16 years without food or water. Plus, there are awesome
..."Was that scuffling in the shadows something sinister? Did a sexy, black-clad stranger prickle the hairs on the back of your neck? Could it have been a...vampire? Tales of undead creatures with a taste for human blood have been around for centuries, and continue to scare and thrill in a way that other monsters just don’t. From new books like Scarlett St. Clair’s King of Battle and Blood to films like The Invitation and Renfield, they continue
...3) Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers - Season 1: EPISODE 3: The First Storytellers
6) Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers - Season 1: EPISODE 1: The Hero's Adventure
8) Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers - Season 1: EPISODE 5: Love and the Goddess
Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Describing her own remarkable vision, the author writes in the foreword, “I've chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids. The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus, which focuses on two questions that must pose themselves after any close reading of the Odyssey:
...11) Destiny Kills
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When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has—and a bargaining...
This is not a gospel. This is a story.In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told.Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to resonate long after the final page is turned. For, above all, this book is about how stories become
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