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Publisher
TidalWave Productions
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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There is a line of evil creatures with a vendetta against the 10th Muse. Cronus, Circe and Sonnet have conjured a new villainess to the mix. Meet Justice and she is after the Muse and her friends. All this to try to bring back 10th Muse's classic foe Medusa as well as a the frightening Charybdis.
Publisher
TidalWave Productions
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Armies march into battle, the dead rise from the earth's embrace, and even the gods are not immune from the perfidy of man's betrayals. The Argo's fate is in the hands of Poseidon, but the destiny of its crew depends on the outcome of Circe and Medea's attempts to settle their differences. As for the Argo's captain: Jason is already dead!
103) Meadowlands
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English
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In an astonishing book-length sequence, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Gluck interweaves the dissolution of a contemporary marriage with the story of The Odyssey.
Here is Penelope stubbornly weaving, elevating the act of waiting into an act of will, here, too, is a worldly Circe, a divided Odysseus, and a shrewd adolescent Telemachus. Through these classical figures, Meadowlands explores such timeless themes as the endless negotiation of family...
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Spinning out of KIRBY GENESIS, Sigurd Dragonsbane and his band of Norse champions explore the astonishing Mythlands, where the heroes and legends of every culture on earth now reside. But when they venture into the Olympian region, they run afoul of both Circe and the Cyclops...and the power and majesty of Ulysses might not be enough to save them! Plus, Balduur reveals an incredible secret power...at the possible expense of his own life!
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You ruined my life, the departing husband tells his wife in the opening story. Like Circe, she wonders how she came to have such terrible powers--and whether she really has them. In other stories, a young boy tries to understand why he has lost the affection of a much-loved uncle, an elderly couple battle like siblings, and a middle-aged woman is forced to confront the fact that her mother loved a close friend more than she loved her daughter. Love...
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Español
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Seis niños descubren que tienen los mismos poderes que algunos personajes de la mitología, ya que son sus bis-bis-bis-bisnietos. Por eso, deben asistir a la escuela de la maga Circe, en la Isla de Eos. Pero las clases son un poco extrañas y la Isla esconde muchos secretos...
En este episodio... Les esperaba una clase como tantas otras. Esta vez la daría Lica, que les explicaría el "Gran arte de la transformación", e iba a ser divertido: un...
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Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who traveled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy…
So starts Homer's The Odyssey, the classic account of the Greek hero Odysseus and his ten-year journey home, following the glories and horrors of the Trojan War as recounted in The Illiad. In this prose retelling of Homer's epic poem, we follow Homer and his shipmates as they weather one danger after another, from the sorceress Circe...
108) Kaikeyi: a novel
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""I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions-much good it did me." So begins Kaikeyi's tale. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on grand stories about the might and benevolence of the gods: how they churned vast oceans to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they offer the devoted and the wise magnificent boons, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land prospers. Yet she watches...
109) Ponti
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English
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"A refreshing and riveting story of female friendship set in Singapore--a surprising and powerful portrait of modern Asia" --
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Meet legendary heroes, powerful goddesses and vengeful monsters in this beautiful hardback collection of more than 20 epic tales from Greek and Roman mythology, featuring lavish full-color illustrations throughout.
The myths and legends of the ancient world are vividly told here by master storytellers of the 19th century, Thomas Bulfinch and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Discover how Theseus defeated the minotaur, why the witch Circe turned men into swine...
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The stars of the new best-selling series of chapter books from Scholastic are five flying unicorns known as Melowies. Together they attend a very special magical school known as Destiny, where they each learn to control their very own special power. But right now the high-flying Aerobatics competition between the magical schools of Destiny and Chance is about to begin, and Cleo and Electra are representing Destiny. Cleo has extra motivation as Toby,...
112) Demons
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Nameless Detective mysteries volume 21
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English
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For the Nameless Detective, investigations involving matters of the heart are to be avoided at all costs. When an old poker buddy asks him to help frazzled and distraught Kay Runyon, whose husband, Victor, is having a clandestine affair with a mystery woman named Nedra, Nameless unwillingly relents, but he soon discovers there is much more at stake than a simple affair. Nedra is a modern-day Circe who attracts men who become dangerously obsessed with...
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Wonder Woman volume 16
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English
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Princess Diana-Wonder Woman-is a hero to the world. But there are those who see her very differently. And one of those, Veronica Cale, the leader of the all-powerful Godwatch, will stop at nothing to use Diana to get what she wants: revenge on the gods themselves! As the story unfolds from year to year, bridging the gap between the YEAR ONE story to present day, Wonder Woman faces off against not just scheming Cale, but also the powerful witch Circe...
114) The Odyssey
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The Trojan War has ended after ten long years, and Odysseus, the shrewd general of Ithaca, is on the road back to his homeland. He craves nothing more than to embrace Penelope, his wife, and Telemachus, his son. But his actions in the War will earn him the rancor of the mighty ocean god Poseidon, who will force him to roam the sea and face the most incredible challenges. Can the brave hero, with his unparalleled audacity, evade the fury of the Cyclops...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Volume Two Includes:
Book Three: Sirens and Sea Monsters
Odysseus and his men have done what no other mortals have done: returned alive from the terrifying Land of the Dead. Armed with warnings and advice from the ghost of the prophet Tiresias, Odysseus is determined to finally sail home to Ithaca. But the enchantress Circe tells him the Greeks will face even more horrors on their journey, including an encounter with Scylla,
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The second volume in the "Odyssey of a Slave" trilogy continues the retelling of Homer's epic, The Odyssey. Alexi, a young Trojan boy captured by Odysseus after the fall of Troy, is forced to accompany the hated Greeks on their sea journey home to Ithaca. Cursed by the Sea God retells many of The Odyssey's most iconic adventures, including the encounter with the keeper of the winds, the descent into Hades, the fateful visit to the cannibal Laestrygonians,...
117) Antihéroes
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Español
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SER HÉROES ERA DEMASIADO ABURRIDO.
Me llamo Yeray Ayala y tengo un secreto. Este libro que tienes entre las manos contiene mi historia, la de otros inadaptados y la clave que nos une a todos: tenemos poderes. Sí, lo sé, vas a pensarte que esto es ficción. Todo el mundo hace lo mismo, porque sois unos aburridos que habéis dejado de creer en la magia.
En cuanto descubrí que podía desaparecer y reaparecer donde quisiera, yo también me dije...
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A unique collection of feminist prose and poetry in five sections: I. Epistles: epistles written by Eve, Cain's wife, Noah's wife, Delilah, the Queen of Sheba, Mary, and others - as if they were feminist II. Myths: the myths within the myths revealed - what might Pandora, Circe, Penelope, Eurydice, Persephone, the Gorgons, and others have thought and done if they had not been the creations of a chauvinist patriarchy? III. Letters: letters that might...
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Only the bravest dare to enter the gardens of the powerful goddesses of Greek myths!
INCLUDES A FREE POSTER!
In this must-have children's storybook collection, young readers will enter a world where goddesses command the seasons, trespassers turn into pigs, and every flower has a story.
Discover magic and mythology, fruits and flowers, in three exciting myths:
• Descend into the underworld-and back again-with Persephone, the goddess of...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 The Odyssey is an epic about the return home, nostos, of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca. It is narrated in the first person by Odysseus, and it describes his various traumas and narrow escapes from characters such as the Lotus-Eaters, the Cyclops, and Circe.
#2 The nekuia is the name given to Odyssey 11, which describes Odysseus's journey to Hades. It is not a necromancy-like...