Catálogo de libros: Mitos y leyendas narrados como ficción

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  • Why We Are in Need of Tails
    Maria daVenza Tillmanns
    Our most nuanced skills for communication were lost when we lost our tails, so the story goes. Huk and Tuk explore ways we can compensate for this loss, by telling stories ­— tales — through polyphonic listening and by entering into dialogue to create a new, deeper understanding of ourselves and the world we live in.Doing philosophy with children inspired Maria deVenza Tillmann...
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    27,41 €

  • Dodos Don’t Fly
    Sippings Mark
    Mojo was a Dodo but his real name was Colin, that’s because dodos weren't allowed to have unusual names. It was just one of the 127 dodo rules Colin had to follow. But Colin was different.He was always asking questions and one day he discovered that the most important Dodo rule wasn't right at all.Beautifully illustrated by Essex artist John Hepburn, Dodos Don’t Fly is ...
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    4,61 €

  • The Court of Mortals
    AJ Lancaster
    Marrying your fae prince shouldn’t be this hard.Hetta’s family now know Wyn’s true identity, but that doesn’t mean they approve of their relationship. Princes are all very well - but Wyn’s not human, for all he’s spent ten years pretending to be.With gossip spreading like wildfire, Hetta and Wyn receive a royal summons. The Queen of Prydein has heard the rumours of fae intruder...
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    15,27 €

  • Los cinco sentidos de una niñez comunista
    Anna Józefowicz
    ¿Qué significa nacer y crecer tras la Cortina de Hierro, en los tiempos de la Guerra Fría? ¿Ignorar la existencia de Mickey Mouse, McDonald’s y jamás haber probado la Coca Cola? ¿Deambular por negocios vacíos, donde sólo venden vinagre y no hay comida? ¿Fabricar sus propios juguetes con ropas viejas? ¿Cómo se despliega la cotidianidad comunista en cada pequeño detalle de la exi...
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    19,95 €

  • Lissa, Beautiful
    A.W. Cross
    Sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs to find your prince. And sometimes, you have to be one. Lissa has lived most of her life in the mysterious Wildwood, hidden from those who live beyond the Perimeter. Mocked and loathed for what she is, she longs to leave her secretive existence and discover the beauty of a world she can only imagine.  Instead, she meets him. Artem is ex...
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    10,00 €

  • Grimm's Fairy Tales
    Jacob Grimm / Wilhem Grimm
    Do you want to read Grimm’s Fairy Tales? If so then keep reading… They are the stories we've known since we were children. Rapunzel. Hansel and Gretel. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions we heard before bedtime. They're darker and often don't end very happily--but ...
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    18,69 €

  • Cándido, o el optimismo
    Voltaire
    La obra narra, desde un punto de vista sardónico, las peripecias del protagonista Cándido en su primer encuentro con el precepto del optimismo leibniziano de que «todo sucede para bien en este, el mejor de los mundos posibles» y en una serie de aventuras subsecuentes que refutan de forma dramática el famoso precepto a pesar del obstinamiento con el que el personaje se aferra a ...
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    17,95 €

  • El último de los mohicanos
    James Fenimore Cooper
    El último mohicano se publicó por vez primera en febrero de 1826. Es el segundo libro de la pentalogía Leatherstocking Tales y el más conocido. La historia se desarrolla en el año 1757, durante la guerra franco-india (la guerra de los Siete Años), cuando Francia y Gran Bretaña combatieron por el dominio de las colonias de Norteamérica. Durante esta guerra, los franceses recabar...
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    17,95 €

  • The Dragon Choker
    Stephanie Alexander
    Eleanor Brice Desmarais, she of the cracked glass slipper and unladylike intellectual propensities, has learned that happily-ever-after is as rare as a frozen dragon, even for a happenstance princess. She survived a plot against her life, but her marriage to the alcoholic, womanizing Prince Gregory of Cartheigh remains at best a sham, and at worse, a potential noose around her ...
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    18,35 €

  • Ars Mítica
    Gregorio Francisco / Irene Morales Fernández / Isabel Briones Galán / Jordi Noguera / Juan Alberto Brincau / Juan J. Aranda Jiménez / Juan JAranda Jiménez / Mariela González / Mercè Homar Mas / Pau Ferrón Gallegos
    Hace más de dos mil años Ovidio compuso una titánica obra en verso recogiendo los mitos grecolatinos. ¿Qué tienen estas historias clásicas que fascine tanto a lectores de todas las generaciones? Nueve autores van a tratar de dar respuesta a esa pregunta con sus reinterpretaciones repletas de amores que engendran traiciones, humanos que se tornan bestias, venganzas desmesuradas ...
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    17,16 €

  • Stella of Akrotiri
    Linda Rae Sande
    Born an orphan, raised as a warrior princess, desired by men. Can an Immortal claim her heart?Unable to bear children of their own, Immortals Darius of Agremon and Stella of Akrotiri have raised over fifty adopted sons during their fourteen hundred years together, only to watch them grow old and die.Their first daughter, Diana, spends her mornings training with Darius at the ag...
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    12,53 €

  • Fairy Tales (Հեքիաթներ)
    Hovhannes Tumanyan
    Hovhannes Tumanyan (February 19, 1869 - March 23, 1923), is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic , sometimes humorous form, as in this title, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region.Tumanyan's inspiration for his writing came considerably from his parents. He was born in the village...
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    34,89 €

  • Armenian Mythology
    Mardiros H. Ananikian / Mardiros HAnanikian
    Armenian mythology was strongly influenced by Zoroastrianism, with deities such as Aramazd, Mihr or Anahit, as well as Assyrian traditions, such as Barsamin, but there are fragmentary traces of native traditions, such as Hayk or Vahagn and Astghik.According to De Morgan there are signs which indicate that the Armenians were initially nature worshipers and that this faith in tim...
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    34,78 €

  • Growing Flowers By Candlelight
    Ponytess
    Loosely based on a Buddhist parable, this fairytale about a girl who likes to grow flowers by candlelight surprises and enchants with carefully rendered pastel portraits of the witchy characters she meets along her quest for independence. ...
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    28,78 €

  • Grimm's Fairy Tales
    Jacob Grimm / Wilhem Grimm
    Do you want to read Grimm’s Fairy Tales? If so then keep reading… They are the stories we've known since we were children. Rapunzel. Hansel and Gretel. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions we heard before bedtime. They're darker and often don't end very happily--but ...
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    16,12 €

  • The King of Elfland’s Daughter
    Dunsany Lord / LORD DUNSANY
    2020 Reprint of 1924 Edition.  Dunsany’s fantasy novel is widely recognized as one of the most influential and acclaimed works in all of fantasy literature.  This captivating tale is the forerunner of modern sword and sorcery novels. It tells of a young lord's quest through a supernatural world in search of a fairy princess bride, recounting the lovers' romance, separat...
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    10,03 €

  • Jóhonaaʼéí -Tales From America’s South West
    Dive into the enchanting world of Jóhonaaʼéí, a captivating collection of First Nations folk tales and legends from the California Basin and Southwestern nations!This extraordinary anthology showcases a rich tapestry of cultures, revealing the diverse myths, traditions, and narratives that shape the Indigenous North American experience. With no single mythology to define them, ...
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    19,36 €

  • Happily Ever After
    Liana Brooks
    Rose got her happily ever after, complete with castle, prince and ornate banquets every night. But after four centuries, Rose can state definitively: happy endings suck. No concerts, no plays, no children or visits with friends... Not one single change in four hundred years. That ends, now. Before Rose destroys her castle in a fit of pique. A fractured fairytale about the dange...
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    5,15 €

  • The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro
    Kanji Hanawa / Meredith McKinney
    A Japanese tale - not about daring ninja or battling samurai - but a hero with a very different penchant. Based on an actual historical figure, the Akutagawa-nominated master short story writer, Kanji Hanawa, takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery, as Lord Asunaro inherits his own Japanese fiefdom and grapples with his role and ultimate legacy. Hanawa provides us with ...
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    10,91 €

  • Pulp Literature Winter 2020
    A M Dellamonica / Graham Robert Scott / Wallace Cleaves
    With the beautiful red pointe shoe of On Thin Ice, cover artist Ann-Marie Brown offers this issue’s poignant opening act. Just as a dancer en pointe appears weightless, suspended in a moment of grace, so too do our authors, balancing the weight of beauty and sorrow.Blood and booze set the stage in ‘Wrap Party’ as featured author AM Dellamonica takes us behind the scenes of comm...
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    10,66 €

  • Fall of the Reaper
    Miranda Honfleur / Nicolette Andrews
    Should it wake, its nightmares will consume the world...After her life nearly fell apart, Brygida finally knows her place: away from the village, with her mothers, healing the slumbering wood to keep the nightmares at bay. Her family grimoire warns that the wood may never be allowed to wake, and she claims that duty for her own. Her mind does turn to the new lord of Rubin, but ...
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    14,60 €

  • Fall of the Reaper
    Miranda Honfleur / Nicolette Andrews
    Should it wake, its nightmares will consume the world...After her life nearly fell apart, Brygida finally knows her place: away from the village, with her mothers, healing the slumbering wood to keep the nightmares at bay. Her family grimoire warns that the wood may never be allowed to wake, and she claims that duty for her own. Her mind does turn to the new lord of Rubin, but ...
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    32,08 €

  • Lord of Horses
    H. L. Macfarlane / HLMacfarlane
    Sometimes a villain is not a villain, and first impressions have to change…When the disgraced kelpie of Loch Lomond, Murdoch, discovers a new threat to his homeland, he finds a loophole in his banishment to show up at Sorcha Darrow’s door. Despite initial misgivings about Murdoch’s plea for help, Sorcha quickly agrees to help the creature out of guilt for what she did to him tw...
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    14,02 €

  • Indebted
    Charmayne Hafen
    The king favors conquests that require his person and authority far away from his daughter, leaving her to her own devices.Little does he know, things are about to change; the princess has matured. There is a dragon to slay.On the appointed day, when the princess finds some muscle and companions...she must face the dragon.No longer a lost bird, Wren discovers a new kingdom, whe...
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    12,31 €

  • The Sun and The Boy
    Steven Flint
    The Sun and The Boy, is a gentle yet powerful allegory that takes the reader on an unforgettable journey from the mundane imperfections of life to a beautifully mystical experience of the soul. In this short and simple story, many important topics of the human experience are explored in an imaginative and clear way. Complex issues like love, jealousy, loneliness and betrayal...
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    15,64 €

  • Favorite Fairy Tales
    Various Authors
    An anthology of twelve fairy tales for all ages. Stories include The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, Hansel and Gretel by The Brothers Grimm, The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde, The Little Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe by Joseph Martin Kronheim, Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, East of The Sun And West of The Moon by Peter Christen Asbjornsen, The Tiger, The Brahmin a...
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    12,65 €

  • The Age of an Endless Kite
    Jordon E Thill
    Failure has been a part of the world since the beginning of time. From tales such as Icarus, which portrays one who flies too high to be devoured by the endless ocean. From tales such as Oedipus, which show the folly in denying one's destiny and the struggle to uphold one's beliefs. From tales such as the greedy God Saturn, devouring his own children to stay in power to...
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    7,83 €

  • Nettie’s Tea House
    R.D. Petti / R.DPetti
    A mystical journey of self-discovery ... and finding the true meaning of home.Morgan Rees, a student at Living Masters University in the Cascades, is considered gifted among the gifted. With her advanced psychic skills and vast knowledge of botanical medicine, she is being groomed to assume the helm of the university when its current president retires. Yet something is missing....
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    17,84 €

  • The Cracked Slipper
    Stephanie Alexander
    “...a sophisticated and fantastical twist to the beloved Cinderella fairy tale.” — A. G. Howard, author of the Splintered Series When Eleanor Brice loses a glass slipper, she unexpectedly gains a royal fiancé and a way out of her abusive stepmother’s house. Unfortunately, eight years of mistreatment, isolation, and clandestine book learning hardly prepared Eleanor for life at E...
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    17,41 €

  • The Hungry Girls and Other Stories
    Patricia Eakins
    Expanded 30th-anniversary edition of Patricia Eakins's critically acclaimed collection of short stories, 'a modern bestiary which reworks the stuff of mythologies, spanning the cultures of the planet.'In addition to the 13 short fictions collected in the original 1989 edition of this book, this new edition includes the story 'Black Food,' never before published in the Unite...
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    17,68 €


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