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Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Believing they have tamed all the wild winged horses, stable groom Rahkki and his Sandwen clanmates are stunned when a wild herd flies over their village, but this herd has crossed the ocean hoping to settle in a free land, unaware of the Sandwens." --
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of some of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the enchanting and eternally popular world of Greek myth. Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, and the other denizens of Mount Olympus feel almost as present and larger than life today as they did when they were worshiped as gods. Humanity has been telling and retelling...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter is set over the course of one summer on a lush private island and explores addiction and sex, family and independence and who holds the power in a modern underworld."--
85) Heart of flames
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The world is balanced on the edge of a knife, and war is almost certain between the empire and the Phoenix Riders. Veronyka finally got her wish to join the Riders, but while she's supposed to be in training, all she really wants to do is fly out to defend the villages of Pyra from the advancing empire. Tristan has been promoted to Master Rider, but he has very different ideas about the best way to protect their people than his father, the commander....
Author
Publisher
World Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This modern spin on the myth of Athena plunges us deep inside the mind of an unlikely twelve-year-old goddess confined to a small Swedish town. Separated from her father just moments after bursting from his skull in full armor, Anna is packed off into foster care where she learns to ski, speaks in tongues, and negotiates the needs of a quirky cast of relatives. Unable to overcome her father's absence, however, she finally succumbs to depression and...
87) An Iliad
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twenty-one Homeric characters in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination"--Page 2 of cover.
Publisher
Virago Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archeologist unearthing impossible bones and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon violent men. From the islands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall, the mountains of Galway to the depths of the Fens, these forgotten folktales howl, cackle and sing their way into the 21st century, wildly reimagined by some of the most...
89) For the immortal
Author
Series
Publisher
Black Swan
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Desperate to save her dying brother, Admete persuades her father, the king of Tiryns, to allow her to accompany Hercules on one of his celebrated twelve labours. They travel to the land of the Amazons in the hopes of finding a cure -- but their arrival causes tension with the infamous female warriors. Hippolyta, the revered queen of the tribe, sees their presence as a threat -- both to her people, but also to the long-guarded secret she has been...
90) Her dark wings
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The great love of Corey's life has always been her best friend, Bree: closer than sisters, their bond is unbreakable. Or so Corey thought, until Bree betrays her in the worst way possible. When Bree's sudden death rocks their small island community, Corey is heartbroken and furious. How can she mourn her one-time friend when she is still so angry at her? But though Bree has passed on, her spirit remains--and her and Corey's tale isn't finished yet....
Author
Publisher
September Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Written by Sharon Blackie, these twelve, beautifully written stories are original for modern readers, but based on existing folklore and fairy tales. They all focus on women who have the ability to transform themselves, or who have been transformed or enchanted - who have the ability to shape-shift, to renew themselves, to cross over from one element to another - from land to water, this world and the Otherworld, woman-kind to wild creature. Blackie,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Odin, the ruler of the Asgardians, has an important mission for Demon. Goldbristle, the gods' prized shining boar, is losing his light. Now Demon must travel to Asgard in the North to search this cold, snowy land for anything that might cure this beast"--Page 4 of cover.
93) Medusa
Author
Publisher
SilverWood Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough. Tired of being eternally and unjustly brandished a villain, Medusa has found the courage to face her tragic past and speak out. Determined to expose the centuries of lies surrounding her name, Medusa gives unparalleled insight into her cursed life, from her earliest memories and abandonment at birth, right through to her tragic and untimely death at the...
Author
Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"As the Age of Heroes wanes, the gods gamble more fiercely with mortals' lives than ever before. Women must rely on their inner strength and cunning to survive the wars men wage for gold and glory. Clytemnestra of Mycenae struggles for control of her life after Agamemnon ruthlessly rips it apart. Leda of Sparta survives a brutal assault by Zeus, shouldering a terrible secret in silence. Penelope raises Ithaka's sole heir alone, praying for Odysseus'...
Author
Series
Publisher
Montena
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"The Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth as the ungifted human teenager Lester Papadopoulos, and his demigod friends must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor--and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles--somewhere in the American Southwest."--
Author
Publisher
Montena
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic mortal form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester's demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks frombloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Lester's...
98) Fate of storms
Author
Series
Blood of Zeus ; 3
Publisher
Waterhouse Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Kara Valari has broken one of the underworld's highest laws and is serving the ultimate sentence. But nothing--not even the impossible quest of breaching the boundaries of hell and facing off with Hades himself--will keep Maximus Kane from rescuing her. The journey will demand all of Maximus's courage...and help from an unlikely guide. Driven by love, he sets off into a dark realm he only knows from the tattered pages of Dante's Comedy. In hell's...
100) Dream Country
Author
Publisher
Onwe Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A sibling rivalry to fuel your worst nightmares. The dysfunctional triplet gods of Sleep, Dreams and Nightmares are kept separate by the deadly Gates of Horn and Ivory. Only one fact keeps them tightly bound: each of them is a suspect in their mother's murder. Their knife-edge feud worsens when a mortal enters the world with astounding abilities that threaten to change the game for them all. In this thrilling young adult fantasy, Ashaye Brown brings...
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