Mythology in Contemporary Culture | Folklore - Mythology
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Sep.11.2011
BONUS: This special eBook edition includes four bonus short stories set in the world of Tattoo: "Chen," and the eBook exclusives “Pavel,” "Queen Sidra the Lovely," and “Soryk.”
HER FATE IS IN HER FLESH. In an environmentally fragile world where human and animal genes combine, the rarest...
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Aug.24.2011
As children, Kit and Kiki Smithers performed and the Sugar Babes, but those glory days are long gone. All that remains are the blues the sisters sing as they cope with withering marriages, cheating spouses, lost opportunities, and the demands of motherhood. Sugar Land is a verdant novel about the...
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Dec.04.2010
In Ms Militancy Meena Kandasamy stands myths on their heads in highly experimental poems, which critic and poet K. Satchidanandan says, “shock and sting the readers until they are provoked into rethinking the ‘time-honoured’ traditions and entrenched hierarchies at work in contemporary society”.
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Oct.05.2010
IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION MYTHS FROM AROUND THE WORLD is a beautifully illustrated and informative collection of creation stories from 15 cultures, using indigenous sources. These stories demonstrate that creation is ongoing, everywhere and always, and that all of us are creators all of the...
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Jul.29.2010
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A Thriller Adventure!
A modern philosophy and a new heroic icon for our Times. Leaves no political or religious System, politician, priest, or media mogul unscathed!
Jack Vane, a retired private eye, is burnt out from his past. A big city, P. I., and rough ex cop, Jack is trying to salvage...
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Dec.05.2009
Have you ever seen a unicorn?Though rare, they’re out there. In China, if you’re very lucky, you might see the K’i-lin, a unicorn considered to bring great fortune. Mist and Rain Fader unicorns are said to love the waterfalls of South America. And, rumor has it that unicorns have even been glimpsed...
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Jan.21.2009
In Japan, the line that divides myth from reality is not merely blurred, it is nonexistent. Superstitions, legends, and folk myths are passed down through generations and pervade daily living.
When a child playing near a river fails to return home, it is whispered that she was swept away by an...
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Aug.28.2008
One wish remains. Zubis, a djinni cursed in the time of Solomon, has waited 3,000 years for his freedom. Bethany O'Brien, an American journalist who is bound by her own ambitions, is linked to Zubis by an ancient betrayal. She will track Zubis across Europe and into the heart of the Middle East in...
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