Résultats pour "The Animals" dans Fantasy

An ordinary man discovers a hidden world of supernatural creatures—and an unexpected home—in this enchanting contemporary fantasy debut. “One of the most fun and original books I've read in years. Excellent storytelling. See for yourself.”—Jim Butcher, #1 New York Times bestselling...

In a quaint tourist village, Dorn makes miniature scale models displayed in the local shops. Yet, life is far from idyllic; he suffers under the thumb of a rich, philandering younger brother and an unloving father, and cannot find the courage to admit his love to Ravenna, the ungainly schoolteacher.

Una serie di storie, favole, leggende scritte e raccolte dal grande Leonardo da Vinci e attualizzate nello stile e nel linguaggio per un ascolto più scorrevole e immediato. Dalle parole di Leonardo emerge l'immenso amore per la natura di un autore che riesce a colorare di poesia anche i miti e i racconti popolari più ingenui, come solo i grandi geni riescono a fare.

The adventure continues in book three of the New York Times bestselling series from the fantasy author who is a legend herself: Tamora Pierce. A powerful classic that is more timely than ever, the Protector of the Small series is about smashing the ceilings others place above you.. Being the...

In the immediate aftermath of the events of Winterkeep, Bitterblue and her entourage begin the journey back to Monsea with the only copies of the formulas for the zilphium weapon. Bitterblue must decide what she will do with her world-shaping power. But before they've even made it halfway home, storms drive their ship off course and then they wreck in the ice far north of the Royal Continent. The survivors must make a harrowing trek across the ice in order to make it back to Monsea.

While civil war looms in Oz, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, a figure known as Brrr - the Cowardly Lion - arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. Abandoned as a cub, his path from infancy is no Yellow Brick Road. In the wake of laws that oppress talking Animals, he avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the warmongering Emperor of Oz.

Ein romantisches Abenteuer voller Fabelwesen und Magie - für alle Leser*innen von Cassandra Clares "Chroniken der Unterwelt". "'Majestät! Ihr müsst umgehend mit uns kommen.' Äh... Obwohl ich weiß, dass neben mir niemand ist, blicke ich sicherheitshalber nach links und rechts. Der kann ja mit Majestät unmöglich mich gemeint haben." Das Leben der angehenden Journalistin Pamina Candela gerät völlig aus den Fugen, nachdem sie in der U-Bahn mit einem jungen Mann zusammenstößt. Wer ist dieser Typ? Und warum verfolgt er sie?

When Arthur suddenly finds himself trapped in a brutal and twisted version of his favorite game, he is quickly forced to learn how to adapt to his new environment or perish. The Animal Kingdom is a wild and unforgiving place, and even the smallest hint of weakness can spell certain doom. Will he rise to the challenge and climb to the top of the food chain, or will he fall prey to someone else and end up as just another meal...?

After 14 years making maps at TerraPlaya, every day feels like a Monday to Lucy. Just when she resigns herself to an uninspired existence, her reality is shaken when a mysterious woman joins her team. Lucy soon learns that the world is full of magic, and not everyone is using it for good.

In an anthropomorphic world reminiscent of George Orwell's Animal Farm, predator and prey species of the American prairie have built a democratic, capitalist society where animals live together in harmony. Then, for the first time in memory, a predator kills a prey. The tragedy triggers a resurgence of species-based politics that threatens the very existence of Animal Town.

I see dead people. And I'm not the only one. They're even on Facebook. The dead are rising, and if we don't stop them before the infection spreads any further, we're going to be knee-deep in the zombie apocalypse before you can say mmm, brains. The only problem is, we don't know why they're rising, who started it, or how to stop them. But G & C London, Private Investigators, are on the case. Just as soon as we get through dealing with disapproving reapers, irate magicians, zombie-fied chickens, and a small internal case of undeadness. Trust us.

Animal Farm, one of the great social satires of our century, is based upon modern Eastern European history. First published in 1945, it is the classic fable of the utopian dream and the corruptive influences of power. When the animals at Manor Farm revolt against their master, Mr. Jones, their goal is to take over the farm and establish an ideal community based on hard work, honesty, and the equality of all animals. Memories are short, however, and soon the farm's founding principles are slowly eroded and abolished.

A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afoot in her little town in this cozy fantasy mystery. Librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle keeps finding bodies—and solving murders. But she's concerned by just how many killers she's had to track down in...

Brought to you by Penguin. The bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time weaves ancient fables into fresh, unexpected forms and forges new unforgettable legends. The myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth is turned into a wrenching parable of maternal love – and of...

“In villages where women bore most of the weight of a constricted life, witches flew by night on broomsticks,” said Italo Calvino of the way imagination bridges the gap between everyday existence and an idealized alternative. The 15 stories of Animal Wife are each about girls and women who cross this threshold seeking liberation from family responsibilities, from societal expectations, from their own minds.

“Cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!” —Kirkus Reviews “Whimsical and wise.”—Shelf Awareness The long-awaited sequel to the #1 international bestseller The Cat Who Saved Books—an uplifting tale from Japan about a talking cat, a book-loving girl...

Browsing an antiques shop in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait—identified as the doomed Tudor queen, Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better. The subject is Mary Seymour, the daughter of Katherine Parr, who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 and presumed dead...

The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally - well, to be accurate, artificially - business is booming at the local blues bar. Trouble is, those lonely slide-guitar notes have also attracted a colossal sea beast named Steve with, shall we say, a thing for explosive oil tanker trucks.

Gli animali sono da sempre presenti nei miti e nelle leggende perché sono per noi indispensabili. Sono metafore viventi delle nostre angosce, paure, speranze e di tutto ciò che non riusciamo a esprimere in altro modo. In questo libro sono raccolte storie originali - talvolta mai tradotte prima in italiano - che mostrano un mondo apparentemente fantastico e ingenuo, ma che è collegato ad antichi riti, credenze e religioni delle più varie culture del mondo. Il lettore scoprirà, per esempio, come un simpatico maialino possa diventare un essere mitologico che aiuterà sant'Antonio.

Frank Hamel's Human Animals (published in 1915) is an infamous and classic treatise on the mythology and the evidence of hybrid humans. This was one of the first popular works on cryptozoology, and a primer for those interested in the many stories and accounts of lycanthropy and other strange evolutionary paradoxes.