Beware the Banshee's Cry
Beware the Banshee's Cry

Author: Steven J. Rolfes

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2024-09-08

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 073877832X

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Gaze with Trembling Breath Upon the Dreaded Banshee Journey to the Emerald Isle and beyond as you explore the history and mystery of banshees. These beings bridge the gap between life and death, myth and reality. From the Morrigan to the Doppelgänger, Steven J. Rolfes examines what messengers of death are and how they have captivated humanity for centuries. Rolfes presents numerous examples of banshees, such as the ghostly maiden who appeared at Lady Fanshawe's window and the omens leading up to President Lincoln's murder. Experience the phantom washerwomen of Brittany, the Japanese ikiry?, the death hag of Wales, Scotland's Specter of the Bloody Hand, and much more. From ghostly white women in Germany to avian creatures in the jungles of Sri Lanka, this book will thrill you with tales of banshees across the world.

My Encyclopedia of Very Important Myths and Legends
My Encyclopedia of Very Important Myths and Legends

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2024-08-20

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0593958055

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This exciting introduction to myths and legends is brimming with magical stories from the very furthest corners of the world. From the long lost city of Atlantis to the mischievous eight-legged god Anansi, get ready for a world of adventure and magic. Read about vicious beasts, such as the basilisk from Europe and Lumaluma from Australia, and heroes such as Japanese Susano-o, Scandinavian Thor, and Greek Odysseus who battle them. Plunge into dark waters to find the long lost city of Atlantis, the Little Mermaid, and the Loch Ness monster, before taking to the skies to learn about Chinese dragons, the powerful Thunderbird from Native America, and Kutkh from Russia. Perfect for children ages 5–9, this book contains retellings of favorite myths as well as less well known ones. Dive into a world of heroes, villains, quests, magic, and mysteries to discover myths and legends from a huge range of different cultures. Combining fun facts with charming and colorful illustrations, this book will encourage children’s imaginations to run off to far away lands and learn about stories that have shaped civilizations today. Learning about myths and legends provides valuable insight for children into other cultures, encouraging them to think about their place in the world, different values, and the similarities and differences between other cultures and their own. It also puts an emphasis on the importance of history and geography. Learning about cultures from all around the world also teaches children to have cultural awareness. From young historians to fiction lovers, this book is ideal for curious youngsters with a thirst for knowledge. My Very Important Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends will captivate children and get them learning, reading, and having fun.

Monsters of Virginia
Monsters of Virginia

Author: L. B. Taylor

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2012-01-18

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0811745767

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Find out about all the strange phenomena that abounds in Virginia.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Author: Maya Angelou

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2010-07-21

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 030747772X

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Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.

A Light in Dark Places
A Light in Dark Places

Author: Daniel Sykes

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1514497212

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The problems of this world are so set in people who must strive to be able to find themselves in sight of solutions of their own; escapism in time may shortly relieve them, and theyll be able to relax from these issues. Whatever time they can consider timeout to let their hair down is a much-needed part of life for them and, as such, always considered a high point from where they are more freely able to share things that they are not able to say to others around them in their own place from where the problems arose. This is a common need of so many. As I am a good listener, I would see if maybe I would be able to do something simple in a short time; it is always considered a good thing to be able to help them enjoy the short time in reason to the answers they needed more than they may have been able to search for or indulge in the same free thought given to us in our spare time. This is what they say about time; it is to be considered precious for this reason. And these people, being our friends, are just as important to our night or day and company that indulging them is always considered to be the best solution as we are never ones, any of us, who will leave our friends behind. Even leaving them feeling what would ultimately be impressed on all our free time together in the manner of what those feelings meant to them. The words for such understandings could only be passed in such little time we had to consider. The same things sound the identical motions of poetry designed in the art of the occurrences that create such words.

Myths and Legends
Myths and Legends

Author: John Pemberton

Publisher: Canary Press eBooks

Published: 2011-10-05

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 190869811X

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Many ancient legends in circulation, either through verbal story-telling, ancient script or paintings, have assisted the human race in understanding the complex world we live in, even if they have been embellished over the years. They have helped us form societies and have given people reason to live, they are the blocks that when linked together can help us find the answers we as a human race have been searching for. Myths and Legends gathers together the principal mythologies, legends and folklore of ancient and modern cultures and explores the relationship that they have with their people and with the major religions of the world. Contents : Creation; male and female relationships; natural disaster; survival; death and the afterlife. Principal myths and legends of the world: Greek, Roman, Celtic; pagan; Arthurian; Greenman, Norse, Voodoo; Caribbean folk heroes; giants, dragons and unicorns; Maori gods rangi and papa (sky and earth); dream-time of the indigenous Australians; Bon of Tibet; Chinese mythology; Native American tribal stories; mythology and religion: Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism, Taoism.

Scared Violent Like Horses
Scared Violent Like Horses

Author: John McCarthy

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781571315076

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"A deeply personal examination of violent masculinity, driven by a yearning for more compassionate ways of being. "--Amazon.com

Westward Ho!
Westward Ho!

Author: Charles Kingsley

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13:

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Kingsley's historical romance of the Spanish Main, first published in 1855. From the coral reefs of the Barbados to the jungles and fabled cities of the Orinoco and on to the great sea battle with the Spanish Armada, this vibrant novel captures the daring spirit of Elizabethan adventurers who sailed with Sir Francis Drake. Contains a table of contents and listing of illustrations.

The Solace of Leaving Early
The Solace of Leaving Early

Author: Haven Kimmel

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2002-07-23

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0385507305

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Using small-town life as a springboard to explore the loftiest of ideas, Haven Kimmel’s irresistibly smart and generous first novel is at once a romance and a haunting meditation on grief and faith. Langston Braverman returns to Haddington, Indiana (pop. 3,062) after walking out on an academic career that has equipped her for little but lording it over other people. Amos Townsend is trying to minister to a congregation that would prefer simple affirmations to his esoteric brand of theology. What draws these difficult—if not impossible—people together are two wounded little girls who call themselves Immaculata and Epiphany. They are the daughters of Langston’s childhood friend and the witnesses to her murder. And their need for love is so urgent that neither Langston nor Amos can resist it, though they do their best to resist each other. Deftly walking the tightrope between tragedy and comedy, The Solace of Leaving Early is a joyous story about finding one’s better self through accepting the shortcomings of others.