The Hero's Place
Author: Molly Robinson Kelly
Publisher: CUA Press
Published: 2009-09-28
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 0813216850
DOWNLOAD EBOOK*A fresh approach to three masterpieces of Old French literature*
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A Hero Like You
Author: Nikki Rogers
Publisher:
Published: 2020-10-10
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9780648723233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Hero Like You looks at everyday heroes and highlights qualities such as loyalty, compassion, resourcefulness, justice, and courage. The lyrical rhyme and relatable illustrations remind us that we all have the opportunity to be a hero by helping others, doing right and making the world a better place. "What the world needs is a hero like you!"
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 107
ISBN-13: 0586085718
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives from the earliest times. It takes in Greek Apollo, Maori and Jewish rites, the Buddha, Wotan, and the bothers Grimm's Frog-King.
The Hero Next Door
Author: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Publisher: Yearling
Published: 2021-01-05
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0525646337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes another middle-grade short-story collection--this one focused on exploring acts of bravery--featuring some of the best own-voices children's authors, including R. J. Palacio (Wonder), Rita Williams-Garcia (One Crazy Summer), Linda Sue Park (A Long Walk to Water), and many more. Not all heroes wear capes. Some heroes teach martial arts. Others talk to ghosts. A few are inventors or soccer players. They're also sisters, neighbors, and friends. Because heroes come in many shapes and sizes. But they all have one thing in common: they make the world a better place. Published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, this vibrant anthology features thirteen acclaimed authors whose powerful and diverse voices show how small acts of kindness can save the day. So pay attention, because a hero could be right beside you. Or maybe the hero is you. AUTHORS INCLUDE: William Alexander, Joseph Bruchac, Lamar Giles, Mike Jung, Hena Khan, Juana Medina, Ellen Oh, R. J. Palacio, Linda Sue Park and Anna Dobbin, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ronald L. Smith, Rita Williams-Garcia, and short-story contest winner Suma Subramaniam “As with the two previous anthologies from We Need Diverse Books, this collection admirably succeeds in making available to all readers a wider and more representative range of American voices and protagonists.” —The Washington Post
Zero the Hero
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Published: 2012-02-28
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1466808659
DOWNLOAD EBOOKZero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. That's what all the other numbers think of Zero. He doesn't add anything in addition. He's of no use in division. And don't even ask what he does in multiplication. (Hint: Poof!) But Zero knows he's worth a lot, and when the other numbers get into trouble, he swoops in to prove that his talents are innumerable.
The Hero and the Crown
Author: Robin McKinley
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1984-10-15
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0688025935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobin McKinley's mesmerizing history of Damar is the stuff that legends are made of. The Hero and the Crown is a dazzling "prequel" to The Blue Sword. Aerin is the only child of the king of Damar, and should be his rightful heir. But she is also the daughter of a witchwoman of the North, who died when she was born, and the Damarians cannot trust her. But Aerin's destiny is greater than her father's people know, for it leads her to battle with Maur, the Black Dragon, and into the wilder Damarian Hills, where she meets the wizard Luthe. It is he who at last tells her the truth about her mother, and he also gives over to her hand the Blue Sword, Gonturan. But such gifts as these bear a great price, a price Aerin only begins to realize when she faces the evil mage, Agsded, who has seized the Hero's Crown, greatest treasure and secret strength of Damar.
Hero
Author: Alethea Kontis
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 0544056779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn intoxicating blend of fairy tale magic, lively wit, and romance spice up this companion novel to Enchanted.
The Hero Strikes Back
Author: Moira J. Moore
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2006-08-29
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1440625085
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a realm beset by natural disasters, only the magical abilities of the bonded Pairs—Source and Shield—make the land habitable and keep the citizenry safe. The ties that bind them are far beyond the relationships between lovers or kin—and last their entire lives… Whether they like it or not. The weather in the city of High Scape is off the charts. It’s snowing in the middle of summer, and the townsfolk are desperate for Shield Lee Mallorough and Source Shintaro Karish to fix it—which they can’t do. But try explaining that to an angry mob… Meanwhile, there’s a crazed killer targeting aristocrats. Karish has forfeited the Dukedom of Westsea to continue working as a Source, but Lee fears that technicality won’t matter to the murderer. It certainly doesn’t matter to Karish’s mother, who’s bound and determined that he take the title. Only by working together will Lee and Karish be able to figure out the weather, catch the killer before it’s too late, and most importantly…get rid of Karish’s mother.
The Hero in the Mirror
Author: Sue Grand
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-05-20
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1135469652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSue Grand offers a phenomenology of terror - through a look at war, genocide, terrorism, torture, and familial abuse - and queries the conditions through which an individual or group retains its humanity through acts of rescue, resistance and memorial activity.
The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American Film
Author: Susan Mackey-Kallis
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2010-08-03
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0812200136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn contemporary America, myths find expression primarily in film. What's more, many of the highest-grossing American movies of the past several decades have been rooted in one of the most fundamental mythic narratives, the hero quest. Why is the hero quest so persistently renewed and retold? In what ways does this universal myth manifest itself in American cinema? And what is the significance of the popularity of these modern myths? The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American Film by Susan Mackey-Kallis is an exploration of the appeal of films that recreate and reinterpret this mythic structure. She closely analyzes such films as E.T., the Star Wars trilogy, It's a Wonderful Life, The Wizard of Oz, The Lion King, Field of Dreams, The Piano, Thelma and Louise, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Elements of the quest mythology made popular by Joseph Campbell, Homer's Odyssey, the perennial philosophy of Aldous Huxley, and Jungian psychology all contribute to the compelling interpretive framework in which Mackey-Kallis crafts her study. She argues that the purpose of the hero quest is not limited to the discovery of some boon or Holy Grail, but also involves finding oneself and finding a home in the universe. The home that is sought is simultaneously the literal home from which the hero sets out and the terminus of the personal growth he or she undergoes during the journey back. Thus the quest, Mackey-Kallis asserts, is an outward journey into the world of action and events which eventually requires a journey inward if the hero is to grow, and ultimately necessitates a journey homeward if the hero is to understand the grail and share it with the culture at large. Finally, she examines the value of mythic criticism and addresses questions about myth currently being debated in the field of communication studies.
