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Stonehenge is tone of the most famous landmarks in the world but we know so little about its origin and purpose. In this fascinating essay we look at some of the myths and some of the facts connected to this mysterious and enigmatic landmark. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Der Student Anselmus aus Dresden ist ein Träumer und findet Eingang in das Reich des geheimnisvollen Archivars Lindhorst, der drei schöne Töchter hat. Anselmus verliebt sich in die jüngste, in Serpentina, die als Mitgift den Glück bringenden goldenen Topf erhalten soll. Anselmus kann Serpentina jedoch nur gewinnen, wenn er sein poetisches Gemüt behält. Aber genau das verliert er, als die nüchterne, nur auf sozialen Rang bedachte Veronika Anselmus heiraten will, und plötzlich findet er sich in einer Kristallflasche gefangen. Als er sich schließlich für Serpentina und gegen das bürgerliche Glück entscheidet, gewinnt er seine Freiheit und Fantasie zurück. Er und Serpentina werden nach Atlantis entrückt, wo die im goldenen Topf erblühte Lilie die Liebenden beschützt. Dieses 1814 erschienene »Märchen aus der neuen Zeit« gilt als das erfolgreichste Werk Hoffmanns und wurde bereits mehrmals als Opernstoff adaptiert. Die vorliegende Ausgabe in neuer Rechtschreibung enthält die Illustrationen von Karl Thylmann und Richard Teschner und ein Glossar altertümlicher Ausdrücke.

A magical romance about fate, family, men in kilts, and the sometimes twisted path to love from award-winning author Martina Boone. "Delightful, charming, and heartwarming!" NYT bestselling author Wendy Higgins Helping her aunt organize a festival in the Scottish Highlands seems like a perfect escape from Anna Cameron's disaster of a broken engagement. The argumentative, kilt-wearing villagers and dangerous sheep are a minor setback, but Connal MacGregor, the secretive man who owns the land where the ancient tradition of Sighting takes place, poses a bigger problem. For locals, the Balwhither Glen is known as a "thin" place, where the veil between worlds peels back on the first of May each year to reveal an image of the person's one true love. This romantic tradition has been a local secret for centuries, and inviting the public to the Sighting could bring much-needed tourism to save the struggling businesses in the glen. If only Connal MacGregor would agree. As Anna struggles to mediate between the needs of the village and Connal's fight to keep his fragile daughter safely away from the tabloid press, she finds herself falling in love-with Connal and his daughter, with the villagers, and with the enchanted glen itself. As she discovers, though, knowing whom you are meant to love isn't always welcome news. Her efforts tear open generations of family secrets, and when danger comes calling, trusting themselves and each other may prove to be the hardest choice she and Connal have ever had to make. Perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Kristen Hannah, Susan Wiggs, Sarah Addison Allen's magical women's fiction, and Susanna Kearsley's novels with a historical sense of place, Lake of Destiny offers readers a cosy, romantic story filled with gentle fantasy, love, and healing. ★★★★★ PRAISE FOR MARTINA BOONE ★★★★★ "Skillfully blends rich magic and folklore with adventure, sweeping romance, and hidden treasure . . . Impressive." -Publisher's Weekly "So swoon-worthy it's ridiculous." -RT Book Reviews, RT Editors' Best Books of the Year "Even the villains and not-likable characters were just so engrossing. I have to say I've already put the sequel on my TBR shelf." - USA Today "Charming and steamy on the surface, with cold-blooded secrets buried down deep." -Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Darkly romantic and steeped in Southern Gothic charm..." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout "Beautifully written, with vivid characters, a generations-old feud, and romance that leaps off the page. Not to be missed." -Megan Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author "Delightful, charming, and heartwarming!" -Wendy Higgins, New York Times bestselling author "Heartwarming, lyrical, soulful, and with just the right amount of humor: this book sparkles with authentic, layered characters and beautiful, thoughtful prose." -Jodi Meadows, New York Times bestselling author "Haunting, atmospheric, and absorbing..." -Claudia Gray, New York Times bestselling author "Perfect for fans of Nora Roberts and Susanna Kearsley..." -Erin Cashman, award-winning author ★★★★★ THE CELTIC LEGENDS COLLECTION ★★★★★ From award-winning author Martina Boone, the Celtic Legends novels are cosy, uplifting, and unputdownable love stories with characters you won't forget and enchanting locations full of history, legend, and magic. Perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Kristen Hannah, Susan Wiggs, Susan Mallery, Sarah Addison Allen's magical women's fiction, and Susanna Kearsley's novels with a historical sense of place, they'll whisk you away to the Scottish Highlands, romantic Cornish castles, and remote Irish islands. Read them in any order, although side characte

Trying to put the events in Selkirk behind them, Tallis and Tomas find themselves in a land where people and machines have created a newfound relationship. Tallis wishes to hide and heal in this strange land while giving the people of Selkirk time to forget and perhaps forgive her. For with no one but once feral elves to verify her claim that she was not responsible for the recent carnage, who would give her an opportunity to explain?Despite Theda's golden coastline and amazing technology, something odd is happening throughout the port city of Aelius and Theda's mechanical hub in Cato. Something nefarious is taking root in Tallis, making her bones ache; her dreams constantly torment her with visions she can't ignore. But as Tomas isn't affected, none believe Tallis's claims that Theda is not as idyllic as it appears.All Tallis and Tomas want is to rest and explore their budding relationship, free from the fear of death, but that desire is quickly crushed. How can Tomas and Tallis figure out what they mean to each other when a brilliant student sets her sights on Tomas, and a pirate makes secret plans for Tallis? Not to mention Theda's elves have taken an uncomfortable interest in Tallis. Theda may be a land full of wonder, but Tallis is finding that wherever she goes, danger trails her like a mischievous shadow, following her every step.

Myth is found in every culture, and various theories as to their sources have been proposed, ranging from truthful or exaggerated accounts of historical events to the personification of nature. Within this volume, Edward Clodd explores the origins and development of myth from all over the world and its relationship with religion. Contents include: "Man's First Questions", "Myths", "Myths about Sun and Moon", "Myths about Eclipses", "Myths about Stars", "Myths about the Earth and Man", "Man's Ideas about the Soul", "Belief in Magic and Witchcraft", "Man's Awe in the Unknown", "Fetish-Worship", etc. Edward Clodd (1840 - 1930) was an English writer, banker, and anthropologist famous for his various and notable literary and scientific friends, including the likes of Edward Fitzgerald, Samuel Butler, Andrew Lang, and others. Other notable works by author include: "The Childhood of the World" (1872), "Jesus of Nazareth" (1880), and "Nature Studies" (1882). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Fight or Die…Victorious in a star-flung battle against the inhuman Horde, Earth's fabled 9th Legion of Rome; the U.S. 5th Company's 2nd Mounted Rifles; and a Special Forces anti-terrorist team settle on Arden, their adopted planet, to raise families and live in peace.But soon, state secrets are revealed: The greatest of the inhuman Horde didn't join the battle, but yet lurk among Arden's outer colonies, posing a grave threat.Humanity's Ardenese defenders send a flotilla of ships to far Exordium, the world where the Horde outbreak began, with orders to reclaim the outer colonies…Exordium . . . where the Horde awaits . . . where the cream of Arden's fighting force must engage this adversary of unrivaled power…As worlds are sundered, suns destroyed, and star systems obliterated, a universal conflict proves again that…Death is only the beginning of the adventure.

Puss in Boots' - Origins of the Fairy Tale from around the World' contains seven different versions of the 'Puss in Boots' story. It includes an in-depth introduction to the fairy tale genre itself, as well as the folkloric provenance of the 'Puss in Boots' story. It encompasses 'Le Maître Chat' by Charles Perrault, Straparola's 'Constantino Fortunato', 'The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat' by the Brothers Grimm, the Indian narrative of 'The Match-Making Jackal', the Scandinavian tale of 'Lord Peter' and Joseph Jacob's 'The Earl of Cattenborough'.What is a fairy tale? The 'Origins of Fairy Tales from around the World' series helps to answer this question, by showcasing the amazing breath and diversity involved in classic fairy tales. It focuses on the unusual phenomenon that the same tales, with only minor variations, appear again and again in different cultures - across time and geographical space. Traditionally told as short stories for children, and for adults too, these popular fairy tales will be sure to delight both young and old. Beautifully illustrated, these story books combine the best story-telling, with the best art-work, in order that the two may be fully appreciated. .

Perfect for storytime, this collection of ten traditional and much-loved stories includes The Princess and the Pea, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood. Beautifully designed pages with Richard Johnson's enchanting illustrations bring each tale to life. Includes an introduction to the stories and notes on where they came from.

Once I thought I glimpsed her high up in a bush, like dirty rags in a gale. Not that so far there has been any gale, or even any wind. The total silent stillness is one of the worst things.Yes, it is a battle with strong and unknown forces that I have on my hands.From the shorelines, hills and towns of ancient lands, tales of twisted creatures, sins against nature and pagan revenants have been passed down from generation to generation. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, folklore from Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of Man inspired a new strain of strange short stories, penned by writers of the weird and fantastic including masters of the form such as Arthur Machen, Edith Wharton and Robert Aickman.In this volume, Johnny Mains dives into the archives to unearth a hoard of twenty-one enthralling tales imbued with elements of Celtic folklore, ranging from the 1820s to the 1980s and including three weird lost gems translated from Gaelic. Together they conjure uncanny visions of eternal forces, beings and traditions, resonating with the beguiling essence of this unique branch of strange fiction.

(Bilingual English-Ukrainian edition) This is a delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do - with unexpected consequences. The surprising events that follow intrigue young children and, and at the same time, alert them in a very amusing way to the dangers of being too quick to believe everything they hear. Illustrator Jeff Jackson creates a lively and lighthearted world, rich in color and expression, in which anything can happen. This tale is one of the many hundreds of Sufi developmental stories collected by Idries Shah from oral and written sources in Central Asia and the Middle East. For more than a thousand years, it has entertained young people and helped foster in them the ability to examine their assumptions and to think for themselves.(¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿-¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ - ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, ¿¿ ¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.

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