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The captivating new novel from the author of The Illustrated Child 'Like a surreal cabinet of curiosities - haunting, eerie, evocative' Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Juana de Arco, la Doncella de Orleans, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá:¿ Profundizar en el personaje de Juana de Arco, entender su papel en la guerra de los Cien Años y descubrir su trágico final¿ Comprender el contexto y el desenlace de la guerra de los Cien Años, en un conflicto que enfrenta a franceses e ingleses, y descubrir la época de las doncellas, profetisas y brujas¿ Analizar el simbolismo y el mito que se creó alrededor del personaje de Juana, y cómo ha llegado a nuestros días, tras su beatificación y canonizaciónSOBRE en50MINUTOS.ES | Historiaen50MINUTOS.ES le ofrece las claves para entender rápidamente los principales acontecimientos históricos que cambiaron el mundo. Nuestras obras narran de forma rápida y eficaz una gran variedad de acontecimientos históricos clave de distintas épocas, desde la Antigua Grecia hasta la caída del muro de Berlín. ¡Descubra en un tiempo récord la historia que ha marcado el rumbo del mundo!

Gorgeous Collector's Edition of folk and fairy tales from the continent of Africa, with stories from regions now part of modern nations like Libya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, who inherit the folk and mythic tales of ancient peoples. Here you'll find stories of ogres and tricksters, riddles and poems, and great heroes.

Gorgeous Collector's Edition of Viking fairy tales, bringing the magic of the natural world and combining it with the common sense of the everyday. Good folk are rewarded for their hard work, the honest and the faithful are valued: 'The Little Match Girl' and 'Katie Woodencloak' (a Norwegian Cinderella) are just two of the delightful stories.

Gorgeous Collector's Edition of Irish Fairy stories from the fertile lands of Celtic imagination, where the magic of the everyday is manifested in the world around us. A delightful, beautiful selection of fables, folklore and fairy tales with tricksters, banshees, fairy queens and ancient spirits.

Being a rich, handsome man of marriageable age is a blessing and a curse.Francois deChevalier is a hopeful romantic but not ready for marriage. Ambitious mothers give him side glances and sly grins at the town gatherings. He's tall, good-looking, and has wealth--and unfortunately is the son of a merchant. Not a man to marry into the local aristocracy. But the Age of Enlightenment has changed the climate of Provence. Francois is determined to become his own man, live his own life, and find a woman who loves him for himself regardless of his father's status. While his father plots to use Francois as his entre into society by way of an arranged marriage, Francois is smitten by a mysterious young gypsy woman traveling with a band of nomadic entertainers. A young woman who makes him question everything he's been taught he should want and value. A woman who makes him feel things he never imagined were possible. A woman he can never wed.

Beauty and the Beast meets The Phantom of the Opera in a tale of magic, music, and one dark curse..Griffin Dunn is a brilliant piano virtuoso and a guest at the lavish Byrons estate. When his callous treatment of the Byrons' son leads to the child's death, the boy's mysterious nanny places a dark curse on Griffin, binding his soul to the mansion until true love finds him.Kate Covington has always been an outsider, but she's determined to make it as a clarinetist at The Byrons School of Music. She's heard strains of the ghostly piano during her early morning rehearsals, but no way is she letting those creep-tastic compositions distract her. Not even when a hot, pompous jerk named Griff shows up and calls her an imposter.Over one hundred years have passed and Griffin's given up on love finding him-until he meets Kate. The instant their paths cross, he transforms from a spirit to a living, breathing man. It's obvious she's the one he's been waiting for. But though the pair falls in love, they discover the curse isn't as straightforward as it seemed. As dark magic awakens in the Byrons School, they'll have one chance to break Griffin's curse, or else he'll be trapped . . . forever.

THE IDEAL MOTHER'S DAY GIFT - A SOUL-SOOTHING JOURNEY INTO CELTIC SPIRITUALITY AND THE FEMININE DIVINEFor sisters Mary Kennedy and Deirdre N Chinn ide, spirituality has been at the centre of their lives since childhood. Their home in St Brigid's Road in Clondalkin, Dublin, was around the corner from a holy well, a place that signalled family, community, and divine ritual. Drawing on Celtic spirituality - a key focus in Deirdre's work as a psychotherapist, retreat leader and singer, and a long-held area of interest for much-loved broadcaster and author Mary - in Journey to the Well, the sisters share a voyage, as they invite us to journey with them through the Celtic seasons of Samhain, Imbolc, Bealtaine, and Lughnasa.Sharing stories, lore, and healing words, these pages reconnect us with the often forgotten or neglected roots of our heritage - as we come through a time of global change and turmoil - reminding us of that which is permanent yet fluid, as symbolised by the healing waters of a well.Journey to the Well is a book of connection that celebrates the divine within each of us.

"With a foreword by Neil Gaiman, this comprehensive, entertaining and authentic collection of English folktales is perfect for fans of Madeline Miller, Philip Pullman and the Brothers Grimm. This is a golden treasury of over one hundred English folktales captured in the form they were first collected in past centuries. Read these classic tales as they would have been told when storytelling was a living art - when the audience believed in boggarts and hobgoblins, local witches and will-o'-the-wisps, ghosts and giants, cunning foxes and royal frogs. Find "Jack the Giantkiller", "Tom Tit Tot" and other quintessentially English favourites, alongside interesting borrowings, such as an English version of the Grimms' "Little Snow White" - as well as bedtime frighteners, including "Captain Murderer", as told to Charles Dickens by his childhood nurse. Neil Philip has provided a full introduction and source notes on each story that illustrate each tale's journey from mouth to page, and what has happened to them on the way. These tales rank among the finest English short stories of all time in their richness of metaphor and plot and their great verbal dash and daring." --

A classic fairytale with a twist

A treasury of dazzling delight, The Secrets of Scheherazade transports the reader on a journey through a realm inspired by A Thousand and One Nights. Assembled as a collection to be auctioned along with certain objects, the stories contained within have magical powers... At The Scheherazade Foundation, we believe that folklore and storytelling hold an unrivalled value within society. A repository compiled over millennia, folktales reflect every facet of the human experience, making us who we are. An ultimate bridge between cultures, stories have the ability to divert the mind, so that an essence of real value can be passed on. This collection includes an array of fabulous tales, such as 'The Wondrous Seed', 'The Happiest Man in the World', 'The Berber Queen and the Necklace of Fortune', and 'Only the Painting Knows the Whole Story'. The more we tell and retell folktales, the more they seep into our subconscious, becoming part of us. With each telling, their magic is passed on - enabling us to tap into an ancient matrix of ideas, solutions, and information.

Ra was the king of the Egyptian gods. He created and ruled over the world. Ra explores the well-known god's backstory and why the ancient Egyptians worshipped him.

Princess Not-So-Charming rescues a lordling in distress, turning the classic story of Snow White on its head with warrior women, cunning men, and a fearsome fairy godmother in this adult fantasy romance. Too many people tell Crown Princess Ranunculus what to do, how to act, and who to be. As her twenty-first birthday approaches, so do new, unwanted responsibilities on her father's council. The worst of these is the search for a royal consort, a marriage that will prioritize the good of the kingdom over the preferences of her own heart. Rane squeezes as much joy into her days as possible before her obligations take over her life. After the Baron of Otero's long illness left him incapable of governing, the honor should have passed to Lord Nevar as the baron's eldest son. Yet through a convenient quirk of the law, his stepmother holds all the power. He's been posing as a worthless lordling but now has a chance to prove himself as an ambassador. If he plays his cards right, he can finally claim his proper place. Though intrigued by the outlandish princess, Nevar is too far below her in rank to make a good match, and he has a barony to fix after much neglect. The two flirt shamelessly, knowing their destinies lie elsewhere. When Nevar is framed for murder, Rane comes to his rescue and sends him to her friends in the forest. Proving his innocence is harder than she thought, and time is running out. Nevar wants to leave, Rane wants him to stay, and someone wants him dead.

Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή, παρουσιασμένοι στο σύνολό τους. Όλες οι ιστορίες παρουσιάζονται με τις ερμηνείες, όπως τις εννοούσε ο αρχαίος ποιητής Πίνδαρος. Αυτές οι ιστορίες λειτουργούσαν ως οδηγοί για τους ήρωες της εποχής και για τους ήρωες που θα έρθουν. Ο συμβολισμός και η κατεύθυνση διευκρινίζονται με βάση τα αρχαιοελληνικά κείμενα και τις παραδόσεις.