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Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Filled with breathtaking artwork and based on original sources with photographs from the British Museum collection, this extraordinary collection profiles 50 powerful female figures from around the world and throughout history who have played an importantrole in shaping belief today.
Filled with breathtaking artwork and based on original sources with photographs from the British Museum collection, this extraordinary collection profiles 50 powerful...
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Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The legend of Medusa is retold as an empowering feminist tale in an Indian-mythology-inspired world"--
" All monsters and heroes have beginnings. This is mine. Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters—she’s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King’s army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom’s famed holy temples atop the floating...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true. New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection"--
In 1908 Manchuria, Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the identity of a dead courtesan, while a secretive woman named Snow, seeking...
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Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In a fable for grown-ups by cartoonist Bill Watterson, a long-ago kingdom is afflicted with unexplainable calamities. Hoping to end the torment, the king dispatches his knights to discover the source of the mysterious events. Years later, a single battered knight returns"--
"From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America’s most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and...
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Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Are these the only two stories? The one, where you defeat your monster, and the other, where you succumb to it? Jami Nakamura Lin spent much of her life feeling monstrous for reasons outside of her control. As a young woman with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, much of her adolescence was marked by periods of extreme rage and an array of psychiatric treatments, and her relationships suffered as a result, especially as her father’s cancer grasped...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
''There's no such thing as unicorns... right? Un chico le dice a su hermanita que los unicornios no existen, pero ella no se lo cree ni por un segundo y se dispone a demostrar que su hermano está equivocado. La niña va buscando unicornios por todas partes, desde la granja hasta el parque y la playa. ¿Será que su hermano tiene razón o hay un unicornio escondido a la vuelta de la esquina? Esta divertida historia, con un atractivo elemento de búsqueda...
7) Island witch
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her father's craft have turned on thefamily. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise. Now someone-or something-is viciously seizing upon men in the jungle. But instead of enlisting Amara's father's...
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Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Spirited Away meets Where the Wild Things Are by way of yokai mythology in this enchanting picture book by debut author J. P. Takahashi and illustrator Minako Tomigahara. The night parade is about to begin . . . The ground thunders in Tokyo. A gust of wind blows. The pitter patter of paws and claws draws closer. The air is thick with swirling, swooping demons. It's Eka's favorite evening of the year, the one night she refuses to miss. But it's become...
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