Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7431&Ne=6670&N=3+7439+4294966706+4294890248 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686187 Summoned to Xanth as part of a Demons wager, Bryce is transported out of his aged body and granted youth and magic in exchange for his agreement to woo and marry a reluctant Princess Harmony. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1365518 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1197052 Wenda Woodwife has a knotty problem--her mood swings have sent her beloved husband, Prince Charming, off on Adventure. She seeks the cure from the Good Magician Humphrey, only to discover that he has a knotty problem of his own and that only Wenda Woodwife can help him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1008964 In the thirty-third thrilling escapade in Piers Anthonys rousing Xanth fantasy series, an adventurous arachnid named Jumper must assume human form to save the enchanted realm from a cosmic peril involving a cataclysmic battle between two all-powerful Demons, a cryptic prophecy, alluring damsels, and a seductive siren and her demonic consort. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=642323 Surprise Golem has just lost her brand-new baby. The stork assigned to deliver her eagerly awaited bundle of joy has inexplicably refused to surrender it, flying off instead through a hole in the fabric of reality. Now, to track down her offsprint, Surprise must lead an ill-assorted assemblage of confederates on a desperate quest through dozens of different Xanths. But sinister, unseen forces are determined to stop her. And in order to find her child, Surprise may have to lose her heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=536171 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=461785 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=413137 It might have been the merest chance that brought Umlaut to Castle Zombie that morning and launched him on a harrowing adventure. But in the magical land of Xanth, things are seldom left to chance, and adventures lurk around every corner. An unassuming young man with an uncanny knack for attracting lovely young ladies and an uncommon talent for emulating anyone he wished, Umlaut was forced to flee a flock of overly friendly females by disguising himself as a Zombie girl. In his haste to find a hiding place, he found himself face-to-face with a dreadful dragon and feared he would soon meet his end. But in Xanth, things are seldom exactly as they seem, and he soon discovered that the dragon was really a sinuous female sea serpent named Sesame, with a gift similar to his own, who had become accidentally entrapped in the Castles dungeon. When the two happen upon a packet of mail from Earth delivered by mischance to the Zombie King, they inadvertently set in motion a sinister scheme that could spell the end of Xanth. A letter they forward to the Demon Jupiter unexpectedly enrages him, causing him to send his own Red Spot hurtling toward Xanth. Soon everything is up in a heaval, for no one knows how to avert this interplanetary peril. Even the Good Magician Humfrey is baffled, for some strange force has obscured the future. In desperation, he instructs Umlaut and Sesame to deliver the remaining letters to their far-flung recipients, in the faint hope that this may somehow stop the Spot.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=378776 When Cynthia Centaur journeys to ask the Good Magician Humfrey a very personal Question, she expects nothing more than the usual Challenges and Puzzles, as well as some small sort of Service, in exchange for her Answer. What she doesnt expect is that she will be responsible for the future survival of Xanth itself. For a peril of immense gravity endangers the enchanted land of Xanth, Or, rather, a lack of gravity. The Demon Earth, who rules our own world, has suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. Without Demon Earths vast powers, everything on the surface of the Earth and all other worlds, including Xanth, will go whirling weightlessly away into space. By merest change, Cynthia Centaur has come to the Good Magicians castle at precisely the wrong moment. For the Muse of History has decreed that the very next Querent who asks Humfrey a Question will be charged with the awesome responsibility of finding the Demon Earth and saving Xanth. Its whispered that another Demon (with a capital D) has done the dastardly deed. The only weapon that can prevail against such a cosmic being is the instrument known as the Swell Foop. And the only way to handle its awesome power is to locate the Six Lost Rings of Xanth, whose whereabouts are known only to the Zombies. So Cynthia and five companions - her beloved mate, Che; Breanna of the Black Wave and her fiance, Justin Tree; Sim, the immortal bird who will one day know all the secrets of the universe; and Jaylin, a young human girl from the Mundane land of Hawail - embark on a quest of utmost danger, to challenge an Unknown Demon for the fate of a dozen worlds.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=316692 Slims a Texas bluesman of a certain age, down on his luck and just about broke - but hey, thats what the blues are all about. He loves his music: Not the popular blues, homogenized, synthesized, and zombilized; but the real down-home gut-bucket blues. Then one day the music loves him back. In a single hot burst of lightning that comes straight up out of the ground, Slim finds himself in Tejas. Its a little bit magic and a whole lot different, but the blues are the same. And the blues - manifest here in the form of a maple-necked, pearl-gray Fender Stratocaster with blue-chrome pickups, a.k.a. The Gutbucket - need him and need him bad. The Strats fallen into the hands of T-Bone Pickens and his Vipers, who want to suck up all its power and turn it to evil. Slims off and running on the Gutbucket Quest, with the help of his new mentor, rhythm guitarist Progress T. Hornsby, and a purely unstoppable blues singer named Nadine.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=325480 Becka was a crossbreed - the daughter of Draco Dragon and a lovely human woman who met, by chance, at a Love Spring. Now fourteen, Becka was beginning to wonder where in Xanth she belonged - on the ground with her mothers people or flying the skies with her fathers kind. So she journeyed to the Good Magician Humfrey to discover her True Purpose in life. Much to her astonishment and surprise, the Magician told her that a great Destiny awaited her - one that would affect the future of all Xanth. To unravel the mystery of her Fate, Becka did as Humfrey bade her: traveling afoot to the statue of the dreaded Sea Hag to meet the man who would be waiting for her there, and offering him her assistance. But to her dismay, Becka discovered that the one who awaited her there was a dangerous, despicable libertine who called himself the Dastard. Once a common country boy, the Dastard had sold his soul to a detestable demon in exchange for the power to erase events and rewrite history to suit his own devious ends. Lacking a conscience and filled with craven self-loathing, he roamed the width and breadth of Xanth in search of anyone happier than he was. Once he found them, he used his malevolent talent to unhappen their happiness, so that others could share in his misery. Determined to honor her vow, but despairing of her ability to help this man and still preserve her virtue, Becka set out on a wide and perilous journey.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=285339 After a year filled with harrowing adventures, all Breanna of the Black Wave and her new-found love, Justin Tree, want is a little time to get to know each other better and explore the wonders of the enchanted land of Xanth. But their incipient idyll is soon shattered by a stunning discovery. A climatic catastrophe is causing a massive meltdown that threatens to inundate the ancient forests of Xanth. The only way to avert this dire disaster is to undertake a voyage into the distant mists of the past, to find the moment when this ghastly greenhouse effect began. And the only people who can safely make that journey are those unaffected by Xanths magic - normal, ordinary humans from our own world.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=272677 Muse of Art explores the special talents that have inspired and motivated us since the earliest days of our existence: curiosity and creativity, seduction and survival, destruction and healing. We view some of the most explosive eras in human history through the eyes of three remarkable women: Avalanche, the alluring beauty skilled in the arts of love and desire; Melee, the headstrong young noblewoman who learns to mold men to her will; and Talena, the wise and lovely weaver of tales who embodies Eve, the primordial mother of the human race. Through them we take part in the occult mysteries of Egypt, the savage wars of the Olmecs, the violent clashes between the Romans and Celts, the court intrigues of ancient Cambodia, the savagery of Attila the Hun, the Napoleonic Wars, and the siege of Stalingrad in the darkest days of World War II. And we look ahead to a harrowing future overshadowed by a devastating plague.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=135889 Hope of Earth is the third volume in Anthonys sweeping and exciting Geodyssey series, a powerful and passionate epic of human history in the tradition of Jean Auel and James Michener. In a stirring, captivating saga that ranges from our ancient beginnings in Africas Great Rift Valley to the windswept Andes a century from now, Hope of Earth tells the inspiring story of a group of heroic men and women, bound by ties of passion, honor, and blood, who struggle to transcend our violent past to make a new and shining future. Through their eyes we meet some of historys most colorful figures - the mysterious Ice Man of the Swiss Alps the decadent King Herod, the British Warrior Queen Boudica, the Mongol Chieftain Tamurlane, and King Louis XIV of France. And we meet again some of the most memorable characters from the two earlier volumes - Blaze and Ember, Hugh and Anne, and their remarkable descendants. But Hope of Earth is more than a gripping tale of tragedy and triumph. It is also Piers Anthonys heartfelt plea for us to change our ways - to break the cycle of violence, avarice, and despair that threatens our future, and transform it into a legacy of compassion and hope for our descendants.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=142146 Seeking a solution to a preplexing personal problem, the delectable Demoness Metria asks for help from the wise Magician Humfrey. But before he will help her, she must perform a perilous mission. Rove the length of Xanth in search of a suitable jury for the trial of Roxanne Roc--a notably noble and virtuous bird charged with a most improbable offense. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=216619 This new Xanth novel, in mass market paperback at last, marks the beginning of a new adventure sequence, although longtime fans of the series will find old friends aplenty. It is the story of two escapees from Mundania who find themselves transported via a computer disk to a forest glade in Xanth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=210620 In the fifteenth novel of his Xanth series, Piers Anthony has captured again the fantasy world loved by generations of devoted readers. Brand-new excitement and humor from the author of Question Quest, The Color of Her Panties explodes with phantasmagorical, pun-filled adventure. In the struggle for the Goblin crown, Gwenny Goblin is forced to compete with her awful half brother Gobble in a battle of the wits. To prove herself worthy, Gwenny, with her secret contact lenses, enlists the aid of Che Centaur and Jenny Elf to help her perform the tasks that will win her the chieftainship of the Goblin horde, including bringing back the fabulous egg that sits between the Roc and the hard place. But the most precious secret lies in Mela Merwomans undergarments; in particular, their color. But Mela, Ida Human, and Okra Ogress, using Magician Humphreys confusing advice, are stuck in a wild-goose chase around Xanth, meeting up with the likes of dragons and the Simurg, and eventually joining the Adult Conspiracy. Meanwhile, Gwenny is still on her quest for the answer to the all-important question: What color are the Merwomans panties? With outrageous wit and fantastic escapades, The Color of Her Panties will thrill the fans who have entered before into this fabulous adventure of space and thyme, as well as new discoverers of the world of Xanth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=216981 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=133125 The Gap Dragon has escaped from the Gap and was ravaging the land. Ivy, the three-year-old daughter of King Dor and Queen Irene is wandering straight towards him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=216582 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=135091 Dor, the young magician, travels back in time to find an elixir which would prove his right to rule Xanth in the future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=135084 King Trent orders Bink to find out about the source of Xanths magic.