Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+7445 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711741 The Hudson River Valley, 1769. A man mysteriously disappears without a trace, abandoning his wife and children on their farm at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. At first many believe that his wife, who has the reputation of being a scold, has driven her husband away, but as the strange circumstances of his disappearance circulate, a darker storyunfolds. And as the lines between myth and reality fade in the wilderness, and an American nation struggles to emerge, the lost mans wife embarks on a desperate journey to find the means to ensure her familys survival--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754174 The first publication of a previously unknown narrative poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of Englands legendary hero, King Arthur. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753668 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753603 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713809 There is another world than our own-- one no closer than a kiss and one no further than our nightmares-- where all the stuff of which dreams are made is real and magic is just a step away. But once you see that world, you will never be the same. Dreams and Shadows takes us beyond this veil. Once bold explorers and youthful denizens of this magical realm, Ewan is now an Austin musician who just met his dream girl, and Colby, meanwhile, cannot escape the consequences of an innocent wish. But while Ewan and Colby left the Limestone Kingdom as children, it has never forgotten them. And in a world where angels relax on rooftops, whiskey-swilling genies argue metaphysics with foul-mouthed wizards, and monsters in the shadows feed on fear, you can never outrun your fate -- from HarperCollins web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732488 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738747 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1665201 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753764 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743573 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1760407 Once there was a Postman who fell in love with a Raven. So begins the tale of a postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route and decides to bring her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child, an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body. The raven girl feels imprisoned by her arms and legs and covets wings and the ability to fly. Betwixt and between, she reluctantly grows into a young woman, until one day she meets an unorthodox doctor who is willing to change her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697885 Middle-class Soyabean is tended by a traditional grandma, while Tofu was born in a trash can. But these two pussies are adopted by foreigners and live together in a courtyard house in one of Beijings traditional hutong neighborhoods. Then a serious illness sweeps the country--and cats are blamed.--Library Journal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729653 Two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Childrens and Household Tales. Now Philip Pullman, one of the most accomplished authors of our time, makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1648075 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675450 Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devils capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the potential hunting ground for a ghost, a demon, or any of the other supernatural entities that inhabit the Grimm City world. Deaths seventeen-year-old apprentice, Nathaniel, comes into his own as he leads an uprising against the Devil with the help of a half-dead wraith and a giant hit-man. What results is a bloody, brutal revolt that calls upon the loyalties of both the living and the dead--Front flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1676194 Una novela profundamente documentada, llena de emocin, suspenso y magia, sobre las leyendas ms impactantes de las brujas en nuestro pas y sobre la realidad que deben enfrentar muchas mujeres contemporneas.--Cubra atrs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613316 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682714 Lily leads a serene life in Arcadia until the forces of Megalopolis invade. Rescued from slavery by a prince of Megalopolis, Lily is sent to retrieve a very important key. Aided by her friends, her dog Rex, and even Death herself, Lilys adventures take her from the Moons to the Bottom of the Sea, and finally back to Megalopolis, where she faces the decision of her life. Will she choose True Love and relinquish the key to those in Power or will she risk everything for who she is and return the key to Arcadia? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664067 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675703 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1676162 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1662006 Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, McKillip explores imperceptible landscapes in these stories. There are princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an official of exotic lineage, and fortunes fool stealing into the present instead of the future. In one tale, a time-traveling angel is forbidden to intervene in Cotton Mathers religious ravings, while another narrative finds a wizard seduced in his youth by the Faerie Queen and returning the treasure that is rightfully hers. This collection draws elements from the fables of history and re-creates them in startlingly magical ways--www.FantasticFiction.com. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1391259 No one knows where the Tufa came from, or how they ended up in the mountains of East Tennessee. When the first Europeans came to the Smoky Mountains, the Tufa were already there. Dark-haired and enigmatic, they live quietly in the hills and valleys of Cloud County, their origins lost to history. But there are clues in their music, hidden in the songs they have passed down for generations. . . . Private Bronwyn Hyatt, a true daughter of the Tufa, has returned from Iraq, wounded in body and spirit, but her troubles are far from over. Cryptic omens warn of impending tragedy, while a restless haint has followed her home from the war. Worse yet, Bronwyn has lost touch with herself and with the music that was once a part of her. With death stalking her family, will she ever again join in the song of her people, and let it lift her onto the night winds? -- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229426 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1271785 A horrible child from a horrible land who falls through a rabbit hole to another world, battles giant garden gnomes with help of a teddy bear army, realize his own past and mistakes and brings about a magical transformation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1274696 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475739 Twelve-year-old Jadiel is forced by her evil stepmother to fetch the rejuvenating leaves from the Eternal Tree by next full moon or her father will be killed. On her journey, she encounters Callen, her uncles apprentice, a young man looking for a mysterious bridge. Together they chase after confusing clues, which lead them into danger and ultimately the treacherous Land of Darkness. In the end, they find more than they are looking for. The Land of Darkness is a fairy tale rich in biblical allegory and points to the bridge that links the mortal with the immortal life--one that can be seen only with eyes of faith--GatesOfHeavenSeries.com, viewed November 23, 2011. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1385141 A final installment in the trilogy that includes Dark Moon of Avalon and Twilight of Avalon finds the secret marriage between former High Queen Isolde and mercenary Trystan tested when a traitor infiltrates Britains High Council, complicating their efforts to keep Lord Marche from the throne. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1378266 Seven years after her sweetheart disappears and nobody believes her claim that he was stolen by faeries, Eliza stumbles into the faerie kingdom hidden beneath Queen Victorias London and learns that the underground railway is posing an unprecedented threat on the faeries and the humans they protect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1427121 Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding, and the fairy tales dont get complicated. In this book, the celebrated writer Mr. Fox cant stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. Its not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1425405 Glinda, former Throne Minister, held under house arrest by General Cherrystone, obtains the infamous Grimmerie, supposedly a volume of magical lore, coveted by Oz. Meanwhile, Lirs daughter Rain begins her quest to discover her true identity and unravel the layers of political and personal secrets that have caused strife and division in Oz. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1312382 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1152286 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744450 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1174726 In this moving portrait of a timeless romance, the young former High Queen, Isolde, and her friend and protector, Trystan, are reunited in a new and dangerous quest to keep the usurper, Lord Marche, and his Saxon allies from the throne of Britain. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1170315 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1163234 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1235743 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1191037 A retelling of the Arthurian romance finds queen Isolde, the daughter of Mordred, grieving for her murdered husband, struggling to overcome court suspicion in order to retain her throne, and falling for a prisoner who aids the queens effort to outmaneuver a scheming Lord Marche. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554027 A collection of 210 traditional tales by the brothers Grimm, with accompanying explanatory and historical material. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=991433 The complete collection of Aesops fables. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1146130 Once, there was a boy named Charlie. He had a pretty nice life ... but it wasnt perfect. So one day he packed up all his time--all his round, squishy years and square, mushy months, down to every itsy-bitsy second--in his suitcase and locked it up safe, said goodbye to his parents, and set off to find something better to spend his time on. Charlie traveled all over the world in search of the perfect thing to make him happy, but that turned out to be much harder to find than he thought. In the meantime, his itsybitsy seconds and silky, smooth hours and raggedy days ticked away and vanished, and soon they added up to weeks and months and years--so that once Charlie stopped his traveling and realized what he really needed out of life, it was almost too late. Almost. A unique story about the relentless search for perfect happiness that preoccupies so many of us. --From publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1009289 ...Laurell K. Hamilton spins a story of a princess who decides to take her own destiny in hand and rescue a pampered Prince Charming from an evil sorceress in Can he bake a cherry pie? A selkie on the run from a century-old marriage arrangement has finally found true love--only to have the darkness from her past return to threaten both her and her dearly beloved in...Yasmine Galenorns The shadow of mist. ...Marjorie M. Liu tells the tale of a young princess who escapes betrothal to a warlord by entering a magical forest. But when an evil queen sends her on a quest to The Tangleroot Palace, she faces dangers more perilous than marriage. When a princess refuses her boring betrothed, the king holds a competition to see who will win his daughters hand. But in matters of the heart, is a winner truly worthy--or can a loser offer even more in ... Sharon Shinns The wrong bridegroom?--p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=753645 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=753276 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=728114 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=728132 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=733273 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=654342 This book is a tribute to the majesty of trees, and to old ways of relating to the natural world. Each painting is accompanied by its own poetic tale, myth or lore -- narrated by the artists themselves recreating the familiarity and awe with which the Gond people of central India view the cosmos. Silk-screened by hand on black paper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=720907 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657551 A fabulously entertaining book from the ultimate authority on those almost believable tales that always happen to a friend of a friend. Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control? No, it didnt really happen to your friends sisters neighbor: its an urban legend. And no matter how savvy you think you are, you are sure to find in this collection of over 200 tales at least one story you would have sworn was true. Jan Harold Brunvand has been collecting & studying this modern folklore for over twenty years. In Too Good to Be True he captures the best stories in their best retellings, along with their latest variations & examples of how the stories have changed as they move from person to person & place to place. To help you find your favorite, Brunvand has arranged the tales thematically Bringing Up Baby is full of episodes of child-rearing gone wrong, including the grisly tale of the drugged out baby-sitter who mistakes the kid for a turkey. Funny Business showcases stories of infamous lapses in customer service, such as the story of the shockingly expensive chocolate chip cookie recipe. And The Criminal Mind features both brilliant-if they were real-scams, as well as the purported antics of the less mentally gifted. Whether you want to become an expert debunker or just have plenty of laughs, this book will surprise & entertain you. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657296 Native American folklore and mythology is rich with mystery and wisdom, and spiritually sacred stories echo through the centuries in the lives of indigenous North Americans. Many of these stories deal with crossing over between the world of the living to that of the dead-and back. Others feature animals or objects with supernatural powers, or ancestors that help guide or rescue souls lost in their own struggles for survival against the elements: A fearless Brule Sioux warrior encounters four ghosts determined to scare the wits out of him, but he turns the tables on them-and then encounters something even scarier than ghosts, the spirits of a Cherokee woman and her husband taunt the soul of their murderer for decades, Heavy Collar encounters a strange, frightening force that follows him home from a hunting trip and causes havoc in his Blackfoot camp, a young Assiniboine bride-to-be rides a great white stallion to avoid being killed in a Sioux raid; the supernatural spirit horse is seen riding the plains for centuries after, two Cheyenne children are chased across impossible stretches of territory by the rolling head of their murdered mother, Good Son tries to save his Navajo brother, the mischievious Bad Son, from the evil Spider Woman, but fails to fool her, the Phantom Horses of Palo Duro Canyon come to life for a young boy traveling with his Kiowa grandfather, a man and wife help a dead Sioux girl return to life, and she devotes the rest of her days to healing the sick... From cultures stretching back thousands of years to the earliest habitations on the continent, come mysterious, eerie tales that continue to resonate today. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=648491 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=725472 Dont miss this stunning original hardcover collection written by FABLES creator Bill Willingham set in the early days of Fabletown, long before the FABLES series began! Featuring sequences illustrated by Charles Vess, Brian Bolland, John Bolton, Michael Wm. Kaluta, James Jean, Mark Buckingham, Jill Thompson and more, 1,001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL is both an entry point to the critically acclaimed series and an essential part of Willinghams enchanting and imaginative FABLES mythos. Traveling in Arabia as an Ambassador from the exiled FABLES community, Snow White is captured by the local sultan who wants to marry her (and then kill her). But the clever Snow attempts to charm the sultan instead by playing Scheherazade, telling him fantastic stories for a total of 1,001 nights. Running the gamut from horror to dark intrigue to mercurial coming-of-age, FABLES:1,001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL reveals the secret histories of familiar FABLES characters through a series of compelling and visually illustrative tales--Publisher website. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=669659 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=708076 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=661645 Susanna Clarke returns with an enchanting collection brimming with all the ingredients of good fairy tales: petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time in embroidering terrible fates, endless paths in deep, dark woods, and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes who must grapple with these problems include the Duke of Wellington, a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor, and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as Jonathan Strange and the Raven King.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653650 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=675890 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=745978 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=756021 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1521357 A great king, strong as the stars in Heaven. Enkidu, a wild and mighty hero, is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh. But instead of killing each other, the two become friends. Travelling together to the Cedar Forest, they fight and slay the evil monster Humbaba. But when Enkidu is killed, his death haunts and breaks the mighty Gilgamesh. Terrified of mortality, he resolves to find the secret of eternal life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=587301 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=688152 A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children lost in the woods find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=607220 When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various Realms, and Poison herself confronts a surprising destiny. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=688170 A princess takes refuge from her wicked stepmother in the cottage of seven dwarfs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=645052 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=645084 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=623520 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=646110 A poor farmer is tormented by an evil and malicious badger -- but a righteous rabbit gives the bad animal what he deserves in the end. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=607166 In ancient Greek mythology Atlas, a member of the original race of gods called Titans, leads a rebellion against the new deities, the Olympians. For this he incurs divine wrath: the victorious Olympians force Atlas, guardian of the Garden of Hesperides and its golden apples of life, to bear the weight of the earth and the heavens for eternity. When the hero Heracles, as one of his famous twelve labors, is tasked with stealing these apples he seeks out Atlas, offering to shoulder the world temporarily if the Titan will bring him the fruit. Knowing that Heracles is the only person with the strength to take his burden, and enticed by the prospect of even a short-lived freedom, Atlas agrees and an uneasy partnership is born.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=590498 In Homers account in The Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Left alone for twenty years when Odysseus goes off to fight in the Trojan War after the abduction of Helen, Penelope manages, in the face of scandalous rumors, to maintain the kingdom of Ithaca, bring up her wayward son, and keep over a hundred suitors at bay, simultaneously. When Odysseus finally comes home after enduring hardships, overcoming monsters, and sleeping with goddesses, he kills her suitors and - curiously - twelve of her maids. In a contemporary twist to the ancient story, Margaret Atwood has chosen to give the telling of it to Penelope and to her twelve hanged maids, asking: What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to? In Atwoods playful retelling, the story becomes as wise and compassionate as it is haunting, and as wildly entertaining as it is disturbing.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=703832 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=546593 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=512111 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=687243 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=489039 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=476072 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=646086 An international selection of fairy tales. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=486626 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=679866 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=456760 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=679865 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1054722 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=645468 A selection of some of the most famous fairy stories which every child needs to foster their imagination. Three Little Pigs; Dick Whittington; Beauty and the Beast; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; Puss in Boots; Jack and the Beanstalk; Ali Baba and others. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=500277 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=375318 Jeannine Blackwells introduction places the tales in their historical, social, and critical context, and Shawn C. Jarviss afterword presents a thematic analysis of the texts and approaches to reading them in conjunction with other European and American tales. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=388450 The exciting conclusion to the Storyteller Trilogy evokes prehistoric Alaska and the strong people who struggle to survive its forbidding climate. Two storytellers, the quick-witted female Qumalix and the silver-tongued man Yikaas, vie to enchant their tribe with astonishing legends that recall the origins of their people and the glory of their own adventures. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=391704 Winifred Rudge, a bemused writer struggling to get beyond the runaway success of her mass-market astrology book, travels to London to jump-start her new novel about a woman who is being haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper. Upon her arrival, she finds that her stepcousin and old friend John Comestor has disappeared, and a ghostly presence seems to have taken over his apartment in the nineteenth-century rowhouse once owned by Winnies great-great-grandfather. Is it the spirit of this ancestor, who, family legend claims, was Charles Dickenss childhood inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge? Could it be the ghostly remains of Jack the Ripper? Or a phantasm derived from a more arcane and insidious origin? Winnie begins to investigate, but Johns erstwhile girlfriend, Allegra, is aggressively unhelpful, and his downstairs neighbor, the cat-obsessed Mrs. Maddingly, is growing stranger by the day. Gripped by inspiration and desperation alike, Winnie finds herself the unwilling audience for a drama of specters and shades, some from her familys peculiar history and some from her own unvanquished past.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=645426 It is both amazing and wonderful that so much of the richness of our language and our moral education still owes a huge debt to a Greek slave who was executed over two thousand years ago. Yet sour grapes, crying wolf, a dog in a manger, actions speak louder than words, honesty is the best policy, and literally hundreds of other metaphors, axioms and ideas that are now woven into the very fabric of Western culture all came from Aesops Fables. The earliest extant collections of Aesops stories were made by various Greek versifiers and Latin translators, to whose compilations were added tales from Oriental and ancient sources to form what we now know as Aesops Fables. The majority of European fables, including those of La Fontaine, are largely derived from these succinct tales. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=645454 A collection of these enduring tales for children and adults, with entertaining music and sound effects! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=339164 Lakota storyteller Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve treats readers to a collection of her best stories. She first spins tales of Lakota and Dakota generations today, of what the youngest can learn from their elders, if they choose to listen: a boy is embarrassed to accept the gift of a medicine bag from his dying grandfather; a little girl learns about the Lakota seasons; a grandfather and his takoza (grandchild) hunt for a legendary wild stallion; a boy named Little Jim comes of age; and a fireside story about a rodeo becomes a moving lesson in Native American history and identity. The second group of stories, set in the turbulent and tragic years of the nineteenth century, teaches the need for understanding across cultures. Boarding school students are transfixed as cowboys and Lakotas come in out of a cold night to celebrate Christmas together. Through perseverance and persuasion, the Lakota Fool Soldiers rescue white captives from the Santees in a vivid retelling of the famous story. The collection ends with spellbinding ancient Sioux tales about the birth of the universe, the deeds of legendary beings, and an unforgettable story about Old Woman, whose quill work maps out the end of the world.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=645261 What a treat to have a compendium of the greats of folk literature from the European tradition narrated by Marguerite Gavin, who evokes memories of ones own mother reading the stories by ones bedside. Gavin adds just the right amount of inflection and variation to bring voice to each character, be it the innocent child, the gruff and rumbly giant, or the calculating innkeeper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=367151 The loss of innocence. The seduction of death. The tragedy of desperate obsession. in Tagging the Moon: Fairy Tales From L.A., these are the things men and women are made of -- a far cry from puppydog tails, sugar, and spice. Here are ten extraordinary stories set in the surreal urban nightmare known as Los Angeles -- where the real-life horrors of survival in the concrete jungle collide with S. P. Somtows unique vision of myth, legend, and the City of Angels. This major collection is a landmark in Somtows ongoing exploration of the dark side of the human psyche and is a must for fans of modern urban horror. These are stories about Somtows personal Los Angeles -- the ultimate land of true lies -- where beneath the mask of shimmering lights, perfect smiles, and Hollywood dreams, the Devil has nine million faces. Book jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=621063 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=279398 New York, at centurys end: A mutilated body has been found, its face and fingerprints removed, a coin-sized circle carved into its upper thigh. On a remote island off the Southeast coast, a young man is running from a place he cannot survive, toward a world he cannot comprehend. And in the echoing canyons of Manhattan, another young man - a journalist - is moving closer to the truth about his own past, and to an encounter that will alter everything he has ever believed about himself. For thirty years a colony with its own laws, values, and complex living systems has been growing. Covertly supplied with the latest technology and DNA materials, its leaders carefully monitor their human trials and conceal the inhabitants from the outside world. Now someone has escaped. When Jude finds him cowering in the shadows of his apartment hallway, he will understand why this ragged stranger who calls himself Skyler is so frightened. They share the same face. Now Jude and Skyler are running together - bound by a new, secret science - hunted by unknown pursuers as they search for the mystery of their birth.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=283927 In a beautiful jewel of a book, the bestselling author of Tao Te Ching: A New English Version expands and deepens the classic fairy tale in the most unexpected ways, giving emphasis to its message of the transcendent power of love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=267933 With the help of his brave and clever wife, Finn MacCoul bests the fearsome giant, Cucullin. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1301893 We all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty ... and what curses accompanied Cinderellas exquisite looks? Set against the rich backdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds herself swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world of wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iriss path quickly becomes intertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beautiful girl destined to become her sister. While Clara retreats to the cinders of the family hearth, burning all memories of her past, Iris seeks out the shadowy secrets of her new household - and the treacherous truth of her former life. Far more than a mere fairy-tale, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a novel of beauty and betrayal, illusion and understanding, reminding us that deception can be unearthed - and love unveiled - in the most unexpected of places.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580940 Rae Perry is young, unmarried, and far from home as she awaits the birth of her first child -- accompanied by the angry, moody man shes loved since high school. Lila Grey is a fortune-teller with no interest in the future, a mother who lost her daughter long ago, on a cold, cold day. Now, as these two women meet, it is earthquake weather in California -- when animals panic, friends and lovers quarrel, ice cubes dissolve in the palm of your hand. It is a time when things are in the air, and the unexpected happens. For Rae and Lila, it will mean the sudden intertwining of their lives and fates -- as each makes a bid to change her fortune forever...