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Mantle
Pub. Date
2022
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'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters.? Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her Gorgon sisters, she begins to realize that she is the only one who experiences change, the only one who can be hurt. And her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon commits an unforgivable act in the temple of Athene,...
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Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
Pub. Date
2017
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A brand new edition of this essential companion to the Harry Potter stories, with a new foreword from J.K. Rowling (writing as Newt Scamander), and 6 new beasts! A set textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander?s masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Scamander?s...
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Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2014
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This title features ten retellings of ancient myths and legends all about animals. These stories are taken from ancient Greek, Roman, African, Indian, Chinese, and American cultures. Some readers will be familiar with, such as the story of Brer Rabbit. Others will be less familiar, such as the Chinese story of the gods and cats.
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The Songs of the Drowned volume 1
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HarperVoyager
Pub. Date
2020
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A fantasy epic of freedom and empire, gods and monsters, love, loyalty, honour, and betrayal, from the acclaimed author of GODBLIND.For generations, the forests of Ixachipan have echoed with the clash of weapons, as nation after nation has fallen to the Empire of Songs - and to the unending, magical music that binds its people together. Now, only two free tribes remain.The Empire is not their only enemy. Monstrous, scaled predators lurk in rivers...
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Book House
Pub. Date
2010
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The 'Top Ten Worst' series counts down the ghastliest ghoulies, the most petrifying pirates, the angriest animals, the nastiest natural disasters, and much, much more! Each title explores the facts and science behind each subject, as well as looking at their impact on the world at large.
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Darwath Trilogy volume 1
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
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A whirlwind fantasy classic set in the richest world imaginable, with unforgettable characters and the highest stakes - The Time of the Dark is the first book in Barbara Hambly?s epic Darwath Trilogy.Gil Patterson is a woman familiar with dark stories.As a student of medieval history, she knows the Crusades, the Black Death, and the horrors of life in the Middle Ages. But it is another kind of darkness has begun to stalk her dreams: when she falls...
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Boy Who Grew Dragons volume 3
Pub. Date
2019
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Tomas and his friends must work out what's wrong when the dragon-fruit tree starts to look unwell.
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HarperCollins Children's
Pub. Date
2007
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No vampyre hunter should be without this - the very handbook that Dr. Cornelius van Helsing himself carried with him on his fateful journey across Transylvania. Packed with details of all kinds of beasts of the night, can it help you more than it did him?
10) The Luminaries
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The Luminaries volume 1
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Hemlock Falls isn?t like other towns. You won?t find it on a map, your phone won?t work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you? Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries, the ancient order that protects Winnie's town-and the rest of humanity-from the monsters and nightmares that rise in the forest of Hemlock Falls every night. Ever since her father was exposed as a witch and a traitor, Winnie and her family have...
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HarperVoyager
Pub. Date
2023
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A pirate of infamy and one of the most storied and scandalous captains to sail the seven seas.Amina al-Sirafi has survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.But when she?s offered a job no bandit could refuse, she jumps at the chance for one final adventure with her old crew...
12) Dragon rider
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Soulbound Saga volume 1
Pub. Date
2024
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Jai is nothing more than a royal hostage and lowly servant to the empire that slew his family and now rules his people. He has been manservant to the old emperor for most of his life, and only watches on from a distance as the empire grows more powerful - a new alliance is to be formed as the young prince is betrothed to Princess Erica of the Dansk Kingdom - a people from a northern, icy realm. The princess brings with her a gift - dragons. Only Dansk...
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The Folk of the Air volume 3
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Hot Key Books
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Jude returns to the treacherous Faerie Court, where she discovers a war brewing in Elfhame.
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Watson-Guptill
Pub. Date
2011
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Features the artwork of the comic book industry's most notable artists, including animator and horror illustrator David Hartman, comic book artist and Hollywood monster designer Kerry Gammill, legendary Marvel Comics Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr., as well as Neal dams, Jim Steranko, Jack Davis, Frank Frazetta, Basil Gogos and Wally Wood.
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Book House
Pub. Date
2007
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This volume describes how to draw assorted creatures from stories and fables. Each subject includes background information relating to the mythology surrounding it. Different drawing materials are used, including pencil, pen, crayon, paints and charcoal, with clear instructions for each.
18) The Forest Grimm
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Pub. Date
2023
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In order to reverse the curse and save her mother and village.
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Boy Who Grew Dragons volume 4
Pub. Date
2020
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Tomas misses his pet dragon but then meets a new dragon and makes a new friend.