Showing results for "Forests" in Fairy Tales

Five friends embark on a bachelor trip deep in Superior National Forest, seeking adventure and memories to last a lifetime. But their plans unravel when they unknowingly trespass into the territory of the Sasquatch, massive, intelligent predators who are done tolerating human encroachment.

At the northern edge of a land ruled by a merciless foreign tyrant lies a wild, forbidden forest ruled by powerful magic. Veris Thorn—the only one to ever enter the forest and survive—is forced to go back inside to retrieve the tyrant's missing children. Inside await traps and trickery, ancient monsters, and hauntings of the past. One day is all Veris is afforded. One misstep will cost everything.

Long before maps and kingdoms, when dragons still guarded the skies and elves walked freely beneath the trees, a single act of greed broke the peace that bound them all. Now, the balance of magic and man teeters on the edge of ruin.

Vireo Reinhold relishes collecting his monarch’s proper dues. Working hard to prolong and fund the king’s never-ending war, the self-centered official revels in the perks of luxury that come with his unorthodox role. But his world upends when he unearths an ancient spellbook that promises to unlock a shadowy, forgotten magic. Embroiled in a secret affair with a fellow noble’s wife, Vireo is mortified when he’s forced to commit an unthinkable act.

An immersive, sultry, heart-pounding historical reimagining of the Robin Hood ballads, told through the piercing eyes of one of his spies. Jane Crowe is an ordinary peasant girl who never dreamed she would work for the infamous Lord of the Greenwood. But when she’s forced out of her home, she...

King Oberon and his brothers, Taranis and Mananan, have been separated from the rest of Faerie and their family, the Tuatha De Danann, for centuries. With Morrigan and her generals dead, they are finally free to roam both realms once more. Curses and rampaging goddesses have left their scars on both the human world and Faerie, and they are going to need not only their immense magic to repair the rifts; they are going to need family.

Now that his sister knows of the dragons, Jason doesn't feel as isolated in their small village. The connection to the dragons lets him protect his people along with the existence of the dragons. An attack on his home village forces Jason to go to Lachen and stop Therin for good. To do so, he'll need the help of all the dragon misfits, but can the forest dragon help him master the art of illusion in time for him to save his people?

Theodora Goss's first major short story collection showcases such stories as "The Rose in Twelve Petals," "The Rapid Advance of Sorrow," "Lily, With Clouds," "In the Forest of Forgetting," "Sleeping With Bears," and many more.

In this imaginative novel rooted in the rich soil of early-nineteenth-century German Romanticism, beloved New York Times bestselling author Gregory Maguire twins an origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him. Gregory Maguire’s novels have...

It is the event of the century–to be more specific, the 12th century. A no-holds-barred, yet surprisingly civilized political debate for the benefit of the citizens of Sherwood Forest between the Robin Hood of legend and his nemesis, that exemplar of villainy, Prince John. Each candidate will haveth three minutes. You’ll be placing a smart wager if you think the Sheriff of Nottingham just might try to tip the scales in his position as moderator. Let us return to England, birthplace of the system of government we enjoy today, to listen to some very opposing views.

The Original Bambi is an all-new translation of a literary classic that presents the story as it was meant to be told. For decades, readers' images of Bambi have been shaped by the 1942 Walt Disney film—an idealized look at a fawn who represents nature's innocence—which was based on a 1928 English translation of a novel by the Austrian Jewish writer Felix Salten. This masterful new translation gives contemporary readers/listeners a fresh perspective on this moving allegorical tale and provides important details about its creator.

When Rob of Loxley finds an injured nobleman’s son in the forest, neither he nor his sister Marion understand what befriending young Gamelyn could mean for the future of their beliefs. Already the ancient spirits of the Old Religion are fading beneath the iron of nobleman’s politics and the stones of church subjugation. More, the druid elders warn that Rob and Gamelyn are cast as sworn adversaries, locked in timeless and symbolic struggle for the greenwood’s Maiden.

Home & family struck down by Church edict, Rob is taken by the old druid master into the deeps. He emerges with a new name & purpose: Robyn Hode, leader of a band of tight-knit outcasts, claiming the ancient Shire Wode and wielding the Horned God’s vengeance with deadly arrows. Also escaping Loxley’s destruction, nobleborn Gamelyn has returned from Crusade with his own new identity and purpose—but no absolution. When the two boyhood lovers next cross paths, a brutal game of foxes and hounds ensues, pitting Templar assassin against Heathen outlaw.

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Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an extraordinary audiobook featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra...