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Mouse, bird, snake, wolf
Using sticks, leaves, and clay, Little Ben makes a mouse, Sue, a bird, and Harry, a snake, but when they create a terrifying wolf that turns on them, Little Ben must summon the courage to save them.
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A Pre-Columbian Bestiary
An encyclopedic collaboration between award-winning Mexican
American scholar Ilan Stavans and illustrator Eko, A
Pre-Columbian Bestiary features lively and informative
descriptions of forty-six religious, mythical, and imaginary
creatures from the Nahua, Aztec, Maya, Tabasco, Inca, Aymara, and
other cultures of Latin America.
From the siren-like Acuecuéyotl and the water animal Chaac to
the class-conscious Oc and the god of light and darkness Xólotl,
the magnificent entities in this volume belong to the same family
of real and invented creatures imagined by Dante, Franz Kafka, C.
S. Lewis, Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, and J. K. Rowling. They
are mined from indigenous religious texts, like the Popol
Vuh, and from chronicles, both real and fictional, of the
Spanish conquest by Diego Durán, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, and
Fernando de Zarzamora, among others. In this playful compilation,
Stavans distills imagery from the work of magic realist masters
such as Juan Rulfo and Gabriel García Márquez; from songs of
protest in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru; and from aboriginal beasts
in Jewish, Muslim, European, British, and other traditions. In the
spirit of imaginative invention, even the bibliography is a mixture
of authentic and concocted material.
An inspiring record of resistance and memory from a civilization
whose superb pantheon of myths never ceases to amaze, A
Pre-Columbian Bestiary will delight anyone interested in the
history and culture of Latin America.
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The mischievians
Dr. Zooper answers questions about life's ordinary puzzles, such as why homework disappears or how a song gets stuck in one's head, by identifying and describing different kinds of Mischievians.
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Jim Henson's The Power of the Dark Crystal #7
After being separated by the Chamberlin who is in pursuit of the shard, Kensho and Thurma reunite under a common goal.
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Gobbled by Ghorks : a Creature Department novel
\"When Jean-Remy receives a singing telegram from his long-lost sister, Eloise Yvette, the Creature Department is once again thrown into an invention frenzy. Rumor has it that the Ghorks have taken Heppleworth's Food Factory hostage. And worse, they are threatening to make tasty treats of the creatures inside\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Conclusion
I know that I appear to have created an allegory for the imaginative and ethical history of our era, taming the vampire story by tracing the movement from vampire protagonist to the post-human to the return of the slayer. But the history of the vampire story is not really so neat. After all,Child of the Night, Vampire$, Dracula: The Norton Critical Edition, Nadja, Anno Dracula,andBuffi the Vampire Slayerall appear at virtually the same moment; none dominates the others as the current vampire story. Nor do earlier vampire stories disappear simply because my argument moves on from
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The Creature Department
\"Elliot Von Doppler and his friend Leslie think nothing ever happens in Bickleburgh, except inside the gleaming headquarters of DENKi-3000--the world's eighth-largest electronics factory. When Uncle Archie vanishes, it's up to Elliot, Leslie, and every one of the unusual 'employees' to create an invention so astonishing it will save the Creature Department\"-- Provided by publisher.
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THE TEN RULES OF SITGES
Fifty miles south of Barcelona in the almost autonomous state of Catalunya, Spain, lies the pretty, slightly overpolished resort town of Sitges. In this former fishing village full of date palms and red tile roofs that is now completely given over to the tourist trade, you find yourself walking down, down,downwinding narrow cobblestone streets toward that magic patch of blue framed in an archway—the Mediterranean.
Sitges is home every year to the largest festival devoted to fantasy cinema in Europe. Besides the kind of film the wordfantasysuggests, the festival features a wide range of formerly
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Don't splash the sasquatch!
Senior Sasquatch wants to relax beside Mr. Blobule's pool without getting wet, but he is thoroughly splashed by the other guests, who then pitch in to dry his \"squizzilefied\" fur.
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Post-Verses
While it would be too dramatic to insist on Ophelia’s “what a mind is here o’er thrown,” Rushdie’s fiction post-Verses is disappointing in various ways. Apart from Haroun, which is in a category of its own, his last two novels lack the kind of new trajectory, both in terms of idea and language, which lends excitement to his earlier work. This fall from literary brilliance is particularly noticeable in the areas of cosmology, mythology and mysticism, for only on occasion do the Moor and Ground rework other worlds in startling ways. In general, they display neither the primordial spark of
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