Titoli in Favole

Novas histórias da mitologia grega especialmente adaptadas pelo autor de A letra escarlate. Nesta deliciosa sequência de Mitos gregos, Nathaniel Hawthorne, um dos grandes romancistas norte-americanos, reconta de forma livre e divertida mais seis histórias clássicas da mitologia grega.

For Maeve Ruhdneah, being blessed with the soul of a goddess comes with a price. Now, war is on the horizon and she finds herself relying on the callous High King of Summer, Tiernan Velless, to help her control the magic in her blood. Yet as tension and temptation surge between them, she's torn between wanting to stab him in the chest or tumble into his bed.

One week ago, I became the queen of the Oracles. One day ago, I learned the cost of such a power. One hour ago, I decided this isn't all it's cracked up to be. There's no rest for the weary. Or the wicked, depending on how you look at it. So let's look at it. First, I have a demon problem. I've had one all along, but now I know who it is and why she's here. And what she wants—she is not getting, Not if I have anything to say about it. But going up against a demon...the thought it terrifying.

The queen has been cursed, and no one knows who's behind the plot to threaten the realm's fragile peace. Desperate to help, Jocasta hatches a plan to find Circe's Garden, a fabled island where she hopes to discover an antidote. But she can't do it alone. She needs the strong arm and unflinching bravery of the warrior she's loved since childhood—her brother's right-hand-man and captain of the guard, Flynn of Sinta. Together they can do the impossible. Yet with treachery brewing on Mount Olympus, one thing is clear: Thalyria and its new royals are still pawns in an epic game of power.

Frankenstein, first published in 1818, is widely recognised as being one of the first 'science fiction' novels. Starring Michael Maloney as Frankenstein and John Wood as the Creature, this spine-tingling dramatisation perfectly conveys the book's pervasive sense of unease and dread. Victor...

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by Lavinia Murray. Episode 1: Gargantua. The bawdy, exuburant adventures of medieval giants. A dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. The first episode depicts the young life of...

In Sydney sind die Abkömmlinge berühmter Märchenfiguren in zwei Klassen gespalten. Auf der Seite der Unterdrückten stehen Regina, die Tochter der Dunklen Fee, und Malcom, der Sohn der Bösen Königin. Als Agenten des Geheimdienstes Fablehaven kämpfen sie um ihren Platz in der Gesellschaft, während sie gleichzeitig als Wickeds geächtet werden. Zu allem Überfluss steht das größte Fest des Jahrhunderts an: die Hochzeit ihres beliebten, strahlenden Mitagenten und Malcoms erklärtem Erzfeind Prinz Charming. Doch dann erschüttert eine grausame Mordserie Sydney.

Endlich scheint der lang ersehnte Frieden bei Emilijana und Merkur einzukehren. Die Prüfungen liegen hinter ihnen und die Priesterinnen Xayklorions stellen keine Gefahr mehr für die junge Familie dar. Auch die Vereinigung der magischen Völker rückt in greifbare Nähe.

Princess Liesel’s older sister, Verena, hasn’t smiled in years. Desperate to improve her low spirits, the king declares that the man who can make Verena laugh will earn her hand in marriage. But his plan seems doomed to failure from the start. Each unsuccessful attempt only makes Verena more despondent, and a set of mysterious masked suitors raises suspicions about a plot by an enemy prince.

As Layla Ironwood-Steelsinger prepares to host a massive Midsummer celebration, she can't shake the feeling that something dark looms on the horizon. And she's not wrong. Ancient spells and plots are unraveling, gods walk among the party, and deep beneath the earth, a force that could destroy everything stirs in its centuries-long slumber.

La arqueóloga náutica Haven Ambrose acaba de llegar a la soleada ciudad de Positano para investigar los misteriosos naufragios de la costa amalfitana, pero a la vez, en secreto, busca el tesoro de gemas de valor incalculable que su padre descubrió durante su última inmersión. Tras la llegada de Haven, extraños remolinos y desgracias comienzan a encadenarse. En 1821, Mari DeLuca y las mujeres de la ciudad practican el legendario arte de la stregheria, la magia para controlar el poder del mar.

In "Atlantis und die Götter der Antike" entführt Manly P. Hall den Leser in die geheimnisvolle Welt versunkener Zivilisationen und mythischer Überlieferungen. Basierend auf seinem monumentalen Werk The Secret Teachings of All Ages untersucht er die Legenden um Atlantis und andere uralte Kulturen, deren Wissen und Errungenschaften bis heute das Fundament vieler Mythen, Religionen und philosophischer Systeme bilden.

Long before modern theories of human origins took shape, William F. Warren proposed an extraordinary idea—that the cradle of civilization once lay in the far North, in a lost polar homeland remembered in ancient myths and sacred texts around the world. In Paradise Found, first published in 1885, Warren explores the world’s oldest legends—from Eden and Olympus to Asgard and Avalon—tracing their shared symbolism to a common source: a vanished paradise near the Pole.

When a beautiful princess is cursed by an offended fairy to prick her finger on a spindle and fall into an enchanted sleep for a hundred years, the entire kingdom slumbers with her. Hidden behind an impenetrable forest of thorns, the palace waits — silent, forgotten, and alive with magic. A century later, a brave young prince discovers the mysterious castle and awakens the princess with a kiss, beginning a tale that unfolds far beyond the familiar happily ever after.

Um ihre Schuld bei einer Hexe abzutragen, regiert Nyxia seit Jahrhunderten das Wunderland als Herzkönigin. Als diesmal Elion – der sie vor Jahren vor dem sicheren Tod bewahrt hat – vor ihr steht, sucht Nyxia eine Möglichkeit, ihn noch vor der Auswahl loszuwerden. Doch Elion lässt sich nicht so leicht entmutigen. Er sucht Nyxias Nähe und gibt ihr zum ersten Mal seit Jahren das Gefühl, kein Monster zu sein.

With just three months until the king razes her new home to build a coal mine, Alison Lennox and her friends travel to the isolated campus of Winwold College, a beautiful old castle nestled deep in the mountains of Loegria. There, they meet eccentric Professor Mircalla Marin and her bumbling graduate student Leo, the only people who can help them fix their solar generator in time to save the town. But when a massive storm cuts the campus off from the outside world, strange things begin to happen.

Kate King presents Book 2.5 in the Enchanted Legacies series.

In the colonized nation of Viryana, Poppy Sutherland lives between cultures. As the brown-skinned adopted daughter of the Viceroy, she is both rejected by white high society and alienated from the people of her native island. When she discovers her opportunistic fiancé's plot to exile her, Poppy flees—straight into the clutches of the Jackal.

Vor tausend Jahren flüchtet eine Frau durch eine urzeitliche schottische Landschaft. Die Männer, die sie jagen, wollen sie töten – denn sie ist die Einzige, die zwischen ihnen und ihren blutigen Zielen steht. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine starke, charismatische Frau, die alles gibt, um das Richtige zu tun. Die Verluste erträgt und sich jeder Gefahr stellt, um die Intrigen rücksichtsloser und machthungriger Männer zu überstehen.

Eros is a stunning collection of short stories, grounded in truth and coloured with dazzling imagination and alluring unpredictable mystery. Revealing how queerness, nature and myth have been intertwined for eternity, these are stories of gods and goddesses: of Zeus, of Eurydice, of Hermaphroditus, of Icarus before he flew into the sun. Stories of queer life, lust, revenge, wrath, passion and sex. Of yearning, love, loss. Some stories span across a life, and others, an evening. Perspectives will shift. Houses will burn. Lovers will learn their fate.