Stories of giants

Reducere. Listen...The furious clangor of battle. The harrowing singing of steel. The desperate cries of wounded animals. The gasps of bleeding, dying men. T...

From wicked queens and fearsome beasts to sneaky witches and terrible giants, this atmospherically illustrated collection of darkly magical fairy t...

Night as Clear as Day--In the tradition of Flannery O'Connor and J. F. Powers, these thirty-five inspirational short stories portray unforgettable ...

Reducere. Conflicts with colleagues . . . The death of an employee . . . Personal devastation . . . Disruptive culture . . . Threats of violence . . . Lack o...

Reducere. When faced with the danger of giants, ogres, and witches, other damsels might quake with fear . . . but not LillyBelle At the School for Damsels, L...

Reducere. Travel back to a magical world of colorful myth and legend as you explore this collection of folktales from Sweden. Over eighty stories are told, w...

Dr. Ardy Sixkiller Clarke, author of Encounters With Star People, vowed as a teenager to follow in the footsteps of two 19th-century explorers, Joh...

Reducere. Description"As a life-long Dodger fan, I found "My Life In Yankee Stadium" a great read. It is funny, heartwarming, and a great look at baseball fr...

Reducere. The history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is as ancient and mesmerizing as its beaches. Much has been documented, but many stories were lost--unt...

Reducere. DescriptionBefore multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes became synonymous with professional sports, there existed the beli...

Reducere. Norse myths are chock full with stories of heroism, gods, giants, dwarfs, along with strong elements of shamanism, pagan ritual, sorcery and shape-...

The View from Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Bathroom Window is a collection of Beat Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Photos from the Underground. This col...

Reducere. DescriptionThe 287-mile stretch of highway that runs east to west across Nevada's desert is billed as the "Loneliest Road in America." But those wh...

We come from dust, and to dust we return...Earth is steady. Solid. Reliable. It is the source of life and the thing which sustains it. But it's not...

Reducere. From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk and fairy stories ful...

Reducere. New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates' imaginative look at the last days of five giants of American literature, now available in a de...

Reducere. In Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets--and alien life--bey...

Reducere. Treasury of 64 tales invites readers into the shadowy, twilight world of Celtic myth and legend. Mischievous fairy people, murderous giants, priest...

Reducere. The Smoky God is a classic tale of the genre of subterranean literature. A favorite of Amazing Stories publisher Ray Palmer, the Smoky God is the (...

Reducere. This collection includes six short plays: FLOWERS, TAPE, A TIGER IN CENTRAL PARK, GAS, THE CROOKED CROSS, and THE WINGED MAN. The genesis of these ...

DescriptionA new centenary gift edition of the much-loved collection of folk and fairy tales from Sweden, illustrated by acclaimed artist John Baue...

Reducere. DescriptionTrolls and Hidden Folk are a part of daily life in Iceland. This collection of Icelandic folklore and legends comes from the days of the...

Reducere. Freed from Pharaoh's reign in Egypt, Moses leads His people into the wilderness to learn God's Ways. The journey is tough. Raging seas, fearsome en...

Reducere. The stories collected in The Dawn of the World were related by the Miwok elders after the first rains of the winter season, usually in the ceremoni...

Reducere. Few reptiles command more respect than the mighty boas and pythons. Prized for their size, relative docility, and spectacular coloration and patter...

Reducere. In The Way of the Mystics we are invited to take a journey to the heart of our faith by examining the stories of thirteen of Christian history's mo...

Mike Puma of the New York Post provides insight into the team's inner sanctum as only he can The New York Mets are one of the most historic teams i...

Reducere. Aldous Huxley's stature as one of the giants of modern English prose and of social commentary in our time is confirmed in this gathering of his dis...

Reducere. Behold the Void is a collection of nine stories of terror that huddle in the dark space between cosmic horror and the modern weird, between old-sch...

A flower-spouting princess, gobbling prince, emerald-winged fairy, foolish giants, fearsome ogres, and talking frog and fish are just a few of the ...

Reducere. Former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent brings together a stellar roster of ballplayers from the 1950s and 1960s in this wonderful ne...

Reducere. Named one of the best business books of the year (by Fortune and Newsweek), SONY is the intimate biography of one of the world's leading electronic...

This fiercely entertaining collection is packed with tales of dragons, ogres, giants, sea serpents and other weird and wonderful monsters. The exci...

Reducere. Acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction Irving Stone turns his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting s...

Reducere. In ancient times there are stories of the gods who descended to Earth and brought knowledge and civilization to mankind. The oldest stories were fr...

Completing Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's definitive survey of fantasy fiction from around the globe, this companion volume to The Big Book of Classic F...

Reducere. Visiting the redwoods in nineteenth-century California meant coming to Big Trees Grove, now part of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. This forest o...

Reducere. Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people. Black lea...

Reducere. DescriptionLuc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne are giants in contemporary world cinema, steadfastly radical in both principles and approach. Their films t...

Reducere. The Wergens: a highly sophisticated alien race biochemically infatuated with humans. They crave us, they need us, while we need their technology.Hu...

Reducere. Forty-nine short stories, selected for their richness of detail, accurate depictions of human passion, and international scope, fill this collectio...

Reducere. If you could spend a few minutes with the giants of faith in the Old Testament in person, what lessons would they share with you? In LEARNING FROM ...

Reducere. "Earns four stars for its excellent variety of themes, the concise nature of each story, and the fantastic artwork."--Maryanne Obersinner, O'Hara C...

Take charge of your career and create a life full of learning, adventure, joy, and success utilizing these never-before-shared leadership principle...

Reducere. Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers. She has been called -an American virtuoso of the short story form- (Salon) and -on...

Reducere. London has the greatest literary tradition of any city in the world. Its roll call of storytellers includes cultural giants like Shakespeare, Defoe...

Reducere. Discover the heroes and monsters from Norse mythology--legends and stories for kids 8 to 12What is more awesome than the hammer-wielding thunder-go...

Reducere. Do you know that the Mayans believed that the Earth was flat with four poles supporting the sky? Or that the Inca Emperors were thought to be the d...

Reducere. As a software engineer, you recognize at some point that there's much more to your career than dealing with code. Is it time to become a manager? T...

Reducere. We often think of the apostles as spiritual giants-men who were uniquely qualified to walk with Jesus and carry on His mission to the world. But th...

The 1954 Cleveland Indians were one of the most remarkable baseball teams of all time. Their record for most wins (111) fell only when the baseball...

Reducere. This illustrated edition retains Willy Pogany's original drawings. Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic an...

Reducere. After almost four decades of high-powered, top-level jobs, Sarah Dufendach found herself chafing at the external restraints of her career. A solici...

DescriptionYour mental model is not rigid. At any point in life, you possess the ability to change your perspective. Have you found that success do...

Reducere. "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." This line from director John Ford's film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance serves as an epigraph f...

Reducere. Soon to be a TV show on Hulu After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed sup...

DescriptionA roleplaying game of adventure and fantasy in the age of King Arthur and the Britain of folklore.Romance of the Perilous Land is a role...

Reducere. DescriptionThe 287-mile stretch of highway that runs east to west across Nevada's desert is billed as the "Loneliest Road in America." But those wh...

DescriptionThe eleven stories gathered together in these two volumes share their own common feature. All have connections to the world of belles le...

Reducere. The history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is as ancient and mesmerizing as its beaches. Much has been documented, but many stories were lost--unt...

Reducere. There are very few major personalities in the world of sports who have so much to say about our National Pastime. And even fewer who are as well re...

Reducere. We have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons and enormous killer sk...

Reducere. The docks and alleys of Philadelphia's riverward neighborhoods teem with forgotten stories and strange histories. In the overlooked corners of Kens...

Reducere. A highly literary and reflective portrait of Charlie Russell's beautiful and unparalleled relationship with some of our planet's most majestic gian...

Reducere. DescriptionThis exciting book from the editors of Guitar World is a treasure trove for any guitarist. Featuring electrifying profiles of everyone f...

Ballads and Bedtime Stories--a collection of song lyrics and short stories you might keep on your nightstand.Standing on the shoulders of giants li...

The Fifties...The world was still rebuilding itself after the Second World War and American patriotism was at an all-time high. The public, in turn...

Reducere. First published in 1917, Little Brother & Little Sister is a mix of forty well known and less known Grimm fairy tales, including "Snow-White and Ro...

Reducere. Business genius and hedonist, Charles Schwab entered the steel industry as an unskilled laborer and within twenty years advanced to the presidency ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: The Norroena SocietyFrom the ashes arises the sacred lore of the North, the ancient stories and proverbial wisdom of the Od...