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Author | : Kerby Rosanes |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2023-07-11 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0593474465 |
Whimsical and amazing animals both real and imagined come to life in detailed artwork by Kerby Rosanes This beautiful coloring book features fifty-eight astonishing animal images from Kerby Rosanes, combining illustrations of fantastical shape-shifting animals with real-life depictions of the natural world in all of its fragile beauty. Artwork from his bestselling books Fragile World, Worlds Within Worlds, Animorphia, Mythomorphia, Geomorphia, and Imagimorphia comes together for the very first time in a spectacular compilation sure to enchant and engross animal lovers and coloring enthusiasts.
Author | : Dean Jacobs |
Publisher | : Travel 4 Life |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2011-09-01 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780974944111 |
Author | : Lisl Weil |
Publisher | : Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Discusses the magical creatures of various cultures since ancient times, such as phoenix, sphinx, dragons, trolls, and witches.
Author | : Boria Sax |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2013-11-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1780232136 |
An extraordinary menagerie of fantastical and unreal beasts featuring hundreds of illustrations, from griffins to dog-men, mermaids, dragons, unicorns, and yetis. Fire-breathing dragons, beautiful mermaids, majestic unicorns, terrifying three-headed dogs—these fantastic creatures have long excited our imagination. Medieval authors placed them in the borders of manuscripts as markers of the boundaries of our understanding. Tales from around the world place these beasts in deserts, deep woods, remote islands, ocean depths, and alternate universes—just out of our reach. And in the sections on the apocalypse in the Bible, they proliferate as the end of time approaches, with horses with heads like lions, dragons, and serpents signaling the destruction of the world. Legends tell us that imaginary animals belong to a primordial time, before everything in the world had names, categories, and conceptual frameworks. In this book, Boria Sax digs into the stories of these fabulous beasts. He shows how, despite their liminal role, imaginary animals like griffins, dog-men, yetis, and more are socially constructed creatures, created through the same complex play of sensuality and imagination as real ones. Tracing the history of imaginary animals from Paleolithic art to their roles in stories such as Harry Potter and even the advent of robotic pets, he reveals that these extraordinary figures help us psychologically—as monsters, they give form to our amorphous fears, while as creatures of wonder, they embody our hopes. Their greatest service, Sax concludes, is to continually challenge our imaginations, directing us beyond the limitations of conventional beliefs and expectations. Featuring over 230 illustrations of a veritable menagerie of fantastical and unreal beasts, Imaginary Animals is a feast for the eyes and the imagination.
Author | : Nancy Springer |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2014-12-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 145324848X |
A king and a madman in a dying world must join together, facing monsters and terrors to save what few mortals still remain, in the first book of the masterful Sea King Trilogy by one of fantasy fiction’s most accomplished world builders Once there were towering cities filled with masses of people. But no longer. Now six dwindling tribes huddle between the plains and the sea. Once the woodlands teemed with all manner of creatures—until the terrible Devourers swooped down from the skies to feed on them. Now all is silent. Rad Korridun, king of the Seal Kindred tribe, seeks the answers that will save his people. To find them he must join with Dannoc, accused of foul murder and driven mad by the horrors he has witnessed but cannot remember. Kor and Dan are bonded together by a great and powerful magic, their minds and spirits and hearts united as one. On their journey they join with Tassida—the tribeless wanderer and warrior, beautiful and mysterious. But what awaits them beyond the mountains is a darkness that dwarfs all nightmares as destiny draws them ever closer to the source of the end to all things.
Author | : Nancy Knowlton |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1426206437 |
In this refreshing, reader-friendly, and colorfully illustrated book about the ocean, renowned marine scientist Knowlton presents an overview of the hundreds of species that have been discovered in the past decade.
Author | : Sultanah AD |
Publisher | : Sultanah AD |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2021-02-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
In ancient times, in the north, where rivers flew from paradise, a great war erupted. In the south, and in the unparalleled city, hearts had been trembling in a hot spring whirlpool. And between them, there were wishes lost in the valley of a thousand villages. There, breaths were stopped, tears were shed, sacrifices were offered, then the smiles were drawn. In the north, where the civilization of Mesopotamia was raised, our first story events begin
Author | : George Wade Robinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1871 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Sasha Sagan |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2021-10-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 073521879X |
"A charming book, ringing with the joy of existence." --Richard Dawkins The perfect gift for a loved one or for yourself, For Small Creatures Such as We is part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, a luminous celebration of Earth's marvels that require no faith in order to be believed. Sasha Sagan was raised by secular parents, the astronomer Carl Sagan and the writer and producer Ann Druyan. They taught her that the natural world and vast cosmos are full of profound beauty, and that science reveals truths more wondrous than any myth or fable. When Sagan herself became a mother, she began her own hunt for the natural phenomena behind our most treasured occasions--from births to deaths, holidays to weddings, anniversaries, and more--growing these roots into a new set of rituals for her young daughter that honor the joy and significance of each experience without relying on a religious framework. As Sagan shares these rituals, For Small Creatures Such as We becomes a moving tribute to a father, a newborn daughter, a marriage, and the natural world--a celebration of life itself, and the power of our families and beliefs to bring us together.
Author | : Nancy Springer |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2014-12-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1453248501 |
In the second book of Nancy Springer’s remarkable Sea King fantasy trilogy, a king’s quest for the survival of his world leads him and his bond brother to a terrifying realm of the dead beneath the water Once, great kings reigned in mighty, teeming cities. Now six small tribes inhabit the known world—and their world is nearing its end. When Rad Korridun, king of the Seal Kindred Tribe, first encountered Dannoc, the troubled chieftain saw clearly that the man was mad, while Dan thought Kor was the god he had long been seeking. However, the unique connection they shared could not be ignored, and a powerful brotherhood was born. The arrival of Tassida, the beautiful mystery, strengthened that bond and threatened it as well. Now that the beasts of their world have fallen prey to the terrible hunger of the Devourers, the survival of the tribes depends on these three whom Destiny is leading to the undersea land of the dead. There, Dannoc seeks to reunite with his lost father. For Tassida, it is a homecoming. But Kor faces a reunion of a much darker sort, for here lies the source of all the world’s ills.