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Mythology
The term mythology can refer to either the study of myths or a body of myths. For example, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece. The term "myth" is often used colloquially to refer...
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Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula.
Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion...
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- 1897
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- 1897
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- 2072
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (pronounced /ˈɡɒdoʊ/) is a play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait for someone named Godot. Godot's absence, as well as numerous other aspects of the play, have led to many different...
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- 1952
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The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is...
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- 1908
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- 1908
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- 835
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is abducted on the eve of his coronation, and the protagonist, an English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles...
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- 1894
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Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a narrative poem in fifteen books that describes the creation and history of the world. Completed in 8 AD, it has remained one of the most popular works of mythology, being the Classical work best known to...
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The White Goddess
The White Goddess: a Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth is a book-length essay upon the nature of poetic myth-making by author and poet Robert Graves. First published in 1948, based on earlier articles published in Wales, corrected, revised and...
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- 1948
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- 1948
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- 948250
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The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941). It first was published in two volumes in 1890; the third edition,...
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- 1890
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Master and Commander
Master and Commander is a historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian. First published in 1969 (US) (1970 in UK), it is first in the Aubrey-Maturin series of stories of Captain Jack Aubrey and the naval surgeon Stephen Maturin. Closely based on the...
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- 1970
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- 1970
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The Sword in the Stone
The Sword in the Stone is a novel by T. H. White, published in 1938, initially a stand-alone work but now the first part of a tetralogy The Once and Future King. Walt Disney Productions adapted the story to an animated film, and the BBC adapted it...
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- 1938
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- Jan 1, 1939
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- 1070
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983), Beauty's Punishment (1984), and Beauty's Release (1985) are erotic novels by Anne Rice writing under the pseudonym of A. N. Roquelaure. The trilogy was a bestseller, outearning Interview with the Vampire.
They...
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- 1983
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- Mar 1, 1983
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- 15436
Journey to the West
Journey to the West (simplified Chinese: 西游记; traditional Chinese: 西遊記; pinyin: Xī Yóu Jì; Wade-Giles: Hsi-yu chi) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Originally published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty...
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The Old Wives' Tale
The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908. It deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, following their stories from their youth, working in their mother's draper's shop, into...
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- 1908
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Rip Van Winkle
"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The...
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The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" (Danish: Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to sacrifice her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince....
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- Apr 7, 1837
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Mythologies
Mythologies is the title of a book by Roland Barthes, published in 1957. It is a collection of essays taken from Les Lettres nouvelles, examining the tendency of contemporary social value systems to create modern myths. Barthes also looks at the...
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- 1957
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The Iron Heel
The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.
Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian," it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the...
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- 1908
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- 1908
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- 21610
The Blithedale Romance
The Blithedale Romance (1852) is Nathaniel Hawthorne's third major romance. In Hawthorne (1879), Henry James called it "the lightest, the brightest, the liveliest" of Hawthorne's "unhumorous fictions."
The principal setting is a communal farm called...
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The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth is a book and six part television documentary originally broadcast on PBS in 1988 as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. The documentary comprises six one-hour conversations between mythologist Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987) and...
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- 1988
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (first published in 1949) is a non-fiction book, and seminal work of comparative mythology by Joseph Campbell. In this publication, Campbell discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero found in world...
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- 1949
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- 852305
White Fang
White Fang is the title of a novel by American author Jack London. The novel was first serialized in The Outing Magazine in May to October 1906. It is the story of a wild wolfdog's journey toward becoming civilized in Yukon Territory, Canada, during...
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- May 1906
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Rupert of Hentzau
Rupert of Hentzau is a sequel by Anthony Hope to The Prisoner of Zenda, written in 1895, but not published until 1898.
The story is set within a framing narrative told by a supporting character from The Prisoner of Zenda. The frame implies that the...
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The Circus of Dr. Lao
The Circus of Dr. Lao is a 1935 novel written by Arizona newspaperman Charles G. Finney, and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. (Many later editions omit these illustrations.)
The novel is set in the fictional town of Abalone, Arizona, the...
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- 1935
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- 11518
The Alchemist
The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is an allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1988. It follows Santiago, a young shepherd who lives in Spain, on a journey to fulfill his Personal Legend and find his Treasure at the Pyramids in...
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- 2002
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- 1988
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- 23922
Mosses from an Old Manse
Mosses from an Old Manse was a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1846.
The collection included several previously-published short stories and was named in honor of The Old Manse where Hawthorne and his wife lived for...
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- 1846
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The Greek Myths
The Greek Myths (1955) is a mythography, a compendium of Greek mythology, by the poet and writer Robert Graves, normally published in two volumes.
Each myth is presented in the voice of a narrator writing under the Antonines, such as Plutarch or...
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In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message
In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message was written by Oskar Ernst Bernhardt (1875-1941) and first published in 1926 under the pen name Abdruschin. The last edition published by the author himself was in 1931, entitled In the Light of Truth. It is...
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale is a picture book written for young children, which tells an African legend. In this origin story, the mosquito lies to a lizard, who puts sticks in his ears and ends up frightening another...
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The Songlines
The Songlines is a 1986 book written by Bruce Chatwin, combining fiction and non-fiction. Chatwin describes a trip to Australia which he has taken for the express purpose of researching Aboriginal song and its connections to nomadic travel....
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- 1987
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The King Must Die
For the song by Elton John, see The King Must Die (song)
The King Must Die is a 1958 Bildungsroman and historical novel by Mary Renault that traces the early life and adventures of Theseus, a hero in Greek mythology. Naturally, it is set in Ancient...
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- 1958
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- 1958
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- 12659
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Myths to Live By
Myths to Live By is a collection of essays (originally given as lectures) by mythologist Joseph Campbell during the time period of 1958 to 1971.
The deep power of myth on the inner, spiritual lives of human beings throughout the ages (including our...
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An Instinct for Dragons
An Instinct for Dragons is a book by University of Central Florida anthropologist David E. Jones, which seeks to explain the alleged universality of dragon images in the folklore of human societies. In the introduction, Jones conducts a survey of...
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The Big Over Easy
The Big Over Easy is a novel written by Jasper Fforde and published in 2005. It features Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant, Sergeant Mary Mary.
It is set in an alternate reality similar to that of his previous books: The Eyre Affair,...
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- Jul 25, 2005
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- Jul 11, 2005
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- 170348
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Enchanted World
The Enchanted World Series of books, were a set of twenty one books released in the 1980s. Each book focused on different aspects of mythology or folklore and were released by Time Life Books. Their overall editor was Ellen Phillips and their...
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Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Mythica is an internet encyclopedia of folklore, mythology, and religion. It covers the mythology of most of the world, with sections spanning Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, both North and South America, and Oceania. This...
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Man and His Symbols
Man and His Symbols is the last psychological work undertaken by Carl Jung before his death in 1961. First published in 1964, it is divided into five parts, four of which are written by associates of Jung: Joseph L. Henderson, Marie-Louise von Franz...
A Scots Quair
A Scots Quair is a trilogy by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, describing the life of Chris Guthrie, a woman from the north east of Scotland during the early 20th century.
It consists of three novels: Sunset Song, Cloud Howe, and Grey...
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The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis
The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis is a book by Shrikant G. Talageri (b. 1958). It was published by Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi (India) in 2000.
The book gives Talageri's examination and interpretation ot the Rig Veda. In the eighth chapter Talageri...
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- 2000
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The Crystal Cave
The Crystal Cave is a 1970 fantasy novel by Mary Stewart. The first in a quintet of novels covering the Arthurian legend, it is followed by The Hollow Hills.
The protagonist of this story is a boy named Myrddin Emrys, also known as Merlin, which is...
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- 1970
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- 1970
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- 8246
The Hollow Hills
The Hollow Hills is a novel by Mary Stewart. It is the second in a quintet of novels covering the Arthurian Legends. This book is preceded by The Crystal Cave and succeeded by The Last Enchantment. The Hollow Hills was written in 1970.
The...
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- 1973
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- 1973
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- 8252
Book of Dede Korkut
The Book of Dede Korkut, also spelled as Dada Gorgud, Dede Qorqut or Korkut-ata (Turkish: Dede Korkut Kitabı, Azerbaijani: Kitabi Dədə Qorqud, کتاب دده قورقود , Persian: کتاب دده قورقود , Russian: Китаби деде Коркуд, Turkmen: Gorkut-ata), is the...
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The Nightingale
"The Nightingale" (Danish: "Nattergalen") is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875). The story is about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real...
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- Nov 11, 1843
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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (怪談, Kaidan, also Kwaidan (archaic)), often shortened to Kwaidan, is a book by Lafcadio Hearn that features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief study on insects. It was later used as the basis...
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The Religious System of the Amazulu
The Religious System of the Amazulu is a book by the English missionary Henry Callaway published in 1870. It is one of several books he wrote about the Zulu people and their beliefs.
The book is written in a question-answer format, in which Callaway...
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Kaffir Folk-lore: A Selection from the Traditional Tales
Kaffir Folk-lore: A Selection from the Traditional Tales is a book by George McCall Theal published in 1886. It is sometimes called Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk-lore or even Xhosa Folk-lore to avoid the word kaffir, which has since become a derogatory term ...
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Myths and Legends of the Bantu
Myths and Legends of the Bantu is a book by Alice Werner published in 1933. It contains legends and myths from the Bantu culture concerning the gods, the origin of mankind, the afterlife, the heroes and demigods, various creatures, real and mythical...
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Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort
Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort is a book by Richard Edward Dennett (introduction by Mary H. Kingsley) published in 1898.
It contains more than 30 traditional stories from French Congo which were collected by the Folklore Society of London.
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Drummer Hoff
Drummer Hoff is the title and main character of a children's book by Barbara and Ed Emberley. Ed Emberley won the 1968 Caldecott Medal for the book's illustrations. Written by Barbara Emberley, it tells a tale of seven soldiers who build a cannon...
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Hausa Folk-lore
Hausa Folk-lore is a book by Maalam Shaihua, translated by R. Sutherland Rattray, published in 1913. It contains twenty-one folk-stories of the Hausa people of Africa. The book is notable in that it was actually written by one of the Hausa, not a...
Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend
The Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (2002) is a book written by Anna L. Dallapiccola, and contains information on over one thousand concepts, characters, and places of Hindu mythology and Hinduism, one of the major religions of the Indian...
The Penelopiad
The Penelopiad is a novella by Margaret Atwood. It was published in 2005 as part of the first set of books in the Canongate Myth Series where contemporary authors rewrite ancient myths. In The Penelopiad, Penelope reminisces on the events during the...
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- Nov 2005
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- Oct 11, 2005
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- 186367
Jamaica Anansi Stories
Jamaica Anansi Stories is a book by Martha Warren Beckwith published in 1924. It is a collection of folklore, riddles and transcriptions of folk music, all involving the trickster Anansi, gathered from Jamaicans of African descent.
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Autobiography of Red
Autobiography of Red (1998) is a verse novel by Anne Carson, based loosely on the myth of Geryon and the Tenth Labor of Herakles, especially on surviving fragments of the lyric poet Stesichorus' poem Geryonis.
Autobiography of Red is the story of a...
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- Mar 31, 1998
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The Last Enchantment
The Last Enchantment is a 1979 fantasy novel by Mary Stewart. It is the third in a quintet of novels covering the Arthurian legend, preceded by The Hollow Hills and succeeded by The Wicked Day.
The protagonist of this story is the wizard Merlin, who...
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- 1979
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- Jan 1979
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- 1644
Worlds in Collision
Worlds in Collision is a book written by Immanuel Velikovsky and first published on April 3, 1950, by Macmillan Publishers. Macmillan's interest in publishing it was encouraged by the knowledge that Velikovsky had obtained a promise from Gordon...
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- 1950
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- 813109
Lady into Fox
Lady into Fox was David Garnett's first novel under his own name, published in 1922. This short and enigmatic work won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Hawthornden Prize a year later.
Sylvia Tebrick, the 24-year-old wife of Richard...
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- 1922
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A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1852) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is a re-writing of some of the most famous of the ancient Greek myths in a volume for children. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales for Boys and...
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The Fourth Bear
The Fourth Bear is a mystery/fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde published in July 2006. It is Jasper Fforde's sixth novel, and the second in the Nursery Crimes series (also known as the Jack Spratt series). It continues the story of Detective Inspector...
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- Aug 3, 2006
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- 256971
Acquainted With the Night
Acquainted with the Night: Excursions through the World After Dark (or Acquainted with the Night: A Celebration of the Dark Hours) is a non-fiction book by Christopher Dewdney about various aspects of night. It was first published in 2004 by...
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- 2004
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Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Peter and the Shadow Thieves is a children's novel that was published by Hyperion Books, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, in 2006. Written by humorist Dave Barry and novelist Ridley Pearson, the book is a sequel to their book Peter and the...
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- Jul 2006
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- Jul 2006
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- 182202
