E. M. Wilmot-Buxton

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

A collection of myths about Thor, Odin, Sigurd, and other Nordic gods, goddesses, and heroes.

Viking Gods and Heroes

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Alexandra Bracken

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

Bind Your Fate To Mine 

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes a sweepingly ambitious, high-octane tale of power, destiny, love and redemption. HER NAME WILL BE LEGEND Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality. Long ago, Lore Perseous fled that brutal world in the wake of her family's sadistic murder by a rival line, turning her back on the hunt's promises of eternal glory. For years she's pushed away any thought of revenge against the man--now a god--responsible for their deaths. Yet as the next hunt dawns over New York City, two participants seek out her help: Castor, a childhood friend of Lore believed long dead, and a gravely wounded Athena, among the last of the original gods. The goddess offers an alliance against their mutual enemy and, at last, a way for Lore to leave the Agon behind forever. But Lore's decision to bind her fate to Athena's and rejoin the hunt will come at a deadly cost--and still may not be enough to stop the rise of a new god with the power to bring humanity to its knees.

Lore

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David Slavin

Daniel Weitzman

Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Percy Jackson in Odd Gods, the first book in a hilarious illustrated series about the most unlikely, unusual Gods ever to grace the halls of Mount Olympus Middle School.

A Summer 2019 Kids' Indie Next Pick!

Oddonis may be the son of Zeus, but he's a little bit...odd for a God. He's so odd, in fact, he's not sure if he has any powers at all. And if that isn't enough, his twin brother Adonis is the most popular, most athletic, and most otherworldly handsome God of them all.

Oddonis's future at Mount Olympus Middle isn't looking bright, especially when he makes the last-minute decision to run against Adonis to be class president.

With the help of his friends Mathena (Goddess of math and poultry), Germes (God of all things sniffling and snotty), Puneous (the smallest God of them all), and Gaseous (enough said?), Oddonis is determined to win the race, prove that his friends are as good as any Greek God, and maybe, just maybe, find out what his true powers really are.

Read the hilarious new adventures of Oddonis and his friends from debut children's authors David Slavin and Daniel Weitzman, filled with dozens of black-and-white illustrations by award-winning artist Adam Lane. 

Odd Gods

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David M. Wilson

The results of this recording are now made available for the first time in their entirety. All the paintings are shown complete and in a series of details, many of them actual size, in which expressions and brush strokes speak out vividly across seven hundred years. The reproductions are printed in color to the highest standard. Accompanying texts provide the art-historical background, explain the narratives, and describe the frescoes' survival through the centuries. Giotto: The Arena Chapel Frescoes captures as never before the artist's supreme achievement in all its epoch-making power - his magisterial representation of weight and volume, his genius for storytelling, his compassion and his irresistible sense of drama. This is the definitive record of one of Western art's greatest treasures.

The Vikings and Their Origins

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The Mysteries Surrounding the Sequel to the Da Vinci Code

Secrets of the Widow’s Son is an unprecedented publishing event: a book about a book that has yet to be published. As the world waits breathlessly for Dan Brown to publish his sequel to The Da Vinci Code, this new book, Secrets of the Widow’s Son, prepares international audiences for what they will experience in Brown’s forthcoming book. Instead of asking what is fact and what is fiction after reading Brown’s next book (as so many readers did with The Da Vinci Code), those who read Secrets of the Widow’s Son will have the unique opportunity to explore these questions in advance.
Secrets of the Widow’s Son will lead the reader along an incredibly fascinating, thought-provoking, and ultimately shocking trail of clues, codes, and long-forgotten history, from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and the other Freemasons who were America’s Founding Fathers to an American capital city that rivals The Da Vinci Code’s Paris. The world awaits Dan Brown’s The Solomon Key. But it need not await the mysteries, adventures, themes, and characters likely to appear in that book--because now there is Secrets of the Widow’s Son.

Secrets of the Widow's Son

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Ex library copy, minor old book smell  but book is in very nice condition with Mylar covered dust jacket. 

Oregon

A Norse Myth

Retells the Norse myth about the God of Thunder and his recovery of his magic hammer, Mjolnir, from the Frost Giant, Thrym.

Stolen Thunder

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Kathy-jo Wargin

Michigan

A beautiful tale of the painted turtle Makinauk, his animal friends, and their discovery of new lands and long-lasting friendship.

The Legend of Mackinac Island

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Recounts the life of Petosegay, an Ottawa Indian chief, who gave his name to the small town in northern Michigan--Petoskey--where a unique stone can be found along its shores.

The Legend of the Petoskey Stone

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Wisconsin

From the prize-winning author and illustrator of Greek Myths and Greek Gods and Goddesses comes this wonderfully rich and varied collection of fifteen stories from Roman mythology, freshly retold and made accessible for today's readers. Here are all the famous myths: the birth of Venus, the founding of Rome, how the sacred geese saved the city from the Gauls -- stories that reflect the drama and the power that was Rome. Here are all the great gods and goddesses, brought vividly to life: Jupiter, the king of the gods; Juno, his wife; warrior Mars; Mercury the messenger; Diana, the goddess of hunting; as well as many of the lesser gods and goddesses who controlled every aspect of Roman life. Emma Chichester Clark's beautiful illustrations, inspired by Roman art and culture, perfectly reflect the liveliness of Geraldine McCaughrean's retellings.

Roman Myths

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Table of Contents:

Lighthouses: -- An old lighthouse flag -- Aids to navigation -- The nine lighthouses -- Legends: -- Ferries at Saugerties -- The old wreck -- Esopus Creek : past and present -- Heaven at Krum Elbow -- From old lighthouse records -- A true conservationist -- Old Overlook tales -- Fishing on the Hudson -- Our nautical highway -- Winter on the Hudson -- The tram way -- Who lived here? 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Maryland

Lighthouses and Legends of the Hudson 

Shu Shu Costa

Maine

Asian Myths and Traditions on Pregnancy and Birthing

Brimming over with Asian-American myths and traditions on conception, pregnancy and birth, this book presents mystical and enchanting narrative complemented by lovely vignettes, rich folklore, poems, literary excerpts, and nursery rhymes. Illustrations.

Lotus Seeds and Lucky Stars

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Joan Holub

Utah

Young Midas, who loves the color yellow, makes an impulsive wish that has dire consequences for his beloved toy dinosaur. Includes a retelling of the original Midas's Wish myth.

Make a Wish, Midas! (Mini Myths)

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Christopher N. L. Brooke

Saxon and Norman Kings

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The Celtic God of Dreams

From the beloved, bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series comes a delightful addition to the Myths series. Dream Angus is one of the earliest of the Celtic deities, and one of the most beloved. Angus comes bounding over the heather with his bag of dreams to dispense to those who want them. He is lithe of foot and beautiful – as befits one who is also the Celtic Eros, the god of love, youth and beauty. Angus is a playful trickster, given to frightening people and cattle. He will reveal to you in a dream your true love, if asked, and if in the mood. He is a romantic, and one of the main stories associated with him is his search for the young woman who had appeared to him in his dreams. Eventually he finds her, but she is under a spell which makes her assume the shape of a bird for a year. Angus changes himself into a swan and the two lovers fly off together. In McCall Smith’s inimitable retelling of the myth, the setting is twentieth century Scotland. Angus is a psychotherapist who helps people understand their dreams, but there are limits to what he can reveal. Mesmerically weaving the modern day with the tales of the Celtic god, Alexander McCall Smith unites dream and reality, leaving us to wonder: what is life, but the pursuit of our dreams?

Dream Angus

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Geoff Colvin

What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Links success to the practice and perseverance of specific efforts, and draws on scientific principles and real-world examples to demonstrate this systematic process at work.

Talent Is Overrated

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Richard Ellis

Ever since Plato created the legend of the lost island of Atlantis, it has maintained a uniquely strong grip on the human imagination. For two and a half millennia, the story of the city and its catastrophic downfall has inspired people--from Francis Bacon to Jules Verne to Jacques Cousteau--to speculate on the island's origins, nature, and location, and sometimes even to search for its physical remains. It has endured as a part of the mythology of many different cultures, yet there is no indisputable evidence, let alone proof, that Atlantis ever existed. What, then, accounts for its seemingly inexhaustible appeal? Richard Ellis plunges into this rich topic, investigating the roots of the legend and following its various manifestations into the present. He begins with the story's origins. Did it arise from a common prehistorical myth? Was it a historical remnant of a lost city of pre-Columbians or ancient Egyptians? Was Atlantis an extraterrestrial colony? Ellis sifts through the "scientific" evidence marshaled to "prove" these theories, and describes the mystical and spiritual significance that has accrued to them over the centuries. He goes on to explore the possibility that the fable of Atlantis was inspired by a conflation of the high culture of Minoan Crete with the destruction wrought on the Aegean world by the cataclysmic eruption, around 1500 b.c., of the volcanic island of Thera (or Santorini). A fascinating historical and archaeological detective story, Imagining Atlantis is a valuable addition to the literature on this essential aspect of our mythohistory.

Imagining Atlantis

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Shiloh Walker

Connecticut

Neither of them heard the footsteps. Until Rafe's voice cut through the tension in the air, they hadn't even realized he was there. But as they turned to look at the Master, both of them felt something change...a subtle shift in the air. Subtlebut it came with something icy and ugly. Something that filled Kel with dread. "Don't tell me he's killed again," he rasped. Disgusted and furious, his hands closed into fists and the refrain started to circle through his mind once more. Helpless. Useless. Worthless. The feral's words whispered through his mind. "I'm going to rip your heart out of your chest and smash it. You will die this time." Kel's own respondse..."Promise?"

Hunter's Edge

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Delaware

2 Books From the Go Engage Library 

The Sword 

Alabama

The Da Vinci Code 

Neil Gaiman

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

The bestselling author of Neverwhere returns with his biggest, most commercial novel yet—a tour de force of contemporary fiction A master of inventive fiction, Neil Gaiman delves into the murky depths where reality and imagination meet. Now in American Gods, he works his literary magic to extraordinary results. Shadow dreamed of nothing but leaving prison and starting a new life. But the day before his release, his wife and best friend are killed in an accident. On the plane home to the funeral, he meets Mr. Wednesday—a beguiling stranger who seems to know everything about him. A trickster and rogue, Mr. Wednesday offers Shadow a job as his bodyguard. With nowhere left to go, Shadow accepts, and soon learns that his role in Mr. Wednesday’s schemes will be far more dangerous and dark than he could have ever imagined. For beneath the placid surface of everyday life a war is being fought —and the prize is the very soul of America.

American Gods [TV Tie-In]

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Olivia E. Coolidge

Kentucky

A collection of stories about the heroes of early Greece and the inhabitants of Olympus, based on original sources.

Greek Myths

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Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed

Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and . . . Ham Sandwiches?

If you are a music fan, you may be aware of some of music's most enduring mysteries. Where did Pearl Jam get their name? Are the White Stripes related by blood or by marriage? Did Mama Cass really die from choking on a ham sandwich? Gavin Edwards has heard just about every strange question, racy rumor, and legend of the music world. As the writer of Rolling Stone's "Rolling Stone Knows" column, Edwards proved himself as a one-man encyclopedia of music trivia. Now he shares all of his knowledge with you. Look inside to find the answers to these questions and more:

*What's the connection between The Beach Boys and Charles Manson?

*How did Dr. Dre and Eminem meet?

*Did Mick Jagger and David Bowie really sleep together?

*What's the deal with Led Zeppelin and the shark?

*What's the feud between The Smashing Pumpkins and Pavement all about?

*Was Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" really written about his most private body part?

Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John? might not tell you who shot Tupac or why Celine Dion is still allowed to make records, but with thorough research and answers straight from the mouths of the performers themselves, Edwards will help you become a music geek extraordinaire.

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E. M. Wilmot-Buxton

Viking Gods and Heroes

Alexandra Bracken

Lore

David Slavin; Daniel Weitzman

Odd Gods

David M. Wilson

The Vikings and Their Origins

David A Shugarts; Daniel Burstein (Introduction by)

Secrets of the Widow's Son

Shirley Climo

Stolen Thunder

Kathy-jo Wargin

The Legend of Mackinac Island

Kathy-jo Wargin

The Legend of the Petoskey Stone

Geraldine McCaughrean; Emma Chichester Clark (Illustrator)

Roman Myths

Ruth R. Glunt

Lighthouses and Legends of the Hudson

Shu Shu Costa

Lotus Seeds and Lucky Stars

Joan Holub

Make a Wish, Midas! (Mini Myths)

Christopher N. L. Brooke

Saxon and Norman Kings

Alexander McCall Smith

Dream Angus

Geoff Colvin

Talent Is Overrated

Richard Ellis

Imagining Atlantis

Shiloh Walker

Hunter's Edge

Go Engage

The Sword

Dan brown

The Da Vinci Code

Neil Gaiman

American Gods [TV Tie-In]

Olivia E. Coolidge

Greek Myths

Gavin Edwards

Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?

Estelle B. Schneiber

King Author and the Knight of The Round Table

Edward Steers Jr.

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