Showing all 6 resultsSorted by latest
From dragons and unicorns to beings born only in Borges’s labyrinthine mind, this extraordinary compendium blurs the line between scholarship and fantasy. At once encyclopaedia and storybook, it reveals Borges’s genius for turning knowledge into wonder.
Follow Odysseus after he leaves the fallen city of Troy and takes ten long dramatic years – battling monsters, the temptations of goddesses and suffering the curse of Poseidon – to voyage home to his wife Penelope on the island of Ithaca.
In a world where magic is forgotten and unicorns walk the earth unseen,a young girl discovers she is a Unicorn Seeker – able to seeunicorns and feel their magic.But while these exciting powers bring adventure, they also bringdanger…
This is Stephen Fry’s bewitching retelling of the legend of Troy – a tale of love and war, passion and power.
Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta – who was raised by bears – outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.
Percy Jackson – the son of Poseidon – has had an unnervingly quiet school year. But then he discovers that the magical borders protecting Half Blood Hill, a summer camp dedicated to training young demi-gods, are failing. Unless something is done, the camp will be attacked by demons and monsters.
No products in the basket.
Notifications