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Where's Waldo? the Fantastic Journey
now In Paperback For The First Time! the Elusive Little Guy You Loved As A Kid Has Ventured Into An Affordable New Format, Ready To Boggle A New Generationl. Now He's Easier To Carry Around -- But Jus...t As Hard As Ever To Find!from The Trade Paperback Edition.
The Book of Fantasy
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A Journey to the Center of the Earth (Great Illustrated Classics)
A team of explorers makes an expedition into a crater in Iceland that leads to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries.Children's LiteratureAxel is quite at home with rock...s. Perhaps this is because he lives with his eccentric but brilliant uncle, the geologist and adventurer Professor Lidenbrock. Usually, his uncle's adventures are odd, but not completely insane. That is until a runic note falls from a text that Professor Lidenbrock is reading. The note becomes the key to a quest that may lead them the very center of the earth. The pair departs immediately for Iceland, hiring Hans Bjelke as a guide. They follow the instructions on the note and do indeed find a passage into the earth. There, they experience a number of wonders and frights far beyond what they have ever imagined. They pass through a chamber with flammable gas and use acoustic phenomenon to talk to each other while they are miles apart. They continue on and find an ocean. They cross the ocean, only to witness two dinosaurs attacking each other. Then, they see a herd of dinosaurs walk by a prehistoric man over twelve feet tall. The travelers begin to leave, only to be stopped by a caved-in tunnel. They blast their way through and are rushed out of the volcano in a pool of water and magma. They return to their home in Germany and are greeted with joy and treated famously. While this story is indeed a classic and truly belongs on library shelves, only the most die-hard fantasy fans will love this book. Verne's descriptions and characterizations are wonderful, but he is definitely not a writer for the casual reader. Reviewer: Melyssa Malinowski
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
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Other Worlds Than These
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Literary Wonderlands: A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created
From The Epic Of Gilgamesh, Almost Two Thousand Years Bce, To The Modern Fantasys Of Stephen King's Dark Tower Series And J.k. Rowling's Harry Potter, Authors Have Created Fictional Realms That Have C...aptivated Audiences. Miller Has Guided A Team Of Writers To Unlock The Mysteries And Meanings Of Nearly 100 Fantastical And Awe-inspiring Lands. The Essays Explore The Contemporary Events And Circumstances That Influenced Each Work, And Examine How Elements Of The Author's Life Were Relevant To The Creation Of The Story. Introduction -- Ancient Myth & Legend -- Science & Romanticism -- Golden Age Of Fantasy -- New World Order -- The Computer Age. General Editor, Laura Miller. Includes Index.
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday
with This Posthumously Published Anthology—a Successor To His Bestselling italian Folktales—italo Calvino, A Contemporary Surveyor Of The Otherwordly, Pays Homage To Twenty-six Of His Ninete...enth-century Precursors. The Resulting Volume Is Both An Education In The History Of Fantastic Literature And A Rollercoaster Ride Of Wonder And Terror, Vampires, Ghosts, And The Rebellious Creatures Of Our Own Psyches. selections Include:e.t.a. Hoffmann—"the Sandman"gérard De Nerval—"the Enchanted Hand"nikolai Gogol—"the Nose"edgar Allan Poe—"the Tell-tale Heart"hans Christian Andersen—"the Shadow"ambrose Bierce—"chickamauga"robert Louis Stevenson—"the Bottle Imp"henry James—"the Friends Of The Friends"h.g. Wells—"the Country Of The Blind"comprising Stories Of The Supernatural And Narratives Of The Everyday Uncanny, fantastic Tales Is A Gallery Of Enchantments, Deliciously Entertaining Yet More Disturbing Than Our Most Persistent Nightmares.kirkus Reviewsan Attractive Compendium Of 26 American And European 19th- Century Tales That Was Originally Published In Italy In 1983, Shortly Before Calvino's Death. Altogether, It's A Curious Mix, Prefaced By A Charmingly Learned Introduction That Elucidates The Distinction The Subtitle Proclaims, And Enhanced By Disarmingly Personal Headnotes To Each Story. English-language Readers Will Note Overfamiliar Contributions From Several Masters, Including Scott, Hawthorne, Gogol, Stevenson, And Poe, Among Others. But There Are Also Several Fortuitous, Little-known Choices, Including Philacrète Chasles's Strange Blend Of Folklore And Surrealism, The Eye With No Lid; Henry James's Underrated The Friends Of The Friends (a Partial Precursor Of His Masterly The Turn Of The Screw); And The Pseudonymous Vernon Lee's Magnificent Tale (a Lasting Love) About A Dead Beauty Who Reaches From Beyond The Grave To Destroy Men Seduced By Her Painted Image. Several Flourishing Literary Traditions Are Un- Or Under-represented: For Example, The Sole Scandinavian Choice Is Hans Christian Andersen's Wispy The Shadow (one Wonders If Calvino Knew The Infinitely Superior Storytelling Of Selma Lagerlöf And Jonas Lie). Other Omissions Are Equally Puzzling, Making This An Entertaining Selection, Though Hardly A Comprehensive Or Authoritative One.
Fantasy Stories
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Into the Thinking Kingdoms (Journeys of the Catechist, #2)
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The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Great Writers on Great Places
From the #1 travel magazine in the country, a collection of travel tales from some of today's finest writers Travel writing maintains its seemingly endless popularity, and this volume offers a particu...larly transporting body of work, pairing exotic locales with writers of the highest caliber: Russell Banks writes on the Everglades, Francine Prose explores the secrets of Prague, Robert Hughes takes us on a tour of Italy, and more. From the most beautiful gardens to visit in Japan to the best free things to do in Provence, this book is as enlightening as it is entertaining. Whether off to the other side of the globe or to their favorite reading chair, wanderers of every sort will find this book truly indispensable. Other featured writers and places include: Nik Cohn on Savannah Philip Gourevitch on Tanzania Shirley Hazzard on Capri Pico Iyer on Iceland and Ethiopia Nicole Krauss on Japan Suketu Mehta on the Himalayas Edna O'Brien on Bath Patricia Storace on Provence and Athens James Truman on Iran Gregor Von Rezzori on Romania Edmund White on Jordan Simon Winchester on Mount Pinatubo William Dalrymple on his pilgrimage to Santiago John Julius Norwich on the Vatican Jan Morris on Hawaii
