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The primal beating heart at the center of much of the Western literary canon can be found in the folk stories, myths, and fairy tales collected by the amateur folklorists Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm. Surprisingly graphic in comparison to their sanitized twentieth-century retellings, these intense tales are not for the faint at heart. A must-read for any fan of folklore.
42) Home Sweet Home
THREE'S A CROWD * Fern Michaels
This Mother's Day will be the first in three years that Samantha Stewart has spent with her parents. And she's bringing a very special gift—the baby granddaughter they've never met. Sam's work as an overseas...
Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersen is regarded as one of the most important figures in the genre of children's literature. With tales such as The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, and The Little Match Girl, Andersen has captivated generations of readers around the globe. This collection presents an array of Andersen's most beloved fairy tales.
44) Aesop's Fables
Aesop was an Ancient Greek story-teller and slave, famed and cherished for his short fables that often involve personified animals. In the renowned collection of works that is Aesop's Fables, he weaves moral education and entertainment together into tales that have been enjoyed by many, many generations. A lot of the stories in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (giving us the term "sour grapes"), The Tortoise and the
...47) Shadow Tales
Shirley Damsgaard, author of the Agatha Award nominated WITCH WAY TO MURDER and the popular Ophelia and Abby Mystery Series, presents seven tales of the mysterious and unexplained in her first short story collection. Get caught up in the world of a mother who's desperate to make a new life for her children and who's willing to do just about anything to achieve it. Join a young woman as she searches to uncover a secret that's been buried for over
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