Steve Vernon has another collection of classic, bone-chilling tales to tell. Steve takes readers from one end of New Brunswick to the other, unearthing dark tales of strange happenings along the way-from the headless ghost that haunts...
Legends
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Author:Page, P. K.Summary:This story is based on a Brazilian legend about a songbird reputed to sing the most beautiful song in all the world.
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Author:Wallis, VelmaSummary:The story of the survival of two elderly women abandoned by a migrating tribe in the Arctic.
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Author:Mitchell, MabelSummary: - Author:Robinson, TonySummary:
The story of Theseus, saved from death as a baby, narrowly escaping having his legs sliced off by an axe-wielding inn-keeper, he also has time to defeat hoards of pirates and kill the Minotaur!
- Author:Finch, PaulSummary:
A disgruntled writer pursues the legend of the Green Man, only to run into trouble of a less ethereal kind on the isolated Old North Road.
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Author:Taylor, Drew HaydenSummary:Nothing ever happens on the Otter Lake reserve. But when 16-year-old Tiffany discovers her father is renting out her room, she's deeply upset. Sure, their guest is polite and keeps to himself, but he's also a little creepy. Little do...
- Author:Pyle, HowardSummary:
Howard Pyle's heroic version of Robin Hood begins after a conflict with some foresters leads to Robin of Locksley becoming the outlaw famous for stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Each chapter tells a different tale of Robin...
- Author:Lasky, KathrynSummary:
An ancient malevolence that will threaten the very existence of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree has been loosed from the past. With his dying breath, Ezylryb tells Soren and Coryn to read the legends of Ga'Hoole hidden in his private...
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Author:VirgilSummary:This enduring masterpiece tells of the epic quest of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to found a new civilization: Rome. Caught between passion and fate, his vision would change the course of the Western world.
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Author:O'Hagan, HowardSummary:The awesome terrain of the Rocky Mountains is the setting for this extraordinary novel about a heroic man who boldly defies destiny. Tay John, a messianic halfbreed, is fated to lead his people to their promised land. In a rebellious...
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Stories of the road allowance people are old men's stories, translated by Maria Campbell and given to you in the dialect and rhythm of her village and her father's generation. In the M¿Æis oral tradition, these stories must be...
- Author:Vaillancourt-Lauzière, RenéeSummary:
Un récit qui passe d'une oreille à l'autre par la parole est en constante évolution. Il change de forme comme il change d'émetteur, il se brouille dans la mémoire, il se perd souvent au profit d'un autre. Mais pour conserver l'...
- Author:Stott, Jon C., Dombrowski, TheoSummary:
It is hard to imagine life without fire. Heat, light, food—where would we be without these essentials? Although we do not rely on fire as much today as in times past, nor have as much direct contact with it, fire was often crucial to...
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Author:Summary:Spectacular imagery adorns this fascinating anthology of the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations stories and legends. The book is a unique commemorative collection that celebrates the four host First Nations...
- Author:Budd, Robert, Vickers, Roy HenrySummary:
The children of the Tsimshian village of Kitkatla love to play at being hunters, eager for their turn to join the grown-ups. But when they capture and mistreat a crow, the Chief of the Heavens, angered at their disrespect, brings down a...
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Author:Vickers, Roy HenrySummary:"A retelling of an ancient story that will captivate readers young and old."--Inside jacket cover
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Author:Madore, NancySummary:THE STAKES GET HIGHER AS A TRAP IS SET. Nadia is severely shaken by the recent tragedy, but as the Legacy of the Watchers continues, she will turn to BEACON for comfort, immersing herself in plans for an extravagant masquerade ball to...
- Author:Scott, MarcSummary:
Recueil de 44 histoires variées glanées à travers le Canada chez les peuples des premières nations et les inuits. Un portrait des autochtones du Canada à travers leurs histoires, leurs contes, leurs chansons et leurs légendes. Trente...
- Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
Born into peace and freedom, Lavinia is stunned to learn that she will be the cause of a great war--or so the prophecies and omens claim. Her fate is sealed, however, when she meets a man from Troy.
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