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  World Mythology - A Very Short...

  David A. Leeming

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  The mythologies of the world are collective cultural dreams, and as such should be analyzed first from cultural perspectives. How do myths of the ancient Egyptians or Greeks, for instance, reflect the realities of the Egyptian and Greek cultures? When compared, however, mythologies reveal certain universal themes or motifs that point to larger trans-cultural issues such as the place of the human species in creation or the nature of deity as a concept. 
   
   
   
  World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction is organized around the universal motifs. Creation, the Flood, the Hero Quest, the Trickster/Culture Hero, the Pantheons, the High God, the Great Goddess. Veteran mythology scholar David Leeming examines examples of each motif from a variety of cultures—Greek, Egyptian, Norse, American Indian, African, Polynesian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu—treating them as reflections of the cultures that "dreamed" them. He compares and analyzes them, exposing their universal significance and creating a "world mythology."

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  The Crimson Veil

  Seungyong Chang

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  "Every painting is a secret the canvas tries to keep. But what if the secret stares back at you?” 
  They told her that the school was prestigious. That it had trained visionaries. That the isolated location was part of its charm. 
  But when Isadora arrives at the remote European art academy, she senses something is wrong. Whispers crawl through the hallways. The instructors' smiles don’t reach their eyes. And the paintings—the paintings bleed. 
  Her brush reveals more than beauty. It exposes the rot beneath the surface, the spirits trapped in pigment, and the truth about her own reflection. 
  Inspired by the atmospheric dread of classic Italian horror, this is a creepy tale of art, madness, and witch's desire that feeds on creativity.

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  The Five Orange Pips - Sherlock...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  John Openshaw tells Holmes that in 1883 his uncle died two months after receiving a letter inscribed "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed, and that in 1885 his father died soon after receiving a similar letter; now Openshaw himself has received such a letter. Holmes tells him to do as the letter asks and leave a diary page, which Holmes deduces is connected to the Ku Klux Klan, on the garden sundial. Openshaw is killed before he can do so, but Holmes discovers the killers have been travelling on a sailing ship, and sends the captain a letter with five orange pips. The ship is lost at sea.

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  Adored by the Alien Warlord

  Ava Ross

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  Maggie: After my twin sister and I are kidnapped from Earth, we're separated. When the ship transporting me crashes on a distant planet, I'm captured and sold to a lizard alien. Now I'm trapped, forced to dance in a bar under the watchful gaze of a tyrant. I've resigned myself to never seeing my sister again when a blue-skinned Zuldruxian named Davon is hired as a bouncer at the bar. He's fierce and kind, with teal-colored eyes that hold secrets, and he watches out for me. It doesn't take me long to start falling in love. He says he's been sent by my sister, that he's going to help me escape. Can I trust him with my safety and my heart? 
   
   
   
  Davon: As the leader of my clan, I've roamed the vast deserts of my world, seeking a purpose beyond the pain of my past. When I meet a human woman in search of her sister, I vow to find her. Maybe this will make up for the shame I caused my clan. I follow the trail of her ship and find her held captive in the Veerenad city. She's not just a dancer in a bar, she's the mate the gods promised me. I vow to free her, and our attraction deepens. Can I protect her from the dangers of this world and earn her trust or will my inner darkness betray us? 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Eye of a Dragon

  Jack Adkins

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  With the blood of a Dragon on his hands, Anuka Sandbar and his friends flee from the horde of Dragons hunting them. 
  Desperate for a weapon to use against the Dragons, Anuka assembles a band of professional thieves and thugs to infiltrate a secret dungeon. The Black DragonLord has hidden an artifact there so powerful it could turn the tide in the inevitable war against the tyrannical Dragon rulers. 
  Will Anuka and his friends, old and new, escape their pursuers and survive the trials of the Ruins of Barith Shir, or will they find the end of their luck at the tip of a Dragon’s claw?

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  Cursed Destinies

  Dayna Styles

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  I've kept my secret—that I'm only a half-blood demon—hidden my entire life. But stepping into Blackthorn Academy has unveiled me to the four most powerful men in the kingdom, and now I'm their willing captive. 
   
  Secrets have a life of their own, and some of them are more eager to come to light than others. 
   
  The four royals and I have been trying to uncover my power, only to learn that it's more dangerous to me than my half-blood heritage. 
   
  It's not only my secrets that are revealed, some of theirs come to light too, and put us all in mortal peril. 
   
  But I don't care. We've crossed lines I didn't expect to at first, and now, I don't want to let them go either. Even the brooding future king, who doesn't seem to like me at all . . .  
   
  Contains mature themes.

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