Secrets can be powerful……but also destructive.Alrion doesn't know the power inside him. He's more surprised than anyone when he discovers he's a wizard.Why is his power unique?Learning the ways of a wizard is not enough. Alrion is charged with a quest to cleanse the Blight. He's the world's last chance to be free of that malevolent force, and the twisted creatures that it creates.Three trials await the young wizard. ...

”Once Upon A Time…”These classic words serve as the introduction to some of the greatest tales the world has ever known. The imaginative tales of Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm have been beloved through the world since they were collected starting in the early 1800s. Now, narrators Kim and Ulf Bjorklund bring together this omnibus collection of 53 fantastic stories from the Brothers Grimm.A collection of all of the tales in Volumes 1-3 of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, R...

Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen", the classic tale of friendship, love, and bravery has won the hearts of young readers for almost two centuries. Gerda, a young girl struggles to free her friend from an evil and icy foe. This book was an inspiration for "Frozen" and C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe". Listen to a new and magical retelling of the classic fairy tale.

Isak receives an unexpected inheritance from his father on one condition: that he meet and make peace with the man at his remote island retreat. Once there, Isak finds himself thrown into a twisty psychological game of life and death, from the internationally bestselling author of The Couples Trip.Isak works in home care in a small town in Småland. One day, he is contacted by his father, an internationally known artist, who left Isak when he was a child. H...

A trickster god obsessed with sowing chaos. A wolf so strong no mortal chain can hold him. These are the stories of the Norse gods and their world--the stories that breathed life and inspiration into the Nordic and Viking cultures. This classic work extols listeners with the stories of Thor, Odin, Loki, Freya, and others. Perfect for lovers of mythology, history, and Viking culture.Please note that in service of best presenting the stories, some edits have been made to this edition...

An anthology celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Predator franchise, If It Bleeds includes seventeen brand new, never-before-seen stories—exclusive to this collection—featuring the Predators throughout space and time. Based entirely on the original films, novels, and comics, Predator: If It Bleeds (a quote from the original movie) reveals the Predators stalking prey in twelfth-century Japan, ninth-century Viking Norway, World War I, Vietnam, the Civil War, Hurric...

This edition of The Children of Odin is enhanced with a musical soundtrack from Booktrack for an immersive listening experience!Before time as we know it began, gods and goddesses lived in the city of Asgard. Odin All Father crossed the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard. Thor defended Asgard with his mighty hammer. Mischievous Loki was constantly getting into trouble with the other gods, and dragons and giants walked free. This collection of Norse sagas retold by...

An award-winning illustrated detective story set in a friendly forest and first in the acclaimed series for beginning readers.Detective Gordon – a mystery-solving toad who loves cake – has his very first case. Someone's stealing nuts from the forest, and it's up to Detective Gordon to catch the thief! Unfortunately, solving this crime means standing in the snow and waiting for a long time... If only he had an assistant – someone small, fast, and clever – to help so...

The detective lay in bed with his eyes closed. But he couldn't sleep. He was thinking. He always thought best in bed. Especially with his eyes closed.Something is going on in the forest: one of the animals is saying nasty things about the other forest creatures. But no one dares make a statement to the police. Who is the culprit?Detective Gordon and his assistant Buffy must investigate! But this is a complicated case. The two police officers split the workload: Buffy...

Gordon is on vacation, and Buffy is the sole detective at the small police station in the forest. It is not easy for a police officer to be alone. Especially when there are strange noises outside the station at night. Buffy decides to seek out Gordon in his little cottage by the lake to ask for help. After all, two police think twice as well as one. Two police are twice as brave!

There are as many Gods in this universe as there are beings. And the game we play is called "Touch." It's a form of spiritual hugging. Easy to begin, pretty much impossible to bring to a close.How it came about: Before the beginning of the universe, before there even was a universe, we all held hands—well, figuratively speaking. We touched, I guess would describe it (hence the name of the game), and touching we synchronized, and synchronized we decided (on three, everyone: 1-2-3) t...

The Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies provides a contemporary critical and scholarly overview of theorizing and research on masculinities as well as emerging ideas and areas of study that are likely to shape research and understanding of gender and men in the future.The forty-eight chapters of the handbook take an interdisciplinary approach to a range of topics on men and masculinities related to identity, sex, sexuality, culture, aesthetics, technolo...