The Penguin Book of Mermaids
By: Cristina Bacchilega
3.78
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
*Includes "The Little Mermaid," now a major motion picture from Disney starring Halle Bailey and di…
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1. Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
By: Mary Wollstonecraft
3.44
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
In Maria , Wollstonecraft pursues in fictional form themes set forth in 'A Vindication of the Right… read more
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- literature
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"Was not the world a vast prison, and women born slaves?"-Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
"She would stand and behold the waves rolling, and think of the voice that could still the tumultuous deep."-Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
"Men who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women."-Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
"...or like the flash which divides the threatening clouds of angry heaven only to display the horror which darkness shrouded"-Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
2. The Wolves in the Walls
By: Neil Gaiman , Dave McKean
4.04
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Lucy hears sneaking, creeping,crumpling noisescoming from insidethe walls. She is sure there are… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Anyway, you know what they say about wolves," said her father. "If the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over." "Who says that?" asked Lucy. "People. Everybody. You know," said her father, and h…"-Neil Gaiman, The Wolves in the Walls
"But eventually everything was back the way it had been before, except for Lucy's father's second-best tuba, which had sustained severe jam damage. So Lucy's father sold his second-best tuba and bough…"-Neil Gaiman, The Wolves in the Walls
3. Belinda
By: Maria Edgeworth , Kathryn J. Kirkpatrick
3.66
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
The lively comedy of this novel in which a young woman comes of age amid the distractions and tempt… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
"I wish," said the old lady, "for her own sake, for the sake of her family, and for the sake of her reputation, that my lady Delacour had fewer admirers, and more friends." "Women, who have met with s…"-Maria Edgeworth, Belinda
4. She: A History of Adventure (She, #1)
By: H. Rider Haggard
3.57
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
On his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo Vincey opens the silver casket that his father has left to him. I… read more
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- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
"...For like a rugged tree you are hard and sound at the core."-H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure (She, #1)
"Life is not worth the trouble of life, except when one in love."-H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure (She, #1)
"Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought."-H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure (She, #1)
"Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten."-H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure (She, #1)
5. The Driver's Seat
By: John Lanchester , Muriel Spark
3.61
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0141188340 Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking.… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"Sonra bu kumaş leke de tutmaz "diyor tezgahtar kız."-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat
"It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up."-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat
6. The Little Mermaid
By: Hans Christian Andersen , Anthea Bell , Lisbeth Zwerger
3.98
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
From Book Synopsis: Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 language… read more
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- fairy tales
- classics
- mermaids
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
"But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more."-Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid
"...and she put a wreath of white lilies round her hair, but every petal of the flowers was half a pearl;"-Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid
"Never had she danced so beautifully; the sharp knives cut her feet, but she did not feel it, for the pain in her heart was far greater."-Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid
"At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit her father's palace as a dead man."-Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid
7. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
By: Audre Lorde
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A collection of fifteen essays written between 1976 and 1984 gives clear voice to Audre Lorde's lit… read more
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8. Swimming Without a Net (Fred the Mermaid, #2)
By: MaryJanice Davidson
2.90
Format: 96 pages, Mass Market Paperback
As Fred the Mermaid tries to fit in with her own kind, she finds herself hooked on both Artur, the … read more
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- mermaids
- fantasy
9. The Penguin Book of Witches
By: Katherine Howe
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America From a manual… read more
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- classics
10. Howliday Inn (Bunnicula, #2)
By: Lynn Munsinger , James Howe
3.74
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Not a great place to visit, and you wouldn't want to live there The Monroes have gone on vacation, … read more
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- fiction
11. The Penguin Book of the Undead
By: Scott G. Bruce
4.47
Format: None pages, Paperback
Since ancient times, accounts of supernatural activity have mystified us. Ghost stories as we know … read more
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- short stories
- folklore
- classics
- anthologies
12. The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
By: R.K. Narayan , Pankaj Mishra , John Lee
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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- classics
- mythology
- fiction
13. Bunnicula (Bunnicula, #1)
By: James Howe , Alan Daniel , Deborah Howe
3.67
Format: 117 pages, Paperback
BEWARE THE HARE! Is he or isn't he a vampire? Before it's too late, Harold the dog and Chester the … read more
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14. Deerskin
By: Robin McKinley
3.50
Format: 364 pages,
As Princess Lissla Lissar reaches womanhood, it is clear to all the kingdom that in her beauty she … read more
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15. Labyrinth: A Novel Based on the Jim Henson Film
By: Terry Jones , Jim Henson , A.C.H. Smith
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
What happens when you wish for something terrible ... and your wish comes true? Young Sarah is abou… read more
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16. Micah (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #13)
By: Laurell K. Hamilton
3.37
Format: 414 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"RAISING THE DEAD IS EASY. LOVE IS HARD..." There are lots of reasons to raise the dead-some privat… read more
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17. The Harlequin (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #15)
By: Laurell K. Hamilton
3.37
Format: 414 pages,
Anita Blake is about to face the challenge of her life. Into her world-a world already overflowing … read more
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18. Danse Macabre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #14)
By: Laurell K. Hamilton
4.21
Format: 391 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE] These days, Anita Blake is less intereste… read more
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19. Castle Rackrent
By: Maria Edgeworth
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Set in Ireland prior to its achieving legislative independence from Britain in 1782, Castle Rackren… read more
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20. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
By: Roger Lancelyn Green , Lotte Reiniger
3.57
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Retold out of the old romances, this collection of Arthurian tales endeavors to make each adventure… read more
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21. Perrault's Fairy Tales
By: Charles Perrault , Gustave Doré
3.49
Format: None pages, Paperback
Here are the original eight stories from the 1697 volume Contes de temps passeby the great Charles … read more
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22. Goodbye to Berlin
By: Christopher Isherwood
3.95
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Here, meine Damen und Herren, is Chrisopther Isherwood's brilliant farewell to a city which was not… read more
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23. Tales from the Perilous Realm
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Tom Shippey , Alan Lee
3.00
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas ("Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by N… read more
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24. Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space
By: Zoraida Córdova
3.83
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen fantasy and science fiction short stories from leading voices in the Latin American diasp… read more
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- fiction
- short stories
- fantasy
- anthologies
"I was the thing the monster from my dreams had warned about, the thing that crept on its clawed feet in the darkest night."-Zoraida Córdova, Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space
"This continued for many weeks. Sometimes, la sirena would join Suma in her singing, and together, their voices would bring dreams of the sea to the people of the plantation. It was in these moments t…"-Zoraida Córdova, Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space
25. The Mermaid of Black Conch
By: Monique Roffey
3.89
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
In 1976, David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a creature he doesn't ex… read more
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- mermaids
- mythology
- fantasy
- fiction
"Womanhood was a dangerous business if you didn't get it right."-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch
"The sea was the giant woman of the planet, fluid and contrary."-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch
"It was the magic that music makes, the song that lives within every creature on earth, including mermaids."-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch
"Life change quick boy. Another planet so. Later I saw that change came as change always comes, from a chain of events with a long history, too long to see from back to front, till it come"-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch
26. Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird (Tales of the Weird)
By: Mike Ashley
3.77
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
It is too often accepted that during the 19th and early 20th centuries it was the male writers who … read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
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- fantasy
"What secret history of passion and sin lay between the two of them, who shall say?"-Mike Ashley, Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird (Tales of the Weird)
"there are rooms which have no ears, though they are not confessionals, and there are good friends who have not tongues, though they are not priests."-Mike Ashley, Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird (Tales of the Weird)
27. Cornish Horrors: Tales From the Land's End
By: Joan Passey
3.70
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A mariner inherits a skull that screams incessantly along with the roar of the sea; a phantom hare … read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- folklore
- fiction
28. By Chance or Providence
By: Becky Cloonan
3.95
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
By Chance or Providence collects Becky Cloonan's award-winning Wolves, The Mire and Demeter, with … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
29. The Penguin Book of Mermaids
By: Cristina Bacchilega
3.78
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
*Includes "The Little Mermaid," now a major motion picture from Disney starring Halle Bailey and di… read more
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- fairy tales
- classics
- literature
- mermaids
- anthologies
- short stories
- folklore
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
30. Space Crone
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.29
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
For the first time, Space Crone brings together celebrated author Ursula K. Le Guin’s writings on … read more
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- literature
31. The Dead Moon
By: Kevin Crossley-Holland
3.76
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Kevin Crossley-Holland, an expert in the field of legends, has collected and retold some of the bes… read more
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