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Eve

William Paul Young · 396 pages

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The Shadowed Land

Signe Pike · 400 pages

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Lady of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson · 480 pages

New York Times bestselling author Marion Zimmer Bradley brings the mesmerizing world of myth, romance and history to life in the spellbinding novel of epic grandeur!Before the legend of King Arthur and Camelot, there was Avalon, a beautiful island of golden vales and silver mists. A land where the lives of three powerful priestesses shape the destiny of Roman Britian as they fight to regain the ma

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Toads and Diamonds

Heather Tomlinson · 288 pages

A retelling of the Perrault fairy tale set in pre-colonial India, in which two stepsisters receive gifts from a goddess and each walks her own path to find her gift's purpose, discovering romance along the way.

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Magdalen Rising: The Beginning

Elizabeth Cunningham

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Boating for Beginners

Jeanette Winterson · 160 pages

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Cain

Jose Saramago

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Thistlefoot

GennaRose Nethercott · 435 pages

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Joseph and His Brothers

Thomas Mann · 1,207 pages

This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event. Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his ris

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The Mists of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley · 876 pages

When Morgan le Fay (Morgaine) has to sacrifice her virginity during fertility rites, the man who impregnates her is her younger brother Arthur, who she turns against when she thinks he has betrayed the old religion of Avalon.

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The Power of Myth

Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers · 231 pages

*The Power of Myth* launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, *The Power of Myt

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Fallen

David Maine · 244 pages

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The White Stag

Kate Seredy · 94 pages

For generations the tribes of Huns and Magyars had moved relentlessly westward, obeying the voices of their pagan gods, which compelled them to follow the elusive white stag to their promised homeland. They swept Europe, all the while pursuing their vision of the stag. Their leader was called Attila, and the land Hungary. Here is the epic story of their tribal migration and their fierce leader - k

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Home Fire

Kamila Shamsie · 288 pages

"From an internationally acclaimed novelist, the suspenseful and heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart by secrets and driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences. Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's death, an invitation from a mentor in America has allowed her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can't st

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Iscariot

Tosca Lee · 394 pages

"Based on extensive research into the life and times of Judas Iscariot, this triumph of fiction storytelling ... revisits one of biblical history's most maligned figures and brings the world he inhabited vividly to life."--Provided by publisher.

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The Fire Gospel

Michel Faber · 213 pages

Theo Griepenkerl is a modest academic with an Olympian ego. When he visits a looted museum in Iraq, looking for treasures he can ship back to Canada, he finds nine papyrus scrolls that have lain hidden for two thousand years. Once translated from Aramaic, these prove to be a fifth Gospel, written by an eyewitness of Jesus Christ's last days. But when Theo decides to share this sensational discover

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American King

Sierra Simone · 464 pages

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Ulysses

James Joyce · 736 pages

Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly. Ulysses has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable. In a famous 1933 court decision, Judge Jo

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The Gilded Chamber : A Novel of Queen Esther

Rebecca Kohn · 368 pages

"Orphaned and terrified, Esther journeys across the River Tigris to start a new life with her cousin - a man well positioned in the court, and to whom she is betrothed. Her transformation from girl to woman unfolds against a lavish backdrop of the royal court and harem, rife with intrigue and daring alliances. Esther wins much of what she seeks: the heart of a king, and the deliverance of her peop

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The Last Temptation of Christ

Nikos Kazantzakis, Nikos Kazantzakes · 506 pages

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Noah Primeval

Brian Godawa · 394 pages

A novel of the Genesis Bible story of Noah based on ancient historical research. In an ancient world of darkness, fallen angels called Watchers rule as gods and breed giants called Nephilim. Noah, a tribal leader and good family man, just wants to be left alone to make a living off the land with his wife and sons. But he soon learns that evil never leaves you alone. It comes after you--and

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Season of Mists

Neil Gaiman · 224 pages

In-depth, informative and entertaining, *The Annotated Sandman* is a fascinating look at the celebrated comic book series written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman. *The Sandman* is one of the most acclaimed titles in the history of comics. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, The Sandm

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Gilgamesh the King

Robert Silverberg

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