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Dadheechi was a sage who donated his own body to the devas for making weapons to kill the rakshasas. He was sage Agnivesha's grandson. Devendra initiated him into two valuable arts called Pravarga and Madhu. In order to perform a yajna which was to last several years, the devas deposited their weapons with Dadheechi who reluctantly agreed to take care of them. Finding that the devas did not return to take them back, he reduced them all to liquid and...

Zoltan Speaks is the spiritual journey of Joshua Thompson from a young boy to an old man. Each developmental stage is depicted in the form of encountering the mysterious Zoltan, who offers an allegorical tale, along with a lesson from the mystics. We meet Josh as he is conscripted into the impossible task of weeding Mr. Mead's backyard. A hole in the back fence leads to an abandoned carnival in the forest, where Josh meets Zoltan, a glass-enclosed...

A lost city calling. A darkness descending. Can one woman use ancient magic to save the gods?Kyah is one step closer to discovering her true self. When she learns the famed Atlantis is both her mother's home and her prophesied destiny, she's desperate to answer the call of her ancestors. But even she knows that Travelling across the desert of the Egyptian Realm will place everyone's lives in great danger…As lethal darkness spreads, Kyah holds her...

From author T. Kingfisher comes a collection of fairy-tale retellings for adults. By turns funny and dark, sad and lyrical, this anthology draws together in one volume such stories as "The Wolf and the Woodsman," "Loathly," and "Bluebeard's Wife," along with an all-new novella, "Boar & Apples." Author's Note: Many of these stories have appeared in various forms on the author's blog.

Hanumajjayantī is an important festival celebrated in the month of Caitra, after ŚrīRāmanavami. The deity worshipped on that day is Hanumān. He is a mahātma, famously known by names such as Āñjaneya, Māruti, Prāṇadevaru, Tiruvadi, Mahāvīra etc, in the literature of jnānis and devotees. It is but natural that, after the worship of Śrī Rāma on Rāmanavami and on a day very close to Śrī Rāmanavami, the custom of worshipping this...

Cuando an eran nios, Pedro y Rafael, sin proponrselo, cuelgan un columpio de una nube y con ello provocan el acoso de un grupo de duendes obsesionados con descubrir en uno de ellos un secreto que los propios nios desconocen. El pacto de amistad que sellarn con sangre la noche en que se conocieron los vuelve a reunir ms de diez aos despus como dos jvenes adultos ahora escogidos por las hadas para cumplir una noble misin. Un libro misterioso, una biblioteca...

Award-winning artist Scott Gustafson, inspired by the Golden Age of illustration, re-tells and re-imagines some of our best known fairy tales through his inimitable illustrations in Classic Fairy Tales Vol I. The fixed layout ebook format retains the lavishly illustrated spreads from his Classic Fairy Tales printed book (over 190,000 copies sold). These fabulously retold family favorites can be read aloud or enjoyed through the dramatic word-for-word...

A short story about a simple mineworker who finds the powerful cap of Hades: when one empowers himself with unlawful means to bring no matter who to his very destruction.

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was born in Austria of Jewish parents. He was a prolific writer of biography, essays, and short stories. His wrote the anti-war play Jeremiah while in the army himself; it was staged in Switzerland in 1918. Scripture relates how the prophet Jeremiah warned that insurrection against Babylon under the auspices of Egypt would lead to the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple, and the enslavement of the Jews. He was declared...

The Baker children are visiting their grandparent's farm after the death of their father. Life on the farm was a new experience for the children who were used to city life. It is here they discover strange insects with tiny voices. e scouts, who fl ew about in search of threats, the keepers, who were protectors, and the royal fairies. Now the children fi nd themselves in the middle of a war between the forest fairies and the garden fairies...