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1) Circe
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"In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and is scorned and rejected by her kin. Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals for companionship, leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft. When love drives Circe to cast a dark spell, wrathful Zeus banishes her to the remote island of Aiaia. There she learns to harness her...
2) Circe
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Circe no imaginaba que el líder de una mafia aparecería esa noche en el orfanato, dispuesto a todo por impedir que se cumpliera una vieja profecía. Sin embargo, no fue el único en aparecer a aquellas horas. Un enano y una anciana se presentaron como la ayuda posible para su rescate. Ambos bandos se encontraron justo a la salida, en una atmósfera de fuerte hostilidad. Pero el destino tenía marcada la brecha por donde Circe huiría de las garras...
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Circe's Daughter" by Priscilla Craven. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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Muriel is a modern wizard. She has the ability to change things with a wave or a hand or a thought. The thing is having this power is full of responsibilities. Every interaction involves this internal struggle of ethics. She believes everyone has the right to free will, conquering their own troubles and that struggle is sometimes necessary. She also knows if she has the power to change something and she does nothing, she is part of the problem.
She...
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During a battle with the Servants of Evil, Wonder Woman recovers a piece of an ancient wand. When she discovers the artifact is infused with dark magic, she sets out to find the remaining pieces before they fall into the wrong hands. But little does she know, Circe also has her eyes on the powerful prize. Can Wonder Woman secure the wand before it's too late? Or will Circe's sorcery reign supreme?
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Circe Goodwin is a normal teenage girl who lives in Sunsport, Hibernia. She is loved by her adopted father, goes to school, hangs out with her friends, and can fire energy blasts from her hands. Wait… That's not normal. Yeah, Circe doesn't think so either. Attending Sunsport Super School's basic hero training course to learn to control her new powers; Circe will learn a lot about herself, her past, and her powers, while making new friends and maybe...
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Circe the super-sorceress has managed to get her hands on an enchanted statue imprisoning an ancient, magical monster. When Circe unleashes the mystical beast, it overpowers her mind-and steals her powers! Only Wonder Woman can stand up to their combined strength and save her mortal enemy--and the world--from certain doom.
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Seis niños descubren que tienen los mismos poderes que algunos personajes de la mitología, ya que son sus bis-bis-bis-bisnietos. Por eso, deben asistir a la escuela de la maga Circe, en la Isla de Eos. Pero las clases son un poco extrañas y la Isla esconde muchos secretos...
En este episodio... La Isla de Eos es preciosa, el Palacio es acogedor aunque... ¡las habitaciones cambian de lugar! La maga Circe es simpática y presenta a los Seis a sus...
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A psychiatrist travels to a world of magic and gods in this take on "Jason and the Argonauts" from the Hugo Award–nominated author of Earth's Last Citadel. Jay Seward remembers a former life in a land of magic, gods, and goddesses-a time when he was Jason of Iolcus, sailing in the enchanted ship Argo to steal the Golden Fleece from the serpent-temples of Apollo. But one night the memories become startlingly real, as the Argo itself sails out of...
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Welcome to the Dark.
We are all familiar with tropes of the horror genre: slasher and victims, demon and the possessed. Bloody screams, haunted visions, and the peddler of wares we aren't sure we can trust. In this young adult horror anthology, fans of Jordan Peele, Lovecraft Country, and Horror Noire will get a little bit of everything they love-and a lot of what they fear-through a twisted blend of horror lenses, from the thoughtful to the...
11) Circé
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Extrait: "L'un des grands bonheurs de la vie humaine, aussitt qu'on a passé l'âge, hélas ! des meilleures passions, c'est de se hasarder le soir, par un temps pluvieux, dans l'antre horrible et charmant o se font les ventes de vieux livres, pour peu que la vente échappe au choix vulgaire, à l'amateur content de peu."
12) Un viaje a Salto
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Con una forma singular -texto a dos voces, relato de viaje, diario- Un viaje a Salto narra hechos igual de extraordinarios. En los meses previos al golpe de Estado de Uruguay, una niña y su madre viajan para ver a su padre y esposo, preso político por asistir como médico al Movimiento Tupamaro.
Tienen el dato de que será trasladado en un tren que se dirige a Salto y que esa puede ser una ocasión para verlo, sin las limitaciones de tiempo y espacio...
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Circé des hirondelles est centré sur les rapports entre deux personnages: un « on » ou « nous », celui qui tient le discours dans le texte et un « elle », le personnage du titre. Les rapports multiples des 2 personnages commencent à la première strophe du premier poème et aboutissent peut-être au poème 47 qui exprime une fusion des 2 personnages,
Mais le on
Que l'on dit
N'est que l'enjleuse
De ses esprits lointains
Et sa voix fluette...
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Circé (pronounced seer-say) is how Joelle Circé Laramée prefers to be, addressed regarding her art. She is a queer feminist, an atheist, and a woman of transexual origin. Breaking Free, 45 years in the wrong body, is more than a memoir. It is a window to the artist's soul, with many raw and honest stories describing her journey towards womanhood. Circé has written a marvelous memoir, sharing her many life experiences all while, in the wrong body...
15) Círculo armónico diatónico: Explorando la belleza y armonía de la música diatónica a través del círc
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"CÍRCULO ARMÓNICO DIATÓNICO: Explorando la belleza y armonía de la música diatónica a través del círculo armónico" es un libro apasionante que sumerge a los músicos en el fascinante mundo de la teoría musical y la armonía diatónica.
En estas páginas, los lectores serán guiados a través de un viaje en el que descubrirán la riqueza y la complejidad de la música diatónica mediante el uso del círculo armónico. El círculo armónico...
16) Tanglewood Tales
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Originally published in 1853, author Nathaniel Hawthorne delivers a vibrant selection of mythological tales inspired by some of the most popular figures in Greek lore. Tanglewood Tales is filled with whimsical characters and their fantastical stories.
Nathaniel Hawthorne brings Ancient Greek mythology to life in this collection of Tanglewood Tales. The author reinterprets the stories for a younger audience with a broad appeal. The book contains heroes...
17) Ink and shadows
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In the new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams, controversy erupts in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, when the owner of the local bookstore tries to play peacekeeper-but winds up playing detective instead ...
Nora Pennington is known for her window displays, and as Halloween approaches, she decides to showcase fictional heroines like Roald Dahl's Matilda and Madeline Miller's Circe. A family-values group disapproves of the...
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"Madeline Miller's Circe meets Cersei Lannister in a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious heroine of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen. As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best... You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign...
19) Piranesi
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an...
20) Ariadne
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Flatiron Books
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2021
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"A mesmerizing debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe. Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid's stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice every year. When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not...
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