![]() ![]() Percevals venture, the true test of his knighthood, ends without conclusion the death of author Chrtien de Troyes left unsaid and undetermined the success of Percevals quest. Distraught, the knight begins a new quest for the Grail, a journey on the road of penitence and faith. ![]() ![]() Paralyzed by his first glimpse of the Grail, Perceval fails to save the ailing king. Clines translation, faithful to the highly synthetic, deliberately ornate nature of medieval French, follows Perceval from his home in Wales, through his rich and raucous adventures as a member of the fraternity of knights, to his climactic meeting with the Fisher King. Book Synopsis In this verse translation of Perceval or, The Story of the Grail, Ruth Harwood Cline restores to life the thematically crucial Arthurian tale of the education of a knight in his search for the Holy Grail. ![]() Her translation, faithful to the deliberately ornate nature of medieval French, follows Perceval from his home in Wales, through his rich and raucous adventures, to his climactic meeting with the Fisher King. About the Book Cline restores to life the thematically crucial Arthurian tale of the education of a knight in his search for the Holy Grail. ![]()
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This middle grade graphic novel series features an interactive pick-a-path storyline, full of puzzles, treasures, fantasy creatures, and gameplay you can enjoy again and again!Ĭast spells, solve puzzles, rack up sparkling stars, and train your own magical pet in this graphic novel that you can play just like a role-playing game. ![]() ![]() ![]() “A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights, explosions, and plenty of magic. “What’s not to like about this series?.It takes the best elements of urban fantasy, mixes it with some good old-fashioned noir mystery, tosses in a dash of romance and a lot of high-octane action, shakes, stirs, and serves.”- SF Site ![]() The supporting cast is again fantastic, and Harry’s wit continues to fly in the face of a peril-fraught plot.”- Booklist (starred review) “Butcher.spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally-charged setting. “One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves.”- Cinescape “Superlative.”- Publishers Weekly (starred review) ![]() Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this series.”- Midwest Book Review “Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.”- Entertainment Weekly ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ben and Pearl are tasked with retrieving the runaway creature, and what started out as an ordinary summer becomes the story of a lifetime. Woo's isn't a worm hospital at all - it's actually a secret hospital for imaginary creatures.Īfter Ben accidentally leaves the hospital's front door unlocked, a rather large, rather stinky, and very hairy beast escapes into Buttonville. But as Ben and Pearl discover once they are inside, Dr. They take the wounded dragon to the only veterinarian's office in town - Dr. a baby dragon?Īmazed, Ben enlists the help of Pearl Petal, a local girl with an eye for adventure. That is, until his grandfather's cat brings home what looks like. ![]() When Ben Silverstein is sent to the rundown town of Buttonville to spend the summer with his grandfather, he's certain it will be the most boring vacation ever. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is actually a novel about loneliness, about feeling alienated from the world, about being a woman in a world where men and career paths and options have proved disappointing. It is in fact quite a straightforward narrative, although it does have a fable-like quality about it. 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This is all by way of introducing the novel Bear by Marian Engel, which has been described as ‘the most controversial novel ever written in Canada’, although at the time it was generally well received by critics and even won the Governor General’s Literary Award that year. that there is less of a willingness to explore and push boundaries, that it’s all about bestseller lists and celebrities. ![]() ![]() I can’t help feeling that, in some respects, we have regressed as a culture in the 2010s, i.e. ![]() ![]() She struggles over whether to introduce herself and manages to cope with the help of fellow prisoners Aiko Mifune and love-interest May Ide. 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