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Description The Kalevala is a Finnish epic poem, which tells of the creation of the world and how the heroes that inhabit it came to be, and the legends of their conflicts and adventures. Spread out over fifty cantos, we hear how existence was created from the egg of a duck, how the forests were created from the chips of a world-tree felled by an ancient wizard, how the mighty Sampoโa multicolored mill of plentyโwas created and later stolen, how the nine dread diseases came to be, and many more
Description When it was first published in 1812 as Childrenโs and Household Tales, this collection of Germanic fairy tales contained eighty-six stories and was criticized because, despite the name, it wasnโt particularly well-suited to children. Over the next forty-five years, stories were added, removed, and modified until the final seventh edition was published in 1857, containing 210 fairy tales. Today, the book is commonly referred to as Grimmsโ Fairy Tales. These fairy tales include
Description In another science-based entry in his Voyages Extraordinaires series, Verne takes us on the journey of Simon Hart, an engineer who poses as an aide to the scientist Dr. Roche. Rocheโs whose invention of a world conquering weapon has driven him insane, and as the paranoid doctor rests in a sanatorium, the vicious pirate Karraje kidnaps both him and Hart. Karraje takes them to a secret hideaway in a burned-out island caldera in the Bermudasโbut Hart hatches an ingenious escape plan.
Description Lord Timon is known by the whole city of Athens as a very generous man. He offers to bail his friend Ventidius out of jail, hires local artists for their talents, and invites his admirers to a feast and offers them gifts. Timonโs closest friend Apemantus tries to warn him that these people are parasites, taking advantage of him. Flavius, Timonโs servant, also tries to warn his master that his finances are in dire straits due to the lavish spending, and that he owes a lot of money.
Description The Beasts of Tarzan, the third book in the Tarzan series, was first published in All-Story Cavalier magazine in 1914. It was later published as a novel in 1916. Tarzanโs old enemy, Nikolas Rokoff, escapes prison and plans his revenge by kidnapping the Tarzanโs son, the heir of Greystoke. He also captures Tarzan and Jane, and takes them all back to Africa, where he strands the Ape-man on an island before continuing on with his dastardly plan. On the island prison Tarzan befriends a
