A revised and expanded sequel to Stealing Fire from the Gods, this 2nd edition includes important new revelations concerning the ultimate source of unity, the structures of the whole story passage, the anti-hero's journey, the high-concept great idea, the

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The story of Siegfried, the brave young man who rode through fire to awaken the lovely Brunhild from a long sleep, has been told many times and in many variations. James Baldwin's account, written well over 100 years ago, has taken bits and pieces from many different versions. The result is an adventure-packed retelling of tales describing «The Curse of Gold,» «Nibelungen Land,» «The Journey to Burgundy-Land,» «How Spring-Time Came,» «The War with the North-Kings,» and fifteen other stories taken from ancient Icelandic texts known as the Eddas.This captivating collection transports young readers across a supernatural bridge to a world of dragons, giants, and gods, delighting adventure lovers with its rich selection of timeless tales.

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On the run from their former masters in the Department of Extra-Human Affairs, the Alpha Gods are forced to face the consequences of their actions as a series of revelations threatens to tear the team apart. Caught up in a scheme by the Nephilim to use a mysterious child, known only as the Merovingian Prince, to fulfil an ancient prophecy and finally free their fathers, the Grigori, from their extra-dimensional prison, can the Alpha Gods find the strength in the face of mounting tragedy to finally defeat them? Alpha Gods: Revelation is the stunning finale to the story begun in Alpha Gods: Emergence and continued in Alpha Gods: Betrayal and will sow the seeds of future Alpha Gods adventures!

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The global world debates secularism, freedom of belief, faith-based norms, the state's arbitration of religious conflicts, and the place of the sacred in the public sphere. In facing these issues, Britain, India, and South Africa stand out as unique laboratories. They have greatly influenced the rest of the world. As single countries and together as a whole, the three have moved from the colonial clash of antagonistic religions (of your gods) to an era when it has become impossible to dissociate your god from my god. Today both belong to the same blurred reality of our gods. Through a narrative account of British, South African, and Indian court cases from 1857 to 2009, the author draws an unconventional history of the process leading from the encounter with the gods of the other to the forging of a postmodern, common, and global religion. Across ages, borders, faiths, and laws, the three countries have experienced the ambivalent interaction of society, politics, and beliefs. Hence the lesson the world might learn from them: our gods promise an idealized purity, but they can only become real in the everyday creation of mixed identities, hybrid deities, and shared fears and hopes.

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The winners of the 1993 IAN ST JAMES AWARDS.The Ian St James Awards enabled new writers from every walk of life to break into print.1993’s collection introduced more new writers than ever before, with six short stories and ten longer pieces.Entertaining, thought provoking, original, each of these stories is a winner, selected from thousands of entries from all over the world.

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