Hawthorne in his 'Wonder Book' has described the beautiful Greek myths and traditions, but no one has yet made similar use of the wondrous tales that gathered for more than a thousand years about the islands of the Atlantic deep. Although they are a part of the mythical period of American history, these hazy legends were altogether, disdained by the earlier historians; indeed, George Bancroft made it a matter of actual pride that the beginning of...

Being the Perils and Adventures of a Young Butterfly Collector in the Land of Darwin. A loopy, larky, action adventure, romantic comedy, set in what the Spanish conquistadors called, Las Islas Encantadas, the enchanted islands. They believed that they materialized out of the mist or rose up from the sea in response to some ungodly force which caused them to appear in unexpected places. So, it is not surprising that Captain Sarly Manner of the MS....

From the Lake of Shining Waters and the Haunted Wood to Lover's Lane, readers will be immersed in the real places immortalized in the novel "Anne of Green Gables." Using Montgomery's journals, archives, and scrapbooks, Catherine Reid explores the many similarities between Montgomery and her unforgettable heroine, Anne Shirley. The lush package includes Montgomery's hand-colourized photographs, the illustrations originally used in Anne of Green Gables,...

Eating in Sardinia is an immersive experience that harkens back to the island's multifarious past while planting you firmly in the breathtaking, intriguing present. Season by season we guide you from the sunniest bays to the cool, shaded forests, from the crystalline sea to the verdant courtyards and sheepfolds. Taste the yield of pastoralism, farming, fishing, vegetable gardens, and vineyards as well as wild game in recipes linked by tradition, artistry,...

Excerpt: "Young Edwin Inwood, leaped down from the small tree, in which he had been, perched for the last half hour, and ran swiftly toward the brook where his elder brother, George, and a large negro named Jim Tubbs, were waiting, ever and anon raising their heads, and looking towards the boy who was acting as sentinel, several hundred yards away, as if they were expecting some such an alarm as this. "Quick! they'll soon be here!" he added in his...

"A beastly prince. An enchanting beauty. Only love can break the spell.Once upon a time...The wicked King Thorn forced the enchantress Zuleika to cast a terrible curse. She fled his court to travel the world, helping those who need her magic most. Until a search for her merchant father's lost ships leads her to an enchanted island, where Prince Vardan, the island's ruler, is afflicted by the most powerful curse Zuleika has ever encountered. She's...

A storm strikes a ship carrying Alonso, Ferdinand, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Stephano, and Trinculo, who are on their way to Italy after coming from the wedding of Alonso's daughter, Claribel, to the prince of Tunis in Africa. The royal party and the other mariners, with the exception of the unflappable Boatswain, begin to fear for their lives. Lightning cracks, and the mariners cry that the ship has been hit. Everyone prepares to sink.

On Harvest Day, Pippa and her Princess Pony friend Stardust head to the grasslands to help--and to search for the remaining missing horseshoes needed to save the enchanted island of Chevalia.