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Wicked Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West [electronic resource] : by Maguire, Gregory.aut; cloudLibrary;
The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination.  Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas.  Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch. 
Subjects: Electronic books.; Romantic; Literary; Contemporary; Media Tie-In; Epic; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Horror;
© 2009., HarperCollins,
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Crowned : magical folk and fairy tales from the diaspora / by Bethencourt, Kahran,author,photographer.; Bethencourt, Regis,author,photographer.;
A collection of reimagined classic fairy tales, African, and African American folktales that bring to life past, present, and future visions of Black culture.
Subjects: Folk tales.; Fairy tales.; Photobooks.; African Americans; Folklore;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Life of Herod the Great A Novel [electronic resource] : by Hurston, Zora Neale.aut; Plant, Deborah G..aut; cloudLibrary;
A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great—not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision. In the 1950s, as a continuation of Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel about one of the most infamous figures in the Bible, Herod the Great. In Hurston’s retelling, Herod is not the wicked ruler of the New Testament who is charged with the “slaughter of the innocents,” but a forerunner of Christ—a beloved king who enriched Jewish culture and brought prosperity and peace to Judea. From the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery, the historical Herod “appears to have been singled out and especially endowed to attract the lightning of fate,” Hurston writes. An intimate of both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, the Judean king lived during the first century BCE, in a time of war and imperial expansion that was rife with political assassinations and bribery, as the old world gave way to the new. Portraying Herod within this vivid and dynamic world of antiquity, little known to modern readers, Hurston’s unfinished manuscript brings this complex, compelling, and misunderstood leader fully into focus. Hurston shared her findings about Herod’s rise, his reign, and his waning days in letters to friends and associates. Text from three of these letters concludes the manuscript in an intimate way. Scholar-Editor Deborah Plant’s "Commentary: A Story Finally Told" assesses Hurston’s pioneering work and underscores Hurston’s perspective that the first century BCE has much to teach us and that the lens through which to view this dramatic and stirring era is the life and times of Herod the Great.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Classics; Christian; Historical; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Cultural Heritage; Biographical; Action & Adventure;
© 2025., HarperCollins,
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Son of the Morning A Novel [electronic resource] : by Emezi, Akwaeke.aut; CloudLibrary;
From New York Times bestselling author Akwaeke Emezi comes a steamy paranormal romance set in the Black South—a bold new foray that takes us on a journey of magic and fantasy, from the whispering creeks outside the city of Salvation to the very depths of Hell itself. Tenderhearted Galilee was raised by the Kincaids, a formidable clan of Black women sequestered deep in the weeping willows and dark rushing creeks of their land. Galilee has always known that she’s different—that there is an old and unknowable secret around her very existence. It has been a hollow ache inside her since her childhood, something she assumes she will always have to live with. Until she meets Lucifer Helel. He’s fronting as the head of security for her wealthy friend Oriaku’s family, protecting a mysterious, ancient artifact, but from the moment she lays eyes on him, Gali knows he’s not human. From her first incendiary touch, Lucifer knows something even Gali herself doesn’t—that she isn’t human either.  Enter: Leviathan. As Lucifer’s most trusted prince of Hell, Levi is ruthless and determined to eliminate the intolerable danger that is Galilee before she brings death and disaster to those he loves. While unseen battles rage between Hell, Heaven, and earth, Lucifer and Galilee’s attraction threatens to bring all the structures of their existence crashing down around them. Soon, loyalties will be shattered and reformed as Kincaid secrets clash with the princes of Hell, driving even the most powerful to their knees. Galilee Kincaid must decide if she will step into herself and embrace the consequences of power in this astonishing, seductive, and wildly original fantasy.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; African American; Paranormal; Fantasy; Gothic; Contemporary; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; African American; LGBT; Dark Fantasy;
© 2025., HarperCollins,
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Son of the Morning : A Novel. by Emezi, Akwaeke.;
'Son of the Morning' is a steamy paranormal romance about a young black woman who gets caught up in a battle raging between Heaven, Hell, and Earth, and a love that might cause everything in existence to come crashing down. #diversity.(Deluxe Edition).Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Romance fiction.; FICTION / African American & Black / General; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary; FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy; FICTION / Gothic; FICTION / Romance / African American & Black; FICTION / Romance / Fantasy; FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / General; FICTION / Romance / Paranormal / General; FICTION / Southern;
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Song of Ancient Lovers : A Novel. by Restrepo, Laura.;
Retelling the mythical love story between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon in the refugee camps of the present day, 'Song of Ancient Lovers' is an ode to love and desire as forces shaping human history, with power that rivals forces of destruction. Migration is both a theme of the future and the past and it traces the connection between today's climate and war refugees and the great migrations of the ancient world. Laura Restrpo's work has been published in more than 20 languages. She is a doctor and has traveled to Yemen with Doctors Without Borders, which inspired the contemporary story line of this novel. #diversity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Classics; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; FICTION / Hispanic & Latino / Historical; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Romance / Historical / Ancient World; FICTION / Romance / International; FICTION / Sagas; FICTION / Women; FICTION / World Literature / South America (General);
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The Happiness Collector : A Novel. by King, Crystal.;
In 'The Happiness Collector', a historians dream job in Italy takes a dark turn when she discovers that the corporation that she is working for is a front for the ancient Greek gods, who are using her research to steal humanity's happiness. From the author of 'In the Garden of Monsters' (a RADD pick).Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; FICTION / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary; FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy; FICTION / Fantasy / General; FICTION / Fantasy / Romance; FICTION / Friendship; FICTION / General; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths; FICTION / Romance / Fantasy; FICTION / Women;
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The three billy goats Gruff / by Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen,1812-1885.; Yates, Irene.; Busby, Ailie.;
"2+"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Goats; Trolls; Fairy tales;
© 2011, c1999., Ladybird,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Little Red Riding Hood / by Galdone, Paul.; Grimm, Jacob,1785-1863.; Grimm, Wilhelm,1786-1859.;
A retelling of the folk tale about a little girl who finds a wolf in her grandmother's clothing.LSC
Subjects: Wolves; Tales.;
© 2012, c1974., HMH Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The three bears / by Galdone, Paul.;
Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in the little wee bear's bed.LSC
Subjects: Bears; Trespass; Tales.;
© [2011], c1972., HMH Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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