Holiday Myths

Drawing on a vast amount of new material that has surfaced in the last decade, critically acclaimed jazz writer John Szwed considers how her life inflected her art, her influences, her uncanny voice and rhythmic genius, a number of her signature songs, and her legacy.

Mickey and friends star in this adaptation of Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper. During a chance encounter, a prince discovers he looks just like someone else—a poor and hungry subject named Mickey. When the prince asks Mickey to switch places with him for the day, each learns what it is like to walk in the other’s shoes.

The Snow Globe has been shaken. Now they have to survive what lands when the flakes settle. Nora planned the perfect escape: a luxury cabin perched on a high ridge in Norway. It was supposed to be a week of wine, fireplaces, and disconnection from the digital world. It was supposed to be a cure for the past year. But the "Blue Hour" brings more than just darkness to the valley. When a massive blizzard buries the access road and severs the power lines, the isolation turns from peaceful to predatory. The group discovers they are not alone on the mountain. Something ancient is circling the ...

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You think you know about Christmas celebrations? Get ready to discover the truth behind it all! You just need an audiobook that reveals how almost every "timeless" tradition is a product of invention, pagan rituals, and brilliant marketing.

One dark carnival. One path into the woods. One monster who's been waiting for me. I should have gone home when my friends didn't show. I should have run when the shadows started following. I definitely shouldn't have walked into that barn. Some creatures were made for winter nights and wicked promises. I just never expected to fall for one. Tropes: Monster Romance • Fated Mates • Cursed Hero • Dark Possessive Hero • Shifter Romance • HEA

Forget naughty or nice—this is a battle of good vs. evil. Discover the origins of St. Nick and follow along as the Guardians start their quest to rid the world of nightmares in the first Guardians chapter book from Academy Award winner William Joyce that inspired the beloved film, The Rise of...

Welcome back to the irresistible world of Greenglass House, where 13-year-old Milo is, once again, spending the winter holidays stuck in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem. There are fresh clues to uncover as friends old and new join in his search for a mysterious map and a famous smuggler's lost haul. This exciting sequel to a beloved book is sure to thrill both fans and newcomers.

Uncover the fascinating and complex women from mythology and folklore with this collection of stories profiling powerful goddesses, mighty queens, and legendary creatures. Get inspired with 50 fascinating stories of powerful female figures from mythologies around the world. From heroines and...

Nate Gadol is a great big spirit with eyes as shiny as golden coins and a smile that is lantern bright. He can make anything last as long as it is needed, like a tiny bit of oil that must stretch for eight nights, a flower that needs to stay fresh to cheer up someone ailing, or a small lump of chocolate that grows to allow the Glasers to treat their children over the holiday and, during a harsh winter when medicine is needed more than sweets, spurs them to share what little they have with the O’Malleys.

Catch the holiday spirit with this magical collection of beloved Christmas tales. Christmas favorites from L.M. Montgomery, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Hans Christian Anderson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Bret Harte and Anthony Trollope are lovingly recorded and presented here in one enchanting volume.

Pine Hollow isn’t praying for a savior. It’s just trying not to get stepped on. For generations, the town has sold fear to tourists. The annual festival is a monetization of folklore—plastic horns, paid actors, and expensive hot chocolate. Deputy Harper Perry hates the hustle, but she respects the revenue. Then the lights go out. When a local teenager vanishes and a massacre is discovered behind the hardware store, Harper realizes the blood in the snow isn’t corn syrup. The monster stalking the festival isn’t a man in a suit. It is ancient, it is hungry, and it wields chains of ...

A Dragoness must take wing. Elven ambitions regarding the new Dragon in the jungles collide with Keir and Storm's desire to keep their bond intact. As politics in the Elven Council threaten civil war, and the growing Dragoness' needs multiply, tough choices need to be made - or will those choices be made for them? Join Keir and Auroral Storm Diamond in the next mucky, thrilling, hair-raising adventure as they pursue their goal of staying alive to become Dragon and Rider. Friends new and old join them for an unforgettable journey beneath the Elven jungles to the canyon land of the Giants. ...

As Christmas nears, an ordinary Messaging Walnut signals the arrival of an elf on the run. Björg Björgenson, a notorious troublemaker wanted for First Degree Mischief and Second Degree Irascibility, sends the Kitterling Elves into a whirlwind of misunderstandings and an unexpected visit from the Office of Elf Oversight.

The war to decide Santaclaws’ fate has begun. United at last, the Giant nation marches to war. The Humans hole up in the Amarinthian Bulwark, desperate to hold off the Certanshi invaders until help arrives – help they pray for. Trapped in the middle of a war that will embroil and endanger all they love, Keir and Storm, the Diamond Dragoness, must fight for their future. If Santaclaws is lost, there will be no future at all. From worlds apart, the enemy reveals his hand. A dark presence rises in the swamps. The Reavers gather in numbers at the portals of Tyanbran, ready to unleash ...

~ Sometimes all it takes is the right person in our…AfterLife. ~ In this romance with comedy, a man purchases an abandoned farmhouse in a tax sale unaware it’s haunted by the woman…ahhhhh…ghost that will become the love of his life and he the love of her AfterLife and together bring the man who murdered her to justice as only a Trans Spectral, TSP, couple can.

Christmas is the time of year where everyone gathers around a fire, singing songs and laughing. After a long day of celebration, nothing puts someone to sleep like good bedtime stories of joy and happiness. Here you will listen to stories of love, joy, happiness, and whatever else makes Christmas atmosphere a magic time to share with your beloved ones. What are you waiting for? Scroll up, buy the audiobook now, and let the magic begin. Merry Christmas, and enjoy listening!

Silent night, holy night, Sleep the Dragons on the height ... Deeper than the canyons are the secrets of the Giants. Chased into the deep Darûz by rival bands of murderous Giants, Keir and Storm find new allies to help them reach the ancient citadel of Barûd-dûm-Layura. There, they must learn the lost secrets of Dragons and their Dragon Guardians. From unexpected nuptials to whizzing about on speedboats stolen from Olde Earth, firing torpedoes and mortars at one another, the Giants like to keep things ... exciting. Aye, that's the word. At last, Keir and his diamond Dragoness will ...

One-night stands aren’t supposed to lead to happily ever after. But eight nights of Chanukah might change everything. Rachel Abrams is stuck, barely making ends meet, burned out at a toxic job, and still reeling from a breakup she didn’t see coming. She thought her ex, Seth, was about to propose. Instead, he dumped her… and now he’s crashing her family’s Chanukah party with Golda Levy, the woman everyone can’t stand and his new fiancée. Blindsided and humiliated, Rachel does something completely out of character: she hooks up with Max Perlman, the charming new professor at the ...

A woman, her sword, and the bear-shifter who’ll steal her heart. Delphi Cosmatos is an alchemist. She investigates the strange and magical objects that find their way to Collegium headquarters in New York. She has magic—and a big Greek family, all ready to “help” her (they mean, interfere). When Jet Walsh moves in next door with no family except the two young orphaned cousins he’s responsible for, it’s a situation of opposites attracting, especially since Jet is a bear-shifter. But Jet can’t pursue a romantic relationship. He’s tracking the rogue mage who tortured and killed...