Showing results for title "Origins" in Literature & Fiction

Owen and Bethany have sworn off jumping into books for good. But they didn't make any promises about not jumping through strange portals that lead to a comic book world....

Amy Pond looks for her Raggedy Man, Jo Grant remembers her childhood, the Master hunts the past...a young girl discovers a love for explosives. Eleven incredible stories from the world of Doctor Who—the early lives of friends and foes that have never been told before.

She doesn't need a hero. She is a hero. On a planet called Etheria, two forces battle for control. The Horde, with its skillfully trained soldiers and advanced technology, has one goal: to conquer all of Etheria in the name of Hordak. The other force, the Rebellion, is made up of princesses and has been fighting to maintain harmony and freedom for all of Etheria's people. Hidden among them all is a hero to be. Her destiny was written by the First Ones a thousand years ago. Now she is about to rise again.

When we think of accidents or mistakes, we automatically think of failure–that you need to throw everything out and start over from scratch, or maybe just give up. Well, these inventors and creators proved that notion wrong!

Cherokee people have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for thousands of years. During all this time, they have told stories to each other to explain how things came to be, to pass on lessons about life, and to describe the mountains, animals, plants, and spirits around them. The Origin of the Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee collects 26 stories that are great for kids and are still being told by storytellers today.

Enjoy this collection of origin folktales, also known as pourquoi stories, that explain why things are the way they are. In "Why Alligator Hates Dog", everyone respects M'su Cocodrie, the king of the swamp, except the dogs, who taunt him and make lots of noise.

Skylar, Mason, and the other descendants embark a deadly quest to the underworld to confront the evil Hades, who has been plotting to kill off the descendants of all the gods. On this journey, they soon discover that the ancient gods are not dead as once believed but are held captive in a secret location. In order to save the world from destruction at the hands of Hephaestus, the descendants must set out on a crusade to rescue the gods.

Tales from Toonopolis is a non-linear series of "side stories" or other genre-specific adventures taking place in a single section of the cartoon city. This story takes place in Animetown, the section of Toonopolis inspired by anime and manga and operates with the tropes of those forms of media. Learn the full origin of Anchihiiroo, from his tragic childhood as Yoshi of Higeki to the warrior training that allowed him to put a stop to the Ninja-Pirate War that plagued Animetown.

Join Emily and Pegasus as the legend continues in a new epic adventure that takes us back to the very origins of mythology.... A deadly plague has struck Olympus. While the Olympians fade one by one, Emily's heart breaks as she watches Pegasus slip away. Determined to save him, Emily embarks on an investigation that takes her back in time to the origins of Olympus and to the deadly battle between the Olympians and the Titans.

There has always been something living in the shadows, only now it has a name...the Magdon. The first in an exciting series exploring the adventures of Archy as he goes in search of a monster buried in the shadows for centuries. There is another world beneath our own - we just have to remember that it is there. Hadrian's Wall, summer of 1911, Archy is given the chance to spend his summer at the excavation of a Roman Fort called Vercovicium.

Children, by default, have this curiosity to know where they come from? They have unrelenting questions about the cosmos, the early humans, animal behaviors, history of everything. All these questions can be addressed in the most real story ever told, the Origin Stories. The story began with the big bang and moved 14 billion years into the future.  The Enchanting Tales of Origin is one such attempt to introduce the idea of the origin of everything through a mystery tale, involving a boy Yug who moves to the jungles of Mayaban and gets hold of a magical book that takes him deep into the world ...

Ever heard about the squirrels trying to take over the world? Well it’s true. This is the story of the beginning of their wild adventures fighting against the humans and some unexpected foes. Unlock the secrets hidden for centuries about the squirrels. From one little squirrel to the international covert organization Squirrel Incorporated.

This audiobook is a collection of fairy tales that some animated princess movies have been based on. Many of these stories were written by the Brothers Grimm - Wilheim and Jacob. Other movies are based on stories by Hans Christian Anderson. Many of these stories can be found in collections of stories by these two authors. They can also be found in Fairy book collections by Andrew Lang such as The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Fairy Book, The Red Fairy Book, and so on.

Uma sereia decide visitar a superfície, contrariando uma ordem expressa de seu pai, o rei Tritão, e se apaixona por um humano após salvá-lo de um naufrágio. Poderá esse amor sobreviver às profundezas do mar?

Nuri is a half-dragon mother who can manifest anything she desires...and that's the problem. Her manifesting abilities may have accidentally stolen her daughter from her birth mother, and Nuri must now journey back to her home island of Firestorm to find the truth. This family-friendly short story has dragons, manifesters, frost mermaids, action adventure, half-elves, and a heartfelt family message.