Download or read book The Dragons of Babel written by Michael Swanwick and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner! A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Nightly, he crawls inside the young fey's brain to get a measure of what his subjects think. Forced out of his village, Will travels with female centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a surrogate daughter, Esme, who has no knowledge of the past and may be immortal. Evacuated to the Tower of Babel -- infinitely high, infinitely vulgar, very much like New York City -- Will meets the confidence trickster Nat Whilk. Inside the Dread Tower, Will becomes a hero to the homeless living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a politician, and meets his one true love–a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to. You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.

Download or read book The Dragon Keeper s Handbook written by Shawn MacKenzie and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here be Dragons... Not the slavering, whimsical monsters from childhood fancies, but real Dragons—fierce, complex, wondrous, and wild. They do not require our belief; they never have. With hard science and myth, empirical wisdom, and original line drawings, The Dragon Keeper's Handbook is the draconic enchiridion for the modern world, providing everything you need to know about these extraordinary beings. From disparate theories of Dragon evolution and the golden geometry of their form to modern conservation efforts and how to release a well-weaned orphan back into the wild, this book answers all your questions, even those you didn't know to ask. From awe-inspiring Cosmic Creators to wee pisuhänds guarding hearth and home, discover the habits and habitats of Dragons and pseudo-dragons both familiar and rare. The Dragon Keeper's Handbook shows us how human and Dragon lives are bound together and why Dragons are now and ever-will-be relevant: In their wildness lie lessons for us all.

Download or read book Guide to the Dragons Volume 1 written by Maggie Testa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s everything you wanted to know about your favorite dragons of DreamWorks Dragons! Which species of dragon is the fastest? Which one has the largest wingspan? And which dragon is the biggest of all? Find out all of these facts and more in this in-depth guide to ten amazing dragon species in Hiccup’s world. How To Train Your Dragon © 2014 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.

Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to the Dragons written by Maggie Testa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Content in this book was previously published individually as Guide to the dragons, volumes 1, 2, and 3."

Download or read book The Dragons written by Douglas Niles and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final installment in the Lost Histories saga: "When dragons make war, Krynn can only tremble in the shaodw of angry wings." Aurican and Darlantan, mighty serpents of gold and silver, have been nurtured in a world of wisdom, meditation, and sublime faith. However, on the other side of Ansalon, Crematia—a dragon of red—inherits the Dark Queen's legacy of betrayal, violence, conquest, and plunder. The advent of a worldwide war sweeps these powerful beings and many more into desperate strife. Battles rage over Krynn with a fury that threatens to annihilate nations and whole races—even dragonkind. As campaigns ebb and flow, generations of lesser mortals come and go, and the great serpents are left to determine the fate of the world. Their triumphs may create a destiny of all-encompassing light or cast the world beneath the shadow of ultimate darkness.

Download or read book Dragons Serpents and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds written by Daniel Ogden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the dragons featured are well known: the Hydra, slain by Heracles; the Dragon of Colchis, the guardian of the golden fleece overcome by Jason and Medea; and the great sea-serpent from which Perseus rescues Andromeda. But the less well known dragons are often equally enthralling, like the Dragon of Thespiae, which Menestratus slays by feeding himself to it in armor covered in fish-hooks, or the lamias of Libya, who entice young men into their striking-range by wiggling their tails, shaped like beautiful women, at them. The texts are arranged in such a way as to allow readers to witness the continuity of and evolution in dragon stories between the Classical and Christian worlds, and to understand the genesis of saintly dragon-slaying stories of the sort now characteristically associated with St George, whose earliest dragon-fight concludes the volume. All texts, a considerable number of which have not previously been available in English, are offered in new translations and accompanied by lucid commentaries that place the source-passages into their mythical, folkloric, literary, and cultural contexts. A sampling of the ancient iconography of dragons and an appendix on dragon slaying myths from the ancient Near East and India, particularly those with a bearing upon the Greco-Roman material, are also included. This volume promises to be the most authoritative sourcebook on this perennially fascinating and influential body of ancient myth.

Download or read book Dragons of a Fallen Sun written by Margaret Weis and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new age dawns—and a war for the heart and soul of Krynn begins—in this first book in the War of Souls trilogy, from the creators of the Dragonlance universe Forty years have passed since the devastating Chaos War, when the gods departed Krynn and the Fourth Age came to an end. Cruel and powerful dragons have seized control of Ansalon, dividing the continent among them and demanding tribute from the people they have enslaved. Heroes of the past have gone to their well-deserved rest, forever revered for their bravery during the Chaos War and the War of the Lance. Now, new heroes rise to take their place, prepared to continue the battle against evil. War awaits them—a war more terrible than any on Krynn have known. Change—for good or for ill—comes to the world. A violent magical storm sweeps over Ansalon, bringing blood and fire, death and destruction. Out of the tumult rises a strange, mystic young woman, whose destiny is bound up with that of Krynn. She alone knows the truth about the future and its strange, inextricable ties to a terrifying mystery in Krynn’s past.

Download or read book The Ultimate Dragon written by Byron Preiss and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this mythic and wondrous collection, some of the best-known authors of the fantastic explore the legends and lore of the fire-breathing creatures that have captured the imagination of adventure lovers everywhere – dragons. From S.P. Somtow’s dramatic tale of an ancient dragon owned by a family in modern Thailand to Ursula K. Le Guins’s classic story of the power of a dragon’s naming, from Tanith Lee’s portrait of a dying dragon to Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg’s look at a dragon whose love for a human woman could spell doom for the whole Earth—here are spectacular dragon stories transcending time and place..

Download or read book Poets Heroes and their Dragons 2 vols written by James R. Russell and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 1629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume is a collection of articles published by Professor James R. Russell of Harvard University, in various journals over the past decades.

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy written by Rosemary Guiley and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive illustrated reference guide with more than 400 entries on the subjects of magic and alchemy.

Download or read book A Time for Dragons written by Vincent Michael Simbulan and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Game of Rat and Dragon written by Cordwainer Smith and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craving a pure hit of classic science fiction from the genre's golden age? Cordwainer Smith's story "The Game of Rat and Dragon" should definitely do the trick. Set in the distant future, the humans in this tale find their ability to travel through space imperiled by a strange psychic energy known as 'Dragons.' With the help of unexpected companions, an intrepid crew of warriors set out to rid the galaxy of this evil.

Download or read book World of Dragons written by May Nakamura and published by Simon Spotlight. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn everything there is to know about every dragon species in this gorgeous, deluxe picture book based on the DreamWorks Animation movie How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World! How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World flies into theaters on February 22, 2019​! There’s a land beyond the edge of the world—a hidden land—where all the species of dragons live peacefully among one another. In this stunning picture book, DreamWorks Dragons fans will get an in-depth look at the dragons that call this Hidden World home. With facts about each species, like their temperament, size, special powers, and beautiful renderings of each, this book is the perfect addition to every fan’s library. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World © 2019 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Download or read book The Game of Rat and Dragon written by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to Train Your Dragon Gobber s Guide to Battling Dragons written by Devan Aptekar and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vikings of Berk have been battling fire-breathing, sheep-stealing dragons for generations, and Gobber has trained every Viking on Berk in the art of fighting these dragons. Now he's ready to share his secrets with you! Find out where a dragon's blind spot is and what to do if you're face-to-face with a dragon that can shoot a ball of fire. Pay close attention and you can become a dragon-fighting Viking, too!

Download or read book Dragon s Rook written by and published by Pale Horse Publishing. This book was released on with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Loved by the Dragon Stonefire Dragons 6 written by Jessie Donovan and published by Mythical Lake Press, LLC. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **This is not a standalone story. Please read at least Seducing the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons #2) first.** STONEFIRE DRAGONS #6 In Seducing the Dragon, Evie and Bram found love in each other. Many trials have hit their clan since their mating ceremony and they’ve worked together to make the world a better place for Stonefire and other dragon-shifters in the UK. However, as Christmas and the Winter Solstice draws near, complications arise and Evie goes into labor. Will Bram and Evie continue their happy ending and welcome their newest child? Or, will something go wrong and fracture their family? 18,000 words (novella) with an HEA