Margaret Simpson's retelling of The Mahabharata, the five-thousand-year-old Hindu epic, is a breathtaking read full of fantastic characters. There are the valliant panavas themselves, and their ruthless and scheming cousins, the Karuravas, who will stop at nothing in their desperate fight for the kingdom.But the Mahabharata is also a Holy Book.Lord Krishna is watching over all, and a deeper meaning runs through the adventure... "By offering a different and higher perspective from which to view life, the stories of The Mahabharata help us to make sense of existence - from the horrors of the news bulletin to the secrets of our hearts.
Cartoonists and professional geeks tell their intimate, heartbreaking, and inspiring stories about love, sex and, dating in this comics and prose anthology, a follow-up to 2016 best-seller The Secret Loves of Geek Girls. Featuring work by Margaret Atwood (Hag-Seed), Gerard Way (Umbrella Academy), Dana Simpson (Phoebe and Her Unicorn), Cecil Castellucci (Soupy Leaves Home), Gabby Rivera (America), Valentine De Landro (Bitch Planet), Amy Chu (Poison Ivy), Sfé R. Monster (Beyond: A queer comics anthology), Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers), and many more.
Two princesses are born seventeen years apart to King Henry VII. Their father is determined that no woman will ever wear the English crown. But when their younger brother, Prince Edward, dies naming another woman as his successor, the princesses take action--in very different ways.
Everyone's heard of Mary, Queen of Scots. She is horribly famous for having terrible taste in husbands, rotting away in Liz I's prison and, totally losing her head - on the chopping block. But not everyone knows that Mary was a six-foot stunner who had a charmed childhood, and got kidnapped by a murderous lord. Even though she's dead, Mary's still full of surprises.
Ten of the best-known Arthurian Legends are retold - with a twist! Twisted Tales: Arthurian Legends features ten of the best-known Arthurian legends, hilariously retold in different formats. In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Sir Gawain is in serious trouble - and about to lose his head! Read his diary to find out if he'll survive his testing adventure. In "The Sword in the Stone," Young Arthur pulls it off - and out! The Celtic Clarion reports the news of his sensational rise to fame. In "The Quest for the Holy Grail," Lancelot, Gawain and Bors go in search of the Grail. Find out what happens to each of them in their own special tale. Only the best will win this quest! You've never read stories like this before. Twisted Tales is packed with funny cartoons and interesting facts about Arthurian time and history.
Everybody's heard of Cleopatra - she's the most horribly famous of all of Egypt's queens. Everybody knows that she had a fling wit h Julius Caesar - and - Mark Antony and that she had a nasty acident with a snake. But in this book readers can discover everything they didn't know and never imagined, such as how Cleopatra married both her brothers and had her younger sister killed. Even though she's dead, Cleo's still full of surprises!
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