Desdemona is back!And ready to change the world.To protect the Royal Family and their friends, Grifflestump Elder transports them back to Decatur, Georgia. Those who have never lived there have a little trouble adjusting. Especially when Desdemona sends a harrock to retrieve the Princess and Ravenheart's spell book.Desdemona is out for more than just the Princess and the spell book. She also wants to acquire the newly-hatched dragons.But when she gets her hands on the golden Sword of Tilk everyone learns there is more to the Sword than a simple curse. With the Sword in Desdemona's hands, she has the power to destroy not only the Tilk Realm, but all the worlds beyond it.
In her study of Chinese shadow theatre Fan Pen Li Chen documents and corrects misconceptions about this once-popular art form. Drawing on extensive research and fieldwork, she argues that these plays served a mainly religious function during the Qing dynasty and that the appeal of women warrior characters reflected the lower classes' high tolerance for the unorthodox and subversive. Chinese Shadow Theatre includes several rare transcriptions of oral performances, including a didactic play on the eighteen levels of Hell, and Investiture of the Gods, a sacred saga, and translations of three rare, hand-copied shadow plays featuring religious themes and women warrior characters. Chen examines the relationship between historical and fictional women warriors and those in military romances and shadow plays to demonstrate the significance of both printed works and oral transmission in the diffusion of popular culture. She also shows that traditional folk theatre is a subject for serious academic study by linking it to recent scholarship on drama, popular religion, and popular culture.
The second exciting sequel to the award-winning anthology Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales. Stories of impossible dimension, startling invention and big-budget spectacle by an international line-up of authors!
When morning light breaks through the window, what pleasant words will whisper in your ear? An anthology collection of historical and urban fantasy. You'll find tales of ghosts, beasts, assassins, even a lonely crab. Not all end happy, but they are bound together by the promise of one word: beginning.
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