In the year 778 A.D., Charles the Great, King of the Franks, returned from a military expedition into Spain, whither he had been led by opportunities offered through dissensions among the Saracens who then dominated that country. On the 15th of August, while his army was marching through the passes of the Pyrenees, his rear-guard was attacked and annihilated by the Basque inhabitants of the mountains, in the valley of Roncesvaux. About this disaster...

First published in 1485, during England's War of the Roses, "Le Morte d'Arthur" or "The Death of Arthur" combines all of the known legends of King Arthur into one creative text. Beginning with the birth of Arthur and telling the tale of his rise to become the head of the Knights of the Round Table and the husband of Guinevere, we also learn of Lancelot, Arthur's most venerated knight. Many of the other knights' stories are told with varying degrees...

Xiaofan, the unparalleled Sword God, was betrayed and reborn 500 years in the past. In this life, he vows to make up for all regrets, to stand above all geniuses, to eliminate all his enemies, and to become the Ancestor of Swords for all realms!With the control of the Immortal Slaying Formation and devouring all beings in the heavens, with one man and one sword, he slaughters all foes in the world!This is a story of a youth, holding a three-foot green...

"When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in...

Seit drei Jahren ist Sherlock Holmes verschwunden. Doch sein Assistent Dr. Watson hat die Hoffnung, ihn lebend wieder zu sehen, nicht aufgegeben. Den rätselhaften Mord an Baron Adare muss er zunächst alleine aufklären.

The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924). Having established himself as a bestselling author of short fiction, Dunsany published The King of Elfland's Daughter, his second novel. Recognized as a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction, Dunsany is a man whose work, in the words of H. P. Lovecraft, remains "unexcelled in the sorcery of crystalline singing prose, and supreme in the creation of a gorgeous and languorous world of incandescently exotic...

On the vast continent of the Western world, magic and martial energy are the two most fundamental and common paths of cultivation. At just six years old, Jill Yuma, a young boy born into a prestigious magical family, stands out. His family, the Yuma clan, boasts three major bloodline inheritances: magic, warriors, and commerce. As the direct heir of the magical bloodline, despite his young age, Jill harbors a protective belief, destined to emerge...

Lu Yang, an ordinary migrant worker on Earth, unexpectedly died in an engineering accident and transmigrated into the body of a young boy also named Lu Yang. This boy was the eldest son of a common family in Qingyang Town. His father had gone missing five years ago during a beast tide, and now he lived with his mother and five-year-old brother.Lu Yang quickly adapted to his new identity and discovered that he possessed a magical "Beast Taming System."...

A bold new translation that preserves the swiftness, austerity, and clarity of the original.

"Tell us, Goddess, daughter of Zeus, start in your own place:

when all the rest at Troy had fled from that steep doom

and gone back home, away from war and the salt sea,

only this man longed for his wife and a way home."

Homer's Odyssey, at once an exciting epic of strife and subterfuge and a deeply felt tale

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Yan Li was once a genius disciple of the Great Wilderness Palace, but due to a mysterious person sabotaging his foundation, his cultivation continuously deteriorated, eventually rendering him a cripple. Ten years later, his lover Long Ziyue was abducted by the mysterious person, leaving Yan Li disheartened and retreating to the wilderness. In his despair, Yan Li chose to end his life by jumping off a cliff, only to be reborn in the body of Li Li,...