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Big, blue, and ugly. Who says a troll can’t be the hero? Chad’s 30-day sentence may be over, but his trolling has just begun. Forsaking his old ways, he fully embraces a future as Chod, the hero of the forest trolls. But life in Isle of Mythos isn’t easy for the barbarian summoner. Chod has angered more than one felon on his quest to save his people from extinction, and they’ve sworn vengeance. With a target on his back, Chod is about to find out how difficult the world can be for a hero that looks like a monster.

This collection of Willa Cather stories - her first book of fiction and the capstone of her early career - is as relevant today as at the time of its initial publication. As different and individually distinguished as the seven stories may be, they share as their subject the role and status of the artist in American society.

This varied assortment of Ms. Cather's gorgeous writing includes: "Flora and Her Artists", "The Sculptor's Funeral", "The Garden Lodge", "A Death in the Desert", "The Marriage of Phaedra", "A Wagner Matinee", and "Paul's Case".

"Atta Troll – Ein Sommernachtstraum" zählt zu den brillantesten Werken von Heinrich Heine in Bezug auf Form und Sprache. Das Versepos erzählt die tragische Geschichte des Tanzbären Atta Troll, der sich aus menschlicher Gefangenschaft befreit. Auf seinem Weg trift der Bär nennenswerte Charaktere wie den Jäger Laskaro und seine Mutter, die Hexe Uraka, welche einen verhexten Mops hält, sowie Gespenster, Feen und andere mystische Gestalten, die in einem Gebirge gesichtet werden.

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812 - 1885) was a Norwegian writer, scholar and collector of traditional folk tales. The Lads who met the Trolls in the Hedale Wood is one such folk story. Two teenage lads are stranded in the Hedale Wood overnight. Before long they hear heavy footsteps and sniffing. Three enormous trolls are on the scent of human flesh...how can they manage to escape?