February 2013
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Children's & YAMarch 2014Wigald der Wikinger und das Walrossgerangel
by Redbeard, Odin / Englisch Rune, Brünhild; Illustriert von Horne, Sarah
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Children's & YAOctober 2013Wigald der Wikinger und die Felsenkeksräuber
by Redbeard, Odin / Englisch Rune, Brünhild; Illustriert von Horne, Sarah
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories2020The Sworn Sword, or the Voice of Blood
by Arenyev Volodymyr
It was in time immemorial, now forgotten. Then heroes and monsters walked on earth, and the former could not always be distinguished from the latter. And the word in those days was sharper than the sword, although the swords then knew how to pronounce their sharp word... The new story by the well-known Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Arenyev, laureate of the BBC Book of the Year 2019 award, tells about the adventures of the sword and those who owned it, journeys and persecutions, magic and spells, as well as about Odin Stoymenny, Ms. Bramnytsya and two desperate men who dared to challenge them. The Sworn Sword is an independent story in the world of The Sworn Treasure.
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Adventure stories (Children's/YA)October 2018A Viking Legend
The Violaceous Amethyst
by Lennon-Ritchie, Aoife
Aoife Lennon-Ritchie, literary agent and author, brings out the first title in her humorous Viking-fantasy teen series, A Viking Legend: The Violaceous Amethyst. This winter, siblings Ruairi and Dani Miller visit their grandmother in the legendary Viking island of Yondersaay. In less than twenty-four hours of their arrival, Ruairi is mistaken for the lost Boy King of Denmark, kidnapped by Vikings, and scheduled to be sacrificed at sundown. Granny isn’t very pleased. But when they are the only ones in town who fail to go “Viking,” the three turn to Granny’s extremely epic tales of the legends of Yondersaay, The Gifts of Odin, and King Dudo the Mightily Impressive for clues. But not all stories end happily, and Ruari, Dani, and Granny will have to write their own happy ending if things are to return to normal. The Princess Bride meets Vikings in this enchanted tale of high adventure, buried treasure, villainous treachery, violent ends, and true love.
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August 2016L.O.R.D (Legend of Ravaging Dynasties) 1: Fog and Snow
by Guo Jingming
Sold over 1,700,000 copies!The four nations -- Water, Wind, Earth and Fire jointly build up a fantasy world -- Odin Continent. In this world dominated by mysterious sorcery, the Top 7 sorcerers are known as ""Lords"", who represent the peak of the whole nation's strength. In Aslan Empire, a water source in the west of the continent, sorcerers display their powers by manipulating and controlling water elements such as ice, frost, rain and snow. The story starts from Qi Ling, a young civilian in Fortune Town in the south of Aslan, who is involuntarily involved in a fight among sorcerers. When he comes to himself after injury, he, who has never been in contact with the sorcery world, is told that he has become a disciple of the 7th Lord --- a successor to the lord. What's more, in his body there appears a formidable, ferocious soul beast... The door to the new world opens slowly, and the dazzling sorcery fight, which existed only in people's imagination before, unfolds before the eyes of Qi Ling, like a magnificent picture impregnated by blood and glory...
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July 2022Freya und die Furchtlosen - Plündern will gelernt sein! (Band 2)
by Jochen Till / Dominik Rupp
Freya and the Fearless - Plundering is a Skill! (Vol. 2) All Vikings are fearless? Not quite ... They call themselves "The Fearless" and they want to rob, plunder and pillage for all they're worth. The only problem is that the sight of a little girl makes them wet their pants. Freya has had enough of plundering Vikings and gives Heinar's people a good scare.What happens in Vol. 2:The sea is getting narrower and narrower, with land in sight to the right and left. So this must be England. Finally, our brave Vikings can once again plunder, rob and pillage to their heart's content. Heinar and his men sail leisurely up the Thames, until something blocks their way: Unfortunately, the British king's architects built the new bridge much too low. Now no ship can get out or back in and the English have to do without their beloved hot drink: tea. Freya and the Fearless turn Tower Bridge into a suspension drawbridge, bring back tea to the British, and casually invent the bearskin cap along the way.• A little girl shows the despondent Vikings what a real guy is• Funny sidekicks: The Odin family is watching from heaven• Innovative 90:10 text-image ratio, illustrated in b/w• For fans of ‘Vicky the Viking’ and ‘Asterix & Obelix’.• To be continued with Vol. 3 and 4
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Children's & YAFebruary 2022Freya und die Furchtlosen - Auf ins Gefecht! (Band 1)
by Jochen Till
Freya and the Fearless (Vol. 1) - Off to Battle! They call themselves "The Fearless" and they want to rob, plunder and pillage for all they're worth. The only problem is that the sight of a little girl makes them wet their pants. Freya has had enough of plundering Vikings and gives Heinar's people a good scare. • A little girl shows the despondent Vikings what a real guy is • Funny sidekicks: The Odin family is watching from heaven • Innovative 90:10 text-image ratio, illustrated in b/w • For fans of ‘Vicky the Viking’ and ‘Asterix & Obelix’. • Volumes 2 and 3 coming in 2022 and 2023 Viking chief Heinar Hookepee leads a small troop of daring men into a new adventure. While it is being widely discussed who exactly should lead the attack, a little girl stands up to them - our heroine Freya. She's fed up with Vikings attacking her village all the time and angrily scolds Hookepee and his men - who are nowhere near as fearless and brave as they always pretend to be. Something has to change: The men have to learn to become real Vikings. And who better to teach them than the fearless Freya? So Freya lands on the Viking ship and, with a lot of wit and clever methods, tries to teach our sissy Vikings everything they are missing.
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March 2020Mark of Odin: The Awakening
by Xavier Marcé
Mark of Odin: The Awakening is the first issue of the transmedia literary saga of Mark of Odin where Norse mythology meets modern warfare and science fiction in a way that will surprise you. Introduces a new literary model where you will be able to enjoy the fusion of a reading experience with the potential of an online platform with gamification features. All supported by a transmedia universe of extended content for all readers that want more once they finish the book.After reaching more than one hundred thousand readers worldwide, now Mark of Odin saga’s first book is available in English. Are you ready to accept the challenge and awake to your real fate?SynopsisThe year is 2012, Luis Oden is about to graduate as an Aerospace Engineer and he expects to be chosen to participate in the ambitious Project Hermes, to develop a new generation of space shuttles in the new European Aerospace Center of Seville, Spain. His life is seemingly perfect until he begins to suffer recurring nightmares where mighty beasts, that seem to come from the Norse mythology, assault and torture him urging him to wake up. But wake up to what?Meanwhile, Jack Preston, a Lieutenant Colonel from the USAF and responsible for the tests of the X-56 Phoenix, a prototype of an orbital superiority combat jet fighter, is sent together with his crew to Seville to review the development of the Hermes program. There he will meet Luis when they are chosen to star the parachuting exhibition for the Columbus Day.Both Luis and Preston ignore it, but a dark menace is coming and only their choices will be able to give a chance to humanity to survive.
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October 2019Semióticas del cine y del audiovisual
by Juan Alberto Conde, Torben Grodal,Buckland, Warren, Oakley, Todd, Odin, Roger. Echeverri Jaramillo, Andrea. Díaz Roa, César Augusto. Duarte, German A. Ríos, Diego Felipe. Finol, José Enrique. Finol, David Enrique. Corral Cuartas, Álvaro. Sosa, Diego Hernando.
El presente volumen reúne una serie de textos escritos y publicados en las dos primeras décadas del siglo XXI, que abordan los problemas y objetos tradicionales de la semiótica fílmica y audiovisual, o que proponen nuevos objetos de indagación, nuevas preguntas. La primera parte está consagrada a las teorías generales, y en ella tiene preponderancia el denominado “giro cognitivo” de los estudios fílmicos, a partir de traducciones de textos inéditos en castellano: la teoría del flujo PECMA del investigador danés Torben Grodal; la semántica cognitiva aplicada a la interpretación audiovisual del británico Warren Buckland, o una nueva aproximación a la experiencia del espectador frente al dispositivo audiovisual por parte de Todd Oakley. En esta parte también se incluyen traducciones de dos textos de Roger Odin, pionero del enfoque semiopragmático, que permiten ver su pertinencia para abordar tanto problemas de la historia del cine y el audiovisual, como de sus manifestaciones contemporáneas.
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December 2021La marca de Odín: Ragnarok
by Xavier Marcé
Following the heart-stopping finale of Road to Valhalla, the Mark of Odin saga continues its epic story with Ragnarok at a frantic pace. Are you ready to face the battle of the end of times and discover some of the great puzzles of the saga while being immersed in a storm of endless action? Synopsis After the tragedy of the Test of the Valkyries, Luis has been badly injured. He needs to recover and that Valhalla return to Borealis to prevent the Hekkar threat. Will Luis be able, with the help of Freya and the Order of the Valkyries, to save the Borean Federation and, with it, all of humankind? It may already be too late as the darkness has spread to the very heart of the Borean Council. Meanwhile, on Earth, Jack Preston and Kira Takeda will have to discover who is behind the sabotage attempt at the Earth Defense Center. Only one person can unravel the enigma, the cold and deadly 'Katana'. Who will have to choose between loyalty to his assassin clan or helping Kira and Jack to ensure the future of their civilization. Nobody knows it, but time is running out. The battle of the end times is getting closer...
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February 2018La marca de Odín: El camino a Valhalla
by Xavier Marcé
Jack Preston and the survivors of the #SevillaDisaster try to put their lives back together and put the pieces of the puzzle together. Why did they attack them? Who are these aliens and their saviors? Is Earth still in danger? Who is behind the mysterious disappearances after the battle? Is everything connected? Meanwhile, Luis will wake up in the Valhalla spaceship confused and surrounded by strangers who treat him as if he were a god reborn. He will have to undertake a long way through the galaxy. An epic that will lead him to discover not only who the Order of the Valkyries, the Borean Federation and the terrible Hekkar are, but who he really is and what his role is in saving humankind before the end of times, before Ragnarok. The second installment of the amazing transmedia literary saga of Mark of Odin, which has managed to reach more than one hundred twennty thousands readers around the world, is now available. Road to Valhalla continues the epic adventure shortly after the events that mark the end of The Awakening. Are you ready to embark on this amazing journey and join the thousands of #MarkedforOdin who have already done so? If you do, you should know that the next book in the series, Ragnarok, is now available as well.
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PoetryOdin's Best Horse
by Joanne Maria McNally
Odin's Best Horse is a playful, fast-moving epic poem interweaving ancient mythologies with contemporary issues, dialogue and dramatic characterisation, with a strong rhythm, plenty of action and powerful images. The action for this epic adventure begins in contemporary times with Odin and his eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, returning to Asgard after a brief visit to Midgard (Earth). Odin and Sleipnir travel back through a time-maze of fire, ice and wondrous vistas in order to reach the plain where the gods live. In Asgard, the gods are already assembled and are eagerly anticipating Odin’s news. Finally, Odin arrives, and is soon flanked by his wolves, with his two ravens on his shoulders. Unfortunately, Odin’s news is not good: folk are constantly at war with one another, and they are taking little care of Earth. “Nature’s doomed”, fears Odin. Although most people want peace, the leaders have stirred things up. The Giants are active in Midgard, have put a spell on the place, and are intent on causing chaos and destruction. The gods wonder about descending en masse with their chariots and horses; Odin, however has another plan and decides that he and Sleipnir will go back again, this time in disguises. They’ll take a grassroots approach, hear what the folks say, and try to restore beauty and peace to Midgard. Odin and Sleipnir also take the ship, Skidbladnir, with them. Skidbladnir is blessed with trade winds no matter her course, and can be extended to fit all the gods inside her, or can be folded small enough to fit inside Odin’s pocket. As they have no time to lose, and with the end of time drawing near, they quickly set off. Odin's Best Horse comprises 808 lines in quatrains with a distinctive rhythm and rhyme and 19 dramatic locations and sections.
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THE HEAD OF MIMIR
A MARVEL: LEGENDS OF ASGARD NOVEL
by Richard Lee Byers
The young Heimdall must undertake a mighty quest to saveOdin – and all of Asgard – in the first heroic fantasy novel set inMarvel’s incredible Legends of Asgard It is a dark time for Asgard. The Allfather is trapped in a bewitchedOdinsleep, inspiring an all-out assault from the Frost Giants. They evadethe gods’ defenses with uncommon ease, as if guided by augury. Heimdall,a quick-witted young warrior still finding his place amongst Asgard’sdefenders, believes it no coincidence that Odin lies enchanted and thatthe Giants are so well-informed. Sneaking into Odin’s inner chambers, hediscovers that the severed head of Mimir, a great source of wisdom, ismissing. Accompanied by his sister, Lady Sif, Heimdall must quest acrossthe Ten Realms to retrieve it, lest mighty Asgard fall.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2022The Definitive Guide to Norse Mythology
The Gods, Heroes, Monsters, and Legends of Viking Culture
by Finn D. Moore
Immerse yourself in the spectacular and magical mythology of the Old Norse religion. The legend of the vikings–the warriors who ravaged the lands of Western Europe–has made them infamous, but many aspects of their religious beliefs have been overlooked. Norse mythology has its roots in Proto-Germanic folklore with some key concepts originating as far back as the Bronze Age–some 5000 years ago. In one comprensive volume, this book is the definitive guide to the spectacular mythology of the Old Norse religion.
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HumourParadise Is Not Heaven
by Rick Lane
What do you do when humans destroy their home planet, Atlantis? Creator decided to rejuvenate Atlantis. Paradise is not Heaven follows the process using characters from Biblical, Classical and Norse mythology to do the work. Zeus and his team are the guardians of Atlantis and Zeus is held responsible for the destruction which he denies. Creator has another planet, Wotanworld, which is evolving more in tune with Creator’s wishes. Odin and his team are Wotanworld’s guardians. Odin is charged with overseeing the rebirth of Atlantis together with keeping Zeus aware of his guilt. The characters do not do this to the exclusion of all else. They fall in love, toil, even to give birth during the period of rejuvenation. Paradise is the home of the Creator and the mythological characters. Heaven is where all forms of live wish to live.
