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3) The twits
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English
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The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
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English
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Few myths have so wide a distribution as the one, known by the name of the Trickster, which we are presenting here. For few can we so confidently assert that they belong to the oldest expressions of mankind. Few other myths have persisted with their fundamental content unchanged. The Trickster myth is found in clearly recognizable form among the simplest aboriginal tribes and among the complex. We encounter it among the ancient Greeks, the Chinese,...
7) Rosa Raposa
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Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A wily fox outwits Jaguar in three trickster tales set in the jungles of South America.
8) Pinduli
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English
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Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.
9) The gruffalo
Publisher
Orange Eyes Limited
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a courageous mouse goes for a stroll in the woods, he must outwit a series of predatory animals, including a fox, snake, owl, and the mighty Gruffalo.
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The Loki trilogy volume Book 2
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English
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Ragnarok was the End of Worlds. Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idol and new deities . . . But now mankind dreams of the Norse Gods once again,...
12) Unraveling
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Series
DAW book collectors volume no. 1824
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English
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"Dr. Miranda Ecouvo, forensic therapist of the City, just helped put a serial killer behind bars. But she soon discovers that her investigation into seven unusual murders is not yet complete. A near-death experience throws her out of time and into a realm of labyrinths and spirits. There, she encounters brothers Chance and the Trickster, who have an otherworldly interest in the seemingly mundane crimes from her files. It appears the true mastermind...
13) The trickster
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English
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He is a shape-shifter. He is as old as time. He kills without mercy.
Life is good in Silver, a small town high in the Canadian Rockies. Sam Hunt is a lucky man. With a loving family and an honest income, he has everything he wants.
But beneath the mountains a vile, demonic energy is gathering strength and soon it will unleash its freezing terror upon Silver. In the eye of the storm, one man struggles to bury the private horrors of his childhood. He...
Author
Publisher
E.P. Dutton
Pub. Date
[1986]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
37 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
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English
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The question has plagued us for centuries: Can we change our fate? Before the days of going toe-to-toe with the Avenger, a younger Loki is desperate to prove himself heroic and capable, while it seems everyone around him suspects him of inevitable villainy and depravity...except for Amora. Asgard's resident sorceress-in-training feels like a kindred spirit-someone who values magic and knowledge, who might even see the best in him. But when Loki and...
17) Puss in boots
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Series
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English
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A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.
19) Tricked
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Series
Fairy Tale Reform School volume 3
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English
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Rumpelstiltskin has taken over Fairy Tale Reform School, where Gilly's younger sister, Anna, has been sentenced, and Gilly must break in to save her.
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Norse god Loki records the highs and lows of living on Earth as an eleven-year-old in grumbles, snarks, and doodles in his enchanted diary. He might not have shown any moral improvement (yet); but Odin has given Loki another chance to prove himself worthy of Asgard. Earning everyone's trust isn't easy, however. So far, Loki has managed to make only one human friend, Valerie, but is now irritated to learn that Valerie has made another friend, Georgina....
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