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With The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Caspar Henderson offers readers a fascinating, beautifully produced modern-day menagerie. But whereas medieval bestiaries were often based on folklore and myth, the creatures that abound in Henderson's book-from the axolotl to the zebrafish-are, with one exception, very much with us, albeit sometimes in depleted numbers. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings transports readers to a world of real creatures that...
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"In The Illustrated Bestiary, author and spiritual wellness guide Maia Toll turns the insight and wisdom that birthed The Illustrated Herbiary -- her best-selling volume on the mystical power of plants -- to the animal kingdom. Through profiles highlighting 36 animals' most meaningful traits, Toll explores how those qualities can illuminate our habits, guide our intentions, and inform our actions. Rituals and reflections guide readers in cultivating...
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Hana Videen is a writer, blogger, and the author of The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English (Princeton). She holds a PhD in Old English from King's College London, and has been hoarding Old English words since 2013, when she began tweeting one a day. Website www.oldenglishwordhord.com Isabel Adomakoh Young appears in Foundation on Apple TV+ and Heartstopper on Netflix. Her theater work includes As You Like It at Shakespeare's Globe and Hamlet at the...
10) The bestiary: a book of beasts : being a translation from a Latin bestiary of the twelfth century
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Capricorn books volume 26
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1960.
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[2021]
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"Sparkling with the musings of the wizard Mordenkainen, this tome features a host of creatures for use in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Compiling and updating monsters that originally appeared in previous D&D fifth edition releases, these creatures represent some of the most benevolent and malevolent forces that D&D heroes might face. The book also gathers together fantastical peoples from many different worlds. Each of these peoples represents...
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