Kindle: The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum.

"The Children of Odin"
Padraic Colum
Language: English.
Contains the book The Children of Odin in Kindle format, as written by Padraic Colum. A free Kindle app for windows and mac can be downloaded on amazon.com.
"Before time as we know it began, gods and goddesses lived in the city of Asgard. Odin All Father crossed the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard. Thor defended Asgard with his mighty hammer. Mischievous Loki was constantly getting into trouble with the other gods, and dragons and giants walked free. This collection of Norse sagas retold by author Padraic Colum gives us a sense of that magical time when the world was filled with powers and wonders we can hardly imagine."
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PDF: From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths” by Heather O’Donoghue.

 "From Asgard to Valhalla"
Heather O'Donoghue
Language: English.
Contains 223 pages of the book From Asgard to Valhalla by Heather O'Donoghue in PDF format.
"Whether it be Thor’s powerful hammer, the mysterious valkyries, the palatial home of the gods - Asgard - or ravenous wolves and fierce elemental giants, the Norse myths are packed with vivid incident. This is the first book to show how the Norse myths have resonated from era to era: from Viking-age stories of ice and fire to the epic poetry of Beowulf; and from Wagner’s Ring to Marvel Comics’ Mighty Thor.
Heather O’Donoghue considers the wider contexts of Norse mythology, including its origins, medieval expression and reception in post-medieval societies right up to the present. From Asgard to Valhalla is a book that will intrigue and delight anyone with an interest in how the Norse myths have so profoundly shaped the western cultural heritage."
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PDF: Norse Mythology A to Z by Kathleen Daly.

 "Norse Mythology A to Z"
Kathleen Daly
Language: English.
Contains 143 pages of the book Norse Mythology A to Z by Kathleen Daly in PDF format.
"The Norse (people of the north) are known today as the Scandinavians— the people of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands.
Mistakenly, Norsemen are often thought of only as the fierce warriors of the Viking Age (a.d. 750–1070); however, Norse culture originated long before the dramatic explorations of the Vikings. It probably started to take root during the Bronze Age (1600–450 b.c.). No written sources describe early Norse culture, but surviving works in metal and stone depict gods and goddesses and provide glimpses of ancient myths and rituals. The Norse were superb shipbuilders and navigators, intrepid explorers, and people with a strong sense of family and clan loyalty. They also loved a good story, a quick wit, and fine craftsmanship, which we can see in the ancient carvings, weaponry, and utensils that have been discovered in a variety of archaeological sites across Scandinavia. The mythology of these strong, lively people was rich, vigorous, and clever."
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PDF: A Bíblia da Feitiçaria - O Manual Completo dos Feiticeiros por Janet e Stewart Farrar.

 "A Bíblia da Feitiçaria"
Janet & Stewart Farrar
Linguagem: Português.
Contém 229 páginas em arquivo tipo PDF com o livro A Bíblia da Feitiçaria escrito por Janet & Stewart Farrar, com foco em sua tradição religiosa.
"A feitiçaria moderna, na Europa e nos EUA, é um fato. Ela não é mais uma relíquia subterrânea da qual a camada restante, e até mesmo a própria existência, é acirradamente disputada pelos antropologistas. Ela não é mais o passatempo bizarro de um punhado de excêntricos. Ela é a prática religiosa ativa de um número substancial de pessoas. Sobre o quão grande é este número não existe certeza, porque a Wicca, além do coven individual, não é uma religião hierarquicamente organizada. Onde organizações formais de fato existem, como nos Estados Unidos, isto se aplica à razões legais e tributárias, não para uniformidade dogmática ou o número de membros. Porém os números são, por exemplo, suficientes para manter uma variedade de periódicos ativos e para justificar a publicação de um corpo literário sempre crescente, em ambos os lados do Atlântico; portanto uma estimativa razoável seria a de que os adeptos da Wicca em atividade chegam agora à dezenas de milhares, no mínimo. E toda evidência sugere que o número está crescendo com regularidade."
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Oscar Wilde.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Penguin Books
Language: English
Published in 1992 by Penguin Books.
Contains the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde in 276 pages, including an introduction by Anthony Burgess. Cover different than pictured.
"On its publication in 1891, The Picture of Dorian Gray was widely condemned for its immorality as, of course, was its author. Oscar Wilde, as the preface to this work relates, was an aesthete no a moralist. And yet, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde's only novel, would seem to be a highly moral tale, depicting the spiritual and physical decay of a young man wholly devoted to aestheticism."

Willi Winkler.

"Mick Jagger e os Rolling Stones"
Larousse
Linguagem: Português
Tradução: Claudia Abeling
Publicado no Brasil em 2010.
Originalmente publicado em 2002.
Contém 207 páginas com a história dos Rolling Stones e seus membros, escrita por Willi Winkler e traduzida por Claudia Abeling, e páginas extra com fotografias da banda.
"Há quase cinco décadas eles estão sobre o palco, sobreviveram a todas as crises, a todas as modas, e são, até hoje, simplesmente a banda de rock: The Rolling Stones. Willi Winkler conta como Mick Jagger e sua trupe levaram o mundo todo à loucura e passa em revista sua história única. Este livro trata de sexo e drogas, mas em especial de rock n' roll - que está mais vivo do que nunca. "E quando a noite desce sobre o estádio e Mick Jagger grita, rouco, como há quarenta anos, daí eles se transformam de novo na maior, na mais barulhenta, na melhor banda do mundo"."

Wilbur Smith.

"River God"
Pan Books
Published in 1994, first Pan Books edition.
First published in 1993 by Macmillan.
Contains 662 pages of the novel River God by Wilbur Smith.
"At the festival of Osiris, loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader. Only Taita - a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave - sees him as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory.
Danger surrounds all those who oppose the ruling élite. But together with his protégés, Lostris, beautiful fourteen-year-old daughter of his master Lord Intef, and the proud young army officer Tanus, Taita begins the long and dangerous journey towards his own glorious dream - to restore the majesty of the Pharaoh of Pharaohs on the glittering banks of the Nile."

Franklin W. Dixon.

"The Hardy Boys 1: The Tower Treasure"
Grosset & Dunlap
Language: English
Published in 1959.
Contains the first Hardy Boys story, The Tower Treasure, by Franklin W. Dixon in 180 pages, with black and white illustrations.
"The story begins with Frank and Joe Hardy barely avoiding being hit by a speeding driver whom they notice has bright red hair. Later, this same red-haired driver attempts a ferryboat ticket office robbery and successfully steals a yellow jalopy called Queen from the Hardys' friend, Chet Morton. Due to one witness reporting that the villain had dark hair, the Hardys assume he is using a red wig. It is learned that the thief returned to Chet's home to steal a tire, helping Frank and Joe to find Queen abandoned in a public wooded area."

"The Hardy Boys 2: The House On The Cliff"
Grosset & Dunlap
Language: English
Published in 1959.
Contains the Hardy Boys story The House On The Cliff by Franklin W. Dixon in 180 pages, with black and white illustrations.
"Fenton Hardy, the famous private detective and father of the Hardy Boys, asks his sons to help him with his latest case involving a criminal named Snattman and the illegal drug trade smuggling of stolen drugs. Hardy directs Frank and Joe to a house on the cliff, whose location overlooking Barmet Bay offers an excellent vantage point to watch for smugglers. The Hardys are tricked into the house by cries for help, and are trapped for a short time in the attic; meanwhile, their telescope and motorcycles are damaged, possibly by the smugglers."

"The Hardy Boys 14: The Hidden Harbor Mystery"
Grosset & Dunlap
Language: English
Published in 1961.
Contains the Hardy Boys story The Hidden Harbor Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon in 177 pages, with black and white illustrations.
"The Hardy boys meet Mr. Bart Worth who is the editor of the Larchmont Record. He explains that Mr. Samuel Blackstone has sued him for printing a story accusing his ancestors of being pirates. Mr. Worth also tells the Hardy boys about the long standing feud between the Blackstone and the Rand families over ownership of a pond in Hidden Harbor.
The Hardy boys accept Mr. Worth’s case and, along with their friend Chet Morton, drive to Georgia. Once they have set up a camp on the beach between the two properties the boys begin to investigate the Rand and the Blackstone estates."

"The Hardy Boys 15: The Sinister Signpost"
Grosset & Dunlap
Language: English
Published in 1968.
Contains the Hardy Boys story The Sinister Signpost by Franklin W. Dixon in 175 pages, with black and white illustrations.
"This story begins with Frank and Joe Hardy driving home along Shore Road when they have an accident with a dragster. When they arrive home their father, Fenton Hardy, tells them about a new case he has taken on for Alden Automotive Research and Development Company, with which he would like the boys' help. Mr. Hardy explains that Mr. Alden believes someone is trying to steal the plans for a secret new engine he is designing, and that two of his racing cars which were equipped with new engine had strange accidents in which their windshields suddenly turned milky white, just after passing a road sign warning “DANGER”. While they are discussing the case someone fires a smoke grenade into their house with a warning attached, telling them to "drop the Alden case"."

"The Hardy Boys 39: The Mystery Of The Chinese Junk"
Grosset & Dunlap
Language: English
Published in 1960.
Contains the Hardy Boys story The Mystery Of The Chinese Junk by Franklin W. Dixon in 184 pages, with black and white illustrations.
"The Hardys purchase a Chinese junk named the Hai Hau to ferry passengers to Rocky Isle and make some extra money. Four mysterious men also are interested in the boat because of treasure hidden inside the Hai Hau."

"The Hardy Boys 45: The Mystery Of The Spiral Bridge"
Armada Books
Published in 1974, first Armada publishing.
First published in 1972 by Grosset & Dunlap.
Contains the Hardy Boys story The Mystery Of The Spiral Bridge by Franklin W. Dixon in 156 pages, with black and white illustrations.
"The Hardy Boys track down the saboteurs who kidnapped their father, and have to keep them from blowing up a bridge near Boontown, Kentucky. The bridge is being built by Tony Pritos fathers construction company. Mr Hardy is ill most of the story. The Villains are mostly ex-crooks who wants that area of the bridge for themselves."

"The Hardy Boys 60: Mystery Of The Samurai Sword"
Wanderer Books
Language: English
Published in 1979.
In paperback format, contains the Hardy Boys story Mystery Of The Samurai Sword by Franklin W. Dixon in 179 pages, with black and white illustrations.
"Shortly after his arrival in the United States, a Japanese business tycoon mysteriously disappears. Mr. Hardy, who had been entrusted with the man's security, is baffled and shocked. He feels even worse when the FBI takes him off the case.
Hower his sons, Frank and Joe, are there to investigate. A valuable samurai sword, said to have belonged to the missing tycoon's family for generations, is stolen from an auction gallery in New York, and the boys suspect a connection. One clue leads to another, and danger confronts them constantly on their search for the solution to the puzzle."

"The Hardy Boys 67: The Outlaw's Silver"
Armada Books
Language: English
Published in 1983, first Armada publishing.
Originally published by Wanderers Books in 1981.
In paperback format, contains the Hardy Boys story The Outlaw's Silver by Franklin W. Dixon in 190 pages, with black and white illustrations.
"The Outlaw's Silver is the title of a Hardy Boys Digest novel, written by Franklin W. Dixon. Sometimes it goes by the number of 67 in the series, a continuation of the original novels, and sometimes as the 9th, as it is the 9th published after Grosset & Dunlap lost rights to publish new Hardy Boys books in 1979.
The Hardy Boys are given clues which send them in search of the treasure hidden by the Outlaw of the Pine Barrens."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
Penguin Books
Language: English
Published in 1986.
First published by George Newnes, 1892. First published by Penguin Books, 1981.
Contains twelve stories about Sherlock Holmes' adventures by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in 283 pages.
"Amid the foggy streets of sinister London, and the even more sinister smiling countryside, Holmes and Watson once more solve the unsolvable. In The Speckled Bnad, The Scandal in Bohemia, The Engineer's Thumb and nine other intriguing stories, the great master-mind of detection grapples with the very extremes of treachery, duplicity and murderous evil."

"Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"
Bantam Books
Language: English.
Published in 1949.
The original version was published in 1893.
Contains 250 pages with eleven adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
"Sherlock Holmes, world's greatest detective, traps a killer in The Crooked Man, only one of eleven exciting adventures, including the story of Holmes' most dangerous opponent, Moriarty, king of crime, and the life-and-death strugge at the Reichenbach Falls."

"Sherlock Holmes Short Stories"
Longman Group
Language: English
Published in 1977.
Contains seven short Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in simplified english, 120 pages.
"This book has been specially prepared to make enjoyable reading for people whom English is a second or a foreign language. An English writer never thinks of avoiding unusual words, so that the learner, trying to read the book in its original form, has to turn frequently to the dictionary and so loses much of the pleasure that the book ought to give."

Anne Rice.

Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941) is an American author of metaphysical gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotica. She is perhaps best known for her popular and influential series of novels, The Vampire Chronicles, revolving around the central character of Lestat. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles in 1994, and Queen of the Damned in 2002.

Anne Rice (Nova Orleans, 4 de Outubro de 1941) é uma escritora norte-americana, autora de séries de terror e fantasia. Em seus livros ela invariavelmente apresenta seus vampiros como indivíduos com suas paixões, teorias, sentimentos, defeitos e qualidades como os seres humanos mas com a diferença de lutarem pela sua sobrevivência através do sangue de suas vítimas e sua própria existência, que para alguns deles, é um fardo a ser carregado através das décadas, séculos e até milênios.

"Angel Time"
Anchor Books
Language: English
Published in 2010, first Anchor Books mass-market edition.
Contains the novel Angel Time by Anne Rice in 371 pages and an excerpt from Of Love and Evil by Anne Rice in 12 pages.
"It's the present day. Toby O'Dare - aka Lucky the Fox - is a contract killer on assignment once again. He's a souless soul, a dead man walking. His nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions is disrupted when a mysterious stranger, a seraph, offers a him a chance to save rather than destroy lives.
O'Dare, who long ago dreamt of being a priest, seixes hi chance. Now he is carried back through the ages to 13th-century England, to dark realms where children suddenly die or disappear, and accusations of ritual murder have been made against Jews. Here O'Dare begins his perilous quest for salvation, a journey of danger and flight, loyalty and betrayal, selflessness and love."

"Blackwood Farm"
Ballantine Books
Language: English
Published in 2003, first domestic mass-market edition.
Contains the novel Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice in 626 pages.
"Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious dining rooms, sun-drenched gardens, and a dark strip to the dense Sugar Devil Swamp. This is the world of Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man haunted since birth by a mysterious doppelgänger, a spirit known as Goblin. When Quinn is made a vampire, losing all that is rightfully his and gaining an unwanted immortality, Goblin becomes even more vampiric and terrifying than Quinn himself. Desperate, Quinn seeks out the legendary Vampire Lestat in the hope of freeing himself from the specter that draws him inexorably back to Sugar Devil Swamp - and to the secrets it holds..."

"Christ The Lord"
Ballantine Books
Language: English
Published in 2006, Ballantine Books mass-market edition.
Contains the novel Christ The Lord by Anne Rice in 350 pages.
"With the Holy Land in turmoil, seven-year old Jesus and his family leave Egypt for the dangerous road home to Jerusalem. As they travel, the boy tries to unlock the secret of his birth and comprehend his terrifying power to work miracles. Anne Rice's dazzling, kaleidoscopic novel, based on the gospels and the most respected New Testament scholarship, summons up the voice, the presence, and the worlds of Jesus, allowing him to tell his own story as he struggles to grasp the holy purpose of his life."

"Pandora"
Ballantine Books
Language: English
Published in 1999, first Ballantine Books edition.
Contains the novel Pandora by Anne Rice in 344 pages and an excerpt from Vittorio, the Vampire.
"The title character is a highborn woman of Augustan Rome who later names herself after the Pandora of mythology, opening her own box of surprises. Sitting in a modern-day Paris café in the aftermath of a fresh kill, the vampire Pandora accepts the challenge of recounting her history and immediately sets to work, filling the blank pages of an elegant leatherbound notebook... A wealth of narrative twists and period detail."