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The Ecstasy of Being: Mythology and Dance by Joseph Campbell

The Ecstasy of Being: Mythology and Dance by Joseph Campbell

by Sarah Hutchins | Mar 16, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Dance

The Ecstasy of Being: Mythology and Dance is the latest collection of published and unpublished works by the renowned American scholar who developed the hero’s journey theory, connecting similar symbols and stages of popular myths from around the world. Editor Nancy...
Recreated (The Reawakened Series) by Colleen Houck

Recreated (The Reawakened Series) by Colleen Houck

by Megan Stevens | Dec 30, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult

Colleen Houck’s second installment to her best selling Reawakened series, Recreated, adds more character development, mythology, and relationship dynamics, and greatly building upon the first novel. This series follows Lily, a New York City native, who discovers that...
Dragons and Mythical Creatures by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, illustrated by Carlo Molinari

Dragons and Mythical Creatures by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, illustrated by Carlo Molinari

by Laura Di Giovine | Dec 21, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's

Dragons and Mythical Creatures is part of the Magic Tree House series and is the nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #55, Night of the Ninth Dragon, which explored the world of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. Dragons and Mythical Creatures tracks fun facts about...
The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil by Al Ridenour

The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil by Al Ridenour

by Whitney Smyth | Dec 16, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography, History

For a long time the Krampus was an unknown to most Americans who typically popularize the Christmas holiday with the safe and familiar jolly, fat, white-bearded man dressed in red who sneaks down chimneys in the middle of the night bearing gifts for good girls and...
Froelich’s Ladder by Jamie Duclos-Yourdon

Froelich’s Ladder by Jamie Duclos-Yourdon

by Alexis M. Woodcock | Oct 31, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, NW Setting

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Forest Avenue Press Formats: Paperback, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound[/alert] Froelich has been living up his impossibly tall ladder for as long as his nephews can remember, outright refusing...
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