Yvan Pommaux
Author
Series
Publisher
TOON Books, an imprint of RAW Junior, LLC
Language
English
Description
"Oedipus is born to a terrible fate. Can he escape it to save himself and his family? An oracle makes a ghastly prediction: the young prince will kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, King Laius decides to kill his infant son before he can ever grow up to fulfill that prophecy. But destiny can't be avoided so easily. That child is Oedipus, who lives to lead a country"--Publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
TOON Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Son of a muse, the young musician Orpheus has everything: talent, beauty, courage, love. Then, in a moment, everything is lost. His bride Eurydice is killed in a terrible accident on their wedding night. Armed only with his lyre, Orpheus enters the desolate Underworld, where no mortal has ever gone before. He's determined to achieve the impossible—bring his wife back to life, restore their happiness, and ensure he's never in danger of losing her...
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"All of Us is a collective history of the world, told from an uncommon point of view. Written in the first-person plural, All of Us is a book of our history, emphasizing our unity as a species, beginning with the birth of our planet and our common origins in Africa, and describing how we came to be who we are in all our numerous guises. As hunter-gatherers and nomads, inventors of tools, farmers and breeders, we evolved in various ways, influenced...
Author
Publisher
École des loisirs
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Français
Description
A muskrat who believes children are weak and cowardly because they sit around the house all day, gets a boy and girl into a dangerous situation. The children are stranded on an island inhabited by a monster, and, with the help of the now repentant muskrat and his friend, manage to survive and escape proving that they are resourceful and courageous.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Ekare
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
A cat detective gets a client: a woman who needs help finding her daughter.
John Chatterton, el famoso detective-gato del autor e ilustrador Yvan Pommaux, resuelve los casos más complicados gracias a su talento para la investigación y a sus buenas fuentes literarias. Este libro reúne sus investigaciones más célebres; tres historias llenas de misterio y humor inspiradas en los años dorados del cine, la novela negra y los cuentos tradicionales....