The Catswold Portal
10 best books like The Catswold Portal (Shirley Rousseau Murphy): The Wild Road, The Book of Night with Moon, Witch Way to the Mall, Mind-Speaker's Call, Catfantastic: Nine Lives and Fifteen Tales, The Tygrine Cat, Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria, The Fall of Fergal: The First Unlikely Exploit, Fantasy Gone Wrong, The Sword of Maiden's Tears
| Author | Gabriel King |
| ISBN | 0345423038 |
Once in every age, there comes a special cat. His mission is not to rule, but to guide the rulers to their destiny, to uphold the balance of the natural world, and to discover the leonine heart and spirit that is the legacy of all cats everywhere. Now, in the grand storytelling style of "Watership Down" and...
| Author | Diane Duane |
| ISBN | 0446606332 |
Rhiow seems a perfectly ordinary New York City cat. Or so her humans think -- but she is much more than she appears. With her partners Saash and Urruah, she collaborates with human wizards to protect the earth from dark forces and maintain the network of magical gateways that connect to different realities....
| Author | Esther M. Friesner |
| ISBN | 1439132747 |
Move over, urban fantasy--here comes "suburban" fantasy. What self-respecting witch, vampire, or werewolf would be caught dead--or undead--anywhere but the Big City, you may ask? Look, let's give the uncanny crew a little credit for intelligence: If they had the smarts to see the advantage in packing...
| Author | Gayle Greeno |
| ISBN | 0886775795 |
Mindstealers—that is what the Gleaners—a mutant strain of humans able to destroy the minds and souls of their fellows—are known throughout Canderis. it is a reputation that has been only too well-earned by such Gleaners as Seeker Doyce Marbon's stepson Vesey, who nearly succeeded in bringing...
| Author | Andre Norton |
| ISBN | 0886773555 |
Two of the biggest names in the fantasy field have put together a unique collection of fantastical cat tales for friends of furry felines. Cats work a special magic in these stories from the future, from the past, and from dimensions people never dream of.
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Feline lovers and fantasy fans will go for this high-suspense tale of a cat with ancient powers who must save a feral clan.
Alone and lost, a young cat called Mati is struggling to be accepted by a colony of street cats in the bustling marketplace at Cressida Lock. What Mati doesn’t know is that...
When the Library of Alexandria was reduced to ashes by men who feared the power of words and ideas, Akeel, the Master Librarian risked his life to save a handful of rare mystical books. To protect them from falling into the hands of those who would destroy or misuse them, Akeel appointed the library cats,...
| Author | Philip Ardagh |
| ISBN | 0805074767 |
The very last words young Fergal McNally heard in his life were: "Don't lean out of that window!" The very last sounds were probably the air whistling past his sticky-out ears as he fell the fourteen stories, the honk of traffic horns below (getting nearer and nearer, of course), and-possibly-the "SP"...
| Author | Martin H. Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0756403804 |
Everyone knows that heroes should triumph, dragons should be slain, and maidens should be rescued. But what if things don't go according to plan? Here are 16 fun tales of magic gone awry - from an author whose unicorn protagonist takes control of the story to a person who can hear food talking with strange...
The Sword of Maiden's Tears
| Author | Rosemary Edghill |
| ISBN | 0886776228 |
MAGIC GONE ASTRAY - — It was Beltane Eve and student librarian Ruth Marlowe's thirtieth birthday when she stumbled over New York City's latest mugging victim. He was tall, with long silvery hair, catlike eyes, pointed ears, and he was garbed in the finest of hand-sewn medieval wear. His name - he told...
| Author | Amy Thomson |
| ISBN | 0441007392 |
Bound to the human race by a lifesaving link and a sacred pledge of honor, two members of the alien Tendu species leave the safety of their homeland and board a spacecraft headed toward Earth. Isolated from humans because of their alien bodies, customs, and language, the Tendu must learn the ways of Earth...
| Author | Aspen in the Sunlight |
Fandom: Harry Potter
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A letter from home? A letter from family? Well, Harry Potter knows he has neither, but all the same, it starts with a letter from Surrey. Whatever the Durleys have to say, it can't be anything good, so Harry's determined...
| Author | Neil Gaiman |
| ISBN | 0963094475 |
Really, you would think that I would stop this by now. I've read more than enough of Neil's work to know that his stories aren't just for kids. But still... And even despite the effing TITLE OF THIS COLLECTION.. I uttered a little gasp when Neil said "fuck".
And I'll admit. It was a little sexy, too....
The Glasswrights' Journeyman
| Author | Mindy Klasky |
| ISBN | 0451458842 |
You know, I more or less forgave this series for its opening two books wherein the main character Rani was a little too passive for my taste as far as her ability to move the narrative by acting instead of being acted upon. In the third book, she picks up some agency and actually tries to take action on her (somewhat...
| Author | Lilian Jackson Braun |
| ISBN | 0451171012 |
This murderously entertaining collection assembles sixteen purr-fect tales of crime and cats by some of today's best mystery writers. Lilian Jackson Braun's charming Siamese SuSu is the first to smell a rat in a chilling tale of two spinster sister and an eccentric neighbor. Edward D. Hoch's favorite...
Cozy Classics: Pride and Prejudice
| Author | Jack Wang |
| ISBN | 1927018129 |
Classics never go out of style—that’s what makes them classic. Cozy Classics is a new board book series that presents well-loved stories to children aged 0+. Every classic in the series will be condensed to 12 baby-friendly words, and each word will appear alongside a photograph of needle felted...
