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Earthsea: The First Four Books by Ursula K Le Guin
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * Tehanu Ged is but a goatherd on the island of Gont when he comes by his strange powers over nature. Sent to the School of Wizards on Roke, he learns the true way of magic and proves himself a powerful magician. And it is as the Archmage S ...Show more
Earthsea: The First Four Books (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Earthsea
One of the classic works of fantasy by renowned writer of the genre, Ursula K. Le Guin. As a young dragonlord, Ged, whose use-name is Sparrowhawk, is sent to the island of Roke to learn the true way of magic. A natural magician, Ged becomes an Archmage and helps the High Priestess Tenar escape from the ...Show more
Earthsea: the First Four Books by Ursula K. Le Guin
Category: Children's fantasy
Rebel Voices: Disruptive Stories from Trailblazing Women - a new Puffin Classics collection, celebrating International Women's Day 2023 'One of the literary greats of the 20th century' - Margaret Atwood Earthsea: The First Four Books is a collection of one of the most beloved and influential fantasy w ...Show more
Five Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula. K Le Guin
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction
'A magic of words' Neil GaimanSet in the same universe as The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, these five linked stories follow far-future human colonies living in the distant solar system.Here is the complete suite of five linked stories from Ursula K. Le Guin's acclaimed Hainish series, whi ...Show more
Four Ways to Forgiveness: Stories by Ursula K Le Guin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
At the far end of our universe, on the twin planets of Werel and Yeowe, all humankind is divided into "assets" and "owners," tradition and liberation are at war, and freedom takes many forms. Here is a society as complex and troubled as any on our world, peopled with unforgettable characters struggling ...Show more
Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin
Category: unmapped
An exciting, moving, beautifully told story from the bestselling author of the Earthsea series. Orrec is the son of the Brantor of Caspromant; Gry the daughter of the Brantors of Barre and Rodd. They have grown up together in neighbouring domains, running half-wild across the Uplands. The people of ...Show more
Hainish Novels and Stories Vol. 2 - The Word for World Is Forest / Five Ways to Forgiveness / the Telling / Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin; Brian Attebery (Editor)
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Library of America Ursula K. le Guin Edition Ser.
The star-spanning story of humanity's colonization of other planets, Ursula K. Le Guin's visionary Hainish novels and stories redrew the map of modern science fiction, making it a rich field for literary explorations of "the nature of human nature," as Margaret Atwood has described Le Guin's subject. No ...Show more
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Most people know Ursula K. Le Guin for her extraordinary science fiction and fantasy. Fewer know just how pervasive Taoist themes are to so much of her work. And in Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, we are treated to Le Guin's unique take on Taoist philosophy's founding classic. Reflecting more than forty years of ...Show more
Late In The Day: Poems 2010-2014 by Ursula K. Le Guin
Category: Poetry
Late in the Day, Ursula K. Le Guin's new collection of poems seeks meaning in an ever-connected world. In part evocative of Neruda's Odes to Common Things (originally 1961; Little, Brown, 1994) and Mary Oliver's poetic guides to the natural world, Le Guin gives voice to objects that may not speak a huma ...Show more
Lavinia by Ursula K Le Guin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
In The Aeneid, Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes us to the half-wild world of ancient Italy, when Rome was a muddy village near s ...Show more
No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters by Ursula K Le Guin
Category: Fiction
From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation
No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin; Karen Joy Fowler (Introduction by)
Category: Languages and Reference
Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub."On cultural perceptions of fantasy: "The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of?"On breakfast: "Eatin ...Show more