Books like A natural history of the unnatural world by Joel Levy

Percy Jackson and his demigod friends race against time to rescue the missing goddess Artemis, stop a deadly monster that could destroy Olympus, and thwart Kronos’s latest plot before the feared Titan’s Curse unfolds.

Percy Jackson faces his toughest decision yet as the storm giant Typhon threatens America and Kronos’s forces assault Manhattan, a battle that could mean world salvation or destruction.

In "The Battle of the Labyrinth," Percy Jackson and friends leave Camp Half-Blood to stop Kronos’ army by navigating a deadly, ever‑shifting underground maze full of monsters and mythic challenges.

A curated collection of the daily habits and routines that powered some of history’s most influential artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers.

Tom faces the malevolent Luna the Moon Wolf, whose dark magic turns forest creatures against him as he quests to gather the Amulet of Avantia's pieces to save his father.

Medieval authors placed fantastic creatures in the borders of manuscripts, since they mark the boundaries of our understanding. Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations. According to apocalyptic visions of the Bible, they will also proliferate as we approach the end of time. Because they challenge our conceptual powers, fantastic creatures also seem to exist at the limits of language. Legends tell us that imaginary animals belong to a primordial time, before we had encompassed the world in names, categories and elaborate conceptual frameworks. This richly illustrated book shows how, despite their liminal role, dog-men, mermaids, and many other imaginary creatures are socially constructed through the same complex play of sensuality and imagination as "real" ones. It traces the history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to the Harry Potter stories. These figures help us psychologically by giving form to our amorphous fears as "monsters", as well as embodying our hopes as "wonders."

The ultimate quest for the world's most mysterious creatures. The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman -- these are the names of the elusive beasts that have caught the eye and captured the imaginations of people around the world for centuries. Recently, tales of these "monsters" have been corroborated by an increase in sightings, and out of these legends a new science has been born: cryptozoology -- the study of hidden animals. *Cryptozoology A to Z*, the first encyclopedia of its kind, contains nearly two hundred entries, including cryptids (the name given to these unusual beasts), new animal finds, and the explorers and scientists who search for them. Loren Coleman, one of the world's leading cryptozoologists, teams up with Jerome Clark, editor and author of several encyclopedias, to provide these definitive descriptions and many never-before-published drawings and photographs from eyewitnesses' detailed accounts. Full of insights into the methods of these scientists, exciting tales of discovery, and the history and evolution of this field, *Cryptozoology A to Z* is the most complete reference ever of the newest zoological science.

When a mysterious, crackling ice menace threatens the kingdom, Tom must race to halt Tartok the Ice Beast and stop Malvel’s evil plans before the farthest reaches are consumed.