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Explore the extraordinary stories of the great Greek and Roman heroes, gods, and monsters, along with breathtaking images of classic artwork and 15 removable pieces of mythology ephemera. An interactive...

The role of mythology in ritual and its place in the origins of customs, cults, and hero worship are the fascinating subjects of this comparative survey. Based on firsthand sources,...

The book titled The Arabian Nights II: Sinbad and Other Popular Stories by the author Husain Haddawy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

An exploration of the individual and geographic origins and the symbolic contents of myths, this book looks at the range of mythologies including Grimm's fairy tales and the native American...

Unbeatable price Over 15,000 entries not covered in conventional dictionaries Crammed with fascinating and unexpected information A best-seller since its first publication in 1870

' I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration ' PHILIP PULLMAN 'Entrancing ... a creative manifesto' TELEGRAPH 'Mesmerising ... vibrating with life and curiosity' OBSERVER In this...

Have you ever wondered how the constellations got their names? Or wanted to know the stories of the gods and heroes immortalised in the night sky? In Legends of the...

The book titled More Mysterious Wales by the author Chris Barber. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'I loved Goddess with a Thousand Faces . Fascinating, fun and thoughtful and enlightening' JENNIFER SAINT 'A beautiful weave of history, myth and storytelling by one of our most exciting...

From Arthurian legend to tales of ancient China, horses have traversed the world alongside humans for centuries, and their heroic adventures are gathered here in this one-of-a-kind little encyclopedia ....

' Rebecca meets The Secret History . Gloriously dark, gloriously gothic ' Sara Collins, Costa First Novel Award-winning author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton For 150 years, Caldonbrae Hall...

Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) caught the popular imagination with his vast and enterprising comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, which in its third edition numbered 12...

The great epic poem of Northern Europe, born deep in the heart of ancient Karelian forests Sharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes'...

The book titled The Choking Doberman and Other 'New' Urban Legends by the author Jan Harold Brunvand. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown Award 2023 The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women - and then won back again. 'Remarkable work... Extraordinary, meticulous detail'...

In 2018, a young forensic scientist, homesick and adrift in the North of England, is heading to a coroner's office to identify a body. But this body, found in a...

This collection of fourteen reimagined Grimm's fairy tales from award-winning author Mark Russell offers a biting new perspective while proving the classics never go out of style. In the two...

A Change of Tongue is about belonging - to a family, a tribe, a nation, a continent. It is about having a place, losing it, finding another place. As part...

Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory...

The book titled Good Luck Mr.Gorsky: Exploring Urban Myths by the author R. Pollock. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Burkhard Bilger's beautifully written, wonderfully funny and movingly nostalgic book explores the surviving (and often dying) folk traditions of the American South, from the eating of squirrel brains in Kentucky,...

' A deliciously sexy paranormal romance set in the Black South' Demi Winters, bestselling author of The Ashen Series 'With enough romantic tension to make Hell itself look like tundra,...

This work offers an account of the heroes and villains, legends and foibles of the four nations that inhabit the British Isles. Raphael Samuel is interested by the face that...

People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales - to help their children...

This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. Erudite...

The Holy Grail is an image familiar to us all as an almost unattainable, infinitely desirable goal. The idea has passed into everyday speech and the legends behind it are...

Hawaii -- a place all the world knows as paradise and one of the most remote places on earth -- may hold a clue for all humanity during our very...

The book titled Aboriginal Fables and Legendary Tales by the author A. W. Reed. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Gods and Goddesses by the author Hallam Elizabeth. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Step into a world of enchantment with this captivating collection of prose and poetry, fact and fiction on myth and magic, folklore and faery. Bedside Companion to Folklore and Magic...

The book titled It Just Lies There from the Beginning: Aboriginal Stories and Poems by the author Marjorie Bil Bil. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The ancient near east was the cradle of the unconscious mind, where humanity's creative imagination found full expression for the first time. It was also where the modern conscious ego,...

Describes the origins and purpose of mummification, clears up misconceptions about mummies, and looks at recent scientific studies.

The book titled Who Killed Cock Robin? by the author Rodney McRae. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Ronald Hayman's brilliant portrayal of the tormented man and the inspired writerguarantees its status as the classic account of Kafka's life.Hayman shows how the unique writings of this extraordinary man...

The proverbs selected for this reference book, intended for anyone who delights in and studies words, all have a tale to tell. Etymologies go back to the earliest origins, though...

Alan Alford is confirmed as a great discoverer. Now, the bestselling author of GODS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM and THE PHOENIX SOLUTION has decoded the sacred secrets of the world's...

The book titled Celtic Myths and Beliefs by the author Unknown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'- DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE KIDS WHO FOUND A FERRARI BURIED IN THEIR GARDEN? - WHAT ABOUT THE MAN WHO SUED SATAN? - DO YOU KNOW THE LEGEND OF...

The book titled The Dreams of Isis: A Woman's Spiritual Sojourn by the author Unknown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

It should have been a beautiful moment between a man and his dog. Philip Womack made a quip about Cerberus, the three-headed hell-hound, but for Una, the beloved lurcher, it...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett They were sisters and they would last past the end of time. Sam and Elena dream...

A special hardback edition of Neil Gaiman's internationally bestselling novel with stunning new contemporary artwork by Monet Alyssa. **Highly anticipated television adaptation of Anansi Boys coming soon to Amazon Prime...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett 'Wondrous ... a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live' Rumaan Alam They...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett They were sisters and they would last past the end of time. Sam and Elena dream...