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Myth & legend told as fiction
Myth & legend told as fiction
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
Eerie, unsettling and hauntingly beautiful - a new collaboration from the bestselling creators of Holloway, Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood 'Ness goes beyond what we expect books to do. Beyond poetry, beyond the word, beyond the bomb -- it is ..
13.32£
Brand: Abrams Books
Trolls haunt the snowy forests, and terrifying monsters roam the open sea.A young woman journeys to the end of the world, and a boy proves he knows no fear.This collection of 16 traditional tales transports readers to the enchanting world of Nordic ..
24.14£
Brand: Arcturus Publishing
Many of the stories from Norse mythology have been handed down through the centuries in the oral tradition and most derive from Iceland. This thrilling collection of tales will transport readers to the realms of Asgard, where the gods such as Thor, ..
22.98£
Brand: Arcturus Publishing
The Norse mythologies have become increasingly popular due their influence on modern film and television, including Marvel Studios' Avengers and renowned TV series Game of Thrones. ISBN: 9781839401534Publisher: Arcturus PublishingImprint: ArcturusPu..
28.16£
Brand: Flame Tree Publishing
A Collector's Edition, with deluxe binding and cover. A new introduction reveals our fascination with gods, heroes and legendary creatures. Introduces the characters, landscape and the culture. The series highlights the origins of modern fic..
20.40£
Brand: Flame Tree Publishing
Captures the drama and mystery of ancient legends All the key tales of gods, heroes and monsters Features an introduction to the characters, landscape and culture Part of a new series on The World's Greatest Myths and Legends ISBN: 978085775..
12.20£
Brand: AcornScholastic Inc.
All Hal had ever wanted was a dog. But a dog would damage the carpets in Hal's house, and so his parents refused to let him have one. Then they discover Easy Pets, a convenient dog-rental agency. Terrier Fleck arrives on Hal's birthday, but when he..
11.45£
Brand: Flame Tree Publishing
Tales of the enchanting 'Thousand and One Nights' have entered the folklore of the entire world but their origins lie in the Arabic and Indian oral traditions of the early middle ages. Their power to entice lies in the tenacity of the storyteller Sc..
26.95£
Brand: Faber & Faber
'These legends are the action-packed stories - of ancient heroes, huge battles, attempted invasions, prophecies and spells, clashes between the underworld and the real world, abductions, love affairs and feasts - which have fascinated the Irish mind..
16.47£
This book is built of stories and provocations--like the birth of a pearl, it transforms that which irritates, layer by layer. Through speculative fiction and critical essays, Pear Nuallak explores what happens when messy, desiring bodies collide wi..
19.18£
Brand: Random House
An immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet-saving the politically polarized, rapidly warming world from itself-in this slyly funny contemporary take on Arthurian legend.Being reborn as an immortal defender of the realm ge..
29.01£
Brand: Flame Tree Publishing
Gold foiled, embossed cover, printed on silver paper, matt laminated. A gorgeous gift edition packed with the best tales of myth and legend. Illuminating foreword. Another title in a series of beautiful editions of short story collections fo..
27.63£
Brand: Flame Tree Publishing
From such texts as the Shah Nameh (the Persian Book of Kings), Masnavi-e Ma'navi, the Anvar-i Suhayli fables and works by the great poet Nizami, come ancient tales of a civilization that once stretched across the known world. Find here the wonderfu..
11.31£
Brand: Canongate Books
As the bombs rain down in the Second World War, one young girl is evacuated to the English countryside. Struggling to make sense of her new wartime life, she is given a copy of a book of ancient Norse myths and her inner and outer worlds are transfo..
13.16£
Brand: Little Tiger Press
Ever since she was a baby, poor Rapunzel has been locked in a tower by an old witch. But when a young prince clambers up to see her, it gives Rapunzel an idea about how she might finally escape. ISBN: 9781788813686Publisher: Little Tiger PressImpr..
12.76£
Brand: Bodleian Library
'This is marvellously spirited and adroit storytelling and an exciting example of innovative translation. Anne Louise Avery communicates throughout sheer pleasure in the material and luxuriates in lexical exuberance. Adding mischievous contemporary ..
27.62£
Brand: Amber Books Ltd
In ancient Rome (753 BC - 476 AD) mythology was integral to various aspects of society, from religion, to politics, to the founding of the city. Today, we may encounter the legacy of these stories before we encounter the stories themselves, whether ..
27.72£
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
Mystery and excitement abound in this lively collection of fairy tales, folklore and legends, which celebrate Scotland's enormously rich oral tradition and offers a carefully chosen combination of old favourites such as Tam Lin, Thomas Rymer and Ada..
15.23£
Brand: Flame Tree Publishing
Much of Scottish mythology was imported by settlers arriving from across the Irish Sea, and so Scottish mythology in large part shares its characters and tales with the mythology of Ireland, from the Ulster Cycle featuring Conchobar mac Nessa, king ..
11.15£
Brand: Liveright
Ferdowsi's classic poem Shahnameh is part myth, part history-beginning with the legend of the birth of the Persian nation and its tumultuous history, it contains magical birds and superhuman heroes and centuries-long battles. Written over 1,000 year..
116.71£
"Spellbinding...A captivating debut." -Harper's Bazaar In this stirring and lyrical debut novel-perfect for fans of The Water Dancer and the Legacy of Orïsha series-the Yoruba deity of the sea, Yemaya, is brought to vivid life as she discovers t..
23.45£
Brand: Pan Macmillan
The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller.An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor.In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two..
14.76£
Brand: Pan Macmillan
In a magical ancient Britain, bards sing a story of treachery, love and death. This is that story. For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, Lucy Holland's Sistersong retells the folk ballad 'The Twa Sisters'.'A beautiful reimagining of an old British fo..
12.94£
Brand: Princeton University Press
Wry political fairy tales from a nineteenth-century politician that speak to our current timesÉdouard Laboulaye (1811-1883), one of nineteenth-century France's most prominent politicians and an instrumental figure in establishing the Statue of Liber..
23.22£