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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 18 books in this booklist
£16.99 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781804191354 | ISBN 10: 1804191353
Every good hero needs a villain! Explore the hidden world of magnetic and mysterious villains, often cast aside and misunderstood in tales of mythology and folklore. Through the pages of Queer Villains of Myth and Legend, discover a diverse community ... more
View book details£30.00 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780712354196 | ISBN 10: 0712354190
The sea is beautiful and alluring, but it is also dangerous and deadly. Above all, it is unknowable and untameable. Storytelling offered our ancestors a means to understand and interact with the natural world, and in time these stories coalesced into ... more
View book details£14.99 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781849947749 | ISBN 10: 1849947740
Following on from the hugely popular Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers and Woodlands and Forests comes Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies, an exploration of the mysteries of the stars, skies and heavens above. People have gazed up at ... more
View book details£16.99 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781804190463 | ISBN 10: 1804190462
Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, lea ... more
View book details£12.99 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781507219416 | ISBN 10: 1507219415
Uncover the fascinating and complex women from mythology and folklore with this collection of stories profiling powerful goddesses, mighty queens, and legendary creatures. Get inspired with 50 fascinating stories of powerful female figures f ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781526662408 | ISBN 10: 152666240x
'A beautiful and profound retelling' - Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe 'Gives the serpent-headed monster of myth a powerful and haunting humanity' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne and Elektra If I told you tha ... more
View book details£14.99 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780712354325 | ISBN 10: 0712354328
Once I thought I glimpsed her high up in a bush, like dirty rags in a gale. Not that so far there has been any gale, or even any wind. The total silent stillness is one of the worst things. Yes, it is a battle with strong and unknown forces ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781849946872 | ISBN 10: 1849946876
An entertaining and enthralling collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding our trees, woodlands and forests from around the world. Â From the dark, gnarled woodlands of the north, to the humid jungles of the southern lands, trees have ... more
View book details£20.00 hardback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780571360185 | ISBN 10: 0571360181
Discover a collection of fairy tales unlike the ones you've read before... Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, a King sat at a window and sewed. As he sewed and gazed out onto the landscape, he pricked his finger with the needle, and ... more
View book details£12.99 hardback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780750991438 | ISBN 10: 0750991437
In this book of folk tales, Liz Berg shares Jewish memories: authentic tales, songs and jokes told by Jews in Britain and Ireland. Some stories moved from place to place, changing and adapting to new landscapes and taking on different textures, but t ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781472154125 | ISBN 10: 1472154126
A collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children’s stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786892461 | ISBN 10: 1786892464
Introduced by Seamus Heaney, The People of the Sea brings to life the legend of the mythical selchies, in beautiful, poetic prose. Â When David Thomson took a journey to the sea coasts of Scotland and Ireland to seek out the legend of the selchies ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781405934138 | ISBN 10: 1405934131
The Greek Myths retold... No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781408891957 | ISBN 10: 1408891956
The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling – from Tolkien, Alan Garner and Rosemary Sutcliff to Game of Thrones and Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman's own award-bedecked, bestselling fiction. Now ... more
View book details£12.99 hardback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780750966047 | ISBN 10: 0750966041
This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories. Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemp ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781888375749 | ISBN 10: 1888375744
Thich Nhat Hanh's retelling of traditional stories provides an introduction to the rich mythology of Vietnamese culture. From creation myths to tales of war, food, and customs myth, all of these stories address the notion of "mindfulness", becoming a ... more
View book details£5.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781904263487 | ISBN 10: 1904263488
Why are dragons recognised in almost all cultures on Earth? What is the mysterious geomantic gold they secretly guard? Could dragons be a folk memory of something which once hunted us? In this beautiful little book Joyce Hargreaves tells the ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780755322817 | ISBN 10: 0755322819
This is the book that broke the mould, won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX and Locus awards and showed the world that Gaiman is a storytelling genius. Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbl ... more
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