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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 14 books in this booklist
£16.99 hardback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780712355209 | ISBN 10: 0712355200
At moonrise I lit the fire and cried out the wild little invocation that Neoineen and I had made – gave way to all the crazy anguish withinme – chanted it loud enough for the hills to hear.  Entwined in Ireland’s rich literary history is a ... more
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£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
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£7.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781447237143 | ISBN 10: 1447237145
The fifth novel from award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, who was named in 2013 as one of Granta's best of young British novelists. A retelling of the Snow White myth, Boy, Snow, Bird is a deeply moving novel about an unbreakable bond... BOY Nov ... more
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£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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