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  • A History of the Vampire in Popular Culture: Love at First Bite by Violet Fenn

    A History of the Vampire in Popular Culture: Love at First Bite by Violet Fenn

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    Our enduring love of vampires - the bad boys (and girls) of paranormal fantasy - has persisted for centuries. Despite being bloodthirsty, heartless killers, vampire stories commonly carry erotic overtones that are missing from other paranormal or horror...
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  • Kojiki: The Birth of Japan: The Japanese Creation Myth Illustrated by Kazumi Wilds

    Kojiki: The Birth of Japan: The Japanese Creation Myth Illustrated by Kazumi Wilds

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    Take a step back in time to the origins of Japan's creation myth-told here for the very first time in illustrated form. In the beginning there was nothing-a void. Then the heavens and the earth took shape, as the ancient gods of Japan breathed the first...
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  • Queer Disappearance in Modern and Contemporary Fiction by Benjamin Bateman

    Queer Disappearance in Modern and Contemporary Fiction by Benjamin Bateman

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    Queer Disappearance in Modern and Contemporary Fiction breaks with appearance-based models of queer performativity and argues for the experiential richness and political potentials of recessive tendencies in twentieth and twenty-first-century queer...
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  • Mythology For Dummies by Amy Hackney Blackwell 9781394187935

    Mythology For Dummies by Amy Hackney Blackwell 9781394187935

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    Discover (or rediscover!) history's greatest myths and legends From Grendel and Beowulf to Poseidon, Medusa, and Hercules, the gods, monsters, and heroes of mythology are endlessly weird and fascinating. And if you're looking for a helpful companion to...
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  • Euripides: Bacchae by R. A. S. Seaford 9780856686092

    Euripides: Bacchae by R. A. S. Seaford 9780856686092

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    Richard Seaford's edition of Euripides' Bacchae offers the first commentary in English on this fascinating play since that of E. R. Dodds in 1960. It takes account of the studies made on the play since it was written, as well as including discussion of...
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  • Shakespeare Without a Life by Margreta de Grazia

    Shakespeare Without a Life by Margreta de Grazia

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    A fascinating account of how Shakespeare's works were understood and valued by readers and writers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, before Shakespeare's biography came to dominate readings of his plays and poetry. For almost two...
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  • Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale by Marina Warner

    Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale by Marina Warner

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    From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children,...
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  • Zapatista Stories for Dreaming An-Other World by Subcomandante Marcos

    Zapatista Stories for Dreaming An-Other World by Subcomandante Marcos

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639703Author Subcomandante Insurgente MarcosFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press
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  • A Son at the Front by Edith Wharton 9780198859550

    A Son at the Front by Edith Wharton 9780198859550

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    'The war went on; life went on; Paris went on.' In A Son at the Front, her only novel dealing with World War I, Edith Wharton offers a vivid portrait of American expatriate life in Paris, as well as a gripping portrayal of a complex modern family. The...
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  • Feminine In Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise Von Franz

    Feminine In Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise Von Franz

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570626098Author Marie-Louise von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...
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  • Aesop's Animals: The Facts Behind the Fables by Jo Wimpenny

    Aesop's Animals: The Facts Behind the Fables by Jo Wimpenny

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    Turns a critical eye on Aesop's Fables to ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are...
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  • The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault

    The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault

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    'Oh grandmama, what great big teeth you have!' Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and the rest have been passed...
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  • The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination by Philip Ball 9780226823843

    The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination by Philip Ball 9780226823843

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    With The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of literature, new media and technology, the nature of storytelling, and the making and meaning of our...
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  • Tales of the Narts: Ancient Myths and Legends of the Ossetians by John Colarusso 9780691170404

    Tales of the Narts: Ancient Myths and Legends of the Ossetians by John Colarusso 9780691170404

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    The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. Tales of the Narts presents a wide selection of fascinating tales preserved as a living tradition among the peoples of Ossetia in southern Russia, a region where ethnic...
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  • Interpretation Of Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise Von Franz

    Interpretation Of Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise Von Franz

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877735267Author Marie-Louise von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...
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  • The Penguin Book of Mermaids by Cristina Bacchilega

    The Penguin Book of Mermaids by Cristina Bacchilega

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    A unique anthology of mermaid tales from around the world, many of which have never appeared in English beforeAmong the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her...
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  • Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales by Jack Zipes

    Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales by Jack Zipes

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    Fascinating profiles of modern writers and artists who tapped the political potential of fairy talesJack Zipes has spent decades as a "scholarly scavenger," discovering forgotten fairy tales in libraries, flea markets, used bookstores, and internet...
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  • The Charmed Wife: 'Does for fairy tales what Bridgerton has done for Regency England' (Mail on Sunday) by Olga Grushin

    The Charmed Wife: 'Does for fairy tales what Bridgerton has done for Regency England' (Mail on Sunday) by Olga Grushin

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    *An Oprah Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2021**A Woman & Home Top Four Literary Read**A lovereading.co.uk Star Book* And they lived happily ever after . . . didn't they?Cinderella married the man of her dreams - the perfect ending she deserved after...
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  • The Singer of Tales by Albert B. Lord

    The Singer of Tales by Albert B. Lord

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    First published in 1960, Albert B. Lord's The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry. Based upon pathbreaking fieldwork conducted in the 1930s and 1950s among oral epic singers of...
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  • Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media by Dr Marek Oziewicz

    Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media by Dr Marek Oziewicz

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    The first study to look at the intersection of the discourse of the Anthropocene within the two highly influential storytelling modes of fantasy and myth, this book shows the need for stories that articulate visions of a biocentric, ecological...
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  • The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic by Alberto Manguel

    The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic by Alberto Manguel

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156008723Author Gianni GuadalupiFormat PaperbackPage Count 776Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co IncPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams)...
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  • Little Labours by Rivka Galchen

    Little Labours by Rivka Galchen

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    AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A droll and dazzling compendium of observations, stories, lists, and brief essays about babies. 'Beguiling ... A wunderkabinett of baby-related curios ... A peculiar book, and...
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  • Yoruba Proverbs by Oyekan Owomoyela

    Yoruba Proverbs by Oyekan Owomoyela

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    Yoruba Proverbs is the most comprehensive collection to date of more than five thousand Yoruban proverbs that showcase Yoruba oral tradition. Following Oyekan Owomoyela's introduction, which provides a framework and description of Yoruba cultural...
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  • Merlin: Knowledge and Power through the Ages by Stephen Knight

    Merlin: Knowledge and Power through the Ages by Stephen Knight

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    Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, has been a source of enduring fascination for centuries. In this authoritative, entertaining, and generously illustrated book, Stephen Knight traces the myth of Merlin back to its earliest roots in the early Welsh...
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  • Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf: A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective by Carlo Ginzburg

    Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf: A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective by Carlo Ginzburg

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    In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being a diabolical monster, he insisted, he was one of the "hounds of God," fierce guardians who battled sorcerers, witches, and...
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  • Into the Fairy Hill: Classic Folktales of the Scottish Highlands by Michael S. Newton 9781476690025

    Into the Fairy Hill: Classic Folktales of the Scottish Highlands by Michael S. Newton 9781476690025

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    Headstrong heroines and hot-tempered chieftains, loch monsters and hill fairies, cattle raids and clan feuds, wise animals and foolish saints: the Scottish Highlands' folktales date back centuries and preserve the history and beliefs of a people deeply...
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  • Myths in Minutes by Neil Philip

    Myths in Minutes by Neil Philip

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    The world's great fables, sagas and legends dramatically retold.Myths are the greatest stories ever told. Passed down over millennia, they are the templates for all our stories, with their eternal themes of creation and destruction, fate and cunning,...
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  • The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends by Simon Young 9781496839466

    The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends by Simon Young 9781496839466

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    In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including "the Choking Doberman," "the Eaten Ticket," and "the Vanishing Hitchhiker." But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales...
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  • The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination by Philip Ball

    The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination by Philip Ball

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    Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time-fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as Philip Ball shows, we are still writing them-and still living them-today. From Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein to Batman, many...
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  • Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture by Liz Gloyn

    Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture by Liz Gloyn

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    What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling? Why do the monsters of antiquity continue to stride across the modern world? In this book, the first in-depth study of how post-classical societies use the creatures from...
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  • Roman Myths: Gods, Heroes, Villains & Legends of Ancient Rome by Martin J Dougherty

    Roman Myths: Gods, Heroes, Villains & Legends of Ancient Rome by Martin J Dougherty

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    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 this...
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  • The Orphic Voice by Elizabeth Sewell

    The Orphic Voice by Elizabeth Sewell

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681376011Author Elizabeth SewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc
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  • Tolkien's Hidden Pictures: Anthroposophy and the Enchantment in Middle Earth by Mark McGivern 9781584208952

    Tolkien's Hidden Pictures: Anthroposophy and the Enchantment in Middle Earth by Mark McGivern 9781584208952

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    J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy is not only a seemingly inexhaustible source of wonder and excitement, it is also a profound tale, relevant to our times and to the vital question: what is it to be a human being? Why have these books proved so...
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  • Geomythology: How Common Stories Reflect Earth Events by Timothy J. Burbery

    Geomythology: How Common Stories Reflect Earth Events by Timothy J. Burbery

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    Gold-guarding griffins, Cyclopes, killer lakes, man-eating birds, and "fire devils" from the sky-such wonders have long been dismissed as fictional. Now, thanks to the richly interdisciplinary field of geomythology, researchers are taking a second look...
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  • Old Norse Mythology Comparative Perspectives by Pernille Hermann

    Old Norse Mythology Comparative Perspectives by Pernille Hermann

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    Old Norse mythology is elusive: it is the label used to describe the religious stories of the pre-Christian North, featuring such well-known gods as Odin and Thor, yet most of the narratives have come down to us in manuscripts from the Middle Ages mainly...
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  • Edwin and Willa Muir: A Literary Marriage by The late Margery Palmer McCulloch 9780192858047

    Edwin and Willa Muir: A Literary Marriage by The late Margery Palmer McCulloch 9780192858047

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    This is the story of a literary marriage. It tells of the partnership between Edwin and Willa Muir, two intellectuals from small town Scottish backgrounds and their discovery of Europe in the years after the first and second world wars. It tells us about...
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  • The Child of the Sun: Royal Fairy Tales and Essays by the Queens of Romania, Elisabeth (Carmen Sylva, 18431916) and Marie (18751938) by Dr. Silvia Irina Zimmermann

    The Child of the Sun: Royal Fairy Tales and Essays by the Queens of Romania, Elisabeth (Carmen Sylva, 18431916) and Marie (18751938) by Dr. Silvia Irina Zimmermann

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    Carmen Sylva, when she discovered that I was writing, instead of laughing at me and being ironical about my modest attempts at literature, encouraged me from the very first in every way. She was getting old, her imagination was running dry, and she...
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  • Proust's In Search of Lost Time: Philosophical Perspectives by Katherine Elkins

    Proust's In Search of Lost Time: Philosophical Perspectives by Katherine Elkins

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    With the story of a madeleine dipped in tea, Marcel Proust makes famous moments that transport one to an earlier time thought lost forever. His In Search of Lost Time announces a quest narrative with lost time as its goal. We follow the journey of a...
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  • Katabatic Wind: Good Craic Fueled by Fumes from the Abyss by Stephen Crimi 9780996639415

    Katabatic Wind: Good Craic Fueled by Fumes from the Abyss by Stephen Crimi 9780996639415

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996639415Author Stephen CrimiFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint LogosophiaPublisher LogosophiaWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm
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  • Book of the Magical Mythical Unicorn, The: A Unique Anthology of Esoteric Knowledge, Myths and Legends by Vakasha Brenman

    Book of the Magical Mythical Unicorn, The: A Unique Anthology of Esoteric Knowledge, Myths and Legends by Vakasha Brenman

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    The Book of the Magical Mythical Unicorn is an anthology of esoteric knowledge, myths, and legends about the most magical of beasts: the mythical unicorn. Utilizing a global lens, the authors delve into the critical importance of the timeless unicorn...
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