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Crystal and Gems: From Mythical Properties to Magical Stories by DK 9780241569924
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $18.60Discover the history of precious, semi-precious, and organic gemstones, their scientific properties, their mythical powers, and their traditional uses.Humans have been beguiled and fascinated by gemstones and crystals since prehistory, and made use of... -
A Companion to the Aeneid in Translation: Volume 3: Books 7-12 Christopher Tanfield 9781350499546
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $43.31With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible yet authoritative line-by-line commentary. Written by an experienced teacher and expert on the Aeneid, this... -
The Philosophers' Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination by Patrick Harpur 9781906069063
RRP: $29.15Booksplease Price: $24.39In this dazzling history of the imagination, Patrick Harpur links together fields as far apart as Greek philosophy and depth psychology, Renaissance magic and tribal ritual, Romantic poetry and modern models of the Universe, to trace how myths have been... -
47 Ronin by A B Mitford 9781907960130
Booksplease Price: $31.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907960130Author A B MitfordFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint English Rose PublishingPublisher English Rose PublishingWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm)... -
Earth, Air, Fire and Water: More Techniques of Natural Magic by Scott Cunningham
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $18.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875421315Author Scott CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Publisher Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 223g -
Jung on Mythology by C. G. Jung
RRP: $68.23Booksplease Price: $58.48At least three major questions can be asked of myth: what is its subject matter? What is its origin? What is its function? Theories of myth may differ in the answers they give to any of these questions, but more basically they may also differ on which of... -
Curious Poses: 30 Yoga Postures and the Stories They Tell by Lucy Greeves
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $18.60Deepen your practice and discover the myths, gods, sacred animals and imagery that lie hidden in your favourite yoga postures Meet the monks and maharajas, gods and gymnasts who shaped yoga as we know it. Have you ever wondered why yoga postures... -
The Folklore of Devon Mark Norman 9781804131459
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $28.37Requested for the Wolfson History Prize 2024. Devon has a long and rich folkloric heritage which has been extensively collected over many years. This book consolidates more than a century of research by eminent Devon folklorists into one valuable... -
The Book of Unexplained Mysteries: On the Trail of the Secret and the Strange by Will Pearson
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.31How were the hunter-gatherers of Goebekli Tepe able to build a series of stunning stone monuments six thousand years before Stonehenge?Was the so-called 'Wow!' Signal a radio transmission from deep space, or the ambient resonating frequency of a passing... -
Vampires of Lore: Traditional Tales and Modern Misconceptions by ,A.,P. Sylvia 9780764357923
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $23.83Vampire . . . the word immediately conjures up bloodstained fangs, an aversion to sunlight, bats, garlic, and wooden stakes. These undead immortals have haunted our favorite books, television shows, and movies for decades. This exploration of a seemingly... -
Night Life of Trees,The - Handmade by Durga Bai a Bhajju Shyam
RRP: $87.75Booksplease Price: $56.53The Night Life of Trees is an exquisite hand-bound and screen-printed book of paintings by three of the finest artists of the Gond tribal art tradition. The Gonds, a tribe of central India, are traditionally forest dwellers. They believe that trees are... -
Legendary Tales of the Ancient Britons by Louisa L J Menzies 9781618951243
Booksplease Price: $21.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781618951243Author Louisa L J MenziesFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Bibliotech PressPublisher Bibliotech PressWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 216mm... -
Janaka and Ashtavakra: A Journey Beyond by Ashraf Karayath 9789948347965
RRP: $25.25Booksplease Price: $16.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789948347965Author Ashraf KarayathFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Fox TreePublisher Fox TreeWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 11mm -
Flying Serpents and Dragons: The Story of Mankind's Reptilian Past by R. Boulay 9781885395382
RRP: $30.23Booksplease Price: $20.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781885395382Author R. BoulayFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Book Tree,USPublisher Book Tree,USWeight(grams) 410gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm -
The Myths We Live By by Mary Midgley 9780415610247
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $30.48With a new Introduction by the author'An elegant and sane little book. - The New StatesmanMyths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories of human nature and the social contract;... -
The Treasury of Folklore Dee Dee Chainey 9781849949217
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $28.06Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies, 500 AD to the Present by Simon Young 9781783341023
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $20.63The phenomenal success of Tolkien and JK Rowling have restored magical folk to the adult world. The reader will discover that Hobbits hail from Tolkien's aunt's manor farm Bag-End and Harry Potter's Master Dobbs is part of ancient folklore. Fairies are... -
London's Truly Strangest Tales by Tom Quinn
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $13.63More extraordinary but true stories from London's history. In this fascinating follow-up to his bestselling London's Strangest Tales, Tom Quinn makes a further foray into the weirder side of the capital, bringing us a... -
Dublin Folk Tales by Brendan Nolan 9781845887285
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $19.11Have you heard the story of 'Bang Bang' Dudley, who roamed the streets of Dublin shooting anyone who caught his eye? Or of 'Lugs' Brannigan, the city's most famous detective? Do you know who the real Molly Malone was, or the story of Marsh's Library, or... -
Viking Myths & Sagas: Retold from Ancient Norse Texts by Rosalind Kerven
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $18.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953745470Author Rosalind KervenFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Talking StonePublisher Talking Stone -
Myths and Legends of India: An Introduction to the Study of Hinduism by J.M. Macfie
Booksplease Price: $27.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788171671311Author J. M. MacfieFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. -
A Companion to the Aeneid in Translation: Volume 2: Books 1-6 Christopher Tanfield 9781350157118
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $43.31With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible yet authoritative line-by-line commentary. Written by an experienced teacher and expert on the Aeneid, this... -
The Last Storytellers: Tales from the Heart of Morocco by Richard Hamilton
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $22.04After witnessing first-hand the death throes of this rich and captivating tradition, Richard Hamilton has tracked down the last few remaining storytellers of Morocco, recording stories that are replete with the mysteries and beauty of the Maghreb. ... -
Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth by Mark Williams 9780691183046
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $40.37A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fictionIreland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to... -
The Vampire: A Casebook by Alan Dundes 9780299159245
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.96This volume gives accounts of the vampire and how its tradition developed in different cultures. Eleven scholars from the fields of Slavic studies, history, anthropology and psychiatry examine the nature of the vampire from its birth in graveyard lore to... -
Interpretation Of Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise Von Franz
RRP: $44.85Booksplease Price: $28.94Apologies 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)... -
A Dictionary of World Mythology by Arthur Cotterell
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $19.48The powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the stern spirits of the African and American continents all reflect very different civilizations, yet they also demonstrate the unity of... -
Pyramids: The Real Story Behind Egypt's Most Ancient Monuments Joyce Tyldesley 9781804363690
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $17.36The extraordinary mysteries of the pyramids - revealedFrom the development of monumental architecture around 3,000 BC to the fabulous edifices that rose up from the desert plains of Giza, these are amongst the most remarkable structures in world history... -
The Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann 9780691163598
RRP: $42.90Booksplease Price: $34.22The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most... -
Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women by Sharon Blackie
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $17.76Charged with possibility and power, this memorable collection is an extraordinary immersion into the bodies and voices, mindscapes and landscapes, of the shapeshifting women of our native folklore. Drawing on myth and fairy tales found across Europe from... -
Rituals & Myths in Nursing: A Social History by Claire Laurent
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $18.60Nursing is a complex profession steeped in tradition and history. Tried and tested ways of working have been the mainstay of how and why nurses do what they do. Completing tasks in a certain way because Sister says so describes the custom and practice... -
Suffolk Folk Tales by Kirsty Hartsiotis
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $19.21With its wild eroding sea, its gentle rolling fields and tall churches, Suffolk is a county of contrasts. It may seem a kindly and civilised place, but in that sea, in the reed beds, the woods and even down dark town streets lurk strange beasts, ghosts... -
Star Lore of All Ages;A Collection of Myths, Legends, and Facts Concerning the Constellations of the Northern Hemisphere by William Tyler Olcott 9781473338524
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $45.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781473338524Author William Tyler OlcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 590Imprint Vintage Astronomy ClassicsPublisher Vintage Astronomy ClassicsWeight(grams)... -
Tarot: Cards For Divination, Wisdom And Self Discovery by Nikkie Jay
RRP: $58.48Booksplease Price: $37.40Gaining insight into our deeper selves through the use of divination tools to help decide future actions has preoccupied mankind since ancient times. In Europe, cards which became known as Tarot have been used to map the soul and predict the future since... -
Soul Food by Jack Kornfield
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $22.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062514424Author J KornfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 487gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
The Real Middle-Earth: A History of the Dark Ages that Inspired Tolkein by Brian Bates
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $18.93In The Real Middle-Earth, explore the magically enchanting early-English civilization on which Tolkien based his world of The Lord of the Rings.Tolkien readily admitted that the concept of Middle-earth was not his own invention. An Old English term for... -
Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis by C. G. Jung
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $37.77Essays on a Science of Mythology is a cooperative work between C. Kerenyi, who has been called "the most psychological of mythologists," and C. G. Jung, who has been called "the most mythological of psychologists." Kerenyi contributes an essay on the... -
Vimana: Flying Machines of the Ancients by David Hatcher Childress
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $30.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939149039Author David Hatcher ChildressFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams)... -
The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why an Invented Past Won't Give Women a Future by Cynthia Eller 9780807067932
RRP: $40.95Booksplease Price: $34.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807067932Author Cynthia EllerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm -
Bogie Tales of East Anglia: A Victorian Folklore Collection by Margaret James 9780992640460
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $16.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992640460Author Margaret JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint St Jurmin PressPublisher Francis Young