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The Lost Book of the Grail: The Sevenfold Path of the Grail and the Restoration of the Faery Accord by Caitlin Matthews 9781620558294
RRP: £18.99£12.67Reveals the long-forgotten prequel to the Grail mythos and how it has profound resonance with modern times Unveiling the long-forgotten prequel to the Grail quest stories, Caitlin and John Matthews examine The Elucidation of the Grail, a forgotten... -
The Green Man by Jeremy Harte
RRP: £6.99£4.90We see the Green Man half-hidden on the walls of many of our old churches, a face surrounded by leaves. This beautifully illustrated and well-researched Pitkin Guide looks at this fascinating creature, its history, and where to find him. Look out for... -
Dictionary of Gypsy Mythology: Charms, Rites, and Magical Traditions of the Roma by Claude Lecouteux 9781620556672
RRP: £19.99£16.42A comprehensive A-to-Z reconstruction of the oral tradition of the Rom--gypsies--based on sources never before available in English * Presents the origin myths and magical traditions of the gypsies, including their legendary ties to Egypt, animal... -
Celtic Gods and Heroes by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt
RRP: £7.49£4.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486414416Author Marie-Louise SjoestedtFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
How to Teach Classics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Philip Womack 9780861541218
RRP: £9.99£5.29'Immensely informative, wrapped in an engagingly casual tone, complemented by more than a dash of the bizarre. You'd be barking to miss it.' Professor Michael Scott Can you tell your Odysseus from your Oedipus? In this unique introduction, Philip... -
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre by Jack Zipes
RRP: £18.99£14.79If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread--or why so many people cannot... -
The Search for the Beloved: Journeys in Mythology & Sacred Psychology by Jean Huston 9780874778717
£18.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874778717Author Jean HustonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Book of the Hopi by Frank Waters 9780140045277
£13.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140045277Author Frank WatersFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)... -
The Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake: Unlocking James Joyce's Masterwork by Joseph Campbell 9781608681662
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608681662Author Joseph CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
Dorset Folk Tales by Tim Laycock 9780752466361
RRP: £12.99£9.37The spectacular and varied landscape of Dorset, with its giants, hill forts, Jurassic coast and ancient buildings is the source and inspiration for many curious stories that have been passed down in families and village communities for generations. This... -
The Big Book of Conspiracy Theories: Over 80 of History's Greatest Cover Ups, from JFK to Area 51, the Illuminati, 9/11, and the Moon Landing by Tim Rayborn
RRP: £15.99£14.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646432615Author Tim RaybornFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Cider Mill PressPublisher Cider Mill PressWeight(grams) 146g -
Korean Children's Favorite Stories: Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales by Kim So-Un
RRP: £12.99£9.41This colorfully illustrated multicultural Korean children's book presents Korean fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a vibrant literary culture.Korean Children's Favorite Stories is a captivating collection of Korean folktales for... -
Magical Aromatherapy: The Power of Scent by Scott Cunningham
RRP: £6.99£5.00Explains the effects of fragrance, identifies useful flowers, spices, herbs, and oils, and suggests their magical properties.Book InformationISBN 9780875421292Author Scott CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S... -
The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment by Brian Copenhaver
RRP: £12.99£9.09'. . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun . . .'This rich, fascinating anthology... -
Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia by Hesiod
RRP: £24.95£23.74Antiquity's original didactic poet.Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been considered a younger contemporary of Homer.The first volume of... -
Initiation into Dream Mysteries: Drinking from the Pool of Mnemosyne by Sarah Janes
RRP: £14.99£9.36Invoking Mnemosyne--Greek goddess of memory and eloquence, daughter of Heaven and Earth, mother of the Muses, and archetypal deity of the Asklepion dream temple tradition--this book initiates you into full dream consciousness, offering a lucid-dreaming... -
Jersey Ghost Stories by Erren Michaels 9780750970327
RRP: £9.99£7.33Step away from sunny Jersey's present day and into the sinister shadows of the past ... the island's history is filled with dark deeds and restless spirits. Collected here for the first time are stories that have endured through centuries to chill the... -
The Flaming Door: The Mission of the Celtic Folk-Soul by Eleanor C. Merry 9780863156441
RRP: £20.00£14.29"All myths and sagas and legends are like a shimmering veil of many colours, stirred now and then by the wind of our desires, but still hiding from most of us that Council of the Wise seated at the Round Table of the Stars... But between us and them lies... -
The Tablet of Destinies by Roberto Calasso 9780141998459
RRP: £10.99£7.77An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great FloodA long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. He... -
Folk Tales of Egypt by Hasan M. Sami
RRP: £36.00£34.83In this book Hasan M. El-Shamy has gathered the first authentic new collection of modern Egyptian folk narratives to appear in nearly a century. El-Shamy's English translations of these orally presented stories not only preserve their spirit, but give... -
Shapeshifters: A History by John B. Kachuba
RRP: £18.00£12.96There is something about a shapeshifter - a person who can transform into an animal - that captures our imagination; that causes us to want to howl at the moon, or flit through the night like a bat. Werewolves, vampires, demons, and other weird creatures... -
Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?: Essay on the Constitutive Imagination by Paul Veyne 9780226854342
RRP: £23.00£22.13"[Veyne's] present book has some kinship with his sprightly theoretical work Comment on ecrit l'histoire; and he declares that its aim was to provoke reflection on the way our conception of truth is built up and changes over the centuries. . . . The... -
Folklore of Kent by Fran Doel 9780752426280
RRP: £14.99£11.76Kent boasts a plethora of characterising traditions which include hop-growing, smuggling and saints. All this reflects the curious history and geography of the area. It is bounded by sea on three sides, has the longest coastline of any English county and... -
The Forest in Folklore and Mythology by Alexander Porteous
RRP: £13.49£8.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486420103Author Alexander PorteousFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales: Epic Tales by Dr Liz Gloyn
RRP: £20.00£11.82Myths and legendary tales from around the world are packed with gigantic rivalries; gods, monsters and giants compete for supremacy over the land, the creatures within and the universe beyond. Zeus clashes with the all-powerful Typhon, Odin is destined... -
Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human by Boria Sax
RRP: £22.00£15.62Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations - deserts, deep woods, remote islands, glaciers, ocean depths, mountain peaks, caves, swamps, heavenly bodies and alternate universes. Legends tell us that imaginary... -
Medical Writings from Early Medieval England: Volume I by John D. Niles
RRP: £29.95£23.19The first comprehensive edition and translation of Old English writings on health and healing in more than 150 years.Unlike elsewhere in Europe, vernacular writings on health and healing had a major place in early medieval England. These texts-unique... -
Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs by John Lindow
RRP: £19.99£14.28Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland--outlining along the way the prehistoric tales and beliefs from these regions that have remained embedded in the imagination of the world... -
Irish Myths And Legends by Michael Scott
RRP: £9.99£7.16From the epic Irish legend of Cuchulain to tales of banshees, leprechauns and wizards, these short stories and fables cover a wide range of Ireland's mythology and legends, forming a companion volume to Michael Scott's Irish Folk and Fairy Tales.About... -
The Folklore of Plants by Margaret Baker 9780747801788
RRP: £6.99£5.87To primitive man the whisper and movement of leaves and the silent unfolding of flowers were proofs of life and power, and their regeneration was a promise of nature's continuity. Cures, magic, divination and portents were all connected with the rich... -
Hesiod: The Works and Days; Theogony; The Shield of Herakles by Hesiod 9780472081615
£17.73Epic poems by one who has been called the first Greek philosopher and theologian.About the AuthorRichmond Lattimore (1906-1984) was a poet, translator, and longtime professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College.ReviewsRichmond Lattimore is a fine translator of... -
Dreaming the Karoo: A People Called the /Xam by Julia Blackburn
RRP: £20.00£14.29A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate of those they dispossess.In spring 2020, Julia Blackburn... -
Almost Heaven: Tales from a Cathedral by Leslie Thomas 9781903071236
RRP: £12.99£8.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903071236Author Leslie ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd -
The Labyrinth: Mythical Beasts to Colour by Richard Merritt 9781910552612
RRP: £9.99£6.65The Labyrinth is filled with beautiful portraits of mighty creatures from the world of myths and legends, just waiting to be brought back to life in glorious colour. From colouring the wondrous wings of a harpy, to the glistening snakes of gorgon's... -
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by John Mandeville
RRP: £9.99£7.11Ostensibly written by an English knight, the Travels purport to relate his experiences in the Holy Land, Egypt, India and China. Mandeville claims to have served in the Great Khan's army, and to have travelled in 'the lands beyond' - countries populated... -
The Mythology Of Supernatural: The Signs and Symbols Behind the Popular TV Show by Nathan Robert Brown
RRP: £21.99£14.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425241370Author Nathan Robert BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244g -
Before Atlantis: 20 Million Years of Human and Pre-Human Cultures by Frank Joseph 9781591431572
RRP: £16.99£11.08Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. 9781789144444
RRP: £20.00£14.29Every culture has monsters that eat us, and every culture repels in horror when we eat ourselves. From Grendel to Sawney Bean, and from the Ghuls of ancient Persia to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, our fear of being consumed is both universal and... -
The Mabinogion by Jeffrey Gantz
RRP: £9.99£7.75Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of the Mabinogion passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the thirteenth century in the form we know. Set in dual realms of the forests and valleys of Wales and the... -
The Bear: History of a Fallen King by Michel Pastoureau
RRP: £24.95£19.88The oldest discovered statue, fashioned some fifteen to twenty thousand years ago, is of a bear. The lion was not always king. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages,...