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The Tomb of the Mili Mongga: Fossils, Folklore, and Adventures at the Edge of Reality by Samuel Turvey 9781399409773
RRP: €23.80€17.01'The Tomb of the Mili Mongga lives up to its magnificent billing' DAILY TELEGRAPH - A fossil expedition becomes a thrilling search for a mythical beast deep in the Indonesian forest - and a fascinating look at how fossils, folklore, and... -
Fascinating Folklore: A Compendium Of Comics And Essays by John Reppion 9781912634729
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912634729Author John ReppionFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Liminal 11Publisher Liminal 11 -
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor 9780691211084
RRP: €20.22€16.24A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of warFlamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease: are these terrifying agents... -
Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages by Claude Lecouteux
RRP: €17.84€16.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892810963Author Claude LecouteuxFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and... -
How to Teach Classics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Philip Womack 9780861541218
RRP: €11.89€6.51'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... -
Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?: Essay on the Constitutive Imagination by Paul Veyne 9780226854342
RRP: €27.37€26.33"[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... -
Tales of the Narts: Ancient Myths and Legends of the Ossetians by John Colarusso
RRP: €29.75€23.31An exciting collection of mythology about heroes, heroines, villains, and monsters in the intriguing world of the nomad warriors of the CaucasusThe Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. Tales of the Narts expands... -
Shapeshifters: A History John B. Kachuba 9781789140798
RRP: €21.42€15.42There 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... -
Superstition: A Very Short Introduction by Stuart Vyse
RRP: €10.70€7.68Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or something rather more sinister? Despite the dominance of... -
Handbook of Japanese Mythology by Michael Ashkenazi
RRP: €28.55€20.63Japanese gods, too numerous to count, are known collectively as yaoyorozu-no-kamigami--the eight million. They are the cast of a vast, complex mythology that encompasses two religions, three cultures, and three millennia, one whose ancient deities are... -
Jersey Ghost Stories by Erren Michaels 9780750970327
RRP: €11.89€8.98Step 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 Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre by Jack Zipes
RRP: €23.80€18.91If 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... -
Scottish Traditional Tales by Alan Bruford
RRP: €17.84€11.66All over the world traditional tales used to be told at the fireseide until their place came to be taken by books, newspapers, radio and television. This is an entertaining collection from Scotland, recorded and collected by researchers from the School... -
North Yorkshire Folk Tales by Ingrid Barton 9780752489971
RRP: €15.46€11.45Whether hailing from the open Yorkshire Dales or the close-knit neighbourhoods of its towns and cities, North Yorkshire folk have always been fond of a good tale. This collection of stories from around the county is a tribute to their narrative vitality,... -
Midwinter Folk Tales by Taffy Thomas
RRP: €10.70€8.15In this enchanting new book, one of the country's most celebrated storytellers has gathered together traditional tales that have their roots in the cold and long, dark nights of midwinter. Herein you will find magical accounts of the Legend of Tinsel,... -
The Forest in Folklore and Mythology by Alexander Porteous
RRP: €16.05€10.09Apologies 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)... -
New Orleans Vampires: History and Legend by Marita Woywod Crandle 9781467137423
RRP: €26.17€17.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467137423Author Marita Woywod CrandleFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm... -
Icelandic Folktales & Legends by Jacqueline Simpson
RRP: €21.41€17.12This book of 85 stories from medieval Iceland illustrates a variety of supernatural beliefs concerning elves, gigantic trolls, water monsters, ghosts, wizards and black magic rites, buried treasure and religious tales. The stories are intimately linked... -
West African Folk Tales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: €8.32€6.32Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel in the antics of these characters: from Nigeria to Benin, from the cunning spider god Anansi to... -
True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West: From True West Magazine by True West
RRP: €23.74€16.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307236388Author Editors of True WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams)... -
Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human by Boria Sax
RRP: €26.18€19.06Tales 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... -
Hesiod: The Works and Days; Theogony; The Shield of Herakles by Hesiod 9780472081615
€21.48Epic 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... -
Celtic Magic Deanna J. Conway 9780875421360
RRP: €10.70€7.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875421360Author Deanna J. ConwayFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Publisher Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 107g -
The Night Parade: a speculative memoir by Jami Nakamura Lin 9781914484070
RRP: €22.60€15.74In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeously illustrated lyrical memoir that draws upon the Japanese myth of the Hyakki Yagyo - the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons - to shift the cultural... -
Myths and Legends of the Celts by James MacKillop
RRP: €13.08€9.25Myths and Legends of the Celts is a fascinating and wide-ranging introduction to the mythology of the peoples who inhabited the northwestern fringes of Europe - from Britain and the Isle of Man to Gaul and Brittany.Drawing on recent historical and... -
Soul Food by Jack Kornfield
RRP: €20.22€15.40Apologies 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 *... -
Dreaming the Karoo: A People Called the /Xam by Julia Blackburn
RRP: €23.80€17.01A 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... -
Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. 9781789144444
RRP: €23.80€17.01Every 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 Labyrinth: Mythical Beasts to Colour by Richard Merritt 9781910552612
RRP: €11.89€8.15The 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... -
Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography by Stephen Knight
RRP: €26.17€22.84The only figure in the Dictionary of National Biography who is said never to have existed, Robin Hood has taken on an air of reality few historical figures achieve. His image in various guises has been put to use as a subject of ballads, nationalist... -
Dragon Magick: Call on the Clans to Help Your Practice Soar by D.J. Conway 9780738759531
RRP: €19.03€13.01Discover how to work magic with the mighty dragon clans in this powerful book from bestselling author and dragon expert, D. J. Conway. Perfect for beginners and experienced dragon handlers alike, this book first covers the basics of dragons and magic,... -
Where Witchcraft Lives by Doreen Valiente 9780992843014
RRP: €13.08€11.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992843014Author Doreen ValienteFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Centre for Pagan Studies LtdPublisher Centre for Pagan Studies LtdWeight(grams) 141g -
The Complete King Arthur: Many Faces, One Hero by John Matthews
RRP: €22.60€15.08Presenting the culmination of more than 40 years' research, John and Caitlin Matthews examine the historical and mythological evidence for every major theory about the existence of King Arthur. Drawing on modern techniques in archaeology and scholarship,... -
Fairy Films: Wee Folk on the Big Screen by Joshua Cutchin 9781960644046
RRP: €29.74€18.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960644046Author Joshua CutchinFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Educated Dragon PublishingPublisher Educated Dragon PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology by Arthur Cotterell 9781780191881
RRP: €14.27€11.22This title deals with the myths and legends of the ancient worlds, from Greece, Rome and Egypt to the Norse and Celtic lands, through Persia and India to China and the Far East. It is a comprehensive A to Z of the classic stories of gods and goddesses,... -
A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult by DK 9781465494290
RRP: €41.65€25.68Discover the beguiling history of witchcraft, magic, and superstition through the centuries in this stunningly illustrated title. A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most interesting and often... -
CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora by Kahran Bethencourt
RRP: €35.70€22.98From the New York Times bestselling authors of GLORY, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt of CreativeSoul Photography, comes CROWNED, a collection that completely reimagines how we see our favourite and most beloved childhood fairy and folk tales. Filled with... -
The Isle of Avalon: Sacred Mysteries of Arthur and Glastonbury Tor by Nicholas R. Mann
RRP: €17.84€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953663132Author Nicholas R. MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Animals Strike Curious Poses Elena Passarello 9781784707354
RRP: €15.46€10.82Beginning with Yuka, a 39,000-year-old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the sixteen essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalised by humans. Here are the... -
Seven Sisters of the Pleiades: Stories from Around the World by Munya Andrews
RRP: €23.74€17.39Around the world, people looked to the skies to tell them when to sow and harvest their crops, and when the rains would come. The 'sailing stars' have guided explorers and endless migrations of people. In Old Europe, among the Ainu of Japan and in...