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Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids by Daniel Loxton 9780231153218
RRP: €29.75€23.79Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two dedicated investigators that explores and... -
The Land of the Green Man: A Journey through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles by Carolyne Larrington
RRP: €17.84€13.98Beyond its housing estates and identikit high streets there is another Britain. This is the Britain of mist-drenched forests and unpredictable sea-frets: of wraith-like fog banks, druidic mistletoe and peculiar creatures that lurk, half-unseen, in the... -
Celtic Twilight by William Butler Yeats 9781513220567
RRP: €11.89€9.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513220567Author William Butler YeatsFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Mint EdPublisher Mint EdWeight(grams) 127g -
Kalevala: The Epic of the Finnish People by Elias Loennrot
RRP: €15.46€11.66'One of the great mythic poems of Europe' The New York TimesSharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes' - Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of its people, a work rich in magic and myth which tells the story of a nation... -
The Bleeding Tree: A Pathway Through Grief Guided by Forests, Folk Tales and the Ritual Year by Hollie Starling
RRP: €22.60€16.20It was the last of the ebbing days, the brink of the new season. It was the murky hours, the clove between sunset and sunrise. It was a tall tree with deep roots and it had been bleeding for a long while.As summer falls into autumn, Hollie Starling is... -
Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Jennifer R. March 9781782976356
€52.72Jenny March's acclaimed Dictionary of Classical Mythology, first published in 1998 but long out of print, has been extensively revised and expanded including a completely new set of beautiful line-drawing illustrations for this Oxbow edition. It is a... -
The Tain by Ciaran Carson
RRP: €11.89€9.22The Tain Bo Cualinge, centrepiece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's great epic. It tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht, and their... -
Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis by Robert Graves
RRP: €17.84€14.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644210550Author Robert GravesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
Hekate: Goddess of Witches by Courtney Weber
RRP: €16.65€12.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578637164Author Courtney WeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
The Book Of Beasts by Andrew Screen 9781915316097
RRP: €27.36€18.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915316097Author Andrew ScreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress -
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso
RRP: €13.08€9.25'It will be read and re-read not as a treatise but as a story: one of the most extraordinary that has ever been written of the origins of Western self-consciousness' Simon SchamaThe marriage of Cadmus and Harmony was the last time the gods of Olympus... -
Traditional Magic Spells for Protection and Healing by Claude Lecouteux
RRP: €33.31€23.99Presents more than 600 magical prescriptions for healing and protection from both pagan and Christian sources * Examines the practice of diagnosing illness through magic and explores ancient beliefs about curses and other evil spells and about devils,... -
The Mermaid Cookbook: Mermazing Recipes for Lovers of the Mythical Creature by Alix Carey
RRP: €13.08€7.25Make waves in your kitchen and create a feast fit for a mermaidDive into this magical under-the-sea adventure and bring the mysterious mermaids to life in this shimmering cookbook filled with pearls and sparkles. Whether you want to build a Sandcastle... -
American Trickster: Trauma, Tradition and Brer Rabbit by Emily Zobel Marshall 9781783481101
RRP: €41.65€38.66Our fascination with the trickster figure, whose presence is global, stems from our desire to break free from the tightly regimented structures of our societies. Condemned to conform to laws and rules imposed by governments, communities, social groups... -
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor 9780691170275
RRP: €19.03€15.84Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a... -
Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale by Marina Warner
RRP: €12.48€8.85From 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,... -
Shetland Folk Tales by Lawrence Tulloch 9780752497693
RRP: €15.46€11.45Being separate from the Scottish mainland, the Shetland Isles have a rich and unique tradition of folklore, from selkies to invading giants and Vikings. This book brings together for the first time many tales of the Isles, including The Boy Who Came from... -
Selected Myths by Plato
RRP: €10.70€7.68'Once upon a time there were just the gods; mortal beings did not yet exist.' We are used to thinking of myths as stories, and modern myths as made up and fictitious. For the ancient Greeks, however, a myth was a story that unveiled reality, and for... -
A Brief History of the Amazons: Women Warriors in Myth and History Lyn Webster Wilde 9781472136770
RRP: €13.08€8.81'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since. Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars... -
Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar by Robert Lebling
RRP: €17.84€13.98A magnificent and indispensable portrayal of the rich folklore of the Islamic world. According to Islamic tradition, Allah created three types of beings: angels, made of light; humans, made of earth; and jinn, made of smokeless fire. Supernatural,... -
From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths Heather O'Donoghue (University of Oxford, UK) 9781350252806
RRP: €26.17€23.10From Asgard to Valhalla takes readers deep inside Odin's cavernous hall and tells of the adventures, tragedies and lessons of the Viking Gods. Here, Heather O'Donoghue skillfully uncovers both the history and legacy of these myths to provide the... -
We Are Not Alone: The Extraordinary History of UFOs and Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears, and Fantasies Marc Hartzman 9781683693352
RRP: €26.18€17.33Explore our fascination with UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence through exclusive interviews, archival photos, and strange but true stories from history. Do you want to believe? After decades of cover-ups and denials, in a June 2021 report, the US... -
The Book of Fortune-Telling - How to Tell Character and the Future by Palmistry, Cards, Numbers, Phrenology, Handwriting, Dreams, Astrology, Etc by Madame Fabia 9781528773188
RRP: €35.69€32.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528773188Author Madame FabiaFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Oakes PressPublisher Oakes PressWeight(grams) 794g -
Theurgy: Theory and Practice: The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine by P. D. Newman 9781644118368
RRP: €30.94€19.55Connects the magical practice of theurgy to the time of Homer. First defined by the second century Chaldean Oracles, theurgy is an ancient magic practice whereby practitioners divinized the soul and achieved mystical union with a deity, the Demiurge, or... -
The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed Gavin Menzies 9780753828854
RRP: €15.46€10.23The bestselling author of 1421: THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED THE WORLD uncovers the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis. After a chance conversation in Egypt in 2008, bestselling historian Gavin Menzies launched himself on a quest that would reveal... -
Irish Myths and Legends: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Augusta Gregory
RRP: €23.79€19.16Lady Augusta Gregory's Irish Myths and Legends, or Gods and Fighting Men as it was first titled in 1904, is an essential collection of Irish myths, legends and folk tales gathered by Gregory from Irish oral story tellers at the close of the nineteenth... -
World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction by David A. Leeming
RRP: €10.70€7.68The mythologies of the world are collective cultural dreams, and as such should be analyzed first from cultural perspectives. How do myths of the ancient Egyptians or Greeks, for instance, reflect the realities of the Egyptian and Greek cultures? When... -
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs
RRP: €29.75€20.68A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight... -
Pattern Under the Plough: Aspects of the Folk Life of East Anglia by George Ewart Evans 9781908213099
RRP: €17.85€13.04In 1948, shortly after settling with his family in the village of Blaxhall, Suffolk, George Ewart Evans started recording the conversations he had with neighbours, many of whom were born in the nineteenth century and had worked on farms before the... -
Dragons, Heroes, Myths & Magic: The Medieval Art of Storytelling (Paperback Edition) by Chantry Westwell 9780712354141
RRP: €23.79€16.36Journey through magical fairy tales, chivalric adventures, mystical events and celebrated foundation myths. Trace how folk traditions and the manners of courtly love have developed through generations and across continents and how the most celebrated of... -
Grettir's Saga by Jesse L. Byock
RRP: €13.08€9.25'You will be made an outlaw, forced always to live in the wilds and to live alone.' A sweeping epic of the Viking Age, Grettir's Saga follows the life of the outlaw Grettir the Strong as he battles against sorcery, bad luck, and the vengefulness of... -
Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth by Mark Williams 9780691183046
RRP: €29.75€24.50A 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 Folklore of Wales: Ghosts by Delyth Badder 9781915279507
RRP: €17.84€13.78Wales is a land with a vast wealth of ghost stories, including fantastical animals, flickering death omens and unseen things that go bump in the night. Whether these tales are based on true events, or are the creations of active imaginations, is known... -
Earth Under Fire: Humanitys Survival of the Ice Age by Paul A. LaViolette 9781591430520
RRP: €29.75€19.33Many ancient myths from around the world tell of catastrophic destruction by fire and flood. These ubiquitous legends are so extreme that they are often dismissed as imaginative exaggerations. In EARTH UNDER FIRE Paul LaViolette connects these 'myths' to... -
Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland by Eddie Lenihan 9780717136599
RRP: €20.22€15.37The Other Crowd', 'The Good People', 'The Wee Folk' and 'Them' are a few of the names given to the fairies by people in Ireland. Honoured for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies remind us to respect both the world we live in and forces we... -
Pearls On A Branch: Tales from the Arab World Told by Women by Najla Khoury
RRP: €17.84€12.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780914671961Author Najla KhouryFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Archipelago BooksPublisher Archipelago Books -
Fairies and Fairy Stories by Diane Purkiss 9780752440736
RRP: €17.84€13.74From the dangerous beings of ancient myths and medieval folklore, to the sanitized wingy thingies of Shakespeare and the Victorians, and even modern myths of alien abduction, this book presents a history of fairies. It tells that they have a darker and... -
Knossos: Myth, History and Archaeology by James Whitley 9781472532848
RRP: €26.17€21.69Knossos is one of the most important sites in the ancient Mediterranean. It remained amongst the largest settlements on the island of Crete from the Neolithic until the late Roman times, but aside from its size it held a place of particular significance... -
Norse Mythology: Tales of the Gods, Sagas and Heroes by Various Authors 9781789506556
RRP: €15.46€10.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789506556Author Various AuthorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Arcturus EditionsPublisher Arcturus EditionsWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Myth Match Miniature: A Fantastical Flipbook of Extraordinary Beasts by Good Wives and Warriors
RRP: €10.70€7.38You might have heard of the unicorn and the griffin, but what about the unifin? This fantastical flipbook collects together magical and mythical creatures from all over the world, then lets you mix and match their fronts and backs to create even more...