Discover myths. folklore, fables and legends.Traditional tales often thought to have basis in historical fact.
Myths & Legends Books
Monsoon Books Iban Dream
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£8.54
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Fear of the Guest
Book SynopsisWith traditional rites and offerings to the departed at an all-time low, the ancient spirits of Singapore come together to form the Grassroots Committee of Ghosts and Monsters, aiming to help its members upgrade their skills and stay relevant in a fast-paced, constantly evolving urban landscape. Lady Pontianak steers the committee towards progress as they diligently chart their lifelong learning paths and master essential digital skills for the 21st century. But when a mysterious new spirit gatecrashes their meeting with a radical, extremist proposal—a seductive alternative to their laborious efforts—his offer proves to be extremely difficult to refuse…
£14.56
Vajra Books Folk Tales of Nepal
Book SynopsisVolume Two of this collection expands on Volume One with a series of longer, in-depth teachings by Khenchen Appey Rinpoche on five essential subjects: 1) a commentary to inspire faith, based on verses in praise of the Buddha''s immeasurable qualities from Sakya Pandita''s Clarifying the Sages Intent; 2) oral instructions based on Candrakirti''s Entering the Middle Way, offering a practical understanding of the Mahayana path as a whole; 3) a commentary on the first three chapters of Santideva''s The Way of the Bodhisattva, which includes an explanation of the ritual for the bodhicitta vow; 4) a rarely given explanation of Gorampa''s profound teaching on dependent arising according to the four philosophical schools of Indian Buddhism, entitled Illumination of Samsara and Nirvana; and 5) a detailed commentary on Samantabhadra''s Noble Astirations to Sublime Conduct, as the supreme means of dedication. The five teachings contained in this book are a testament to the in-depth knowledge and realization that defined Khenchen Appey Rinpoche as one of the most accomplished exponents of the Buddhadharma of our times. His realization of the teachings, along with the logical reasoning and thorough analysis with which he elucidated them. invariably enabled his students to have confidence in their authenticity, as well as earning him their deepest respect and admiration. Over and above being an outstanding practitioner, scholar and teacher, Khenchen Appey was a living example of a Bodhisattva. He was unfalteringly compassionate to all and, in spite of his overwhelming qualities. he always remained humble and unassuming. - from the foreword by His Holiness the 42nd Sakva Trizin Ratna Vajra
£25.88
Afram Publications (Ghana) Ltd Once Upon a Time in Ghana. Traditional Ewe Stories Retold in English
£14.48
Fv Editions Old Greek Stories
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£9.99
Ssel Old Testament Legends: Illustrated - Easy to Read
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£11.14
Fv Editions The private life of Helen of Troy: Easy to Read
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£14.64
Dttv Publications Myths and Legends of the Norse
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£9.49
J. Manfred Weichsel The Calydonian Boar Hunt
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£7.12
Aisha Urooj The Nine Muses
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£7.19
Blurb Flower Fables (Esprios Classics)
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£17.61
Giselle Renarde A Tale of Fur and Flesh
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£13.10
Anant RAM Awakening Shadows
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£15.67
Grover Publishing Never Ask Why And Other Stories From the Romanoff
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£10.78
Independently Published The Legacy of the Runes: Protecting Ancient Magic
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£10.65
Independently Published A Long, Long Time Ago...: Tales from the hills of
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£9.66
Independently Published The Blue Fairy Book Illustrated
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£23.52
Independently Published In the Shadow of Demeter
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£9.36
Independently Published The Accidental Troll
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£10.30
Independently Published Cabeaver: Special Forces: Silent Book
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£11.34
Independently Published The Book of Maya
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£10.88
Warrioress Publishing The Sins of Snow - Sapphire City Series Book Two
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£14.39
Independently Published A cor de Íris: Uma egotrip mitológica
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£7.26
Thorndike Press Large Print Bad Cree
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£33.72
Thorndike Press Large Print The Crane Husband
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£38.95
Thorndike Press Large Print A Crown of Ivy and Glass
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£37.05
Thorndike Press Large Print After the Forest
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£32.29
Thorndike Press Large Print If the Shoe Fits: A Meant to Be Novel
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£31.34
Mint Editions Hawaiian Legends
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£13.49
Mint Editions Hawaiian Legends
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£21.24
Blackwater Press A People Without Shame
Book SynopsisSomota is society divided by change, and by memories. When A. arrives in the protectorate shortly after the first world war, he is unsure of what to expect. Employed by the government as a linguistic anthropologist, he is tasked with documenting the benefits of the new order and reporting them to the Reverend G. But what are these benefits? In his travels throughout the region, A. finds only the physical and emotional scars of conquest, and of routine colonial administration. Yet, even as the indigenous culture is being reduced to mere fragments, he also learns of a sublime literature responding to those historical traumas. One storyteller in particular, Kehinta, begins to reveal to A. just how much has been lost. A profoundly beautiful novel commenting on the horrors of colonial oppression, trauma, love, and the power of story.Trade ReviewAdvanced Praise for A People Without Shame: "Imaginative and gripping." --Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; "A People Without Shame is an artistic triumph composed by a master craftsman whose courageous eye makes all too vivid the abundant horrors suffered by beautiful people and their culture at the hands of soul-dead colonizers eager to extinguish them. Patrick Hogan is - as Kurosawa says an artist must be - one who does not look away. Inside this grand and ambitious novel beats an urgent and epic dirge written with magic enough to awaken our collective humanity to the poetry preserved in the raging hearts of people whose stories refuse to die." --Matt Cashion, author of Last Words of the Holy Ghost; "Hogan's absorbing and stylistically inventive novel offers a stirring meditation on the cost of colonial appropriation. Told with visceral prose and cinematic sweep, it's also a unique tale of unrequited love. Kehinta, the guardian of her people's epic poem, is Hogan's great achievement, magnetic yet always just beyond our grasp, and A's quest to understand her - to wrest the meaning of a poem from her - brings all the twisted moralities of the colonial enterprise into razor-sharp relief." Ken Kwapis, director of The Office and He's Just Not That Into You; Praise for other books by Patrick Colm Hogan: "Formidably armed with statistics, intelligence, a relentless philosophical method... Hogan makes an excellent case [in The Politics of Interpretation: Ideology and Professionalism in the Study of Literature] that the world is a very real place which we can touch and shape with both our hands and our pens." --Times Higher Education Supplement; "From start to finish, [Joyce, Milton, and the Theory of Influence] delivers what it promises: clear, even-handed discussions of theoretical matrices; social, intellectual, and aesthetic contexts for influence; three text-based chapters showing Joyce at play in Miltonic fields... this is a first-class example of how to do a study of significant literary influence." --James Joyce Literary Supplement; "What is not in doubt [in On Interpretation: Meaning and Inference in Law, Psychoanalysis, and Literature]... is Hogan's achievement in writing a book that lives up to the high ideals of the Enlightenment." --The British Journal of Aesthetics; "This marvelous book [The Mind and Its Stories: Narrative Universals and Human Emotion] reconnects the study of literature to the themes that have made it eternally fascinating, and connects it for the first time to the sciences of mind and brain. It is a landmark in modern intellectual life, heralding an exciting new integration of the sciences and humanities." Steven Pinker, Harvard University; "Patrick Hogan analyzes literary works to tell the story of the annihilation of selves and the death of cultures that accompanied colonialism. But it is also a story of the emancipatory visions that have emerged from the crucibles of self-disavowal and massive cultural dislocations. [Colonialism and Cultural Identity: Crises of Tradition in the Anglophone Literatures of India, Africa, and the Caribbean] is a homage to human creativity under oppressive and humiliating conditions and to the indomitable resilience of the defeated and the forgotten." --Ashis Nandy, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi; "This sober, readable book [Philosophical Approaches to the Study of Literature] organizes and describes the connections between philosophy and literary theory with rare lucidity. --Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries; "The philosophy of ethics has been central to understanding human interaction since ancient times. Now Patrick Colm Hogan, the most important researcher in the twenty-first century on the relationships between psychology and worldwide literature, has written a fascinating update [Literature and Moral Feeling: A Cognitive Poetics of Ethics, Narrative, and Empathy]." --Keith Oatley, University of Toronto
£13.29
Raven Kennedy LLC Gold
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£23.75
