Fables of the East: Selected Tales 1662-1785
by Ros Ballaster


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Fables of the East is the first anthology to provide textual examples of representations of oriental cultures in the early modern period drawn from a variety of genres: travel writing, histories, and fiction. Organized according to genre in order to... (read more)

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Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals
by Luisah Teish


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Chapter One Growing Up Tipsy "Somehow I knew that there was much more going on than was apparent on the surface. My existence and that of the things going on around me caused me to question everything, always looking for the deeper meanings."read more)

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Lady Cottington's Fairy Album
by Brian Froud


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Lady Angelica Cottington returns in this mysterious, hilarious sequel to Froud's huge international hit. In this quirky and seductive new volume, 15-year-old Angelica stumbles on an annotated photo album that reveals fairy enchantments, wanton romance... (read more)

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Don't Know Much about Mythology: Everything You Need to Know about the Greatest Stories in Human History But Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
by Kenneth C. Davis


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Since the beginning of time, people have crafted imaginative stories that have served as both religion and science, philosophy and psychology, astronomy and biology. Now, popular historian Kenneth C. Davis explores the world of myth.... (read more)

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The Secret Language of the Soul: A Visual Key to the Spiritual World
by Jane Hope


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The soul is the ultimate human unknown. The Secret Language of the Soul is a visual directory of the ways that cultures worldwide, both ancient and modern, have attempted to answer its mysteries. The scope is vast, from Zen Buddhism to Catholicism, and... (read more)

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The Secret Commonwealth: Of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies (New York Review Books)
by Robert Kirk


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"The legendary chronicle of the supernatural that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Walter Scott." <BR>"The Secret Commonwealth" is a guide to fairies, doppelgangers, wraiths, and other beings that its author Robert Kirk, an unusually... (read more)

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Celtic Inspirations
by Lyn Webster Wilde


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The Celts were a creative, mystical people, still revered today for their imaginative myth-making, brilliant designs, and profound sense of wonder and magic. This entry in the popular "Inspirations" series offers enticing summaries of key Celtic symbols,... (read more)

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Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Letters
by Berk And Froud


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More smashed fairies in celebration of Lady Cottington's 10 anniversary!... (read more)

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Masks of God #02: Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume II
by Joseph Campbell


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An explanation of Eastern mythology as it developed into the distinctive religions of Egypt, India, China, and Japan.... (read more)

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Cursed in New England: Stories of Damned Yankees
by Joseph A Citro


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A salty profanity uttered by a taciturn old Yankee is generally more humorous than menacing, but can a curse really be used as a weapon? In Cursed in New England, renowned storyteller Joe Citro recounts seventeen tales of genuine maledictions intended to... (read more)

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Discoveries: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Discoveries)
by Anne Berthelot


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Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more)

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Greek Myths Volume 1
by Robert Graves


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In a work that has become a classic reference book for both the serious scholar and the casual inquirer, Graves retells the adventures of the important gods and heroes worshipped by the ancient Greeks. Each entry provides a full commentary which examines... (read more)

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Holy Grail
by Giles Morgan


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Through its various guises as magic cauldron, cornucopia, and chalice cup, the Holy Grail has remained at the center of popular culture since antiquity. An object of marvel and mystery, it inhabits a place in mythology that has its roots in historical... (read more)

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The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion (Oxford Paperback Reference)
by Simon Price


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Drawn from the acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary, The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion offers a fully rounded guide to all aspects of religious life and thought in ancient Greece and Rome. Highly authoritative, this new book covers... (read more)

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Hercules: A Heroic Life
by Alastair Blanshard


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From Ovid and Virgil to the muscle beaches of Malibu, Hercules has made an indelible impression on Western culture. He is the original hero: half god, half man, handsome and virile, triumphant in his labors yet ultimately a victim of his tragic destiny... (read more)

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Myths, Stories, and Organizations: Premodern Narratives for Our Times
by Yiannis Gabriel


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- An original exploration of several key issues in organizational studies, such as knowledge, leadership, postmodernity and human... (read more)

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Gargoyles: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry
by Susan Pesznecker


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Taking readers on a journey into a mysterious world, through bestiaries and traveling menageries, past grotesques and chimeras, through medieval cities and guilds and into huge stone buildings, this work explains how gargoyles not only served a clear... (read more)

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Italian Popular Tales
by Thomas Freder Crane


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The first paperback edition of these fascinating Italian folktales in over one hundred years... (read more)

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