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Weight : Myth of Atlas and Heracles (05 Edition)
by Jeanette Winterson  Publisher Comments The story of Atlas and Heracles. Atlas knows how it feels to carry the weight of the world; but why, he asks himself, does it have to be carried at all? In Weight — visionary and inventive, yet completely believable and relevant to the questions...
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
by Anne Rice as A. N. Roquelaure Publisher Comments From bestselling author Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquleaure. In the traditional folktale of 'Sleeping Beauty,' the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story...
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Penelopiad : Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (05 Edition)
by Margaret Atwood Publisher Comments Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Describing her own remarkable vision, the author writes in the foreword, “I’ve chosen to give the telling of...
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Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, & Art
by Lewis Hyde Publisher Comments Trickster Makes This World solidifies Lewis Hyde's reputation as, in Robert Bly's words, "the most subtle, thorough, and brilliant mythologist we now have." In it, Hyde now brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is...
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
by Gregory Maguire 
Publisher Comments < P> < i> Is this new land a place where magics really happen?< /P> < P> < /i> From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of < i> Wicked, < /i> comes his much& ndash; anticipated second novel, a brilliant and...
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The Mabinogion (Oxford World's Classics)
by Sioned (trn) Davies Publisher Comments Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, Welsh history--these are just some of the threads woven into the eleven magical tales that make up The Mabinogion. Here are stories full of colorful characters, such as Gwydion the shape-shifter and Math the magician....
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Norse Myths (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
by Kevin Crossley-Holland Publisher Comments Here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the Viking world vividly to life. The mythic legacy of the Scandinavians includes a cycle of stories filled with magnificent images from pre-Christian Europe. Gods, humans, and monstrous beasts engage in...
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The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime
by Jasper Fforde
Publisher Comments Jack Spratt and Mary Mary return in their second adventure from the inimitable Jasper Fforde. Five years ago, Viking introduced Jasper Fforde and his upsidedown, inside-out literary crime masterpieces. And as they move from Thursday Next to Jack...
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Behind Closed Doors: Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis
by Monia Hejaiej Publisher Comments Tunis has a long history of city life reaching back to ancient times. The Arabic language is firmly rooted among it inhabitants and most embrace the morals and culture of Islam. Behind Closed Doors presents forty-seven tales told by three Beldi women...
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Foxfire 11: The old Homeplace, Wild Plant Use, Preserving and Cooking Food, Hunting Stories, Fishing, More Affairs of Plain Living
by Foxfire Fund Inc Synopsis With this newest volume in the Foxfire series comes a wealth of the kind of folk wisdom and values of simple living that have made these volumes beloved bestsellers for the last three decades, with more than two million copies in print. In 1966, in the...
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Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland
by Eddie Lenihan Synopsis "The Other Crowd," "The Good People," "The Wee Folk," and "Them" are a few of the names given to the fairies by the people of Ireland. Honored for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies remind us to respect the world we live in and the...
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Rapunzel
by Paul O. Zelinsky and The Brothers Grimm
Publisher Comments Trapped in a tower with no door, Rapunzel is allowed to see no one but the sorceress who has imprisoned her — until the day a young prince hears her singing to the forest birds....The timeless tale of Rapunzel is vividly and magnificently brought to...
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World Mythology: The Illustrated Guide
by Roy Willis Publisher Comments The great myths of the world create meaning out of the fundamental events of human existence: birth, death, conflict, loss, reconciliation, the cycle of the seasons. They speak to us of life itself in voices still intelligible, yet compellingly strange...
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Short History of Myth (05 Edition)
by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments The author of The History of God and In the Beginning: A New Reading of Genesis offers a useful, well-written introduction to mythology from the Paleolithic period to the "Great Western Transformation" that used science to discredit myth. Reprint....
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Seduction and the Secret Power of Women: The Lure of Sirens and Mermaids
by Meri. Trans. By John Oliphant Of Rossie Lao Publisher Comments An exploration of humanity's age-old fascination with Sirens - Explains the Sirens' half-human, half-animal bodies as a metaphor for the psychological challenge that their myth has always embodied - Fully illustrated in color with works by Rubens, Bosch,...
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Timothy, Or Notes of an Abject Reptile (06 Edition)
by Verlyn Klinkenborg Publisher Comments Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal's own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy: an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world's most famous tortoise,...
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Charms, Spells, & Formulas (Llewellyn's Practical Magick)
by Ray T Malbrough Publisher Comments Learn simple and effective ways to protect yourself, realize your innermost desires, and even have prophetic dreams....
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Jacob Grimm Publisher Comments Compact and affordable, this collection of 43 deliciously dark fairy and folk tales features "Rapunzel," "Hänsel and Grethel," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Cinderella," "Little Snow-White," "The Golden Goose," "The Frog-King, or Iron Henry," "The Twelve...
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Etruscan Myths (06 Edition)
by Larissa Bonfante Synopsis The Etruscans were a people of sophisticated culture and technology who lived in the area between Florence and Rome. Their civilization flourished for nearly a thousand years before being subsumed by the Roman Empire, but they left a substantial legacy...
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Talk That Talk: An Anthology of African-American Storytelling
by Linda Goss Synopsis Compilation of tales from Afro-American folklore. Among the storytellers included are Zora Neale Hurston, Nikki Giovanni, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Leadbelly....
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