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by Jacob Grimm Publisher Comments Grimm's Fairy Tales, by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Mircea Eliade Publisher Comments This essay on humanity's experience of history and its interpretation begins with a study of the traditional or mythological view and concludes with a comparative estimate of modern historiological approaches.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Anne Cameron Publisher Comments Cameron's retelling of Northwest Coast Native myths: fiction that weaves together lives of legendary and imaginary characters.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Barbara G Walker Powells.com Staff Pick "One of my favorite ways of reading is to pull a book off the shelf and open it at random. That's the great thing about reference books like dictionaries or encyclopedias. These books are treasure troves dip in anywhere, let chance take you, lead... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Roberto Calasso Publisher Comments Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Ralph Harvey Publisher Comments Fairies have enchanted humans for centuries—but are these mischievous, ethereal creatures more than just myth? One could ask for no better guide to the fairy realm than Ralph Harvey, one of England’s foremost modern-day witches. In Simply... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Lady Wilde Publisher Comments Lady Wilde, mother of famed author Oscar Wilde, over 100 years ago collected these hundreds of archaic cures, spells, homespun proverbs, visionary omens and prophecies. 128 pages, 16 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Wil Huygen Synopsis In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of its publication, we're thrilled to reissue this phenomenal delight, which enjoyed 62 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Fantasy and fun combine in this "real life" history.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Italo Calvino Publisher Comments Chosen by The New York Times as one of its best books in the year of its original publication, this treasure trove of 200 lively Italian folktales has won a cherished place among fans of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. In this collection,... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $17.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jeffrey Gantz Synopsis Irish tales, first written down in the 8th century, deal with the birth, childhood, courtship, premonitions and death of gods, goddesses and mortals.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Snorri Sturluson Publisher Comments The Everyman Paperback Classics series offers the latest scholarship on the works of the world's greatest poets, writers and philosophers. Each edition includes a comprehensive introduction, chronology, notes, appendix, critical responses, and a text... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Barbara G Walker Powells.com Staff Pick "One of my favorite ways of reading is to pull a book off the shelf and open it at random. That's the great thing about reference books like dictionaries or encyclopedias. These books are treasure troves dip in anywhere, let chance take you, lead... (read more) List Price $34.00 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Paul Bibeau Publisher Comments Bibeau, intrepid investigative journalist, detective extraordinaire, and vampire-obsessed myth-hunter, travels around the globe in search of Dracula--the monster, the myth, and the pop-culture icon.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Diane Wolkstein Publisher Comments A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea Eliade... (read more) Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by D T Niane Synopsis Retold by generations of griots-the guardians of African culture-this oral tradition has been handed down from thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is an epic tale-part history, part legend-which... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Brian Stone Publisher Comments Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the masterpiece of medieval alliterative poetry. The unknown fourteenth-century author (a contemporary of Chaucer) has imbued his work with the heroic atmostphere of a saga, with the spirit of French romance and with a... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Patricia Turner Publisher Comments Nothing reveals more about a civilization than the gods and goddesses it worshipped. For thousands of years humans have fashioned stories about divine beings to explain their most mysterious, terrifying, and exalted experiences. Today the names of many... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Riane Eisler Publisher Comments Chapter One Journey into a Lost World: The Beginnings of Civilization Preserved in a cave sanctuary for over twenty thousand years, a female figure speaks to us about the minds of our early Western ancestors. She is small and carved out of stone: one of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael Jordan Publisher Comments Encyclopedia of Gods offers concise information on more than 2,500 deities worshipped around the world and throughout history, from the most ancient gods of polytheistic societies -- to the most contemporary gods of the major monotheistic religions. Each... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $5.63 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Royall Tyler Publisher Comments A dazzling selection of over 200 tales from medieval Japan, including stories of miracle, visions of hell, jokes, fables and historical legends.... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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