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The Grimm Reader: The Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm Maria Tatar (Harvard University) 9780393338560
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.16Even after two hundred years, the tales collected by the Brothers Grimm remain among our most powerful stories. Their scenes of unsparing savagery and jaw-dropping beauty remind us that fairy tales,... -
Roman History: v. 5 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674990913
SciFier: £25.03A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Works: v. 4 Lucian 9780674991798
SciFier: £25.03Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Volume II by Apuleius
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.95A beguiling tale of mistaken transformation.In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful... -
The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments by Hesiod
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.95Antiquity's original didactic poet.Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been... -
Roman History, Volume IV: Books 41-45 Dio Cassius 9780674990739
SciFier: £25.16A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Roman History: v. 8 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674991958
SciFier: £25.03A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of ... -
Superman: Our Worlds at War Omnibus Volume 1: Prelude to War! Joe Kelly 9781799503217
DC ComicsRRP: £114.00SciFier: £78.08A new cosmic threat puts the entire DC Universe at risk! It s a job not even Superman can handle, in this consequential early-2000s era event now collected in omnibus editions! The start of the new... -
Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia by Hesiod
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.95Antiquity's original didactic poet.Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been... -
Roman History: Bk. 56-60, v. 7 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674991934
SciFier: £25.03A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Monster Boogie by Laurie Berkner
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.59Laurie Berkner, "the queen of children's music" (People), pairs the lyrics of her infectious hit song with Ben Clanton's whimsical illustrations in this groovy and adorable picture book-a must-have... -
Leucippe and Clitophon by Achilles Tatius
SciFier: £25.03A charming Greek romance narrated by its hero.Achilles Tatius was a Greek from Alexandria in Egypt; he is now believed to have flourished in the second century AD. Of his life nothing is known,... -
Superman Legacy Box Set by Alan Moore
DC ComicsRRP: £77.00SciFier: £50.96Collecting some of Superman's greatest and most influential tales, this graphic novel box set is the perfect reading list for anyone who loves the Man of Steel.Celebrate 2025's new Superman film with... -
Heroes & Heroines Myths & Tales by Maria Tatar
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.82Our worldwide storytelling heritage is vast and varied and yet contains common threads, themes and motifs running throughout the many legends, whether they hail from the dusty plains of Africa or the... -
Fables by Babrius
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.95Fabulous verse.Babrius is the reputed author of a collection (discovered in the 19th century) of more than 125 fables based on those called Aesop's, in Greek verse. He may have been a Hellenized... -
Works: v. 6 Lucian 9780674994744
SciFier: £25.03Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Soloecista Lucius or the Assorted Amores Halcyon Demosthenes: v. 8 Lucian 9780674994768
SciFier: £25.16Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Works: v. 7 Lucian 9780674994751
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.95Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Roman History: v.9 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674991965
SciFier: £25.03A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of ... -
The Annotated African American Folktales by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Harvard University)
SciFier: £33.59The New Annotated African American Folktales revolutionises the canon like no other volume. Henry Louis Gates Jr and Maria Tatar assemble a ground-breaking collection of folktales, myths and legends... -
Joss, the Ambassador's Wife by Frederic Hunter
SciFier: £12.79When international correspondent Tom Craig travels to Malawi to report on a mysterious string of murders terrorizing the tiny country, he discovers another mystery that must be solved, this one very... -
Giambattista Basile's The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones by Nancy L. Canepa
RRP: £36.95SciFier: £32.49The Tale of Tales, made up of forty-nine fairy tales within a fiftieth frame story, contains the earliest versions of celebrated stories like Rapunzel, All-Fur, Hansel and Gretel, The Goose That Laid... -
YSL LEXICON by Martina Mondadori
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £39.34Yves Saint Laurent (1936 2008) is credited with reviving French haute couture in the 1960s, with making ready-to-wear reputable, and with using non-European cultural references. In addition to the... -
The Fairies Return by Maria Tatar
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £17.26Originally issued in 1934, The Fairies Return was the first collection of modernist fairy tales ever published in England, and it marked the arrival of a satirical classic that has never been... -
The Fairest of Them All by Maria Tatar
RRP: £16.95SciFier: £15.34"With her trademark brio and deep-tissue understanding, Maria Tatar opens the glass casket on this undying story, which retains its power to charm twenty-one times, and counting."-Gregory Maguire,... -
Ripped from the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes Harold Schechter 9781542041829
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.99Bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a century of classic films. ...