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The Downward Journey or The Tyrant. Zeus Catechized. Zeus Rants. The Dream or The Cock. Prometheus. Icaromenippus or The Sky-man. Timon or The Misanthrope. Charon or The Inspectors. Philosophies for Sale by Lucian
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity'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. 6 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674990920
SciFier: $33.71A 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 Grimm Reader: The Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm Maria Tatar (Harvard University) 9780393338560
SciFier: $25.61Even 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,... -
Works: v. 4 Lucian 9780674991798
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity'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. 5 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674990913
SciFier: $33.71A 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 Passing of Peregrinus. The Runaways. Toxaris or Friendship. The Dance. Lexiphanes. The Eunuch. Astrology. The Mistaken Critic. The Parliament of the Gods. The Tyrannicide. Disowned by Lucian
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity'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: $33.43SciFier: $33.03A 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... -
Roman History, Volume IV: Books 41-45 Dio Cassius 9780674990739
SciFier: $33.71A 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: $26.79SciFier: $19.82Laurie 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... -
The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments by Hesiod
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $33.03Antiquity'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... -
Superman: Our Worlds at War Omnibus Volume 1: Prelude to War! Joe Kelly 9781799503217
DC ComicsRRP: $152.76SciFier: $104.63A 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... -
Roman History: v. 8 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674991958
SciFier: $33.71A 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: Bk. 56-60, v. 7 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674991934
SciFier: $33.71A 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... -
Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia by Hesiod
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $26.73Antiquity'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... -
Leucippe and Clitophon by Achilles Tatius
SciFier: $33.71A 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,... -
Historical Miscellany Aelian 9780674995352
SciFier: $33.71A literary cabinet of curiosities.Aelian's Historical Miscellany is a pleasurable example of light reading for Romans of the early third century. Offering engaging anecdotes about historical figures,... -
Fables by Babrius
SciFier: $33.71Fabulous 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... -
Heroes & Heroines Myths & Tales by Maria Tatar
RRP: $26.80SciFier: $19.86Our 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... -
Works: v. 6 Lucian 9780674994744
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity'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
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity'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: $33.71Antiquity'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: $33.71A 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 Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm
SciFier: $49.94Of all of the rich fairy-tale collections that exist in countries throughout the world, few are better known than those gathered almost two centuries ago by a pair of German brothers-Jacob and... -
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales: Classic Tales Hans Christian Andersen 9781839641657
RRP: $26.80SciFier: $19.86The author Hans Christian Andersen is regarded as a national treasure by his homeland Denmark, but his popularity extends far beyond his native shores. As one of the most translated authors in the... -
Youngblood (2025) Volume 1 Rob Liefeld 9781534332324
Image ComicsRRP: $20.09SciFier: $14.02The Blood is back! The creator of Marvel's DEADPOOL-legendary Rob Liefeld-returns to his chart-topping, career-defining, YOUNGBLOOD series for an all-new chapter. The original Youngblood #1 was the... -
The Annotated African American Folktales by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Harvard University)
SciFier: $49.94The 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... -
Giambattista Basile's The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones by Nancy L. Canepa
RRP: $49.51SciFier: $48.23The 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... -
Joss, the Ambassador's Wife by Frederic Hunter
SciFier: $17.41When 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... -
YSL LEXICON by Martina Mondadori
RRP: $67.00SciFier: $49.83Yves 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: $26.80SciFier: $23.13Originally 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... -
Ripped from the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes Harold Schechter 9781542041829
RRP: $12.05SciFier: $9.37Bestselling 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. ... -
The Fairest of Them All by Maria Tatar
RRP: $22.71SciFier: $18.96"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,...