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Myths & Legends by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.82Creation myths, quests, the eternal battle between good and evil, these are some of the classic tales that feed the ravenous beast of modern culture. For many the classical traditions of the Greeks... -
Indian Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48India, one of the great, ancient civilizations spawned a fascinating canon of myths and legends. With multiple gods, and a riot of colour and character this fantastic new book, Indian Myths, explores... -
Scottish Myths by J.K. Jackson
SciFier: £7.32Much of Scottish mythology was imported by settlers arriving from across the Irish Sea, and so Scottish mythology in large part shares its characters and tales with the mythology of Ireland, from the... -
Native American Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Algonquins, Iroquois, Ojibwe, Cherokee - the myriad tribes of North America and their folktales are deeply fascinating because they are unique amongst the mythologies of the world. The tribes were... -
Chinese Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72River Gods, snake spirits, mountain and Immortals, Chinese mythology is alive with ancient passions. China's unique set of mythological tales are derived from its vast expanse, diverse culture and... -
Greek & Roman Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48The classical gods of Rome uncoiled from the fertile imaginations of the ancient Greeks whose gods were passionate and violent, jealous of their powers and subject to both mighty outbursts of love... -
Norse Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £6.72The Vikings and their norse gods fought a constant battle with nature. Their landscape, with its stark mountains and long nights created a particularly rough mythology, with profound contrasts and... -
East African Folktales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Traditional stories bring a deeper understanding of the movement of peoples across East Africa. Common roots and differences between ancient peoples create a lively portrait with their fragile,... -
Polynesian Island Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48The Polynesian triangle covers Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand and the many isles in between. The legends of the region are based on the creation of land, fish, sea, valleys and the volcanic... -
Alexander the Great by Alexandra F. Morris
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.95Alexander the Great died in 336 BCE, when he was only thirty-two. His military campaigns had swept across Ancient Greece, through Asia Minor, Arabia, Persia, Egypt and North Africa to North West... -
Persian Myths J.K. Jackson 9781839649349
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72From such texts as the Shah Nameh (the Persian Book of Kings), Masnavi-e Ma'navi, the Anvar-i Suhayli fables and works by the great poet Nizami, come ancient tales of a civilization that once... -
Arthurian Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Many medieval writers, especially from France and Wales, wrote stories about the great British leader that was King Arthur. Legends, folklore and myths from this period come together to paint a... -
Of One Blood: Or, The Hidden Self by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48A rip-roaring lost worlds thriller written in the early 1900s by a pioneering black writer of black fiction. The story of Reuel is fuelled by love, betrayal and a heavy undertow of the supernatural;... -
West African Folktales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel in the antics of these characters: from... -
Celtic Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Populated by gods, High Kings, wilfull Queens, noble warriors, fairies, goblins and wizards, the Celtic myths are unsurpassed in their variety and power. This new book is a dazzling collection of the... -
Viking Folktales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Character-forming moral fables, Viking and Nordic folk and fairy tales take the magic of the natural world and combine it with the practical common sense of the everyday. Good folk are rewarded for... -
The Empty House, and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Algernon Blackwood, one of the founding fathers of modern ghost and horror stories, inspired generations of writers from H.P. Lovecraft to Shirley Jackson and our very own Ramsey Campbell... -
Irish Fairy Tales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Fairy stories, especially from the rich tradition of Ireland where the supernatural grew from the legends of the Celts, are the magic stories of everyday folk seeking solutions to the challenges of... -
Blake; or The Huts of America by Martin R. Delany
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.10New edition with a new introduction. Delany's tale of Blake, an escaped slave in the era before the US Civil War, depicts the harrowing detail of life under slavery and offers a call to action for... -
The Tale of Beowulf by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Beowulf is an epic poem probably written in the 900s CE. It tells of events 600 years before in vivid detail, where the hero Beowulf is entreated to help a king defend his halls against the monster... -
Imperium in Imperio Sutton E. Griggs 9781839648847
SciFier: £9.38Written in 1899, Grigg's moving, terrifying book describes the Jim Crow era life of a black man inhabiting a living dystopia. Belton Piedmont is from a poor background, he works hard to become... -
Cyrus the Great by Ian Macgregor Morris
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire in the 500s BCE, and sealed his pre-eminence as one of the greatest founders of empire. He conquered all major civilizations in his region and his... -
The Four Branches of the Mabinogi by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48The ancient Mabinogi is a great world literature, and fascinating Celtic mythology. Centuries of oral storytelling worked up its intricate art, delighting every generation of all ages. The Guest... -
Chinese Ghost Stories Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science) 9781804177983
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72A delightful collection of Chinese ghost stories such as The Spirit of the Wu-Lian Mountain, The Spirits of the Yellow River, The Talking Silver Foxes, The Constable, The Dangerous Reward,... -
Classic Ghost Stories by Lisa Tuttle
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72A selection of mysterious and intriguing tales from the shadows, featuring M.R. James, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Edith Wharton and Algernon Blackwood, with F. Marion Crawford's The Doll's Ghost and... -
Myths of Babylon by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Babylonian myths, inherited in Mesopotamia from Sumeria, influenced by the ancient Assyrians represent a pinnacle of human achievement in the period around 1800 BC. Here we find humankind battling... -
Japanese Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Japan's mythology is alive with gods, spirits and monsters. It draws on Buddhist and Shinto traditions to explain the nature of the world of the island of Japan, and the heavenly status of the long... -
Icelandic Folktales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Icelandic folktales are the close cousins of Viking fairy stories, although perhaps a little darker in their tone, but they share many of the same themes of innocence and trickery, triumph of good... -
American Ghost Stories by Brett Riley
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Settling in for a night of spine-chilling entertainment? Here's a gripping collection of classic American ghost tales by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe ('The Masque of the Red Death'), Francis Bret... -
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 9781787556195
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £6.20Against the backdrop of seventeenth-century New England, Hester Prynne is branded with an 'A' to mark her adultery and the strict condemnation of the Puritan community. As Hester's crimes define her... -
Haunted House Stories by Hester Fox
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72A finger-tip tingling selection of ghostly capers from E.F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood, Dick Donovan, H.D. Everett, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, William Hope Hodgson, W.W. Jacobs, M.R. James, Bram... -
Serbian Folktales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Stories of the Serbian people are both poetic and strident, reflecting their proud heritage as Southern Slavs, who, in the years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, swept South, taking over... -
Ancient Ghost Stories Camilla Grudova 9781804175958
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Phantoms of the dead, warning apparitions and necromancy - there are many stories of ghosts to be found in the retold literature of ancient peoples: 'Khonsemhab and the Ghost' and 'The Adventure of... -
Korean Folktales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Organized into four sections - Love, Marriage & Family, Powerful Spirits & Mystical Realms, The Magical & the Supernatural, Tales of Animals & Mythical Creatures - this delightful collection gathers... -
The House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 9781787556201
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48A mysterious tale of crime, witchcraft and the supernatural. The House of the Seven Gables is a gloomy New England mansion, reeking of past sins and malevolent threats. The Pyncheon family that lives... -
Roman Folktales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £5.93The fables, folklore and fairy tales of Rome are definitely not the more familiar myths and legends with their pantheon of gods. Within these pages you'll find stories and fears of the everyday,... -
Tristan and Isolde by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Alongside Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf, Tristan and Isolde's tale of doomed love is a classic medieval story whose themes of love, betrayal, honour and courage have weathered the test of... -
Irish Ghost Stories by Maura McHugh
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.83A collection of characteristically playful yet philosophical Irish ghost stories from authors such as Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost), Sheridan Le Fanu (The Child That Went With The Fairies,... -
Egyptian Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48The Myths of Ancient Egypt are tied intimately to the presence and natural rhythms of the Nile. With their inventive mythology, the Egyptians explained the effects of famine, harvest, floods and... -
Aztec Myths by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Though the Olmecs (1250-200 bc) were the first civilization in Mexico, the Aztecs (1325-1521) -Mesoamerica's last imperial civilization and the most significant of the militaristic post-Classic...