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Myth & legend told as fiction
Paperback. Comes out of the tradition of evening storytelling, a popular form of entertainment in traditional African societies. This volume offers a collection of 23 Yoruba trickster tales. It includes Ajapa, notable for his strikingly human habits, abilities, weaknesses and disposition, and presents his different aspects including his amusing relations. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803286115
- ISBN
- 9780803286115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.50
€ 24.50
mass_market. Num Pages: 423 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 104 x 41. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Solaris United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781781081860
- ISBN
- 9781781081860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.91
€ 9.91
Paperback. A first post-war work of Samuel Beckett and his first novel in French. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571244751
- ISBN
- 9780571244751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.08
€ 13.99
€ 10.08
Paperback. "These Are Our Legends "gives readers seven traditional Lillooet "sptakwlh--"translated variously as "legends," "myths," or "bed-time stories"--in which shape-shifting animals and other forms of magic realism reign supreme. Illustrator(s): Abraham, Marie. Translator(s): Eijk, Jan van. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press Canada
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889773967
- ISBN
- 9780889773967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.18
€ 25.99
€ 22.18
paperback. One day Roger Welsch ventured to ask his father a delicate personal question: "Why am I an only child?" His father's answer is one of many examples of the delightful and laughter-inducing ribald tales Welsch has compiled from a lifetime of listening to and sharing the folklore of the Plains. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803284289
- ISBN
- 9780803284289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.69
€ 20.99
€ 19.69
paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022731
- ISBN
- 9780486280929
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Exploring universal themes of spiritual renewal, "The Shamans Quest" shows us how we can find the Great Song of Life and learn to value the sacred qualities of Nature and the Universe. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780996516
- ISBN
- 9781780996516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Hardcover. Editor(s): Congail, Nollaig Mac. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905223674
- ISBN
- 9780905223674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.80
€ 20.99
€ 19.80
Paperback. "Endlessly powerful.. Here is one you should not miss, a gratifying feast in lush, lyrical, and full-throated form."-NPR.org Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631491948
- ISBN
- 9781631491948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.13
€ 16.99
€ 16.13
Paperback. Inventive, playful, and erudite Greer Gilman is an archeolexicologist rewriting language itself in her long-awaited novel. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Small Beer Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618731050
- ISBN
- 9781618731050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.37
€ 18.37
Paperback. In this volume, O'Connor tells the story of the great God of the Underworld and one of the most famous of all Greek myths: Hades' abduction of Persephone and her mother's revenge. Num Pages: 80 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 254 x 5. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- First Second
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596434349
- ISBN
- 9781596434349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.40
€ 14.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CJB; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 181 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Focus
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100149
- ISBN
- 9781585100149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.49
€ 31.99
€ 23.49
hardcover. Twenty-nine tales provide a moving and colorful image of the diversity and richness of the people and lands of Indonesia. Editor(s): Bunanta, Murti. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map. BIC Classification: FQ; JFHF; YFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1.
- SKU
- V9781563089091
- ISBN
- 9781563089091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.49€ 50.07
€ 54.49
€ 50.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826335708
- ISBN
- 9780826335708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.82
€ 20.99
€ 18.82
Paperback. The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, and the Fall of the Nibelungs. Editor(s): Tolkien, Christopher. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KSS0006967
- ISBN
- 9780007317240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.99€ 8.65
€ 12.99
€ 8.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Rothwell, Fred. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FQ; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892540938
- ISBN
- 9780892540938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.30
€ 18.30
The Russian Folktale by Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (Series in Fairy-Ta...
Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp
Paperback. Translates and contextualizes Vladimir Propp's later work "The Russian Folktale." Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814334669
- ISBN
- 9780814334669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.08
€ 54.08
Paperback. Elegantly simple fairy tales where nonsense is as commonplace as violence from a master of the form. Illustrator(s): Eyde, Catherine. Num Pages: 158 pages, B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566893473
- ISBN
- 9781566893473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.22
€ 16.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. Alicia Ostriker Of one substance, of one Matter, they have cruelly Broken apart. They never will touch Each other again. The shining Lovelier and younger Turns away, a pitiful girl. She is completely naked And it hurts. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691013909
- ISBN
- 9780691013909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.24
€ 25.99
€ 19.24
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Bugge, Jacob. Num Pages: 510 pages, 14 hand drawn maps. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FQ; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 35. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cecilie & Jacob Bugge Denmark
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788788863055
- ISBN
- 9788788863055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71
Hardcover. This study explores how Malory's "Morte D'Arthur" responds to available literary vernacular Arthurian traditions, which the French defined as theoretical in impulse, the English as performative and experimental. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB; DSK; FQ; HBJD1; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312229986
- ISBN
- 9780312229986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Hardcover. A collection of Turkish oral narratives. Num Pages: 295 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; FQ; JHBT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 267 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896722651
- ISBN
- 9780896722651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.38
€ 20.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Weiser Books
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578632893
- ISBN
- 9781578632893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.86
€ 19.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. The Celtic roots of Irish folklore are enriched with Nordic legend and colour. Here gathered in this collection are tales of giants and warriors, of old hags and fair maidens, and of the boyhood of the great hero Fionn Mac Uail (Finn MacCool). Illustrator(s): Batten, John D. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FQ; YDC; YFJ; YNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220375
- ISBN
- 9781840224344
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 7.99€ 4.99
€ 7.99
€ 4.99