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Myth & legend told as fiction

Paperback. River Gods, snake spirits, mountain and Immortals, Chinese mythology is alive with ancient passions. China's unique set of tales are derived from its vast expanse, diverse culture and the endless internal wars. This brilliant new book introduces the key themes of Chinese legend before plunging into the fascinating stories themselves. Editor(s): Jackson, Jake. Series: The World's Greatest Myths and Legends. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783614035
ISBN
9781783614035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.88

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

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

€ 21.99
€ 21.19

Paperback. In this selection of plays by the editor, the reader is taken into the romantic world of the gallant knights of the round table and their courageous and chivalrous deeds, fair maidens, castles steeped in history, the quest for the holy grail, and tragic love for Guinevere. Editor(s): Lang, Andrew. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; YFJ; YNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 102. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHN0002095
ISBN
9781853261152
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.74

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Purple Haze Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977320059
ISBN
9780977320059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.61

Paperback. The Tailor never travelled further than Scotland, yet the breadth of the world could not contains the wealth of his humour and fantasy. All human life is here - marriages, inquests, matchmaking, wakes - and always the Tailor, his wife and their black cow. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214 224pp. Introduction by Frank O'Connor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780853420507
ISBN
9780853420507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.61

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
€ 13.25

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

€ 51.99
€ 50.94

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

€ 20.99
€ 20.04

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

€ 53.59

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

€ 24.99
€ 18.90

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
€ 11.14

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

€ 99.64

Paperback. O'Connor introduces readers to the Queen of the gods and goddesses in the Pantheon. This volume tells the tales of the many heroes who sought and won Hera's patronage, most notably Hercules. Series: Olympians. Num Pages: 80 pages, chiefly col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 190 x 6. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596434332
ISBN
9781596434332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.40

paperback. Editor(s): Mardrus, J. C.; Mathers, E. P. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Law Book Co of Australasia Australia
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415045414
ISBN
9780415045414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.15

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

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Tachyon Publications United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781892391100
ISBN
9781892391100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.49

Paperback. Translator(s): Belloc, Hilaire. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486440194
ISBN
9780486440194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.06

Paperback. Holidays reflect the current culture of a society and like a shifting tide they change. Realizing this, The Easter Bunny declares war on the other Holidays in the hopes of gaining the one thing that can guarantee his immortality: The Holiday Spirit. After sixteen years of war, nearly all the Holidays have been killed or have joined The Bunny. Editor(s): Nelson, Angela. Num Pages: 150 pages, chiefly ill. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Th3rd World Studios
Edition
1st
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780983216148
ISBN
9780983216148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

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

€ 20.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Mair, Victor H.; Bender, Mark. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153133
ISBN
9780231153133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 26.47

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

Hardcover. Series: Wayward Children. BIC Classification: FM; FQ; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Tor.com
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765392039
ISBN
9780765392039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. *A magnificent and rich historical novel set around the events leading up to the Norman invasion. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003428
ISBN
9780349109435
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

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