Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
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Ancient Myths and Legends Without Men: Reclaiming the Stories of Mythology’s Most Iconic Women, Goddesses, and Female Monsters
$22.00 Read moreMeet the goddesses, warriors, witches, and monsters who shaped and subverted womanhood from the very beginning.
Was Circe really just a temptress? Were the Amazons nothing more than bloodthir- Author: Gold, Mara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 9798894142739
- Language: English
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Once Upon a Time There Was Truth: Or, Why We Need Fairy Tales
$28.00 Read moreEssays on imagining a better world in dark times, from one of our most esteemed scholars of fairy tales
Fairy tales take us to a world where magic is commonplace, where wishing works, where the confl- Author: Zipes, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 0300282389
- Language: English
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The Lost Folk: From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk
$28.95 Add to cartA fresh and engaging celebration of the customs, places, objects and peoples that make up what we know as “folk.”
By its nature, folk is ephemeral: tricky to define, hard to preserve and even more dif- Author: Macbeth, Lally
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 0571388302
- Language: English
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Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld
$26.00 Add to cartAn enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and Middle Earth
Originating in Norse and Celtic mythologies, elves and fairies- Author: Egeler, Matthias
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0300284403
- Language: English
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Monsterland: A Journey Around the World’s Dark Imagination
$22.00 Add to cartMonsters, in all their terrifying glory, have preoccupied humans since we began telling stories. But where did these stories come from?
In Monsterland, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on a j
- Author: Jubber, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1964992117
- Language: English
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Pantheon: An Illustrated Handbook to the Greek Gods & Goddesses
$26.99 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated handbook, profiling more than 50 characters from Greek Mythology
“I love Caroline Lawrence and so should you.” – Natalie Haynes “Huge fun!” – Tom Holland Get to know the a- Author: Lawrence, Caroline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1781579490
- Language: English
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Once Upon a Place: Forests, Caverns & Other Places of Transformation in Myths, Fairy Tales & Film
$19.99 Add to cartOnce Upon a Place explores narratives from modern film, famous fairy tales, and ancient mythology to define the five core locations that shape every story: the Cavern, the Deep, the Vessel, the Forest
- Author: Bellebuono, Holly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0738779377
- Language: English
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
$9.94 Add to cart“I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is now best remembered for its concluding story in which the great detective appears to plunge to his death into the waters- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0198863128
- Language: English
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The Complete Fairy Tales
$22.95 Add to cart“Oh grandmama, what great big teeth you have!”
Charles Perrault’s versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping B- Series: Oxford World’s Classics Hardback Collection
- Author: Perrault, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198817975
- Language: English
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The Lost Princess: Women Writers and the History of Classic Fairy Tales
$29.00 Read moreOnce upon a time: the forgotten female fabulists whose heroines flipped the fairy tale script.
People often associate fairy tales with Disney films and with the male authors from whom Disney often dr- Author: Duggan, Anne E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147697
- Language: English
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
$7.95 Add to cart‘Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!’
The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to Dartmoor in the most famous of all of Arthur Conan Do- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0198835221
- Language: English
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Further Up & Further in: Understanding Narnia
$19.95 Add to cartFurther Up & Further In: Understanding Narnia by acclaimed Catholic author Joseph Pearce invites readers to return with the eyes of an adult to C. S. Lewis’s magical land entered through that most imp… [more below]
- Author: Pearce, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1505130794
- Language: English
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Noah’s Arkive
$29.95 Read moreA timely rethinking of the archetypal story of Noah, the great flood, and who was left behind as the waters rose
Most people know the story of Noah from a children’s bible or a play set with a colorf- Author: Cohen, Jeffrey J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1517904242
- Language: English
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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth
$65.00 Add to cartThe range of J. R. R. Tolkien’s talents is remarkable. Not only was he an accomplished linguist and philologist, as well as a scholar of Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature and Norse folklore, but als… [more below]
- Author: McIlwaine, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1851244859
- Language: English
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In the House of Tom Bombadil
$16.95 Add to cartWhat is Tom Bombadil doing in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings ? His bright blue coat and yellow boots seem out of place with the grandeur of the rest of the narrative.
“Some of the best insight
- Author: Wiley, C. R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1954887027
- Language: English
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The Dictionary of Mythology: An A-Z of Themes, Legends and Heroes
$24.99 Read moreWho was Artemis and what part did she play in the battle of the Giants? Who was the whale-monster Qaqwaii and how did he hunt his prey?
This dictionary of mythology is a wonderful and invaluable refer- Author: Coleman, Ja
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1789508606
- Language: English
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The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
$22.50 Read moreWith The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of literature, new media and technology, the natu… [more below]
- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0226823849
- Language: English
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Pan
$8.94 Add to cart‘When the snow water had broken crevices open in the mountain a shot or even just a sharp cry was enough to tear loose a huge slab and send it toppling.’
Lieutenant Thomas Glahn spends a summer in nor- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Rem, Tore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0192893459
- Language: English
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Celtic Mythology: Dive Into The Depths Of Ancient Celtic Folklore, The Myths, Legends & Tales of The Gods, Goddesses, Warriors, Monsters
$29.99 Add to cartDagda swept his fingers across the strings of the harp, and a beautiful melody started to play. It was the music of grief that had the Fomorians stop and bow their heads as they sobbed. Even the soldi
- Author: Visconti, Sofia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1914312031
- Language: English
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Celtic Mythology: Dive Into The Depths Of Ancient Celtic Folklore, The Myths, Legends & Tales of The Gods, Goddesses, Warriors, Monsters
$19.99 Add to cartDagda swept his fingers across the strings of the harp, and a beautiful melody started to play. It was the music of grief that had the Fomorians stop and bow their heads as they sobbed. Even the soldi
- Author: Visconti, Sofia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: September 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1913397939
- Language: English
