Folklore, Myths & Legends

Whether wandering down a Texas back-country road or passing by a vacant city lot, all around you grow untamed beauties, each with a story to tell. ...

'It isn't often that one encounters a sensibility so interested in our world - and so compelling in its powers of attentiveness. Leo Boix's poetry ...

'By the end of the third page I was not only hooked, but beginning to think that this might be the best book I'd read all year.' Joanne Harris'I wa...

'Stories that start like delicate webs and finish like unbreakable wire traps' Naomi Ishiguro's fresh, magical and delightfully speculative short ...

There once was a king who hated bath time so much that he never washed. He was a very smelly king! The king is finally persuaded to bathe in the ...

From the international bestselling illustrator and Queen of Colouring Johanna Basford comes a beautiful new colouring book that takes you on a wond...

The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. But many are firmly rooted in ...

'One of the great mythic poems of Europe' The New York TimesSharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes' - Kalevala is...

A New Statesman Book of the Year A fierce, feminist retelling of the classic tale Beowulf. Gren and his mother, Dana, a war veteran, live on the ...

In this magnificent reference book, the powerful and evocative mythologies of the East are revealed in all their glory. An instantly accessible A t...

The bestselling author of 1421: THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED THE WORLD uncovers the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis. After a chance convers...

The Dark Side of Japan is a collection of folk tales, black magic, protection spells, monsters and other dark interpretations of life and death fro...