Folklore, Myths & Legends

This handsome hardback journal features ten new mini stories about everyones favourite fox, reimagined by 'Reynard the Fox' author Anne Louise Aver...

A haunting fable that tells a story of the Holocaust, and the remarkable acts of kindness which people are capable of.'A magnificent small book to ...

  The Russian bestseller about love and second chances, brimming with warmth and humour In the tiny village of Maran nestled high in the Armenian...

All roads leads to the celestial city, and when schoolmaster Po Cheng drinks too much and falls into a dream, he finds himself on just such a road....

Winner of the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year 'a beguiling mixture of poetry, moving prose and magical realism' - Stephen McGinty, The Su...

- DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE KIDS WHO FOUND A FERRARI BURIED IN THEIR GARDEN?- WHAT ABOUT THE MAN WHO SUED SATAN?- DO YOU KNOW THE LEGEND OF THE BUNNY ...

Grimms Fairy Tales contains 59 of the best-loved bedtime stories for children worldwide, enjoyed for the better part of two centuries. Originally ...

  Enjoy a rich collection of folktales, myths and legends from all over Africa and the Caribbean, re-told for young readers. F...

After a terrible storm, the Kingdom of Birds is looking for a leader. Will it be the bird with the loveliest song, or the brightest plumage? The fa...

From the author of the hugely successful book Legendary Ireland, The Turning of the Year explores the Celtic division of the year, from Samhain to ...

Dom Joly sets off round the world, but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone - he's monster hunting. Ever since he was given a cop...

In this book of folk tales, Liz Berg shares Jewish memories: authentic tales, songs and jokes told by Jews in Britain and Ireland. Some stories mov...

An epic unicorn fairy tale filled with adventure, magic and a fight like no other... In a faraway kingdom, two girl...

Bristolians love of banter and outlandish gossip provides a perfect environment for the urban legend to breed, expand and ferment. One can never be...

We have been fascinated by riddles for as long as we have had language think of the legend of the sphinx in Greek mythology. This wonderful book i...

An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them   Leo Braudy, a finali...

Storyteller Lea Taylor brings together stories from the rugged coastlines, rushing rivers, uplands and sweeping valleys of Midlothian. In this trea...

The Coddy was one of the most renowned storytellers and characters of the Western Isles at the turn of the nineteenth into the twentieth and beyond...

The legend of Atlantis is one of the most intriguing mysteries of all time. Disproving many well-known Atlantis theories and providing a new hypoth...

From Abbotts Ann and the Maidens Garlands to the Tichborne Dole and St Swithuns forty days of rain, Folklore of Hampshire looks at the county as ne...

He aha te mea nui o te Ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata What is most precious and important in this world? It is people, it is people, it is ...

This book is an ambitious and wide-ranging social and cultural history of gender relations among indigenous peoples of New Spain, from the Spanish ...

'This readable anthology is a good introduction to a civilization that fascinates like few others ... in this book there are animals who talk, prin...

These folk tales reflect the wild and secret character of between two countries and two worlds. The book other magical characters such as the Nethe...

In 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Federal Writers Project (FWP). Out-of-wor...

Ireland is an island nation, inextricably linked with and dependent upon the sea which surrounds us. From earliest times, ships from distant lands ...

Rediscover the magic of Russian folktales in a breathtaking illustrated edition.  This collection of traditional stories will sweep you away to th...

*THE ORIGINAL & BESTSELLING ALMANAC*'Lia Leendertz's classic almanac never fails to delight' - The Herald'It's a perfect Christmas present' - ...