Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge

The county of Lincolnshire is a beautiful mixture of low-lying marshy fen land, modest hills and the steep valleys of the rolling Wolds. It is also...

This examination of the heroic journey in world mythology casts the protagonist as a personification of nature-a botanical hero one might say-who b...

The persecution of Old World German Protestants and Anabaptists in the seventeenth century-following debilitating wars, the Reformation, and the In...

The Druids and the Arthurian legends are all most of us know about early Britain, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age (4500 BC-AD 43). Drawing on...

This is a comprehensive history of the world's midwinter gift-givers, showcasing the extreme diversity in their depictions as well as the many t...

This book describes the technologies that enable real-world robots and drones to be effective killers, including an overview of how artificial inte...

Central to every vampire story is the undead's need for human blood, but equally compelling is the human ingestion of vampire blood, which often...

This book helps you explore the myths and legends surrounding one of Scotland's most famous locations. The home of the fabled Loch Ness monster, or...

Prepare to be spellbound by Chris Riddell's dazzling full-colour illustrations in this stunning new collector's edition of The Tales of Beedle the ...

For the first time, the true story of The Yellow Rose of Texas is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of Amer...

From bold heroines to clan battles, standing stones to castles, there is hardly any aspect of Scotlands heritage that does not feature in our story...