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Oxford Quick Reference eBook Series

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  • A Dictionary of English Folklore

    by Jacqueline Simpson, Steve Roud ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    Are there any legends about cats? Is Cinderella an English story? What is a Mumming Play? The subject of folklore covers an extremely wide field, with connections to virtually every aspect of life. It ranges from the bizarre to the seemingly mundane. Similarly, folklore is as much a feature of the modern technological age as the ancient world, of every part of the country, both urban and rural, ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

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  • The Occult Detective Megapack

    29 Classic Stories

    by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Seabury Quinn, Robert E. Howard, Mary Fortune, William Hope Hodgson, E. and H. Heron ...
    Occult detectives—sometimes called psychic investigators—have been in vogue since the middle of the 19th century. This collection goes back to the roots of the occult detective story. The earliest story in this collection—Fitz-James O'Brien's "The Pot of Tulips"—originally appeared in 1855. Rare stories by Mary Fortune and Bayard Taylor, famous tales from the end of the 19th century by E. and H. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Macabre Megapack

    25 Lost Tales from the Golden Age

    by Erckman-Chatrian, Villiers de L’isle-Adams, Lafcadio Hearn, Moritz Jokai, John Galt, Emma Embury, Luise Muhlback ...
    Editor Duane Parsons has assembled a treasure-trove of rare macabre stories for lovers of classic fantasy and horror. From ghosts of mind and spirit to exotic paranormal tales, each story in this volume has never before appeared in an anthology. Included are:The Silent Man, by Henry Fothergill ChorleyThe Strange Ormonds, by Leitch RitchieThe Mysterious Wedding: A Danish Story, by Heinrich ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Out of Time Series Box Set (Books 1-3)

    3 Complete Novels

    by Monique Martin ...
    Series series Out of Time
    This box set contains three complete novels: Books 1-3 of the Out of Time Series.Don't miss the rest of the series including the brand new book 10, Revolution in Time, or the exciting spin-off series starting with Jacks Are Wild also available on Kobo!Out of Time: A Time Travel Mystery (Book #1)Mystery, romance and adventure...Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Cuckoo's Calling

    by Robert Galbraith ...
    Series Book 1 - A Cormoran Strike Novel
    Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in "one of the best books of the year" (USA Today), the first novel in the brilliant series that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike.After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

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  • Dark Fairies

    by Dr. Bob Curran ...
    We all know about fairies—they're usually helpful, ethereal creatures in children's stories and Walt Disney films, flitting about doing good, right?Wrong!In ancient times, the concept of fairies was rather different. They were the often-dangerous embodiment of the land, dark and unpredictable spirits that watched Humanity with a jaundiced and hostile eye. And, according to conventional folk wisdom ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The World of Myth

    An Anthology

    Edited by David Adams Leeming ...
    Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Collection of Celtic Folklore Of Wales

    by NETLANCERS INC ...
    Collection of Celtic Folklore Of WalesImportant collections of Celtic folklore and one of the most important collections of Welsh folkand fairy legend, including many stories of fairy women who become wives and lovers. Many of these are from the lakes of Wales. John Rhys collected these tales from the Welsh speaking people. Their relationship to the Medieval manuscript material such as the ... Read more

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  • The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun

    A Mayan Tale of Ecstasy, Time, and Finding One's True Form

    by Martín Prechtel ...
    Author and illustrator Martín Prechtel is internationally known for his explorations of ancient folklore and uncovering the lessons therein for modern readers. In The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun, he revives a hitherto unknown Guatemalan Tzutujil Mayan tale of the beginnings of the world with a poetic retelling of the story, 28 evocative drawings, and a critical analysis that both ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Lore of the Unicorn

    by Odell Shepard ...
    Lore of the Unicornby Odell ShepardFascinating, delightfully readable book traces development of various aspects of the unicorn legend in mythology, folklore, magic, medicine, literature, art and commerce. "It is a book rich with curious lore, the product...of careful and intensive research; yet it is written with charm and with affection for the elusive animal which for milleniums has entranced ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Wyandot Folk-Lore

    by William Elsey Connelley ...
    A collection of myths and legends from the Wyandot Iroquoian Indigenous peoples of Lake Ontario, North America.First published in 1899, this collection of Wyandot folklore and legends was collected from the Iroquoian Indigenous peoples who are a union of tribes from the northern shore of Lake Ontario. The author, William Elsey Connelley, moved to Wyandotte County, Kansas, in 1880.This volume ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Clare Folk Tales

    by Ruth Marshall ...
    Do you know what lurks in the waters of Cullaun Lake? Or why a Clare woman should never, ever, be disturbed while she is knitting? These questions and more will be answered in this unique collection of traditional tales from across the county, which explores Clare's rich heritage of myths and legends. We will hear the tales of well-known figures, including Cúchulainn, Brian Boru and Clare wise ... Read more

    $7.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus