Folklore 41

In their later years, they bought a yacht and sailed the seven seas. The three little pigs each had a bag of gold coins to spend at the various ports of call. The good life. No wolf, no central bank……続きを見る

One might assume that anyone can make up a story on the spot that will hold the attention of a group of children, but in reality, that's not the case. To really capture the imagination of an audienc……続きを見る

Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Col……続きを見る

In The Vender who Cried One-Percenter (a twist on Aesop's tale), a lonely youth tries to attact attention to his booth. In Little Red and the Big Bad Biker, Little Red races a biker to Grandma's hou……続きを見る

Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, this is the new novel from the author of ‘King of the Badgers’ and the Man Booker-shortlisted ‘The Northern Clemency’. “I was a baby during ……続きを見る

The end of the world isnt nigh…its high! And the fate of all humanity rests in the hands of five Los Angeles stoners ー like literally, dude! These reluctant heroes were chosen by the Virgin Mary he……続きを見る

The Inuit people occupy a bleak but beautiful landscape. It is a culture we think we have some undertanding of but the reality is we know little. In this enchanting book, A Treasury of Eskimo Takes……続きを見る

This collection of Celtic Fairy tales was put together by noted Celtic expert Joseph Jacobs in the late 19th and early 20th Century. Including famous legends such as 'Conal Hammerclaw' and 'The Sea ……続きを見る

As the bombs rain down in the Second World War, one young girl is evacuated to the English countryside. Struggling to make sense of her new wartime life, she is given a copy of a book of ancient Nor……続きを見る

The West's first encounters with the folk tales and myths of the East proved to be a heady experience, as they were based on an entirely different value system and worldview than those that are refl……続きを見る

A curious restaurant patron gets more than she bargains for, a pair of drunken wizards cause a scene downtown, a boy learns that smoking in front of his little brother might not be such a bad thing,……続きを見る

The folktale of Red Riding Hood has its origins in tales from various European countries, of which several still exist, some significantly different from the better-known Perrault and Grimms version……続きを見る

A classic children's story in a captivating and fun read-aloud edition with word-by-word text highlighting and music. Quality to return to again and again続きを見る

‘Banasura used his thousand arms to good effect, wielding five hundred bows that sent off a storm of arrows towards Krishna...’ Banasura was fierce to look at with his thousand arms carrying a thous……続きを見る

Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Col……続きを見る

This early work of poetry is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Written in the early thirteenth century, it contains a collection of sagas about Norwegian kings. This is a fascina……続きを見る

For over ten years, the Garden Green has been delighting children of all ages in its many custom hardcover gift book editions. In keeping with the original fundraising for Sustainability and Environ……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.’ Living in Ancient Greece in the 5th Century BC, Aesop was said ……続きを見る

First told orally by unknown generations of Welsh storytellers, "The Mabinogion" was subsequently written down in the 13th century in the form of a collection of prose tales. These stories draw on p……続きを見る

Thomas Bulfinch's "The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur" is a classic collection of the medieval legends of King Arthur. Contained in this volume are the following tales: The Mythical Hist……続きを見る

Jack Chatwin has visions, which leave tangible evidence - sounds and smells, which linger afterwards. What he sees are two primitive figures, with painted faces - Greyface and Greenface, a brother a……続きを見る

A bereaved witch defies the emperor and topples the Great Wall with her song of grief. A short story fantasy retelling of the traditional Chinese love story, "The Tears of Lady Meng Jiang." 続きを見る

All the majesty and mayhem of Greek mythology springs to life once more in the powerful second novel based on the bestselling and critically acclaimed God of War® franchise. Once the mighty warrior ……続きを見る

Raphael Taylor is a young man with everything going for him – he is handsome and a star football player. Raphael Taylor is a young man with everything going for him – he is handsome and a star footb……続きを見る

"The Saga of the Volsungs" is one of the truly great Icelandic sagas. Composed sometime in the twelfth or thirteenth century by an unknown author, it is the story of Sigurd the dragon-slayer. Filled……続きを見る

Scholar Lafcadio Hearn made it his life's work to study the world's supernatural superstitions, with a particular focus on Asian cultures. This volume brings together a series of traditional Japanes……続きを見る

Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted countless readers over t……続きを見る

Here is the tale of the search for the Holy Grail, the vessel that received the blood of Christ upon the day of his Crucifixion. This anonymous story is thought to be a continuation of the French tr……続きを見る

**BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'One of our best and most captivating novelists' PHILIP HENSHER '[Godden] writes with grace and a cheerfully lilting prose' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Her craftsmansh……続きを見る

‘Banasura used his thousand arms to good effect, wielding five hundred bows that sent off a storm of arrows towards Krishna...’ Banasura was fierce to look at with his thousand arms carrying a thous……続きを見る