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A la fin du XIXe siècle, l'engouement pour les traditions populaires qui sont en train de disparaître rapidement est à son comble. L'ancien avocat américain, établi à Menton, collecte, auprès de divers informateurs de Menton, Roquebrune et Sospel, un...

"one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical mythology for nearly a century"-Edith Hamilton.Most of the mythology books are boring. Bulfinch's Mythology is an attempt to solve this problem, by...

Maternal Thinking: Gifts, Mothers' Bodies, and Earth, the fourth book of proceedings of conferences held by the Association of the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), is an instructional guide to saving ourselves and our planet. Many pre-historic, and...

Myth Made ManifestOver 4000 years ago in ancient Sumer, some of the first mythographers inscribed the stories and myths of the Goddess Inanna on clay tablets in cuneiform. These incredible findings were unearthed, and the fragments were painstakingly...

You may have studied the ancient Persian Empire in school, but have you ever wondered what kinds of stories the ancient Persians told to themselves and their children?The roots of Persian myth extend back more than five thousand years to the culture of...

Lalita's Power involves two main characters: Jack Turner and his daughter, Lalita Fitzgerald. Jack is a man who spends his whole life seeking the salvation of his soul. He's charismatic, intelligent, creative, attractive andobservant. Seeing the...

"Teachers are my lessons doneI cannot do another one"Leonard CohenAre your lessons ever really done? Sometimes the burden of life can be so great . . . But maybe that's for a reason.In this honest and raw account of Catherine Harford's own Hero's...

Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and...

Author Steve Ubaney launched a three-year fact finding and investigative expedition that explains who wanted her dead, why they wanted her dead, how they did it and how they covered it up. The carefully planned disinformation campaign about Diana's death...

2024 Reprint of 1881 Edition. VOLUME ONE. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. After enjoying years as a popular journalist and poet, intellectual and freethinker, Gerald Massey turned his vast...

2024 Reprint of the 1883 Edition Reprinted in Two Volumes. Two volumes bound into one. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.   Massey intended this work as an attempt to recover and...

For a thousand years, this secret story could be told only on the deathbed, for it revealed an inaccessible garden paradise hidden in the Himalayas -- Shambhala, a place thousands of people searched for, but always failed to find.Each carrier of this...

In The Magic of the Horseshoe, Leads presents his study of the origin and history of popular customs and beliefs affords an insight, otherwise unattainable, into the operations of the human mind in early times. Superstitions, however trivial in...

VectorsBackCoverFrench philosopher René Guénon (1886-1951), who spent many years searching for a true esoteric Way, crossed paths with many false and subversive spiritualities before arriving at the threshold of Islamic Sufism. In his prophetic...

Old French Fairy Tales is a collection of french folklore and fairytales, penned by Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur (1799 - 1874). Ségur was a French writer of Russian birth, best known today for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie (Sophie's...

The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French contains a collection of stories, adapted and translated by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen-name of Q. Originally penned by...

'Old Time Stories Told by Master Charles Perrault' is translated from the original French by A. E. Johnson, and presented alongside the captivating illustrations of William Heath Robinson. It includes such classics of the fairy tale genre as: 'Sleeping...

Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are...

Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are...

This beautiful collection of English fairy tales features the most beloved traditional stories alongside magical illustrations by Arthur Rackham.First published in 1918, this classic anthology is a collection of wonderful fairy tales collated and edited...

The Brothers Grimm are perhaps the best known folklorists of all time. This collection of the Brothers Grimm Stories brings together some of their best known and loved tales, such as: 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Rapunzel',...

'Folk Tales of Bengal' is a wonderful collection of classic stories, containing thirty-two colour illustrations, by Warwick Goble. The narratives were collated by the Reverend Lal Behari Day (1824 - 1892); a Bengali Indian journalist, who converted to...

This beautiful Asbjørnsen and Moe folk tale anthology features wondrous stories from Nordic and Norwegian folklore, accompanied by Kay Nielsen's masterful artwork.Edited and collated by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, East of the...

Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations is stunning work, produced in the midst of the First World War, by a true genius of illustration. It was originally published in 1916, and contains a collection of folk and fairy tales from Belgium, France, England,...

Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross is a stunning work, produced in the midst of the First World War, by a true genius of illustration. It was originally published in 1915, and contains twenty colour images. Dulac was a French-born,...

The Fairy Book - The Best Popular Fairy Stories was originally published in 1913. It is a collection of classic children's tales, compiled and edited by Dinah Craik, and illustrated by Warwick Goble. In the words of the author, it is intended as 'the...

James Stephens' collection of Irish Fairy Tales is presented in this beautiful volume alongside gorgeous illustrations by Arthur Rackham.James Stephens was an Irish novelist and poet, and his retellings of Irish myths and fairy tales combine humour and...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

Originally published in 1897, this is a fascinating collection of poems and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

PREFACE. Upon a subject which has occupied the thoughts, and employed the pens of our most profound thinkers, and our ablest writers, it is perhaps difficult to say much that is likely to interest the reader..... There was something very pleasing and...

This is a story of how one child's very usual, even dangerous pet cat changed an entire community and left a mark on society. You will feel the thrill, the excitement and the sorrow as you read this account of how a young boy and his pet mountain lion...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

Prepare to embark on an extraordinary journey as this exceptional book illuminates the path to a new infinite vision, where you can traverse, through the medium of art, the secret path towards expanded consciousness.Indeed, the fine arts possess the...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

Mythologisk Haandbog er en bog skrevet af Karl Philipp Moritz og udgivet i 1872. Bogen er en omfattende guide til den gr�����ske og romerske mytologi og indeholder en r�����kke oplysninger om guder, helte og mytologiske v�����sener. Moritz beskriver...

The core view of paranormal investigator Elliott O'Donnell, regarding the wer(e)wolf, was that he assumed a serious occult phenomenon, rather than a folkloric fantasy, that could easily be dismissed by science. Within this scope Werwolves (1914) is as...

Algic Researches (Complete): Comprising Inquiries Respecting The Mental Characteristics Of The North American Indians (Complete Edition Of Two Volumes)This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and...

An inestimable restatement of the original Gnosis!Anna Kingsford (née Bonus) was one of the first women to become a physician in England, mystic and poet, feminist, and ardent anti-vivisectionist and vegetarian. She was way ahead of his time in her...

Suppose knowledge of the foundational principle of mind and consciousness had been lost thousands of years ago. How would we know it? We wouldn't-until it was rediscovered.Richard L. Haight, three-time award-winning author, has uncovered and decoded an...

Those who find it difficult to accept the fact that the U.S. is the target of political and economic conspiracies are not ready f or this book which deals with a conspiracy on a much higher level.The average man is not acquainted with the history and...

Through a time-travel tunnel, linking Ireland and Egypt, Isis sent a small group of masters to prepare for the day when her mysteries would once again be released to the world to restore balance and enhance life. They established the Order of the White...

Dive into the clandestine world of one of the most notorious crime syndicates in American history with this comprehensive book on the Colombo Mafia Crime Family. This meticulously researched work unveils the dark and complex web of activities, power...

Dive into the clandestine world of one of New York's most enigmatic and feared crime syndicates with this comprehensive exploration of the Bonanno Mafia Crime Family. This meticulously researched book unveils the dark and complex web of activities,...

Have you heard about Qanon on television or in the news recently and been curious about what it is? Are you wondering what's behind this strange theory and want to know more about it? If so, then keep reading... This book is for you!Within this book, we...

After her parents' divorce, Jessica, age eleven, is responsible for overseeing the household and watching her younger siblings while her ever-absent mother manages her three businesses.At sixteen, she is introduced to Jim, nearly a decade older than she...

Tolkien is one of our most beloved fantasy writers. Such was the power of his imagination that much has been written on his invented world, languages, and myth. This book is an invitation to tread the paths of Tolkien's realm, exploring three regions of...