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British Goblins

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British Goblins

Wirt Sikes

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Haunted England: The Penguin Book of Ghosts

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Haunted England: The Penguin Book of Ghosts

Jennifer Westwood

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Includes supernatural tales and legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of... See details

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Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights (Vol. 1)

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The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights (Vol. 1)

introduction by Robert Irwin, translated by Malcolm Lyons and Ursula Lyons, by Penguin

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Every night, the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her the next morning. To end thi... See details

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Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights (Volume 2)

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Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights (Volume 2)

introduction by Robert Irwin, translated by Malcolm Lyons and Ursula Lyons

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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning.... See details

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Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights (Volume 3)

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Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights (Volume 3)

introduction by Robert Irwin, translated by Malcolm Lyons and Ursula Lyons

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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning.... See details

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Robin Hood

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Robin Hood

Stephen Knight

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Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale

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Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale

edited by Lenn E. Goodman, translated by Lenn E. Goodman, introduction by Lenn E. Goodman

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The Arabic philosophical fable “Hayy Ibn Yaqzan” is a classic of medieval Islamic philosophy. This book... See details

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Complete Fairy Tales

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The Complete Fairy Tales

Charles Perrault, translated by Christopher Betts and Christopher Betts

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Perrault’s classic fairy tales in a scintillating new translation, including the less familiar verse tales an... See details

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Vis and Ramin

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Vis and Ramin

Fakhraddin Gorgani, translated by Dick Davis

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Vis is daughter of the queen of Mah and promised to Mobad, King of Marv. Against a background of court intrigue, br... See details

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Mahabharata

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The Mahabharata

edited by J.D. Smith

Wendy Doniger writes:

Many people in India believe that, because the Mahabharata — the ancient epic poem, in Sanskrit, ... See details

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Oxford Companion to World Mythology

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The Oxford Companion to World Mythology

David Leeming

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Written by David Leeming, one of the world’s most trusted voices on mythology, The Oxford Companion to World ... See details

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Parzival and Titurel

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Parzival and Titurel

Wolfram von Eschenbach, translated by Cyril Edwards

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Parzival is the greatest of the medieval Grail romances. It tells of Parzival’s growth from youthful folly t... See details

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Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

Sir James George Frazer, edited by Robert Fraser

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A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientif... See details

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Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others

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Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others

translated by Stephanie Dalley

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The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The m... See details

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