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Gorgeous Collector's Edition of Irish Fairy stories from the fertile lands of Celtic imagination, where the magic of the everyday is manifested in the world around us. A delightful, beautiful selection of fables, folklore and fairy tales with tricksters, banshees, fairy queens and ancient spirits.

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Gorgeous Collector's Edition. Legends of the Sea, Bells, Mirrors and Tea, Japanese mythology is delightful and enigmatic, full of spirits, gods and legendary creatures. It draws on Buddhist and Shinto traditions to explain the nature of the world of the island of Japan, the mystical Mount Fuji and the heavenly status of the long line of emperors.

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Kurangaituku is the story of Hatupatu told from the perspective of the traditional 'monster', Kurangaituku, the bird woman. In this version of the story, Kurangaituku takes us on the journey of her extraordinary life.

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Here we find humankind battling with the elements in the flood myth, a grim creation story and the great Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest recorded literary treasures. Babylon, a powerful city state in 1800 BC was a centre of spiritual, economic and military power, each represented in the fragments and myths of this book of classic tales.

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Trolls haunt the snowy forests, and terrifying monsters roam the open sea. A young woman journeys to the end of the world, and a boy proves he knows no fear. This collection of 16 traditional tales transports readers to the enchanting world of Nordic folklore.

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With the famous stories of Sinbad, The Merchant and the Genie', The Three Apples and hundreds more, this collection offers the storytelling genius of Scheherazade as she tells ever more ingenious stories, to save her life. Stories are selected from the original, medieval Thousand and One Nights and the many expanded tales from around the world.

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The great works of Persia include some of the most beautiful, rich and diverse language in the literary world. The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan and The Gulistan rival Dante's Divine Comedy, India's Mahabharata and Sumeria's Epic of Gilgamesh in their cultural impact, bringing to life the tales and myths of Ancient Persia.

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Gorgeous Collector's Edition. Polynesia covers Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand and many isles in between. Their stories are based on the creation of land, sea, valleys and volcanic outcrops scattered across the long stretches of the Pacific. The treasured stories of the Polynesians are brought together in this new collection.

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From the myths it shares with Ireland, to its own evocative fairy tales featuring all manner of spirits, shapeshifters, monsters and ghosts; from benevolent fairies ('The Brownie') to tales of unrequited love, murder and rescue ('A Legend of Invershin'), Scottish folklore is presented here in a uniquely Caledonian collection of stories.

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With a new introduction this powerful collection gathers together classic tales of the proud, poetic South Slavs, such as 'He Who Asks Little Receives Much', 'The Maiden Wiser Than the Tsar, 'The Biter Bit', 'Good Deeds Never Perish' 'The Three Suitors' and 'The Ram With the Golden Fleece'.

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Southern Africa is a region of impressive diversity of landscape, climate and peoples. From peoples such as the Zulu, Pedi, Venda and San, from Angola and Botswana to South Africa, this lively collection contains tales from across the region, of creation and origins, of trickster animals, and of hardship, greed andlove.

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Eerie tales of Japanese goblins, ghosts and magic beautifully illustrated in a deluxe collector's edition!

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Explore the enchanting world of Polynesian folklore in this beautifully illustrated collection oftraditional stories.

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An epic poem probably written in the 900s CE, Beowulf tells of events 600 years before, where the hero Beowulf is implored to assist the King of the Danes in defending his halls against the monster Grendel. Latest title in the new series created for the modern reader to introduce the heroes, cultures, myths and religions of former times.

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Titans and giants thread through all the mythologies of the world and capture the imagination still today. In this fabulous new collection you'll find the gigantic creatures of the Greeks, the Titans themselves, the Jtnar giants of the Norse, the Oni of Japan and the gods, monsters and giants from the continent of Africa, China and the Celts.

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An enduring, classic, medieval tale of doomed romance with echoes of the love triangle between King Arthur, Queen Guinevere and Lancelot. Tristan is sent from Cornwall to bring Isolde, an Irish Princess, to marry King Mark, but a love potion is taken, by mistake or otherwise, so passion and tragedy ensue in a tale that lives on today.

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Turkish folk tales are curious and bizarre, beautiful and delightful, combining elements of ancient Anatolian folklore with Slavonic, Scandinavian and Arabian influences. This wonderful collection contains stories ranging from 'How the Devil lost his Wager' and 'Paradise Sold by the Yard' to 'The Horse-Devil and the Witch' and 'The Cinder-Youth'.

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Gorgeous Collector's Edition of Viking fairy tales, bringing the magic of the natural world and combining it with the common sense of the everyday. Good folk are rewarded for their hard work, the honest and the faithful are valued: 'The Little Match Girl' and 'Katie Woodencloak' (a Norwegian Cinderella) are just two of the delightful stories.