(Hardback)
By: Nick Redfern
ISBN: 9781578598298
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
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(Paperback)
By: Shane O'Sullivan
ISBN: 9781510729605
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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An eye-opening reexamination of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy and the subsequent cover-up by the LAPD.
(Paperback)
By: Michael Rosen
ISBN: 9780691175348
Readership/Audience: Primary and Secondary Educational
Publication Date: Jan 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, unique tales inspired by traditional literary forms appeared frequently in socialist-leaning British periodicals. Acclaimed critic and author Rosen collects more than 40 of the best and most enduring examples of these stories in one beautiful volume.
(, 2nd edition)
By: Anne E. Duggan Ph.D.
ISBN: 9781610692533
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present.
(Hardback)
By: National Geographic
ISBN: 9781426203732
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2008
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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A collection of myths and creation stories from around the globe.
(Hardback)
By: Heather McNeil
ISBN: 9781563087783
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This collection contains Celtic tales of kelpies, mermaids, selkeis, ghosts, warlords, and fairies. Also included is a brief history of the Celts, a glossary of the Gaelic integrated in the stories and an appendix of superstitions about fairy protection.
(Hardback)
By: Anna E. Altmann
ISBN: 9781563089671
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The stories are organized in four sections: Animal stories (Tiergeschichten, largely fables), Comic tales (Schwanke, which range from the silly to the outrageous), Fairy tales (Zaubermarchen, or wonder tales), Local legends (Sagen, which include stories of ghosts and goblins, and religious legends).
(Paperback)
By: Andrew Dalby
ISBN: 9780714122434
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2005
Publisher: British Museum Press
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Tells the story of goddess Venus, also known by her Greek name Aphrodite, which begins with her mysterious birth in the Aegean Sea. She emerges on the coast of Cyprus full-grown, shapely and desirable. With one hand she wrings her long, wavy hair, and with the other she pretends to conceal the secret places of her body.
(Paperback)
By: Mark Collins Jenkins
ISBN: 9781426207303
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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In Vampire Forensics, Mark Jenkins probes vampire legend to tease out the historical truths enshrined in the tales of terror
(Paperback)
By: Anna L. Dallapiccola
ISBN: 9780500284025
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2004
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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The Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend takes the main religion of India and provides an unrivalled insight into all aspects of Hindu life, both past and present. Some thousand entries act as a key to topics including the history of Hinduism, its mythology, art, architecture, religion, laws and folklore.
(Hardback)
By: mr Robert Ingpen
ISBN: 9780642278128
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2013
Publisher: National Library of Australia
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(Paperback, New edition)
By: Stuart Gordon
ISBN: 9780747246947
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1996
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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Human trickery and credulity have always gone hand-in-hand. This text presents an A-Z of the most famous and outrageous fakes, frauds, scams and cons ever perpetrated.
(Hardback)
By: Christopher Frayling
ISBN: 9780500252215
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Offers a comprehensive and illustrated history and anthology of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. The author recounts the most significant moments in gothic history, while extracts from a huge range of sources are contextualized and analysed.
(Hardback)
By: Jonathan H. X. Lee
ISBN: 9780739147320
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: May 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In Asian American Identities and Practices: Folkloric Expressions in Everyday Life Jonathan Lee and Kathleen Nadeau present the rich hybrid and cultural identities that many Asian American communities cultivate through folklore and its many manifestations in the context of dai...
(Paperback)
By: Frank Joseph
ISBN: 9781838574963
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2021
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2021
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Charlotte Greig
ISBN: 9781838570965
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2020
UK Publication Date: 3rd April 2020
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Charlotte Greig
ISBN: 9781788280150
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: W. B. Yeats
ISBN: 9781784287702
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 15th November 2017
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Stephen Fry
ISBN: 9781797201863
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2020
Publisher: Chronicle Books
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In this continuation of "Mythos," Stephen Fry recounts the stories of the human heroes found in Greek mythology, with illustrations of classical art inspired by the myths.
(Hardback)
By: Ann Shen
ISBN: 9781452163413
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2018
UK Publication Date: 3rd April 2018
Publisher: Chronicle Books
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(Paperback)
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Offers a selection of adventures at sea from the Thousand and One Nights.
(Hardback)
By: Jamilla Okubo
ISBN: 9781452182582
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 10th March 2020
Publisher: Chronicle Books
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A collection of folktales from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
(Hardback)
By: Svabhu Kohli
ISBN: 9781452165912
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
UK Publication Date: 27th March 2018
Publisher: Chronicle Books
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"The book collects folktales from the Punjab, Kashmir, and Bengal regions of India. Each tale is paired with a full-page illustration by a contemporary artist" --
(Hardback)
By: Sam McKechnie
ISBN: 9781910496459
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The Magpie and the Wardrobe A Curiosity of Folklore, Magic and Spells, is a lovingly curated compendium of time-honoured traditions and curious customs that have bewitched us for generations.
