The Iliad / The Odyssey (Boxed HB Set) by Gillian Cross
$49.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends
This handsome boxed set of Homer's epics -- powerfully retold by Gillian Cross and strikingly illustrated by Neil Packer -- belongs on every reader's bookshelf. Epic and thrilling, Homer's two age-old classics have been revisited countless times. Gillian Cross and Neil Packer's exquisite versions of ...Show more
Illustrated Mahabharata...Definitive Gde by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
$65.00 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends
Take a fresh look at India's great epic with The Illustrated Mahabharata and rediscover the lost kingdoms, dynasties, and characters of the Mahabharata. Follow the tale as it unfolds through 18 parvas with stunning photographs, paintings, sculptures, and historical artefacts. Discover the principal cha ...Show more
Gods and Goddesses (Greek Myths) - Macmillan Collectors Library HB by Jean Menzies (Editor)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are sprawling, dramatic and wonderfully strange; their lives intertwine with mortals and their behaviours fluctuate wildly from benevolent to violent, from didactic to fickle, from loving to enraged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a ser ...Show more
The Tablet of Destinies by Roberto Calasso; Tim Parks (Translator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends
An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great FloodA long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. He advised one of his devotees, Utnapishtim, to build a qua ...Show more
Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold by Stephen Fry
$22.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between ...Show more
Ancient Greek Philosophers (Leatherbound Classics)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
"Philosophy begins in wonder."--Plato Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of Ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, Aristotle, and other masters of philosophy will lead your mind on a journey of enlightened exploration ...Show more
The Written World and the Unwritten World: Collected Non-Fiction by Italo Calvino
$24.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends
A true celebration of literature in its many forms, The Written World and the Unwritten Worldbrings together essays, articles, interviews, forewords and notes from the inimitable mind of Italo Calvino. The fate of the novel, reading and translation are just some of the subjects examined in this remarkab ...Show more
The Little Book of World Mythology: A Pocket Guide to Myths and Legends by Hannah Bowstead
$17.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends
This pocket guide offers readers an engaging and accessible introduction to the major world mythologies, exploring their origins, foundational stories and key mythological figures.Step into a world of gods, heroes and monsters Throughout history, mythologies have been fundamental to societies and cultur ...Show more
Tales of India : Folk Tales from Bengal, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu by Viplov (ILT) Svabhu (ILT); Singh Kohli
$39.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends
A shape-shifting tiger and a pretentious rat. A generous goddess and a powerful demon. A clever princess and a prince who returns from the dead. This collection of 16 traditional tales transports readers to the beguiling world of Indian folklore. Transcribed by Indian and English folklorists in the n ...Show more
Stone Blind: Medusa's Story by Natalie Haynes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends
Natalie Haynes - the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of A Thousand Ships - brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before . . . 'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters.' Medusa is the only mortal in a family ...Show more
Tales of the Samurai - Illustrated Edition by A B Mitford
$29.95 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends | Series: Illustrated Classic Editions | Reading Level: near fine
In this lavishly illustrated volume, A.B. Mitford presents ancient Japanese tales filled with action, romance, and the supernatural. Proud lords and their loyal retainers, a brave samurai and his faithless wife, a vampire cat, and howling spirits are all featured in the engaging stories that follow, inc ...Show more
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
$29.99 AUD
Category: Myths & Legends | Reading Level: very good
'A writer of sentences so elegant that they gleam' - Ali Smith Perdita Lee may appear your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate the school social hierarchy; but there are signs that they might not be as normal as they think they are. For one thing, t ...Show more