Folklore category: 2054 books
by Padraic Colum
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Compiled by noted Irish author Padraic Colum, this treasury of time-honored tales from the fairy-haunted folklore of the Emerald Isle includes these favorite stories: "Fedelma, the Enchanter's Daughter," "When the King of the Cats Came to King Connal's Dominion," "The Sword of Light and the Unique...
by Maria Savi Lopez
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 12, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 12, 2015
Sempre maestoso nell’aspetto, sia che mormori dolcemente lungo le spiagge, sia che balzi irato contro gli scogli, il mare fu guardato dagli esseri umani, fin dai primi secoli, con riverenza o con paura inenarrabile. Altre volte fu creduto il regno sterminato di qualche potente divinità, che possedeva...
Sale
tradizione e magia
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Il sale, concorrendo alla composizione elettrolitica del sangue, è come se ci unisse, in un certo qual modo, con l’ambiente che ci circonda, è come se ci legasse indissolubilmente al mare, alla terra, agli altri animali, ai vegetali. Il sale è dappertutto e nel corso della storia dell’uomo...
Morgana
Donna, fata, strega, dea
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Dalle opere medievali che l'hanno plasmata ai romanzi contemporanei, Morgana ha attraversato i secoli muovendosi sempre nella penombra, come figura che modifica gli eventi senza volersi manifestare. Soltanto questa sua attitudine a esistere nel crepuscolo le ha permesso di sopravvivere nell'immaginario...
Great Tales from English History
The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2004
With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England--from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Ploughman.
The Infernos of Dante and Dan Brown
A Visitor's Guide to Hell: A Special from Tarcher/Penguin
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
A terrific companion to the new Dan Brown movie, Inferno! Take an extraordinary journey into the signs and symbols behind Dan Brown’s latest Robert Langdon thriller.
Just in time for the blockbuster movie, this short guide introduces readers to Dante Alighieri’s fourteenth-century epic...
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth
Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2009
Legendary poet, novelist, and essayist Margaret Atwood gives us a surprising look at the topic of debt -- a timely subject during our current period of economic upheaval, caused by the collapse of a system of interlocking debts. Atwood proposes that debt is like air -- something we take for granted...
by Kris Mastracchio
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2014
Ponder wanders out of the woods and into a town created by humans. He decides to play a Sherlock Holmes type detective to uncover the mysteries of the objects used by people in their everyday lives!
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Richard Dawkins, bestselling author and the world’s most celebrated evolutionary biologist, has spent his career elucidating the many wonders of science. Here, he takes a broader approach and uses his unrivaled explanatory powers to illuminate the ways in which the world really works. Filled with...
Was Superman a Spy?
And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
Fascinating and often bizarre true stories behind more than 130 urban legends about comic book culture
Was Superman a Spy? demystifies all of the interesting stories, unbelievable anecdotes, wacky rumors, and persistent myths that have piled up like priceless back issues in the seventy-plus...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
All over the world traditional tales used to be told at the fireseide until their place came to be taken by books, newspapers, radio and television. This is an entertaining collection from Scotland, recorded and collected by researchers from the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University over...
Norse Mythology
Great Stories from the Eddas
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Rooted in an oral tradition, fantastic sagas of Norse mythology found their way into print seven centuries ago, in documents known as the Eddas. This book presents 17 of the most popular tales, from the creation of the world to the death of the gods and the world’s destruction.Masterfully retold, the...
by Charles Squire
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
The legends of ancient Britain retain a profound allure for readers around the world, assuring a warm reception for this introduction to the colorful pageant of Celtic myth. Its wondrous tales range from the oft-told deeds of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to the less-familiar adventures...
Le Foyer breton
Traditions populaires
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "Regardez l'enfant qu'une folle ronde emporte : ivre de plaisir, il tourne, il chante, il bondit !... et tout à coup, au milieu même de son transport, vous le voyez s'arrêter ; il abandonne les mains de ses compagnons de jeux, il s'éloigne ; il va au coin le plus reculé se reposer un instant...