Illustrated Tales of King Arthur (Usborne Illustrated Story Collection) by Sarah Courtauld
35.00 NZD
Category: Children - Classics | Series: Illustrated Story Collections
A retellings of the classic stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, from the sword in the stone to the last battle.
A Natural History of Magical Beasts by Emily Hawkins
45.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference | Series: Folklore Field Guides
A Natural History of Magical Beasts is a complete guide to magical creatures from around the world, from their lifecycles and behaviour to how they have hidden themselves from human discovery for centuries. Featuring a gold-foil-embossed cloth cover, a ribbon marker and sprayed gold edges, this gorgeous ...Show more
Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki by Kevin Crossley-Holland
28.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
The gods of the Vikings come to life as never before in this extraordinary illustrated anthology by Carnegie Medal-winning author Kevin Crossley-Holland and artist Jeffrey Alan Love. These dramatic, enthralling and atmospheric tales are based on the Scandinavian myth cycle – one of the greatest and most ...Show more
Heroes and Heroines (Greek Myths) by Jean Menzies (Editor)
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Find out what happened when King Midas was granted his wish, how Icarus flew too close to the sun, and relive the adventures of Jason and the Argonauts in these stories of love, betrayal, infatuation and punishment.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized ...Show more
The Once and Future King by T H White
28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The classic novel of King Arthur. A beautiful paperback edition of The Once and Future King, White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend. T.H. White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. Here all five volumes that make up the story are published together in a singl ...Show more
The Usborne Book of Greek Myths by Anna Milbourne
45.00 NZD
Category: Children - Classics | Series: Gift Sets Ser.
An illustrated collection of the well-known Greek myths (as well as a few of the lesser-known ones) full of gods, monsters, heroes and adventure.
Myths & Legends: An illustrated guide to their origins and meanings by .
48.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General
Discover the world's greatest myths and legends - from Greek mythology to Norse mythology - in this comprehensive guide. What did Japanese mythology say about the beginning of the Universe? How did Oedipus become the classic tragic hero in Greek mythology? Who brought about the origin of death in Maori ...Show more
An Anthology of Aesop's Animal Fables (PB) by Aesop; Helen Ward
25.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General
Few stories have endured as long as the fables of Aesop. In this magnificent edition, award-winning illustrator Helen Ward has chosen a dozen of her favourite fables to create this breath-taking classic new collection to grace every bookshelf and bedside. The experiences described in the tales apply to ...Show more
Salt and Skin by Eliza Henry-Jones
28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
LONGLISTED for the INDIE AWARD for BEST FICTION Grief-stricken over the loss of her husband, Luda Managan and her two teenaged children try to make a home for themselves on a collection of harsh and haunted Scottish islands. Luda, a photographer, is mesmerised by the extraordinary magic of the island ...Show more
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
25.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General
Natalie Haynes is the nation's muse' Adam Rutherford The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories. Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay o ...Show more
Eden by Jim Crace
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: very good
Set in a walled garden, whose inhabitants live an eternal and unblemished life, eden opens with a summons. The gardeners of eden are called by their masters, the angels, to see a dead body. It is that of a bird, a creature who has strayed beyond the garden walls. Outside, where there is poverty and sick ...Show more
Ness by Robert Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood
24.00 NZD
Category: No Category
Eerie, unsettling and hauntingly beautiful - a new collaboration from the bestselling creators of Holloway'Ness goes beyond what we expect books to do. Beyond poetry, beyond the word, beyond the bomb -- it is an aftertime song. It is dark, ever so dark, nimble and lethal. It is a triumphant libretto of ...Show more