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Aesop's Fables
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 3.99Aesop was an Ancient Greek story-teller and slave, famed and cherished for his short fables that often involve personified animals. In the renowned collection of works that is Aesop's Fables , he weaves moral education and entertainment together into tales that have been enjoyed by many, many generations. A lot of the stories in Aesop's Fables,... more...
The Power of Myth
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 16.00Finally available in a popularly priced, non-illustrated, smaller-format edition, which is ideal for the college market and general reader alike, this extraordinary best-seller is a brilliant evocation of the noted scholar's teachings on mythology. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Black Caesar's Clan
The Floating Press 2012; US$ 3.99The original 'Black Caesar' was a legendary African pirate who made his fortune by repeatedly raiding cargo ships in the area around the Florida Keys. In this imaginative novel from popular American author Albert Payson Terhune, the fearsome pirate's descendents are determined to find his buried loot -- and to run off any interlopers who... more...
The Arabian Nights
The Floating Press 1898; US$ 3.99The Arabian Nights is the title which encompasses all of the Persian, Arabian and Indian folk tales which have made their way into western culture over hundreds of years. This collection was edited by Andrew Lang, and his selections were made with the purpose of making the tales more suitable and interesting to a general audience. more...
Official Underground 2012 Doomsday Survival Handbook, The
F+W Media 2010; US$ 14.99The End is Nigh! Nuclear holocaust, supervolcano, asteroid impact, mega tsunami, alien invasion, zombie outbreak? Will the world end with a whimper or a bang? W.H. Mumfrey covers it all. From doomsday predictions that have occurred throughout history, to how the Mayans might have really figured it out, to analysis of movies that offer tips on... more...
Doomsday 2012
National Geographic Society 2012; US$ 3.99On December 21, 2012 the world comes to an end according to proponents of the Maya Calendar doomsday club. The blockbuster 2008 movie ?2012? showed chaos and destruction of these end times. Predictions include a god coming to Earth, a magnetic polar reversal, the heating of the earth, widespread catastrophe, and utter destruction. The Maya calendar... more...
Seafaring Lore and Legend
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 15.95"A valuable and lively resource. Jeans sorts truth from fiction with a sure hand and does full justice to both." ?Peter Stanford, President Emeritus, National Maritime Historical Society ?A veritable sourcebook of nautical history, beliefs, and heritage. Every true mariner will get lost in this book.?? Boating Seafaring Lore and Legend is... more...
Myth Information
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 14.00It's common knowledge that Eve gave Adam an apple. Everyone knows that George Washington was the first president of the United States. And when your mother told you not to go swimming right after you ate, you took it as a matter of life and death. But you've been myth-informed by legend, by history . . . even by your mother! The truth is: * Milk chocolate... more...
The Riddles of Harry Potter
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 27.00The Harry Potter books take part in a rich literary tradition, including allegorical double meanings, mirror images among characters, psychological explorations of family dynamics, political and social critique, and complex moral questions. This book draws readers into deeper meanings of Harry Potter, arguing that the books launch and pursue interpretive... more...









