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Troy by Stephen Fry
$37.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: near fine
Following Top Ten bestsellers Mythos and Heroes, this third volume retells the epic tale of Troy 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 whol ...Show more
Heroines of Olympus by Ellie Mackin Roberts
$33.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General
Goddesses, monsters, humans and the semi-divine - whether courageous or meek, gruesome or irresistible, female characters are ever present on the peripheries of the great Greek myths, but rarely do they take centre stage. Their time has finally come to act as protagonists in their own stories. Heroines ...Show more
Eat Your Heart Out: Love Stories from Around the World by Peta Mathias
$35.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General
In a world of hate, let's serve up some love . . . Peta Mathias has encountered many a lovelorn tale on her gastronomic travels around the world. Searching further, she has unearthed more stories - the heart-warming and heart-rending, the passionate and poignant, the macabre and merry - and in these re ...Show more
Fabulous by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
$23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
From the author of the "sophisticated and erudite" Peculiar Ground (Boston Globe), comes a collection of classic, witty fables, elegantly updated for our modern times. It's in the nature of myth to be infinitely adaptable. Each of these startlingly original stories is set in modern Britain. Their char ...Show more
Wild Winter Swan by Gregory Maguire
$33.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Fantasy
After brilliantly reimagining the worlds of Oz, Wonderland, Dickensian London, and the Nutcracker, the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked turns his unconventional genius to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans," transforming this classic tale into an Italian-American girl's poignant coming ...Show more
Myths & Legends: An Illustrated Guide to their Origins and Meanings by Philip Wilkinson
$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
The Bear King by James Wilde
$40.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Fantasy
Bridging the gap between 'Game of Thrones' and Bernard Cornwell comes the third and final chapter in James Wilde's epic adventure of betrayal, battle and bloodshed . . . AD 375 - The Dark Age is drawing near . . . As Rome's legions abandon their forts, chaos grows on the fringes of Britannia. In the fa ...Show more
Norse Mythology (H/B) by Neil Gaiman
$52.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General
The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling - from Tolkien, Alan Garner and Rosemary Sutcliff to Game of Thrones and Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman's own award-bedecked, bestselling fiction. Now he reaches back through time to the original source stor ...Show more
Of Gods and Men: 100 Stories from Ancient Greece and Rome by Daisy Dunn
$55.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General | Reading Level: near fine
Daisy Dunn offers a deeply researched collection of stories reflecting the eclectic richness and depth of the classical literary canon. Striking a balance between the 'classic classic' (such as Dryden's translation of the Aeneid) and the less familiar or expected, Of Gods and Men ranges from the epic po ...Show more
30-Second Mythology: The 50 Most Important Classical Gods and Goddesses, Heroes and Monsters, Myths and Legacies, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Dr. Robert A. Segal
$23.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General | Series: 30 Second
The 30-Second...series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects that you feel you should really understand. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using a mere two pages, 300 words, and one picture: all easily digested in only half a minute. 30-Second Mythology offers the ...Show more
Heroes by Stephen Fry
$37.00 NZD
Category: Myths and Legends - General | Reading Level: good
Mortals and Monsters Quests and Adventures Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fl ...Show more
Mythologica: An Encyclopedia of Gods... by Stephen P. Kershaw
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
An illustrated encyclopedia of Greek mythology like no other, Mythologica features startlingly beautiful and exquisitely otherworldly portraits of mythological characters in eye-popping color from artist Victoria Topping and authoritative text from Classics scholar and Greek mythology expert Dr. Stephen ...Show more