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		Monsters and Grotesques
		in Medieval Manuscripts		Mind, Body & Spirit
		Alixe Bovey
		British Library 2002 64 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0712347453
		Published Price £7.95		Our Price £3.99
	Dragons, griffins, sciopods and blemmyae... medieval illuminated manuscripts teem with weird creatures decorating margins or squeezing into spaces at the ends of lines. Alixe Bovey describes the origins and symbolism of these monsters and hybrids in a study that offers a special insight into the medieval imagination.
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		The Mythical Quest
		In Search of Adventure, Romance and Enlightenment		Mind, Body & Spirit
		Rosalind Kerven
		British Library 1996 102 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0712304916
		Published Price £12.95		Our Price £6.99
	The great quests of mythology - of Gilgamesh, Jason, Odysseus, Sinbad, Rama, or the quest for the Holy Grail - are deeply embedded in cultural consciousness, and a knowledge of the stories, their backgrounds and their interpretation through the ages illuminates much of the visual and literary arts of the world's cultures. Superbly illustrated from manuscripts and printed books in The British Library's collections, this book retells ten quest stories as short tales, and describes their origins, history and interpretation. Introduction by Penelope Lively.
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		King Arthur's Avalon
		The Story of Glastonbury		Mind, Body & Spirit
		Geoffrey Ashe
		Sutton 2007 308 pages		Qty
		Paperback 0750948817
		Published Price £12.99		Our Price £5.99
	Geoffrey Ashe's best-selling account of the sacred history, legendary power and Arthurian connections of Glastonbury was first published in 1957 and became the key text in the remarkable growth of Glastonbury's fame and the international renewal of Arthurian interests. This 50th anniversary edition reprints the original text in full and demonstrates the enduring power of Ashe's theories to inspire and inform. With a substantial new preface by the author.
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		The Horse in Myth and Legend
				Mind, Body & Spirit
		Sophie Jackson
		Tempus 2006 160 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752438301
		Published Price £9.99		Our Price £3.99
	This little illustrated study explores the many ways in which the practical and spiritual bonds between horse and human have been expressed in mythology and folklore - from primitive chalk etchings on hillsides to the tales of magical horses which abound in Viking, Celtic and Christian mythology - and includes chapters on horse deities, the unicorn, superstitions and spectral horses.
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		Outfoxing Fear
		Folktales from Around the World		Mind, Body & Spirit
		Kathleen Ragan (Edited by)
		WW Norton 2006 259 pages		Qty
		Hardback 0393060365
		Published Price £17.99		Our Price £6.99
	For millennia, humans have created folktales to help transform their fears into action, solution, or hope. This anthology, prompted by the fear and the need for resilience following 9/11, brings together - from a great range of cultures - 63 stories that respond to fear in its many incarnations. But they all have a hidden moral: whether by courage, cunning, laughter, or trickery, fear, like all fairy tale monsters, can be vanquished.
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		Folklore of Warwickshire
				Mind, Body & Spirit
		Roy Palmer
		Tempus 2004 288 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752433598
		Published Price £14.99		Our Price £5.99
	One of our best-known experts on the folklore of the Midlands turns his attention to the county at the very heart of England. In addition to its Shakespearian heritage, the area boasts numerous local legends, such as Lady Godiva and the giant-slaying Guy of Warwick, and many lesser-known ghosts, saints, and sinners. With ample illustration and lively text, Palmer also documents omens and superstitions, songs and music, hiring fairs, rural crafts, industrial lore, and many other facets of our folk heritage.
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		Icelandic Folktales and Legends
				Mind, Body & Spirit
		Jacqueline Simpson
		Tempus 2004 224 pages		Qty
		Paperback 0752430459
		Published Price £15.99		Our Price £4.99
	This book of 85 stories from medieval Iceland illustrates a variety of supernatural beliefs concerning elves, gigantic trolls, water monsters, ghosts, wizards and black magic rites, buried treasure and religious tales. The stories are intimately linked to the landscape and reflect the hopes, fears, hardships and preoccupations of everyday life. The translation of each tale is accompanied by an explanatory introduction and notes.
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		The Grail
		A Secret History		Mind, Body & Spirit
		John Matthews
		Barron's 2005 176 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0764158678 235x187mm
		Published Price $18.99		Our Price £5.99
	The idea of the Holy Grail has a long and complex history and has fascinated generations of researchers and enthusiasts. In this entertaining and informative treatment, a well-known writer on occult and spiritual matters incorporates related traditions of sacred vessels, and traces the evolution of the Grail legend from the prehistoric religious beliefs of our distant ancestors, through Greek and Vedic myth, the Arthurian cycle of the Middle Ages, and the remarkable renaissance of interest in recent years.
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		The Robin Hood Handbook
		The Outlaw in History, Myth and Legend		Mind, Body & Spirit
		Mike Dixon-Kennedy
		Sutton 2006 434 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 075093977X 244x173mm
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	Robin Hood is one of our most enduring heroes, and his story is retold for each new generation in ballads, novels, comics, TV programmes, films and computer games. But there is fierce debate about the historical facts, if any, behind the legends. In this richly-illustrated and highly readable reference book, Mike Dixon-Kennedy provides an A-Z of people, places, and themes, along with reprints of major source texts, to reveal the remarkable historical development of a national treasure.
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		Somerset Dragons
				Mind, Body & Spirit
		Brian Wright
		Tempus 2002 192 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752426060
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	Stories of dragons have fired the human imagination for centuries, and visual representations of the mythical beast are regularly found in ancient churches, heraldic devices, weather-vanes, pub signs, and elsewhere. Brian Wright, acknowledged expert on Somerset folklore and archaeology, has compiled the most comprehensive study of dragon tales and representations in any county - and clearly demonstrates that dragons are all around us, if we only have eyes to see them.
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		Ancient Mysteries
				Mind, Body & Spirit
		Peter James; Nick Thorpe
		Ballantine 1999 655 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0307290603
		Published Price $21.00	Slightly off-mint	Our Price £6.99
	Following the success of Ancient Inventions, James and Thorpe present a compendium of enigmas: lost civilizations, ancient astronomy, architectural mysteries, earth patterns such as Ley Lines and the Somerset zodiac; and early voyagers. As well as the wilder shores of archaeology and astronomy, the book explores legendary history, including the stories of Theseus and the Minotaur, King Arthur and Dracula; famous hoaxes; and cases, like those of Omm Seti and Tutankhamun's tomb, where archaeology meets the supernatural. Off-mint.
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		Classical Mythology
				Mind, Body & Spirit
		Geddes & Grosset 2002 479 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1855343487
		Published Price £14.95		Our Price £5.99
	Beginning with an introduction to the origins and development of myths, this volume reprints a classic retelling of the Greek myths, including the more obscure stories, such as the exploits of Phaeton and Er, as well as adventures of such familiar heroes as Theseus and Odysseus. Some stories are told in poems, among them Wordsworth's Laodamia and Shelley's Arethusa, and others include quotations from epic verses. The second part of the book comprises a dictionary of Greek and Roman mythology, from Abaris the Scythian to Zeuxippe.
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		The Guide to Mysterious Iona and Staffa
				Mind, Body & Spirit
		Geoff Holder
		Tempus 2007 128 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752443801
		Published Price £12.99		Our Price £6.99
	With everything from saints, martyrs and Celtic gods to mermaids, fairies and witches, the islands of Iona and Staffa are rich in folklore. This introduction to their heritage demonstrates why they have become a centre for pilgrimage and retreat for people of many religious beliefs; with the help of more than 60 evocative photographs of the landscape and architectural features, Geoff Holder discusses the history of the abbey and other churches, standing stones, tombstones and ruins.
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		Myths and Legends of the British Isles
				Mind, Body & Spirit
		Richard Barber (Edited by)
		Boydell 2004 572 pages		Qty
		Paperback 0851157483
		Published Price £14.99	Slightly off-mint	Our Price £5.99
	The British Isles have a long tradition of tales of gods, heroes and marvels, hinting at a mythology once as relevant to the races of ancient Britain as the Greek and Roman gods were to the classical world. Although the religion and mythology of the early Celts and Anglo-Saxons remains elusive, Barber's book gathers medieval legends and wonder tales 'shot through with mythical threads' from a distant past, among them Beowulf, Saxo Grammaticus' History of the Danes, tales of Merlin and Arthur, the Mabinogi, Hereward the Wake and Robin Hood. Yellowed pages.
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		Hercules
		A Heroic Life		Mind, Body & Spirit
		Alastair Blanshard
		Granta 2005 200 pages		Qty
		Hardback 1862076537
		Published Price £14.99		Our Price £4.99
	A drunkard and rapist who murdered his wife and died an agonizing death on a pyre, Hercules has nonetheless become a popular figure in modern culture, from 'beefcake' photography to Disney. Blanshard's biography of the semi-divine hero tells his tragicomic story as it appears in Greek myth, and also shows how Hercules has been portrayed in art and literature and how emperors, princes and dictators have appropriated his image.
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