Mythology & Folklore

(Available after 3-20 days)A charming collection of fantastical stories originally written for Ralph Waldo Emerson’s daughter, Ellen Emerson. The stories arose from Alcott’s experiences telling stories to the children of her neighbours in Concord,...

While Buddhism has no central text comparable to the Bible or Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that encompasses the dharma, or the teachings of the Buddha. In this rich anthology, eminent scholar Donald S. Lopez, Jr. brings...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a contemporary masterpiece combing mythology, adventure, and illusion―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee   Released...

A special illustrated edition of The Monarch of the Glen , an American Gods novella from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman. Illustrations by celebrated artist Daniel Egnéus. .A special illustrated edition of The Monarch of the Glen by bestselling...

A brilliant reconstruction of the legend of Theseus, the valiant youth who slew the Minotaur, became king, and brought prosperity to Attica. This brilliant recreation of the story of the legendary hero Theseus begins with his triumphant return from Crete...

In this ambitious, ingenious narrative, celebrated historical novelist Mary Renault take legendary hero Theseus and spins his myth into a fast-paced and exciting story.Renault starts with Theseus' early years, showing how the mystery of his father's...

The magical saga of the women behind King Arthur's throne.“A monumental reimagining of the Arthurian legends . . . reading it is a deeply moving and at times uncanny experience. . . . An impressive achievement.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn Marion...

(Available after 3-20 days)On a hallowed night, the love of my life gambled me away to the Devil.Once upon a myth...A devil with the face of an angel ruled New York.Salvi Moretti from one of the five families of the Cosa Nostra returns.He's a notorious...

The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s “late plays.” It tells the story of a king whose jealousy results in the banishment of his baby daughter and the death of his beautiful wife. His daughter is found and brought up by a shepherd on the Bohemian...

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREAverno is a small crater lake in southern Italy, regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. That place gives its name to Louise Glück's tenth collection: in a landscape turned irretrievably to...

(Available after 3-20 days)The most significant translation in one hundred years of one of the greatest works of world literature From Ali Baba and the forty thieves to the voyages of Sinbad, the stories of The Arabian Nights are timeless and...

The original Aesop Fables, introduced by award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick.Over two hundred familiar tales from 'Look Before You Leap' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' to much less familiar tales, each with its own sharply pointed moral.Puffin Classics...

(Available after August 30th, 2023) And now we take you back to the thrilling days of yesteryear with this debut, It Happened One Fight, a Golden Age of Hollywood Rom Com! Yes, maybe those movie characters never did much on-screen sizzling back in the...

A mythic love story set in Trinidad, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's radiant debut is a masterwork of lush imagination and exuberant storytelling—a spellbinding and hopeful novel about inheritance, loss, and love's seismic power to heal."Roots the reader...

An NYRB Classics OriginalIt is a sunny summer Sunday in a remote Swiss village, and a christening is being celebrated at a lovely old farmhouse. One of the guests notes an anomaly in the fabric of the venerable edifice: a blackened post that has been...

Winner of the 2022 Middle East Book Award in Youth LiteratureIn the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This...

Mazy dreams of independence. Sir Berenger longs to play the hero. But in each other, they may find the secret to happily ever after.   Mazelina of Wexcombe has always dreamed of traveling with her father to lands beyond the confining walls of their...

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ginny Baird brings her signature charm to this multicultural story about two disputing families sharing a beach house and the messiness that comes from falling in love with someone who your family is...

Spring and summer are my mother’s time, autumn and winter are my husband’s. What is left for me?Persephone spends six months of the year under the ground with her husband, king of the dead, and six months on earth with her mother, goddess of the harvest...

In the “thrilling...masterful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) conclusion to the Wings of Ebony duology, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicole Yoon calls “bold, inventive, big-hearted, and deeply perceptive,” Rue makes her final stand to...