The two men, sole occupants of the somewhat shabby cottage parlour, lingered over their port, not so much with the air of wine lovers, but rather as human beings and intimates, perfectly content with their surroundings a......
An intriguing exploration of the enduring significance of the world's great myths--from the dawn of time to the present dayAs ancient as speech, as essential as law, myths are the stories we tell to find our identity in ......
An entertaining and thought-provoking look at the common threads woven through the world's greatest myths -- and the central role they have played through time.From the Trade Paperback edition....
It was on a beautiful day in the early part of the month of April, 1812, that four persons were met in a rude farm-house, situated on the Southern Branch of the Chicago river, and about four miles distant from the fort o......
Max is a rambunctious eight-year-old, living with his mother and his sister, terrorizing the neighborhood on his bicycle. But Max's world is changing around him: His father is absent and his mother is increasingly distra......
"Märchenhaft und Liederlich" heißt das gerade erschienene Hörbuch, das auf bedeutende historische Quellen aus dem Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts zurückgreift. Es waren die Lyriker und Schriftsteller Achim von Arnim und ......
Die Helden der großen Literatur des Mittelalters haben sich tief ins Gedächtnis der europäischen Völker eingeschrieben. Edmund Jacoby erzählt die wichtigsten keltischen und hochmittelalterlichen Mythen und Sagen und......
