Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Mythology

Legends and Tales of the American West

by Richard Erdoes

From Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane to Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Frank and Jesse James, here are more than 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys, outlaws, gamblers, prospectors,...

Breverton's Phantasmagoria: A Compendium of Monsters, Myths and Legends

by Terry Breverton

From dragons and wyverns to vampires, werewolves and mischievous gremlins, pixies and fairies, Breverton's Phantasmagoria is a unique compendium of over 250 mythical animals.

Prepare to revisit familiar myths,...

Black Thorn, White Rose: A Modern Book of Adult Fairytales

The Snow White, Blood Red Anthology Serie #2

by Roger Zelazny, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling

fairy tales, fantasy, neil gaiman, roger zelazny

The Sleeping Beauty

Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms #5

by Mercedes Lackey

Heavy is the head—and the eyelids—of the princess who wears the crown…

In Rosamund's realm, happiness hinges on a few simple beliefs. For every princess there's a prince. The King has ultimate power. Stepmothers...

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

by Brothers Grimm

For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children—and adults—learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White,...

Someday my Prince: A fairy tale

by William Stafford

The inept evil sorcerer Diabolos plots to usurp the throne of Meritania but finds his schemes foiled at every turn by handsome window cleaner Nick. Will Diabolos be able to seize the throne? Will selfish brat...

Dunhuang Dream

by Xu Xiaobin

Named one of the Top Ten Novels of the Year in China, this award-winning novel is about three tourists who fall into a strange entanglement of love.

Set against the magical backdrop of Dunhuang, China, home to...

Tales from the Perilous Realm

by J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

Tales from the Perilous Realm

Roverandom and Other Classic Faery Stories

Illustrated by Alan Lee

Available for the first time in one volume, this is the definitive collection of Tolkien's...

Grimms' Tales for Young and Old: The Complete Stories

by Jacob W. Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm & Ralph Manheim

Ralph Manheim, the highly acclaimed and  prize-winning translator, has rediscovered in the original  German editions of the Grimms' works the  unadorned, direct rhythm of the oral form in which they  were...

Bingsop's Fables: Little Morals for Big Business

by Steve Brodner, Stanley Bing & Gil Schwartz

For more than twenty years, Stanley Bing has peerlessly explained corporate culture and strategy with wit and insight. Now he brings us this engaging and instructive book of white-collar fables that have charmed...

Far Inland

by Peter Urpeth

‘Far Inland is a shamanic story for our times. If story tells us of our past and vision speaks to the future, Peter Urpeth has combined both in this delightful work’ – Alastair McIntosh, author of Hell...

365 Bedtime Stories

by Christine Allison

Arranged as a lively journey through the year, 365 Bedtime Stories includes stories for every mood, occasion, and day of the year. There are stories celebrating the New Year, beginnings and second chances, myths...

Myths and Legends of America

by Charles M. Skinner

It is said that, compared to Europe, America has no real stockpile of myth and legend. As a nation grows forward, that supply accumulates backward, and America has simply not been around long enough for it to...

Twelfth Angel

by Og Mandino

"A very special story about life and love and courage."

MERLIN OLSEN, SPORTSCASTER

John Harding had a high-powered career, a loving wife, and a beautiful son. He's lost it all and has returned to his home town...

To the Heart of the Rainbow

by Gareth Knight & Libby Travassos Valdez

In what appears on the surface to be a children's story, Gareth Knight, using Tarot imagery, conducts a guided visualisation through the Tree of Life ... and back again. Richard and Rebecca meet the Joker of...

The Voyage of Argo

by Apollonius of Rhodes & E. Rieu

Apollonius used the manner and matter of epics but wrote from a personal viewpoint, as a critical observer, in his Argonautica, the fullest surviving account of Jason’s voyage in quest of the Golden Fleece....

The Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie

by Sivadasa & Chandra Rajan

One of the most important works of Indian narrative fiction, passed down orally through the centuries and first recorded in medieval times, The Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie has at its center the half-mythical,...

Early Irish Myths and Sagas

by Various & Jeffrey Gantz

First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic...

Classic Myths to Read Aloud: The Great Stories of Greek and Roman Mythology, Specially Arranged for Children Five and Up by an Educational Expert

by William F. Russell

The most complete collection of Greek and Roman myths specially arranged to be read aloud to children aged five to twelve. "Every child deserves this book. Those who do the reading aloud will be enlightened...

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales

by Kate Bernheimer

The fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction.

Michael Cunningham, Francine Prose, Aimee Bender, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, and more than thirty...