Two Sagas of Mythical Heroes: Hervor and Heidrek, Hrólf Kraki and His Champions
By: Jackson Crawford
4.56
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Inherited through the line of the berserker Angantýr and his war-loving daughter Hervor, the ever-l…
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1. Der Krieg der Zwerge (Die Zwerge, #2)
By: Markus Heitz
4.10
Format: 585 pages, Paperback
Im Geborgenen Land herrscht Festtagsstimmung. Während Zwerg Tungdil mit seinen Freunden den Sieg üb… read more
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"Der Tod verändert auch die Lebenden."-Markus Heitz, Der Krieg der Zwerge (Die Zwerge, #2)
"Un nano non lancia mai la sua arma se non ne ha un'altra!"-Markus Heitz, Der Krieg der Zwerge (Die Zwerge, #2)
2. The Poetic Edda
By: Anonymous , Lee M. Hollander
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
The Poetic Eddacomprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place … read more
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- classics
- history
- mythology
3. Tartuffe
By: Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Condemned and banned for five years in Moliere's day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. … read more
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- classics
4. Poetics
By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more
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- classics
5. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
2.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Unfinished Talesis a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth t… read more
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- classics
6. Beowulf
By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney
3.49
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more
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- classics
- mythology
"Fate will unwind as it must!"-Unknown, Beowulf
"Fate goes ever as fate must."-Unknown, Beowulf
"Let whoever can win glory before death."-Unknown, Beowulf
"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."-Unknown, Beowulf
7. The Prose Edda
By: Snorri Sturluson , Jesse L. Byock
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?' The Prose Eddais the most… read more
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- classics
- history
- mythology
8. Arcadia
By: Tom Stoppard
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Arcadiatakes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nat… read more
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- classics
9. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell
3.37
Format: None pages,
Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more
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- history
10. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more
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- classics
- mythology
"Every medicine is vain."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"A curse burns bright on crime."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"There is no avoidance in delay."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"In war, the first casualty is truth."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
11. The Mabinogion
By: Unknown , Jeffrey Gantz
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
On the bank of the river he saw a tall tree: from roots to crown one half was aflame and the other … read more
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12. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
By: Steven Pressfield
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
In 480 B.C., two million Persian invaders come to the mountain pass of Thermopylae in eastern Greec… read more
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13. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
By: Unknown , None , Burton Raffel
4.50
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Written by an anonymous 14th-century poet, this epic poem is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's ma… read more
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14. The Táin: From the Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
By: Anonymous , Thomas Kinsella , Louis Le Brocquy
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Tain Bo Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's… read more
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15. The Misanthrope
By: Molière
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Misanthropeor Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureuxis a comedy of manners in five acts and i… read more
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16. Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)
By: Mervyn Peake
4.27
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
Starts with the birth and ends with the first birthday celebrations of the heir to the grand, tradi… read more
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17. The Terror
By: Giles Kristian
4.12
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
An exclusive straight to digital short story which also includes the first chapter of Giles Kristia… read more
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18. Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher
By: Anonymous , Doris Lessing
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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19. The Saga of the Volsungs
By: Anonymous , Jesse L. Byock
4.32
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Based on Viking Age poems, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend and sheer human dram… read more
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20. Odin: Ecstasy, Runes, & Norse Magic
By: Diana L. Paxson
2.00
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
"It was said in the lore and legends of Norse mythology that people who got interested in Odin, the… read more
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21. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)
By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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22. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
23. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
By: Neil Price
4.18
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more
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- history
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
24. Norse Mythology
By: Neil Gaiman
4.10
Format: 301 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780393356182 Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient … read more
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- classics
- mythology
"Ragnarok is coming."-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
"And the game begins anew."-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
"Rebirth always follows death."-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
"Of course it was Loki. It's always Loki."-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
25. Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena
By: Philomena Cunk
3.86
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the star of the “deeply funny, unexpectedly informative” (The Daily Beast) Netflix mockumentar… read more
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- history
26. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1 (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. #1)
By: Kanehito Yamada
4.35
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought pea… read more
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27. The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Hackett Classics)
By: Anonymous
4.25
Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition
"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would d… read more
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- mythology
28. Loki and Sigyn: Lessons on Chaos, Laughter & Loyalty from the Norse Gods
By: Lea Svendsen
4.29
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Uncover the Truth about Loki and His Devoted Wife Sigyn This captivating book takes you deep into t… read more
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- history
- mythology
29. Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
By: Bettany Hughes
3.83
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A cultural history of the goddess of love, from a New York Times bestselling and award-winning hist… read more
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- history
- mythology
30. The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
By: Daniel McCoy
4.15
Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition
The Viking Spirit is an introduction to Norse mythology like no other. As you’d expect from Daniel … read more
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- paganism
- history
- mythology
"The idea of fate permeated the religion of the Vikings at every turn. Everything in the universe, even the Gods, was subject to it."-Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
"Words – and the intentions and ideas behind them – had the power to change physical reality, just like any other physical phenomenon."-Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
"But Odin had a trick up his sleeve. For his final question to Vafthrudnir, he asked, "And what, wise giant, did Odin whisper in the ear of Balder, before that great son of his was burned on the funer…"-Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
"The male sphere of Norse shamanism consisted of the elite warrior groups known as the berserkir ("bear-shirts") and the úlfheðnar ("wolf-skins"). The berserkers (as we'll refer to the members of both…"-Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
31. Two Sagas of Mythical Heroes: Hervor and Heidrek, Hrólf Kraki and His Champions
By: Jackson Crawford
4.56
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Inherited through the line of the berserker Angantýr and his war-loving daughter Hervor, the ever-l… read more
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- history
- paganism
- folk tales
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