The Coddy was one of the most renowned storytellers and characters of the Western Isles at the turn of the nineteenth into the twentieth and beyond, and was the inspiration for Compton MacKenzie's Whisky Galore.
Matt Hopwood set off with just a small bag and a walking stick, no possessions and an open mind to walk many hundreds of miles the length and breadth of the country.
'SPARKLES LIKE UNEARTHED TREASURE' KALIANE BRADLEY'A MESMERISING NOVEL' OBSERVER'AN IRIDESCENT CONTEMPORARY FOLKTALE' LUCY ROSERich, wild and shimmering with mystery, Bog Queen is the new novel from Anna North, bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Outlawed In 2018, a young forensic scientist, homesick and adrift in the North of England, is heading to a coroner's office to identify a body.
The Russian bestseller about love and second chances, brimming with warmth and humour In the tiny village of Maran nestled high in the Armenian mountains, a place where dreams, curses and miracles are taken very seriously, a close-knit community bickers, gossips and laughs, untouched by the passage of time.
The evolution of the Fenian tradition of story and song, traced over 1,400 yearsStories about Fionn macCumhaill (also known as Finn McCool) and his roving warrior band, the Fianna, have engaged audiences for more than a millennium.
The evolution of the Fenian tradition of story and song, traced over 1,400 yearsStories about Fionn macCumhaill (also known as Finn McCool) and his roving warrior band, the Fianna, have engaged audiences for more than a millennium.
This edition of Scheherazade's tales reveals to the reader the world of "A Thousand and One Nights" as it was created in the original stories: bright, fascinating and full of contrasts.
We present the gift digital edition "Golden Collection of Illustrated Literature", which brings together five legendary works of world classics in unique visual versions:"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy - the great Russian classic in the final author's edition of 1873, for the first time fully translated into Russian without French inserts, supplemented by more than 150 unique historical illustrations by Alexander Apsit and Nikolai Karazin, a chronology of events of the Patriotic War of 1812 and a description of the prototypes of the characters.
Discover the ancient power of the Tarot with this beautifully illustrated guide - the essential companion for those wanting to embark on their spiritual awakening.
Eine Reise zu Deutschlands Märchen, Mythen und LegendenDen Rattenfänger von Hameln, die Heinzelmännchen oder die Loreley kennen vermutlich alle – aber was ist mit der Barbarine und dem Burgfräulein Agnes?
Sicher kennt jeder das Gefühl an einem Ort zu stehen – sei es in den Bergen, an Seen oder im Wald – wo einem das Herz aufgeht und man einfach nur Glück und Dankbarkeit empfindet.
Shinto : La Voie des Dieux II - L'âme du Japon entre tradition et présentAvec « Shinto : La Voie des Dieux II », découvrez un voyage unique dans le monde fascinant du shintoïsme, la plus ancienne religion du Japon.
Es habitual que el término Chiloé mágico se repita en laspromociones turísticas, en libros dedicados a su historiay a su geografía, en compendios relativos a su mitología.
Über 200 Geschichten und Sagen aus Lübeck und der Umgebung weiß Professor Deecke wiederzugeben, von den Riesen, vom Ranenberg, vom Pöppendorfer Ring, von der Löwenstadt, von Lübeck als Reichsstadt, von den Vorraden und von vielen Ereignissen mehr.
"A una artista famosa li exploten els pits de silicona dalt de l'avió", "A un automobilista el persegueix un cotxe que circula amb els llums apagats", "Un home té una boa com a animal de companyia que l'amida per poder-se'l menjar", "Una autoestopista fantasma alerta el conductor sobre el perill d'una corba pronunciada".
