King Arthur and the Goddess of the Land: The Divine Feminine in the Mabinogion
10 best books like King Arthur and the Goddess of the Land: The Divine Feminine in the Mabinogion (Caitlín Matthews): A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Sword in the Stone, The Mabinogion, The Song of Roland, The Secret Commonwealth: An Essay of the Nature and Actions of the Subterranean (and, for the Most Part) Invisible People, Heretofore Going under the Name of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies, The Art of Star Trek, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 6, Star Wars Omnibus - Early Victories, The Solar War, Arthas: Rise of the Lich King
A Midsummer Night's Dream
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| ISBN | 0743477545 |
Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius. Hermia...
"Learn. That is the only thing that never fails."--Merlyn the Wizard
Before there was a famous king named Arthur, there was a curious boy named Wart and a kind old wizard named Merlyn. Transformed by Merlyn into the forms of his fantasy, Wart learns the value of history from a snake, of education...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0140443223 |
The Mabinogion (Welsh pronunciation: mabɪˈnɔɡjɔn) is a collection of 11 prose stories collated from medieval Welsh manuscripts. The tales draw on pre-Christian Celtic mythology, international folktale motifs and early medieval historical traditions. While some details may hark back...
| Author | Unknown |
| ISBN | 0140440755 |
On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French. The Song of Roland, written...
| Author | Robert Kirk |
| ISBN | 1590171772 |
"Kirk is a magnificent dish to set before any student of either folk-lore or folk-psychology." — Times Literary Supplement
In the late 17th century, a Scottish minister went looking for supernatural creatures of "a middle nature betwixt man and angel." Robert Kirk roamed the Highlands, talking...
| Author | Judith Reeves-Stevens |
| ISBN | 0671017764 |
From the public's first glimpse of the original Starship "Enterprise" to the brave new worlds explored in Star Trek: Voyager, the never-ending phenomenon that is Star Trek has treated generations of viewers to a dazzling barrage of unforgettable images of the future. Bizarre alien beings, breathtaking...
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 6
Bow Down in Fear!
Monsters have long stalked us in the darkness. Within this book, you’ll find a host of these creatures for use in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Face off against archdevils and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, planar dragons and the legendary wild hunt, proteans and psychopomps,...
Star Wars Omnibus - Early Victories
| Author | Darko Macan |
| ISBN | 1595821724 |
Following the destruction of the first Death Star, Luke Skywalker is the new, unexpected hero of the Rebellion. But the galaxy hasn't been saved yet--Luke and Princess Leia are finding there are many more battles to be fought against the Empire and Darth Vader!
This latest Star Wars Omnibus...
| Author | John French |
| ISBN | 1784969265 |
After seven years of bitter war, the end has come at last for the conflict known infamously as the Horus Heresy. Terra now lies within the Warmaster’s sights, the Throneworld and the seat of his father’s rule. Horus’ desire is nothing less than the death of the Emperor of Mankind and the utter subjugation...
Arthas: Rise of the Lich King
| Author | Christie Golden |
| ISBN | 1416550771 |
Frostmourne. It was caught in a hovering, jagged chunk of ice, the runes that ran the length of its blade glowing a cool blue. Below it was a dais of some sort, standing on a large gently raised mound that was covered in a dusting of snow. A soft light, coming from somewhere high above where the cavern was open...
| Author | Santiago García |
| ISBN | 8415685351 |
Santiago Garcia and David Rubin unite to bring forward the myth of Beowulf, which has endured for a thousand years, inspired an epic poem, become a foundational piece of English literature, and influenced generations of authors, from J.R.R. Tolkien and Seamus Heaney to a multitude of Hollywood screenwriters.
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Scotland is a nation rich with traditional customs, superstitions and folklore. Its dramatic and stunning landscape has inspired many stories based on its history, magic and romance.
These tales tell of a world where human weaknesses and strengths, evil doings and charitable acts are repaid...
The British (Myths and Legends)
| Author | Maud Isabel Ebbutt |
| ISBN | 0946495831 |
The writer retells for modern readers the legends and stories which have given pleasure to story-lovers of all centuries from the eighth onward. Men's conceptions of the heroic change with changing years, and vary with each individual mind; hence it often happens that one person sees in a legend only...
| Author | W.B. Yeats |
| ISBN | 1444424726 |
As paradoxical as it may seem, the least autobiographical of literary works are often the most personally revealing. A change in circumstance, the adoption of a mask, allows emotion to flow freely, to be more precisely transformed into truth. So it is with William Butler Yeats’ The Countess...
Mythology of the British Isles
| Author | Geoffrey Ashe |
| ISBN | 0413771997 |
Recounting stories and legends from the dark centuries of British prehistory to the 9th century AD - tales of giants and fairies, druids and saints, King Lear, King Arthur and Old King Cole - Ashe shows how they all interrelate and take on fresh significance from historical and archaelogical research....
| Author | C.L. Werner |
| ISBN | 1849703116 |
Second novel in the Time of Legends: The Black Plague series
The Black Plague spreads across the Empire, followed by a tide of monsters from legend: the skaven. In Altdorf, Emperor Boris's troops valiantly hold off the ratmen while the corrupt Emperor escapes to safety. In Middenheim, Graf...
| Author | James Blish |
| ISBN | 0848807383 |
This edition of “Let’s summarize an episode of Star Trek” includes adaptations of Arena, A Taste of Armageddon, Tomorrow Is Yesterday, Errand of Mercy, Court Martial, Operation--Annihilate!, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Space Seed. I can already feel Harlan Ellison spinning in his...
| Author | Monte Cook |
| ISBN | 0786913436 |
I haven't read a forgotten realms book in awhile, so this was fun.
The story was good, though very little touches on realm's lore. This was more of a quick run through adventure with the focus on the characters.
The most interesting is the half-demon who has escaped his home plane, the...
