Mythology

10 best books like Mythology (Hestia Evans): Vampyre, The Trojan War, A Treasury of Children's Literature, Pirateology, Egyptology, Vampireology: The True History of the Fallen Ones, Illusionology, Dinosaurology, Dragonology: Bringing Up Baby Dragons, Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures Pop-Up

Vampyre

Author	Cornelius Van Helsing
ISBN	0061247804

Vampyre! The name alone strikes terror into the hearts of most mortals . . . but not Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing—a doctor by profession but secretly a vampyre expert and hunter extraordinaire. Lucky for us, he recorded everything he discovered about the hideous undead in his nineteenth-century...

The Trojan War

Author

Bernard Evslin

A cinematic tale of passion, war, loyalty, betrayal, and retribution

“These events I relate are the living seeds, and they will bear bloody fruit, I promise.” So says Ulysses, King of Ithaca, as he recounts the origins of the Trojan War. Renowned Greek mythologist Bernard Evslin masterfully...

A Treasury of Children's Literature

Author

Armand Eisen

If I could only choose a handful of books to share with a wee child, this collection would be on the list. It not only takes care of several different genres, but more importantly, it combines the imaginative artwork that always stay with young minds.



The book is broken into several...

Pirateology

Author	Dugald A. Steer
ISBN	0763631434

Aar! Hoist the sails for a lavish new discovery filled with treasures — a magnificent resource for pirate lovers everywhere. The eagerly awaited new title in the best-selling ’Ology series — more than 5 million sold worldwide!

Step lively, pirate foes and fanciers! Mysterious booty...

Egyptology

Author	Emily Sands
ISBN	0763626384

Discover the wonders of ancient Egypt through a fascinating journal from a lost expedition -- a treasure trove of fact and fantasy featuring a novelty element on every spread.

Who can resist the allure of ancient Egypt -- and the thrill of uncovering mysteries that have lain hidden for thousands...

Vampireology: The True History of the Fallen Ones

Author	Nicky Raven
ISBN	0763649147

Explore (if you dare) the true history of the Fallen Ones — and follow the fate of a 1920s investigator lured by a beauty with violet eyes.

Long before the term vampire was born, long before Bram Stoker fictionalized this being’s ways, blood-drinking demons were banished to Earth by Michael’s...

Illusionology

Author	Albert Schafer
ISBN	0763655880

Can you trust your eyes? The newest discovery in the ‘Ology series amazes and thrills as the closely guarded secrets of the illusionologists are revealed!

Do you wonder how Harry Houdini performed his amazing escapes? Are you burning to learn the art of making a beautiful woman appear to...

Dinosaurology

Author	Jack Fawcett
ISBN	0763667390

Could dinosaurs still roam the earth? In the newest discovery in the ’Ology series, readers come face-to-face with living, breathing dinosaurs.

What if dinosaurs had not died out? What if whole colonies of the prehistoric beasts had survived on a remote island off the coast of South America?...

Dragonology: Bringing Up Baby Dragons

Author	Ernest Drake
ISBN	1840117109

I found this little book adorable. I was 11 when I read this, and I was really into all the books on dragons. I got this after reading dragonology, and back then both were amazing, but looking back I can see a few things that make it not quite as perfect as it used to seem.

It did perfectly what it aimed...

Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures Pop-Up

Author	Matthew Reinhart
ISBN	0763631728

Introducing a dazzling new series premiere! The world’s pop-up masters invite you to peek inside the fairy realm as it transforms before your eyes.

Open this entrancing book and meet Shakespeare’s Queen Titania, springing up with her silver wings aflutter. Further on, a crystalline...

Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters

Author	Donna Jo Napoli
ISBN	1426308442

School Library Journal Best Books of 2011

Eureka! Silver Honor Books—California Reading Association

Capitol Choices 2012 list of Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

2012 Notable Children's Books—ALSC

The new National Geographic Treasury of Greek...

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon

Author	Henry George Liddell
ISBN	0199102066

This abridgement of the world's most authoritative dictionary of ancient Greek is based on the 1883 revision. It includes some discussion of word usage, citing examples and characteristic phrases. Generally speaking, only words used by late writers and scientific terms have been omitted from the...