The Encyclopedia of Mythology: Classical, Celtic, Norse
10 best books like The Encyclopedia of Mythology: Classical, Celtic, Norse (Arthur Cotterell): Gideon the Ninth, The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love, The Upanishads, The Mummy, The Perfection of Yoga, Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism, Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World, The Burnout Generation, The Ice Dragon
| Author | Tamsyn Muir |
| ISBN | 1250313198 |
Gideon the Ninth is the most fun you'll ever have with a skeleton.
The Emperor needs necromancers.
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.
Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.
Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth unveils...
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine
| Author | Jennifer Gunter |
| ISBN | 0806539313 |
OB/GYN, writer for The New York Times, USA Today, and Self, and host of the show Jensplaining, Dr. Jen Gunter now delivers the definitive book on vaginal health, answering the questions you've always had but were afraid to ask--or couldn't find the right answers to. She has been called Twitter's resident...
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
| Author | Jonathan Van Ness |
| ISBN | 0062906402 |
Who gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey.
The truth is, it hasn't always been gorgeous for this beacon of positivity and joy.
Before he stole our hearts as the grooming and self-care expert on Netflix's hit show Queer Eye, Jonathan was growing...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0140441638 |
The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas - the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu religion. Each Upanishad, or lesson, takes up a theme ranging from the attainment of spiritual bliss to karma...
Ramses the Great has reawakened in opulent Edwardian London. Having drunk the elixir of life, he is now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied. He becomes the close companion of a voluptuous heiress, Julie Stratford, but his cursed...
| Author | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda |
| ISBN | 0912776366 |
To my surprise in many ways I don't like this book, and it took a long time for me to read the 56 small pages. I don't like it and give it 4 stars. Odd.
What I didn't like was that the feeling I got was didactic anger. The challenge with that is why this feeling. Is that what is in the words, or am I seeing...
Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism
| Author | Patrick Califia-Rice |
| ISBN | 1573441805 |
Patrick Califia is one of the most outspoken and intelligent commentators on sexual politics writing today. Writing about both male-to-female and female-to-male transsexuals, he examines the lives of early transgender pioneers like Christine Jorgensen, Jan Morris, Renee Richards and Mark Rees;...
Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World
"Each volume of four 30-minute histories will dig into the petty name-calling and grumbling grudges that led to many of the world's greatest advancements, all delivered with a cheeky sense of humor."
Did you know that most of our dinosaur fossils were discovered because two grown men absolutely...
| Author | Anne Helen Petersen |
In January 2019, culture writer Anne Helen Petersen set the internet on fire with her viral BuzzFeed essay diagnosing "millennial burnout" - a chronic state of stress and exhaustion that's become a "base temperature" for young people today. Now, she continues this generation-defining conversation...
| Author | George R.R. Martin |
| ISBN | 0765316315 |
The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember.
Adara could not...
