Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas (Jones Gwyn)(Paperback)

Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas (Jones Gwyn)(Paperback)

Selected by Gwyn Jones--the eminent Celtic scholar--for their excellence and variety, these nine Icelandic sagas include Hen-Thorir, The Vapnfjord Men, Thorstein Staff-Struck, Hrafnkel the Priest of Frey, Thidrandi whom the Goddesses Slew, Authun and the Bear, Gunnlaug Wormtongue, King Hrolf and

Comic Sagas and Tales from Iceland (Hreinsson Vidar)(Paperback)

The capstone volume in Penguin Classics' celebrated series of Icelandic sagas Comic Sagas and Tales from Iceland brings together the very finest Icelandic stories from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries, a time of civil unrest and social upheaval. With feuding families and moments of grotesque

Three Icelandic Outlaw Sagas - "The Saga of Gisli", "The Saga of Grettir", "The Saga of Hord"(Paperback / softback)

Red Dread (Morgan-Jones Tom)(Paperback / softback)

THUMP THUMP. The Red Dread is on the loose and Shrew and the other animals are afraid... Witty, lively and gently thought-provoking, this debut picture book from inky genius Tom Morgan-Jones about a group of animals and the unseen monster in their midst will have readers laughing out

A History of the Vikings (Jones Gwyn)(Paperback)

An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language.-- Scandinavian Studies The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, their civilization and culture, and

Icelandic Magic: Aims, tools and techniques of the Icelandic sorcerers (Smith Christopher Alan)(Paperback)

Myths in Minutes: The World's Great Fables, Sagas, and Legends Dramatically Retold (Philip Neil)(Paperback)

The world's great fables, sagas and legends dramatically

The Other Name: Septology I-II (Fosse Jon)(Paperback)

Longlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize'Fosse's fusing of the commonplace and the existential, together with his dramatic forays into the past, make for a relentlessly consuming work: already Septology feels momentous.'--The GuardianFosse's portrait of intersecting lives is that rare

Guilt Trip (Jones Sandie)(Paperback / softback)

The dark and twisty psychological thriller from the author of The Other Woman and The Half Sister, perfect for holiday reading

The To-Do List and Other Debacles (Jones Amy)(Paperback)

'Thrillingly honest, funny, incisive and hopeful, this is the perfect gateway into a discussion on mental health' Marian Keyes 'Truly one of the most powerful books about mental health that I've ever read.' Daisy Buchanan One of the Independent's top ten millennial memoirs of 2019 How not to be

Alone to the Alone (Thomas Gwyn)(Paperback)

First published in 1947, 'The Alone to the Alone' is Gwyn Thomas' most shaped work: the underlying meaning of South Wales' history is not so much documented as laid bare for universal dissection and dissemination. This volume is a comic vision of humanity that recognises no geographical

Other Woman (Jones Sandie)(Paperback / softback)

The Other Woman by debut author Sandie Jones, is a gripping psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Michelle Frances's The Girlfriend and B A Paris's Behind Closed Doors. When Emily meets Adam she knows he is the One. That together they can deal with anything that is thrown at them. But lurking

Icelandic: Grammar Text Glossary (Einarsson Stefn)(Paperback)

This classic book on the Icelandic language was written to aid the military, the businessman, the traveler, or any foreign resident in Iceland. Originally published in 1945, the grammar gives reliable information on pronunciation, inflexions, and syntax of the language. The texts are partly

Dying Gaul and Other Writings (Jones David)(Paperback / softback)

'To open a book by David Jones is to walk in the ley lines of his dreaming, a dreaming offered to believer and non-believer

Blackpool Sisters (Mason Maggie)(Paperback)

'In the grand tradition of sagas set down by the late and great Catherine Cookson'Jean Fullerton on Blackpool LassThe second book in the Sandgronians trilogy1902Babs and Beth are identical in looks, but very different by nature. Kidnapped by gypsies a decade ago as young girls, Beth has accepted

Red Hen (Goodhart Pippa)(Paperback)

Red Hen works hard to dig, plant, cut and mill the grain while the other animals refuse to help. Will they wish they hadn t been so lazy when Red Hen has finished making her big jam buns? This beautifully illustrated retelling of the traditional tale is written by well-known author Pippa Goodhart

The Thin Red Line (Jones James)(Paperback)

The Sagas of Icelanders: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Various)(Paperback)

A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives

Other Woman - A Novel (Jones Sandie)(Paperback)

Pugilist at Rest - and other stories (Jones Thom)(Paperback / softback)

Thom Jones's magnificent collection of stories presents a brutal and authentic vision of the human condition, in a world without mercy or

The Worm Ouroboros (Eddison E. R.)(Paperback)

The Worm Ouroboros (1922) is a high fantasy novel by E. R. Eddison. Inspired by the Norse sagas and medieval history, Eddison crafted an epic story of magic, adventure, romance, and war. Praised by New York Times critic Edwin Clark as a novel that 'transcends all ordinary life,' The Worm Ouroboros

The Other Worldview: Exposing Christianity's Greatest Threat (Jones Peter)(Paperback)

'A must-read for every concerned American--and especially for every Christian who weeps at the graveside of his culture.' --R.C. Sproul A cataclysmic change has occurred as our culture has shifted toward belief in 'Oneism.' Every religion and philosophy fits into one of two basic worldviews:

Flowers of War (Lewis Llyr Gwyn)(Paperback)

When the author is given a small package, containing letters and papers relating to his grandfather's brother, who was killed in Syria during the Second World War, it leads him on an extended personal journey. An exploration of history, imagination and the process of memory, shifting imperceptibly

Abelard and Heloise: The Letters and Other Writings (Abelard)(Paperback / softback)