The Native Greenlander: Folktales of Greenland (Rink Heinrich)(Paperback)

The Native Greenlander: Folktales of Greenland (Rink Heinrich)(Paperback)

Collected by Heinrich Rink, this is the translation of the first book printed in

Little Bear: A Folktale from Greenland (Casey Dawn)(Paperback)

In this beautiful retelling of a folktale from Greenland, an unlikely friendship develops between a lonely old woman and a baby polar bear. With stunning artwork from Chris Corner, this book explores the moving relationship between human and animal as the bear cub grows up. - Collins Big Cat

Native American Myths (Jackson J. K.)(Paperback)

Algonquins, Iroquois, Ojibwe, Cherokee - the myriad tribes of North America and their folktales are deeply fascinating because they are unique amongst the mythologies of the world. The tribes were isolated from outside influence for thousands of years and developed a fruitful, empathetic

Children's Book of Irish Folktales (Danaher Kevin)(Paperback)

The special magic of the Irish imagination shines forth in these fourteen authentic folktales.These tales are filled with the mystery and adventure of a land of lonely country roads and isolated farms, humble cottages and lordly castles, rolling fields and tractless bogs. They tell of ghosts and

The Complete Folktales of A. N. Afanas'ev, Volume II (Haney Jack V.)(Paperback)

Up to now, there has been no complete English-language version of the Russian folktales of A. N. Afanas'ev. This translation is based on L. G. Barag and N. V. Novikov's edition, widely regarded as the authoritative Russian-language edition. The present edition includes commentaries to each tale as

In the Name of the Children (Rinek Jeffrey L.)(Paperback / softback)

An FBI Agent's relentless pursuit of the nation's worst

Morphology of the Folktale: Second Edition (Propp V.)(Paperback)

This book is the classic work on forms of the European

Viking Folktales (Jackson J. K.)(Paperback)

Character-forming moral fables, Viking and Nordic folk and fairy tales take the magic of the natural world and combine it with the practical common sense of the everyday. Good folk are rewarded for their hard work, the honest and the faithful are valued by the gods: treasured tales from Hans

Heinrich Himmler (Longerich Peter)(Paperback)

Heinrich Himmler was an unremarkable looking man. Yet he was Hitler's top enforcer, in charge of the Gestapo, the SS, and the so-called Final Solution. We can only wonder, as biographer Peter Longerich asks, how could such a banal personality attain such a historically unique position of power? How

Secret of the Kelpie (Don Lari)(Paperback / softback)

A stunning adaptation of the traditional Scottish folktale of the kelpie -- the shape-shifting water horse -- made world-famous by Andy Scott's kelpies statues. 'Every loch in Scotland, however beautiful, has its cold, dark depths. And every loch in Scotland has its kelpie. But it's easy to

Morphology of the Folktale (Propp V.)(Paperback)

2015 Reprint of 1958 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This classic work was first published in Russian in 1928. Although it represented a breakthrough in both folklore studies and morphology and influenced Claude Levi-Strauss and

Disko Bay (Campbell Nancy)(Paperback)

This collection surveys the culture of arctic Greenland from prehistory to the present, with a focus on the hardships experienced by indigenous communities under colonial rule during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The poems address the tensions between modern life and traditional means of

The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet (Kushner Lawrence)(Paperback)

In calligraphy by the author. Folktales about and exploration of the mystical meanings of the Hebrew Alphabet. Open the old prayerbook-like pages of The Book of Letters and you will enter a special world of sacred tradition and religious feeling.More than just symbols, all twenty-two letters of the

Seven Years in Tibet (Harrer Heinrich)(Paperback / softback)

A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer's escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World

The Art of Piano Playing (Neuhaus Heinrich)(Paperback)

Neuhaus taught some of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century at the Moscow Conservatory. His legacy continues and many teachers around the world today regard this book as the most authoritative on the subject of piano

White Spider (Harrer Heinrich)(Paperback / softback)

A classic of mountaineering literature, this is the story of the harrowing first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the most legendary and terrifying climb in

Bloodlines: Back to the Past (Greenland Baz)(Paperback / softback)

Italian Folktales (Calvino Italo)(Paperback)

One of the New York Times's Ten Best Books of the Year: These traditional stories of Italy, retold by a literary master, are 'a treasure' (Los Angeles Times). Filled with kings and peasants, saints and ogres--as well as some quite extraordinary plants and animals--these two hundred tales bring to

Great Race - The Story of the Chinese Zodiac (Corr Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

A beautifully illustrated version of the traditional folktale about the Chinese zodiac from the author of Deep in the

The Encyclopedia of the Ancient Americas: The Everyday Life of America's Native Peoples: Aztec & Maya, Inca, Arctic Peoples, Native American Indian (Green Jen)(Paperback)

Sacred Stone - Oregon Files #2 (Cussler Clive)(Paperback / softback)

The discovery of a radioactive meteorite in Greenland sends Juan Cabrillo and the crew of his hi-tech ship Oregon - in Iceland to seize a nuclear weapon from terrorists - on a second rescue mission: to retrieve the dangerous stellar object before someone unlocks the terrible properties it

Tennis: A Cultural History (Gillmeister Heiner)(Paperback)

This is the second edition of the highly acclaimed and bestselling comprehensive history of tennis which was the first truly scholarly history of any individual sport. Supported by a startling wealth of linguistic and documentary research, Gillmeister charts the global evolution of tennis from its

Shakespeare and the Folktale: An Anthology of Stories (Artese Charlotte)(Paperback)

An international collection of the traditional tales that inspired some of Shakespeare's greatest plays Shakespeare knew a good story when he heard one, and he wasn't afraid to borrow from what he heard or read, especially traditional folktales. The Merchant of Venice, for example, draws from 'A

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band (Staebler Christian)(Paperback)

Experience the riveting, powerful story of the Native American civil rights movement and the resulting struggle for identity told through the high-flying career of West Coast rock 'n' roll pioneers Redbone. You've heard the hit song 'Come and Get Your Love' in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, but