This compelling spiritual classic about an Anglo-Saxon sorcerer and mystic “deserves a spot on our bookshelves along with Carlos Castaneda” (Time Out)Charged with the difficult task of converting the ‘heathens’ of Anglo-Saxon England to Christianity, Christian scribe Wat Brand begins to doubt his mission when he learns more about the pagan ways of his neighbors. Guided by a shaman named Wulf, Brand is introduced to a world unlike anything he has ever known...

This book explores how different people have dealt with the issues related to getting on with their mothers. Psychotherapist Alyce-Faye Cleese interviewed a wide range of people to get an in-depth understanding of the different questions that arise in our relationships with our mother. From a New York taxi driver to her former husband John Cleese, and a computer consultant to General Colin Powell, the interviews show a remarkable similarity between the problems different people have with t...

J.R.R. Tolkien claimed that he based the land of Middle Earth on a real place. The Real Middle Earth brings alive, for the first time, the very real civilization in which those who lived had a vision of life animated by beings beyond the material world.Magic was real to these people and they believed their universe was held together by an interlaced web of golden threads visible only to wizards. At its center was Middle Earth, a place peopled by humans, but...

Charles E. Robinson, Professor Emeritus of English at The University of Delaware, definitively transformed study of the novel Frankenstein with his foundational volume The Frankenstein Notebooks and, in nineteenth century studies more broadly, brought heightened attention to the nuances of writing and editing. Frankenstein and STEAM consolidates the generative legacy of his later work on the novel's broad relation to topics in science, technology, engineering, ar...

This essential collection on maternal and child health focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. The distinguished list of contributors describe the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, highlighting a wide range of variation in practices across cultures. They discuss attitudes and techniques in childbirth, the interaction between human evolutionary form and birthing procedures, the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-We...

"This is storytelling at the top of the heap."—Jane Yolen, winner of the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement"Powerful and dreamlike, this intergenerational meditation on family, mortality, and hope is far more than the sum of its parts."—Publishers Weekly, starred review"Achingly familiar and wonderfully strange."—Samuel R. Delany, Hugo and Nebula Award winner"Plunge into T...

GRAND PRIZE 2019 Best Book, Chanticleer International Book Awards"A meticulously researched historical account presented in the form of a thrilling political drama." ~KIRKUS REVIEWS“Amazing history—I felt like I was there.” —Lisa Wingate, bestselling author of Before We Were YoursTheodora: actress, prostitute, mistress. And Byzantine Empress of the civilized world.S...

"It doesn't seem too hasty to exclaim, 'Classic!'" —Booklist, starred review"An original voice, and an original vision: crystalline, precise, mordant and devastating." —Ellen Kushner.A Mythopoeic Award finalistMythic Delirim Books is proud to make World Fantasy Award and Locus Award winner Theodora Goss's 2006 story collection In the Forest of Forgetting available in electronic format. With an introduction by Terri Windling, this b...

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magical yew tree to the bad-tempered dandelion. Here are traditional tales about the trees and plants that shape our landscapes and our lives through the seasons. They explore the complex relationship between people and plants, in lowlands and uplands, fields, bogs, moors, woodlands and towns. Suitable for all ages, this is an essential collection of stories for anyone interested...

The complete trilogy in one volume: An epic saga by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author about the life of the Norse warrior-king Harald Hardrede.Grand Master of Science FictionHarald Hardrede, last and greatest of the Norse kings, matures from an uncrowned young man hungry for battle to a ruler with dreams of expansion he is determined to realize.The Golden Horn: Only seventeen, Harald Sigurdharson—one day to be called...

The revered Buddhist teacher and author of When Things Fall Apart presents the lojong teachings—pithy slogans for daily contemplation—and the ways in which they can enrich our livesWelcome compassion and fearlessness as your guide, and you’ll live wisely and effectively in good times and bad. But that’s easier said than done. In The Compassion Book, Pema Chödrön introduces a powerful, transformative method to nurture these qualities using...

London, 1919. While the world celebrates the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Holmes and Watson are called to a singular mystery. A severed hand has been found on the banks of the Thames, a hand belonging to a soldier who supposedly died in the trenches. But the hand is fresh, and show signs that it was recently amputated. So how has it ended up back in London two years after its owner was killed?