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Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > Monsters & legendary beings
Charlotte Higgins' spellbinding new collection will include all the
most famous Greek myths, as well as many less well known but
equally intriguing ones. Here are stories of the creation, of
Heracles and Theseus and Perseus, the Trojan war and its origins
and aftermaths, tales of Thebes and Argos and Athens. There are
stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods,
helpless humans, gender-shifting characters, resourceful witches,
and the origins of birds and animals. Taking her cue from Ovid,
Charlotte Higgins has an intriguing structural device to thread her
stories together. Inspired by the many moments in Greek myths in
which women are seen to weave stories on to textiles (such as Helen
of Troy in Homer, and Arachne and Minerva in Ovid), the tales will
be told as if they are scenes in the act of being woven on to
textiles by women. And, while not operating as an explicitly
feminist retelling, this will add a new dimension to her myths,
bringing women narrators and characters into the foreground. Above
all, Charlotte Higgins' Greek Myths will be an original work of
literature and scholarship by an exceptionally talented writer. It
will be book to be enjoyed as a work of art, a source to be
consulted, a present to be given, and an object to keep and
treasure.
Unlike many other sasquatch books on the market, this book takes a
calm, scientific view of the creature. Dr Krantz examines data that
cannot be discounted as fakes, mistakes, hoaxes or lies.
Information offered for scrutinisation includes frames of
Patterson's 1967 film, a number of footprint events, the problems
of faking and anatomies of handprints. Krantz also presents support
for his opinion that sasquatch is a normal animal species -- a
higher primate related to man and the great apes. An addendum
provides readers with the most up-to-date developments in the
field. This authoritative publication is sure to stimulate
discussion and interest within both the general public and the
scientific community.
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The Horde
(Paperback)
Ty'ron W C Robinson
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Mysteries of Portsmouth
(Paperback)
Matt Wingett; Contributions by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Walter Besant, The ghost of Charles Dickens
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