Conan the Cimmerian: the boy-thief who became a mercenary, who fought and loved his way across fabled lands to become King of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nore demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the ...
As legend has it, the storyteller Aesop was a slave who lived in ancient Greece during the sixth century B.C. His memorable, recountable fables have brought amusing characters to life and driven home thought-provoking morals for generations of listeners and modern-day readers. Translated into countless ...
What does it mean? Is it really art? Why does it cost so much? While these questions are perpetually asked about contemporary art, they are not the questions that E. H. Gombrich set out to answer in his seminal book The Story of Art. Contemporary art is very different from what came before. From the ...
Grimm''s Complete Fairy Tales collects more than two hundred tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century, among them some of the best-loved and most famous fairy tales in all literature: ''Little Red Riding Hood,'' ''Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Cinderella'', ...
The whole world will be wowed when Steven Spielberg and Disney\''s BFG steps into cinemas this summer, so now is the perfect time to enjoy the genius storytelling of Roald Dahl, whatever your age. With striking new artwork to celebrate the Roald Dahl 100 celebrations and a keepsake slipcase featuring ...
Down the rabbit-hole and through the looking-glass! Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories features all of the best-known works of Lewis Carroll, including the novels Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, with the classic illustrations of John Tenniel. This compilation ...
