The Penelopiad by Atwood, Margaret
£20.00Author: Atwood, Margaret
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 23 October 2025 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 224 pages
143 x 225 x 23 | 330g
Antiquity
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Marcus Aurelius : Philosopher-King by Stephens, Prof. William O.
£15.99Author: Stephens, Prof. William O.
Ancient Rome
Published on 13 October 2025 by REAKTION BOOKS in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Great Lives of the Ancient World’ series.
Hardback | 232 pages
223 x 149 x 27 | 420g -
Celtic Weird : Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology by Mains, Johnny
£16.99Author: Mains, Johnny
Classic horror & ghost stories
Published on 10 November 2022 by British Library Publishing in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 336 pages
181 x 217 x 35 | 802g -
SIGNED!The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
£20.0020th ANNIVERSARY EDITIONWITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHORAND AN AFTERWORD BY PHILIP PULLMANNow that all the others have run out of air, it’s my turn to do a little story-making . . .
So I’ll spin my own thread. Penelope . .
. immortalised in legend and Greek myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband’s return from the Trojan war. Now, in Atwood’s wise and witty retelling of the myth, Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story – a tale of lust, greed and murder.
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The Door on the Sea : Volume 1 by Russell, Caskey
£18.99Author: Russell, Caskey
Adventure
Published on 9 October 2025 by Rebellion Publishing Ltd. (Solaris) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘The Raven and Eagle series’ series.
Hardback | 400 pages
223 x 146 x 30 | 454g -
Our Gifted Hearts by Kennedy, Jennifer
£9.99Author: Kennedy, Jennifer
Horror & ghost stories
Published on 14 October 2025 by Watkins Media Limited (Angry Robot) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 400 pages
197 x 130 | 0g -
The Secret Sacred : Mystery Cults in Ancient Greece and Rome by Stone, Damien
£18.00Author: Stone, Damien
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Published on 15 September 2025 by REAKTION BOOKS in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 216 pages, 69 illustrations
146 x 224 x 24 | 396g -
The Perilous Deep : A Supernatural History of the Atlantic by Bell, Karl
£18.00Author: Bell, Karl
Myth & legend told as fiction
Published on 1 July 2025 by REAKTION BOOKS in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 336 pages, 39 illustrations, 21 in colour
149 x 224 x 35 | 558g -
The Romans : A 2,000-Year History by Watts, Edward J.
£30.00Author: Watts, Edward J.
Ancient Rome
Published on 9 October 2025 by John Murray Press (Basic Books) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 736 pages, 16 plate colour illustration section
243 x 164 x 53 | 956g -
Wise Women : Myths and stories for midlife and beyond – ‘Extraordinary . . . beautifully and vividly retold stories’ TLS by Blackie, Sharon
£10.99Author: Blackie, Sharon
Myth & legend told as fiction
Published on 2 October 2025 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 336 pages, 6 black and white drawings, integrated
197 x 127 x 24 | 264g -
Pagan Britain by Hutton, Ronald
£14.99Author: Hutton, Ronald
United Kingdom, Great Britain
Published on 11 October 2022 by YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United States.
Paperback | 496 pages, 103 b-w illus.
135 x 197 x 40 | 470g -
Oedipus the King, Second Edition by Sophocles
£10.00Author: Sophocles
Plays, playscripts
Published on 20 October 2025 by The University of Chicago Press (University of Chicago Press) in the United States.
Paperback | 96 pages
215 x 140 x 7 | 122g -
Roots of My Fears by Amor, Gemma
£9.99Author: Amor, Gemma
Thriller / suspense
Published on 9 September 2025 by Titan Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 320 pages
197 x 130 x 23 | 230g -
Weight by Winterson, Jeanette
£9.99Author: Winterson, Jeanette
Myth & legend told as fiction
Published on 7 June 2018 by Canongate Books (Canongate Canons) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Canons’ series.
Paperback | 176 pages
156 x 100 x 11 | 124g -
The Treasury of Folklore : Waterlands, Wooded Worlds and Starry Skies by Chainey, Dee Dee
£20.00Author: Chainey, Dee Dee
Myth & legend told as fiction
Published on 1 August 2024 by BATSFORD in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 320 pages, Woodcut illustrations
158 x 219 x 39 | 868g -
Tao Te Ching : Gilded Pocket Edition by Tzu, Lao
£8.99Author: Tzu, Lao
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Published on 1 July 2020 by Arcturus Publishing Ltd (Arcturus) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Arcturus Ornate Classics’ series.
Hardback | 208 pages, Imitation cloth with red foil blocking
114 x 172 x 22 | 248g -
The Formidable Miss Cassidy by Boey, Meihan
£10.99Author: Boey, Meihan
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 14 August 2025 by PUSHKIN PRESS (ONE) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘The Miss Cassidy Series’ series.
Paperback | 288 pages
197 x 129 x 24 | 254g -
The Other Ancient Civilisations : Decoding Archaeology’s Less Celebrated Cultures by DaSilva, Raven Todd
£19.99Author: DaSilva, Raven Todd
Ancient World
Published on 29 October 2024 by Mango Media in the United States.
Paperback | 350 pages, b/w illustrations throughout
152 x 228 x 24 | 508g -
The Missing Thread : A New History of the Ancient World Through the Women Who Shaped It by Dunn, Daisy
£12.99Author: Dunn, Daisy
Ancient World
Published on 22 May 2025 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 480 pages
196 x 130 x 30 | 386g -
The First Witches : Women of Power in the Classical World by Prescott, Alexis Hannah
£25.00Author: Prescott, Alexis Hannah
Latin
Published on 7 April 2025 by Pen & Sword Books Ltd (Pen & Sword History) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 208 pages, 20 mono illustrations
240 x 164 x 25 | 442g -
The Flaw in the Crystal : And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair : 36 by Sinclair, May
£9.99Author: Sinclair, May
Classic horror & ghost stories
Published on 18 February 2023 by British Library Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the British Library Tales of the Weird’ series.
Paperback | 352 pages
189 x 131 x 27 | 304g -
Serpent, Siren, Maelstrom & Myth : Sea Stories and Folktales from Around the World by Smyth, Gerry
£30.00Author: Smyth, Gerry
Oceans & seas
Published on 5 October 2023 by British Library Publishing in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 320 pages, 250+ Colour Illustrations
168 x 243 x 32 | 854g -
Rubicon : The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Holland, Tom
£14.99Author: Holland, Tom
European history
Published on 10 June 2004 by Little, Brown Book Group (Abacus) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 464 pages, Section: 24, b/w and col
196 x 125 x 31 | 398g -
The History of Philosophy by Grayling, A. C.
£14.99Author: Grayling, A. C.
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Published on 27 August 2020 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 720 pages
130 x 197 x 50 | 490g -
How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator by Papakostas, Theodore
£10.99Author: Papakostas, Theodore
Greece
Published on 3 July 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 288 pages
197 x 129 x 23 | 256g -
Highland Folk Tales by Pegg, Bob
£14.99Author: Pegg, Bob
Myth & legend told as fiction
Published on 17 July 2025 by The History Press Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Folk Tales’ series.
Hardback | 30 Illustrations, black and white
135 x 206 x 19 | 280g -
The Bone Diver : A gothic tale of legend, secrets and monsters in the deep… by Spoto, Angie
£9.99Author: Spoto, Angie
Fantasy
Published on 3 July 2025 by Bonnier Books Ltd (Black and White Publishing) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 272 pages
129 x 197 x 23 | 232g -
Sophocles : A Very Short Introduction by Hall, Edith (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, University of Durham)
£8.99Author: Hall, Edith (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, University of Durham)
Ancient (Classical) Greek
Published on 27 February 2025 by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Very Short Introductions’ series.
Paperback | 176 pages
173 x 112 x 12 | 152g -
The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales (MinaLima Edition) : (Illustrated with Interactive Elements) by Andersen, Hans Christian
£25.00Author: Andersen, Hans Christian
Myth & legend told as fiction
Published on 22 March 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc (Harper) in the United States.
Hardback | 240 pages
241 x 165 x 30 | 830g -
Bad Graces by McCauley, Kyrie
£9.99Author: McCauley, Kyrie
Thriller / suspense
Published on 8 May 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (Magpie) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 320 pages
128 x 198 x 22 | 220g
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