Eastern Myths

Master mythologist Joseph Campbell had a genius for finding the unifying symbols and metaphors in apparently distinct cultures and traditions. In Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal, Campbell explores, with his characteristic clarity and humor, the principle that underlies all the great religions of India and East Asia, from Jainism and Hinduism to Buddhism and Taoism: the transcendent World Soul.

The gods of ancient Canaan once ruled the imagination of an entire region. They governed rain and drought, love and war, life and death. Their stories shaped the religious world out of which biblical faith later emerged—yet most modern readers know almost nothing about them. This book brings that forgotten pantheon back into view with clarity, intelligence, and narrative drive. An Introduction to Canaanite Deities takes you inside the sacred world of the ancient Levant and shows how ordinary people understood the forces that shaped their lives. Rather than presenting dry lists of gods and...

Kael Lin has conquered a world. The Blood Race has fallen. The powers of Skyfire Planet have bowed, humanity is rising, and Kael has finally broken through to the Stellar Realm. But greater strength has brought an even greater problem. The ravenous force hidden inside him will only grow more dangerous as his cultivation advances. To survive the realms ahead, Kael needs a living Blackcloud Tree—an ancient treasure capable of producing the key ingredient for Immortal Spirit Liquid. The only place he may find one is Sunlance Academy. Beyond Skyfire Planet, Kael discovers a civilization ruled...

Twenty light-years from home, Kael discovers a world where humanity exists at the bottom of the food chain. On Skyfire Planet, humans are forbidden from ruling their own territory. Powerful Beast Races seize their resources, demand millions of women as tribute, and slaughter anyone who dares resist. After generations of defeat, humanity has learned to survive by bowing its head. Kael has never been good at bowing. What begins as a mission to recover the Spirit-Devouring Fungus—and save his homeworld from the Breeding Gu—soon becomes something far greater. As Kael crushes the races that ...

Sunlance Academy has finally decided that Kael is too dangerous to control. Sent on a mission designed to leave him isolated, collared, and dead, Kael turns the trap against its architects and escapes into deep space. But freedom comes at a terrible cost. A Galactic Realm elder is hunting him across the stars, Seraphyne has risked everything to help him, and the academy now knows enough about humanity to threaten everyone Kael has ever cared about. His only hope is the distant Northguard Galaxy. Yet Northguard City offers protection without freedom. The Shadow Race may not force humans to ...

One tank commander. One notorious institution. One legend built in war—and rebuilt in memory. Michael Wittmann became Nazi Germany’s most famous Tiger commander. His attack at Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944 entered military folklore; his death during Operation Totalize less than two months later remains one of the Normandy campaign’s most argued-over battlefield mysteries. But how much of the familiar story is documented? How much came from wartime propaganda, post-war memoir and repetition? In this revised and expanded biography, Gary Mitchell follows Wittmann from rural Bavaria into...

"[Narrator] Nikki Massoud's strong performance complements this audiobook...Massoud draws out Malka's and Nimrah's opposing energies with clear, emotionally engaged characterizations, imbuing their journey with depth." — Kirkus “A dark and endlessly enchanting fairy tale ... I adored every...

TEMPTRESS. MONSTER. WARRIOR. Aicha is the story of Morocco's warrior goddess, her strange magic, fierce rebellion, and devastating romance. Soraya Bouazzaoui weaves an epic tale of female rage and hidden myths, perfect for fans of The City of Brass and The Stardust Thief. The Portuguese empire...

What if the God worshipped by billions began in a world filled with many gods? The Lost Pantheon of Yahweh follows the remarkable historical journey from the ancient religious world of Canaan to the monotheistic traditions that would eventually shape Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Few people know that the earliest religious landscape surrounding Yahweh was not a world of one universal God. It was a complex Canaanite world populated by deities such as El, Asherah, and Baal, each with their own roles, relationships, and traditions. What you’re about to discover will change how you see ...

The civilizations that grew up in the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys many thousands of years ago have left important legacies: agriculture, mathematics, astronomy, the wheel, and writing. This present volume of Mesopotamian myths is divided into three sections.

Forget naughty or nice—this is a battle of good vs. evil. Discover the origins of St. Nick and follow along as the Guardians start their quest to rid the world of nightmares in the first Guardians chapter book from Academy Award winner William Joyce that inspired the beloved film, The Rise of...

The most famous environmental parable of the last fifty years does not survive the evidence. You know the story. Polynesians reach the most remote inhabited island on earth. They carve enormous stone heads and, competing to build bigger ones, cut down every tree to move them. The forest goes, and with it the soil, the seabirds, and the canoes that might have carried them away. Society falls into warfare and cannibalism. Europeans arrive to find survivors living in the wreckage of what they destroyed. It is the perfect cautionary tale — a closed island, a finite resource, a people who ...

The Field of Blackbirds: The Origins and Power of the Kosovo Myth is a sweeping, detailed, and politically neutral exploration of one of the most defining moments in Balkan history. The narrative begins in the "Golden Age" of Emperor Stefan Dušan, tracing the tragic fracturing of the Serbian Empire into rival principalities just as the disciplined Ottoman war machine began its relentless westward expansion. This medieval Balkan history account brings to life the stark contrast between the fragmented Christian lords and the highly organized Sultan’s soldiers, including the elite ...

Discover the Witcher series like you've never heard it before in this brand-new, immersive audio production with music, sound design, and a full cast. Geralt of Rivia is on a mission to save his ward, Ciri, and with her the world, in Baptism of Fire, the third novel in the bestselling Witcher...

What if the origin of the vampire myth wasn’t born from fiction—but from fear? Long before Gothic castles and silver-screen immortals, there were whispers in the Carpathian Mountains—of Strigoi, the restless dead who walked among the living. They Rise at Midnight unearths the true story behind one of humanity’s most haunting legends, tracing its roots through Romanian folklore, death rituals, and the eternal struggle to understand what lies beyond the grave. From ancient Dacian temples and pagan gods to Christian conversions and village superstitions, this book delves deep into the ...

Unlock the secrets of one of the world’s most enigmatic cities with “Mysteries of Jerusalem: 33 Hidden Stories from a Sacred City.” In this mesmerizing collection, author David G. Petault unveils the lesser-known, intriguing tales that make Jerusalem a place of perpetual wonder and fascination. Journey through the ages and discover the profound and often surprising narratives that have shaped Jerusalem’s rich history. From the touching story of two brothers whose acts of kindness became the foundation of the city, to the mysterious handprint in an ancient moat, each chapter brings ...

An empire vanished. Its gods, monsters, and sacred stories survived on broken clay tablets. For centuries, the Hittites ruled much of ancient Anatolia, challenged Egypt, built mighty cities, and worshipped a vast pantheon known as the “thousand gods of Hatti.” Yet their mythology remains far less familiar than the legends of Greece, Egypt, or Mesopotamia. Hittite Mythology for Beginners opens the gates to this forgotten world and presents its dramatic stories in a clear, engaging style—without requiring any previous knowledge of ancient history or religion. Discover a mythological ...

Eastern Europe has its own age of gods, dragons, and heroes — and most of the English-speaking world has never read it. Greece gave us Olympus. The North gave us Asgard. Ukraine gave us the Mavkas of the Carpathian forests, the warrior Ilya Muromets who battled the three-headed dragon Zmey Gorynych, and the stone Lion of Lviv that woke to defend its city. Legends of Ukraine gathers 24 tales of Slavic myth, magic, and heroism into one complete collection — the whole saga in a single volume. These are the source-myths behind a growing world of Slavic fantasy: forest spirits, old gods, ...

Was there a woman before Eve? The question does not arise from a single text or a single moment in time. It moves across centuries, reappears in different forms, and is often attributed to writings that never posed it in this way. Between what is written and what later came to be told, a space opens—and it is within that space that legend takes hold. This book traces the emergence and development of this idea through the very texts and traditions that shaped it. It begins in the ancient world, where names associated with night, wilderness, and desolation belonged to the religious and ...

Science gave her the rules of survival. He is the exception. Dr Hannah Cartwright built her academic career on a simple, unbreakable rule: monsters are nothing more than behavioural contagion and state-sponsored propaganda. After a humiliating professional scandal involving forged folklore, the brilliant psychologist relies strictly on empirical data, measuring the world to keep it safe. But leading a boutique tour of wealthy donors through an isolated Carpathian castle is about to shatter her rigid grip on reality. When a catastrophic blizzard severs all ties to the outside world, ...