Old English Myth

THE FITNESS BOOK FOR WOMEN WHO AREN'T BUYING THE "GENTLE YOGA & GIVE UP" APPROACH TO AGING Society expects you to get weaker with age. This book expects you to get stronger out of spite. Let's be honest: most fitness advice for women over 50 basically amounts to "Don't fall and break a hip, dear." As if the moment we hit menopause, we should trade our dumbbells for knitting needles and accept our new role as fragile decorative objects. Louise Harper calls BS on all of that. In Fitness Over 50 for Women: Building Muscle After Menopause, Harper delivers the no-nonsense truth: the strongest ...

📘 Tithing and Giving: A Biblical Study What does the Bible really say about tithing, giving, and Christian stewardship? Is tithing a command for today—or a misunderstood tradition? Tithing and Giving: A Biblical Study is a comprehensive guide for believers who want to understand God’s plan for finances, generosity, and blessing. With clarity and compassion, author J.A. Cox explores what Scripture actually teaches about biblical tithing, New Testament giving, and the difference between religious obligation and Spirit-led generosity. ✅ Inside this Bible-based study, you'll discover: ...

A classic fable from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, read by Johnny Morris. Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.

The tale of the legendary golden flower is widely known. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the flower is coveted by an old witch to keep herself young and beautiful. And always the flower is used to save a dying queen, who then gives birth to a princess with magical hair. Not willing to lose the flower, the old witch steals the princess and locks her away in a high tower, raising her as her own. But the princess always finds out who she truly is and manages to defeat the old witch.

Get ready to travel back to old England, where brave knights, clever outlaws, and magical creatures bring legends to life! This is no dull history lesson. It’s a wild adventure filled with castles, kings, forests, and fire-breathing dragons. From the daring deeds of King Arthur and Robin Hood to mythical beasts and mysterious stone circles, there’s magic, mystery, and mayhem every minute.

An old favorite as you've never heard it before! Simms Tabak gives us a rollicking, ear-popping version of the well-loved poem.

The traditional retold fairy tales in this volume speak of the awesome and the marvellous, of the perilous and the exhilarating. We shall explore the traditional, age-old stories for children our ancestors have told us about Dragons. These fairy tales of awe have grown and flourished all over the globe, although as you travel futher East it’s likely that you’ll find more dragons — and also kindlier ones. For not all dragons are the same: they’re not really siblings to each other, they’re more like removed cousins. Some are imbued with fire, others with light, and others with rain ...

In this three-story collection, you’ll find magical tales of deities among mortals from the Sky Realm, New York City, and Cosmic Planes too far to reach. Find out if Eshu, the gatekeeping trickster, can hoodwink the creation deity, Obatala, to craft him a human body. If he fails, he may never get in contact with a mortal that needs his help. Journey with Oya, the windweaving warrior, as she battles to communicate an important message to one of her divine children on Earth.

Internationally acclaimed Irish folksinger Maura O'Connell narrates seven of the brightest jewels from the Irish storytelling tradition in this magnificent, unabridged recording of Malachy Doyle's Tales from Old Ireland. With its captivating language, larger-than-life characters, dramatic landscapes, and magical happenings, this enchanting collection of favorite Irish folk tales will transport listeners to another world for many happy hours.

Talking-Stories is a snapshot of life in Hawaii in the 1960’s and 70’s captured in conversation with seven friends at The Watering Hole in a remote section of Kauai. Try to imagine yourself in a tropical paradise enjoying happy hour in a remote eatery consisting of two small rooms and a long lanai separated from the ocean by a three-foot stone wall. The wall was supposedly built eons earlier by the first settlers of the Hawaiian Islands, the menehunes. Several contemporary guests reported actually seeing these small Islanders still scurrying around the underbrush guarding both sides of ...

In this Yiddish folk tale, the town half-wit isn’t sure how to tell himself apart from other bathers in the shvitz, or public bathhouse. He must come up with a solution! Will a piece of string be able to help? Or will he just cause trouble for the other bathers?

Bring the world of Minecraft off the screen and into your hands with Myths of the Mine: Tales from the Overworld—the ultimate collection of Minecraft short stories that will thrill young builders, teen gamers, and fantasy fans alike! What You’ll Discover Inside: 10 Epic Minecraft Adventures – From the eerie glow of Nether fortresses to the dizzying heights of Skyblock, each story injects fresh suspense and adventure into your favorite block‑building universe. Heart‑Pounding Suspense – Battle shifting obsidian mazes, outsmart rebel redstone contraptions, and race unstable portals...

Does your child love listening to Bible stories? Perhaps they find them little dull and predictable? The Boy and the Battle is a re-imagining of the epic battle between the boy David and the giant, Goliath. When listening to this story, children will be able to picture the scene, perhaps imagine themselves as David and understand that this is a real story, about a real child, just like them.

Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) wrote Old Peter's Russian Tales while he was in Russia during the First World War, prior to becoming a war correspondent for The Manchester Guardian. There are 22 stories in all and are told by Old Peter at the behest of his grandchildren, Ivan and Maroosia, in a cozy log cabin in the middle of the forest. These are delightful re-tellings in Ransome's own words of Russian folk tales, and include stories such as "The Little Snow Girl", "Baba Yaga", "Frost", and "Salt".

The quest for the old scrolls is on. The stakes are high. No one is safe. France, 1798. Cavalry Captain Pascal de Charney is summoned by his father, Roland, before leaving to Egypt with Napoleon’s army. Roland wishes Pascal to perform a task for him. Israel, 2010. Yossi Luria is an ex-cop turned private investigator, who still hurts over his dismissal from the police force. Jeanne de Charney, an enchanting Frenchwoman from Normandy, steps in to hire his services. She presents him with a batch of intriguing old letters from Pascal, which she has uncovered while searching in her family’s ...

When a princess' commoner true love is kidnapped to coerce her into a political marriage, she doesn't give in - she goes to rescue him. When her warrior father, King Sendoa, mysteriously dies, Princess Amarande of Ardenia is given what would hardly be considered a choice: Marry a stranger at 16 or lose control of her family's crown. But Amarande was raised to be a warrior - not a sacrifice.

Eve has her own story, and she's been waiting millennia for Barbara McBride-Smith to tell it. It's the same for Mrs. Noah. Talk about misunderstood or under-appreciated women! McBride-Smith singles them out for her trademark feminist humor. And following Eve and Mrs. Noah's stories are four of McBride-Smith's retellings of Greek myths from her West Texas good-ole-girl perspective.

Cursing Midlife Demons is the fifth book in Heloise Hull's PWF adventure series. If you like your demons hot and your rosé chilled, Adept at Fifty is the series for you. A little snarky, a little epic, and always 100% fun, Heloise Hull's books are full of heroines aging like a fine wine and finding their place after fifty.

In an unassuming house on the edge of town, secrets linger like shadows in the corners, and the past is never truly past. Every creak in the floorboards, every sigh of the wind through the eaves, seems to carry a whisper of forgotten sins and untold stories. For those who dare to step inside, the house becomes more than just a home—it becomes a mirror to their fears, their desires, and their darkest regrets. But as the threads of its haunted history begin to unravel, one truth emerges: the house remembers. And it’s not done telling its story.

Rediscover the magic, mystery, and wonder of Hawaii's legendary past with Hawaiian Mythology Collection II. Immerse yourself in the ancient stories that have been passed down through generations and experience the timeless appeal of these enchanting tales.