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The True Origins of Christmas and Halloween is two books in one, an epic journey into the dark, enchanted roots of the year's most magical and mysterious winter festivals. From the shadowed rites of ancient Samhain to the blazing Yule fires of midwinter, travel through time and myth: from ancient Britain and Ireland to the Roman Empire, medieval Europe, and colonial America. Uncover a world of forgotten customs and fearsome folklore, where Gods and monsters walked among mortals. Before trick-or-treating and pumpkin lanterns, there was guising (dressing up) as horned animals and ghosts, and ...

From the Teutoburg Forest to Hastings, from Hengist and Horsa to Hereward the Wake, from ancient Germania to Roman Britain, from Germanic Gods to Christianity, discover the epic true story of how the English people and England itself came to be. Who were their Gods, legends, monsters and heroes? What were their customs, folklore, and traditions? See Beowulf in a new light, analysed and detailed like never before. Learn of Woden, the leader of the Wild Hunt, the forbearer of Father Christmas. Discover Woden's elite warriors, the Harii, Wolf-Coats and Berserkers. Through figures such as ...

Ramree Island, Burma, February, 1945 As World War Two raged like an inferno across the globe, Captain Ryoichi of the Imperial Japanese Army could feel the cancer growing inside of him, like the roots of a plant reaching into the darkness, clawing at his lungs, growing larger each day. Not wanting to end his life in a hospital bed, the Captain longed to die in battle; a glorious, honourable death. The British were coming and they would soon provide the opportunity for immortality. But after a terrible defeat, fate would lead the Captain and his men, most of them injured, near starving, and ...

Based upon the 12th Century epic, The Nibelungenlied, and real historical events, comes the legendary story of Siegfried. 436 A. D. The Nibelungenlied is a powerful, visceral coming-of-age tale of war and conquest, of slaughter and genocide, a story of strong men and women, a story of love, betrayal, murder and revenge, but also the struggles of life and the triumph of the human spirit. In a world occupied by desperate Roman armies, Germanic tribesmen, and the cruel Attila and his Hun Empire, Siegfried only need fear those closest to him. 'We have been told in ancient tales many marvels of ...

Scare Bears from Outer Space tells the epic story of me, Raven West, and my little sister, Aurelia, battling hungry alien bears on Halloween Night. My sister and I was supposed to go trick o' treating with our daddy, when killer teddy bears from outer space landed in my home town and began to terrorize the neighbourhood. Not wanting to be food, my sister and I stole the aliens' weapons, transforming ourselves into real-life super heroes. With mummy working at the hospital and our brother out on his bike with friends, it was time for us to save our family and save the town!

399AD Set in the mysterious, wolf-haunted forests of North Germania, amid the warring tribes of the late 4th Century, comes the true story of an Anglo-Saxon prince, who became an outcast, who became a legend. Offa remained a mute, cast out from society, until the day the Saxons entered his father's hall, demanding the blind King's submission. True to the old warrior-code, thirteen year old Offa finally breaks his self-imposed silence. To restore the balance and regain his clan's lost honour, Offa challenges not one but two enemy warriors to mortal combat. Standing alone, before hundreds of ...