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  • The Penguin Book of Ghosts

    Haunted England

    by Jacqueline Simpson, Jennifer Westwood ...
    Shiver at the story of the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square no one has survived seeing.Listen for the tapping cane, when Jeremy Bentham’s mummified body walks through the corridors of University College.Watch out for the Roman centurion who still patrols the causeway linking Mersea Island to Essex.Shudder at the ghosts of kings and queens that keep returning to their old home at Windsor ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A Dictionary of English Folklore

    by Jacqueline Simpson, Steve Roud ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    Are there any legends about cats? Is Cinderella an English story? What is a Mumming Play? The subject of folklore covers an extremely wide field, with connections to virtually every aspect of life. It ranges from the bizarre to the seemingly mundane. Similarly, folklore is as much a feature of the modern technological age as the ancient world, of every part of the country, both urban and rural, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Folklore of Sussex

    by Jacqueline Simpson ...
    Series series Folklore
    Sussex, although near London and nowadays extensively urbanised, has a rich heritage of traditional local stories, customs and beliefs. Among many topics explored here are tales linked to landscape features and ancient churches which involve such colourful themes as lost bells, buried treasures, dragons, fairies and the Devil. There are also traditions relating to ghosts, graves and gibbets and ... Read more

    $25.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Green Men & White Swans

    The Folklore of British Pub Names

    by Jacqueline Simpson ...
    Why do British pubs have such curious names? What tales lie behind the Moonrakers, the Hooden Horse, the Derby Tup? And why does the Green Man come in different shapes and sizes?In Green Men & White Swans, leading folklorist Jacqueline Simpson explores the fascinating stories behind pub names, uncovering the myths and legends, euphemisms and wordplays, heroes and even ghosts that have inspired pub ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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    The Folklore of Discworld

    by Jacqueline Simpson, Terry Pratchett ...
    Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 57 min

    Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, fairytales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got there. It is the same on Discworld, except that ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Folklore of Discworld

    by Terry Pratchett, Jacqueline Simpson ...
    Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, fairytales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got there. It is the same on Discworld, except that ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    The Science Of Discworld II

    The Globe

    by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Terry Pratchett ...
    Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - The Science of Discworld

    Unabridged

    12 hours 44 min

    The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science of Discworld II our authors join forces again to see just what happens when the wizards meddle with ... Read more

    $22.14 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch

    by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Terry Pratchett ...
    Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - The Science of Discworld

    Unabridged

    11 hours 26 min

    Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time ... Read more

    $20.29 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Science of Discworld IV

    Judgement Day

    by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Terry Pratchett ...
    Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs ...
    Series Audiobook 4 - The Science of Discworld

    Unabridged

    12 hours 16 min

    The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS, Terry Pratchett’s brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring you a mind-mangling combination of fiction, cutting-edge science and philosophy.Marjorie Daw is a ... Read more

    $22.14 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook

    the essential travel guide for anyone wanting to discover the sights and sounds of Sir Terry Pratchett’s amazing Discworld

    by Terry Pratchett ...
    Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens, Penelope Keith ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 54 min

    Authorised by Mr Lipwig of the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway himself, Mrs Georgina Bradshaw’s invaluable guide to the destinations and diversions of the railway deserves a place in the luggage of any traveller, or indeed armchair traveller, upon the Disc.*From the twine walk of Great Slack to the souks of Zemphis: edifying sights along the route*Ticketing, nostrums and transporting ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Dragons at Crumbling Castle

    And Other Stories

    by Terry Pratchett ...
    Narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 9 min

    Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur’s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. It’s a disaster!Luckily, there’s a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who’s willing to fill it. Together with Fortnight the Friday knight and Fossfiddle the wizard, Ralph sets out to defeat the fearsome fire-breathers.But there's a teeny weeny surprise in ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Last Continent

    (Discworld Novel 22)

    by Terry Pratchett ...
    Narrated by Tony Robinson ...
    Series series Discworld Novels

    Abridged

    3 hours 7 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.'Anything you do in the past changes the future.The tiniest little actions have huge consequences.You might tread on an ant now and it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.'There's nothing like the issue of evolution to get under the skin of academics.Especially when those same academics are by chance or bad judgement deposited at a critical ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook