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sort list by title | author One Thousand and One Nights A Retelling Gathered and passed down over the centuries from India, Persia, and across the Arab world, the mesmerizing stories of One Thousand and One Nights tell of the real and the supernatural, love and marriage, power and punishment, wealth and poverty, and... Mushrooms, Myth & Mithras The Drug Cult that Civilized Europe Carl Ruck, Mark Alwin Hoffman, José Alfredo González Celdrán A fascinating tour of the mushroom-centered mystery religions which have profoundly influenced Western civilization Born to Run A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Christopher McDougall An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?  Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative... Trickster Makes This World Mischief, Myth, and Art Lewis Hyde In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in... New World of Indigenous Resistance Noam Chomsky and Voices from North, South, and Central America Noam Chomsky, Lois Meyer, Benjamín Maldonado Interviews with Chomsky accompanied by commentaries by indigenous organizers on globalization and resistance in the Americas Prison/Culture Sharon E. Bliss, Kevin B. Chen, Steve Dickison, Mark Dean Johnson, Rebeka Rodriguez Nearly fifty artists, poets, and activists examine the contemporary prison system through heartrending art and community He Who Hunted Birds in His Father's Village The Dimensions of a Haida Myth, With a Foreword by Richard Bringhurst and a New Afterword by the Author Gary Snyder In 1951, as a student of anthropology in Oregon, Gary Snyder set himself to the task of analyzing the many levels of meaning a single Native American myth might hold. He Who Hunted Birds in His Father's Village is the result of Snyder's critical look... The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse To read Hesse's fairy tales is to enter a fabulous world of dreams and visions, philosophy and passion. These tales will enthrall and delight listeners of all ages. The Norse Myths Kevin Crossley-Holland Here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the Viking world vividly to life. The mythic legacy of the Scandinavians includes a cycle of stories filled with magnificent images from pre-Christian Europe. Gods, humans, and monstrous beasts engage in... The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales Brothers Grimm For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children—and adults—learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel and Gretel, Little... The Yage Letters William S. Burroughs The Yage Letters: an early epistolary novel by William S. Burroughs, whose 1952 account of himself as Junkie, published under the pseudonym William Lee, ended "Yage may be the final fix." In letters to Allen Ginsberg, an unknown young poet in New...