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In this first volume subtitled ‘The Stories of Jacob', Mann begins with a meditative prelude named “Descent into Hell”, which contextualises the story against a variety of historical, mythological, and historical contexts, before moving on to the story of Joseph's father Jacob. The following chapters follow Jacob as we learn of him stealing his brother's birthright, before fleeing to his uncle Laban and his later marriages to Rachel and Leah.

India is often reputed to be the home of the fairy tale. Here are some of the best from the sub-continent, from the Jatakas to the folktales of Kashmir. You'll hear stories about the evil magician Punchkin, the magic fiddle, and more.

British folklore wasn’t born on a page - it was forged in the firelight. Forget the watered-down, gentle retellings of your childhood. Joseph Jacobs’ "English Fairy Tales" restores the raw, pulse-pounding energy of the original oral tradition. These are the "low" tales of the countryside...

“Absolutely unique — a book made for constant use and a companion for life" "I have never found a book that contains such a multitude of wise rules for the conduct of life.” - Arthur Schopenhauer “Europe has never produced anything more subtle in matters of moral knowledge" "Such a book...

"Fee-fi-fo-fum!" Those four words have echoed through the centuries, but you’ve never heard them quite like this. When Jack trades his family’s only cow for a handful of "magic" beans, it looks like a foolish mistake - until a literal stairway to the heavens sprouts overnight. In this...

From the time of the Ancients to expeditions to the North Pole, Jacobs tells the adventure story of the discovery of the different lands and cultures up to the present day (1897) - Summary by SkyRider

"Little pig, little pig, let me come in!" Behind these famous words lies a pulse-pounding chase where one wrong move means certain disaster. Dive into the definitive, original version of "The Story of the Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs - a gripping experience that will have listeners of all...

The Giants Are Hungry. And You’re on the Menu. In the mist-shrouded cliffs of Cornwall, the giant Cormoran treats humans like cattle and despair like a sport. The villages are broken, the magistrates are desperate, and the monsters are winning. But one man is about to turn the hunters into the...

What if the only thing standing between you and death was a tiny golden box you were never supposed to open? Jack left the safety of the great forest with a warning ringing in his ears: never open the golden snuff-box unless death is at the door. But when a powerful lord demands an impossible...

He saved me from a vengeful wolf but became a monster to do it. And now I’ve lost him. My Viking. My Alek. Locked away in Novasgard, he’s beyond reach. I have no way to find him. No way to tell him about my secret. About the two words that changed everything. To make matters worse, Noah and Caleb want nothing to do with me now that they know. Two little words, and I’m on the verge of losing them. My confessor. My berserker. My prince. My alpha…the only one remaining by my side. A couple months ago, my biggest worry was finding my wolf.

In the legendary days of King Arthur, a brave boy named Jack sets out to save the land from terrifying giants. Armed with his quick wits and eventually some powerful magical items, like a coat that makes him invisible, he faces massive monsters with more than one head. From digging clever traps...

Step into a world of magic and wonder with this collection of four classic English folk tales featuring the legendary hero, Jack! Whether he is climbing a giant beanstalk to find treasure, outsmarting massive monsters in the time of King Arthur, or making hilarious mistakes while trying to bring...

¡Quién podría olvidar las palabras del lobo hambriento, listo para comerse a los cerditos! ¡Quien podría olvidar los temerarios cerditos, astutos y arrogantes! Habrá que dejar estos recuerdos de lado al entrar en la historia original, contada por el fundador del género de cuentos de hadas.

Jack sets out to seek his fortune and gathers a team of animal friends along the way. When they find a house full of robbers, they use a dreadful noise to take over! But when a robber returns at night, he is in for a series of funny - and painful - surprises waiting in the dark!...

Jack is so lazy that he spends all his time sitting by the fire or basking in the sun while his mother works. One day, his mother tells him he must finally earn his own keep or be turned out of the house. Jack begins taking small jobs for local farmers and shopkeepers, but he has no idea how to...

Jack and his mother are very poor and have only their cow, Milky-white, to help them survive. When the cow stops giving milk, Jack is sent to the market to sell her, but he ends up trading the cow for a handful of strange-looking beans. His mother is angry and throws the beans out the window, but by the next morning, a massive beanstalk has grown all the way into the sky! Jack climbs the beanstalk and discovers a giant house where a scary ogre lives.

Dive into the enchanting world of Irish folklore with Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales. This captivating collection brings to life a variety of timeless tales from the Emerald Isle. While there is an earlier version titled Celtic Fairy Tales, this recording is based on a different book available through Project Gutenberg. Experience the magic anew with fresh voices! (Summary by Ann Boulais)

"Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell an exciting story!" When young Jack trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, his mother is so angry that she tosses them out of the window. The next morning Jack finds they have grown into a vine that reaches all the way up to the sky. Jack climbs the vine up, up, up into a thrilling series of adventures!

Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was a prominent member of the English Folklore Society. English Fairy Tales is a collection of 87 classic English fairy tales collected and edited by Jacobs who had spent 10 years collecting them from written and oral sources. His style was chosen to appeal to young people.

Celtic mythology is widely considered to be among the most captivating of Europe's various mythologies due to the presence of a number of captivating aspects, including but not limited to: adventure, heroism, romance, and magic. The Celts were once a great people who dominated most of Europe, but, as a result of Roman invasions, they have since been reduced to a few minor groupings. Their mythology, on the other hand, was preserved largely as a result of the efforts of later monks from Ireland and Wales who wrote down the stories.