NEIL PHILIP

Esta guía visual recorre todos los grandes mitos, muy bien reconstruidos y magníficamente ilustrados, desde las famosas leyendas de las mitologías cásicas hasta otras no tan famosas pero igual de apasionantes de todos los rincones del planeta. Es un magnífico instrumento para descubrir las creencias que recorren el mundo a través de sus diferentes culturas. Contiene un completo "quién es quién" de los personajes mitológicos clave del mundo.

Robin Hood Neil Philip Esta narración se basa en las baladas medievales que describieron por primera vez las aventuras de este héroe clásico. Los personajes históricos y los lugares de la acción se ilustran con fotografias, dibujos y cientos de hechos sobre reyes y clerigos medievales. Las hazañas de Robin fascinaran a los jovenes lectores.

La palabra "mitología" viene del griego Mitos, que significa palabra historia. Suele referirse a algo que la gente cree que no es verdad, pero la mitología no es una colección de mentiras sino de verdades. Y en esta guía podrás descubrirás todo lo que se esconde detrás de esas medias verdades que se encuentran en todas las culturas.

Una original adaptación para los niños de algunos de los episodios de la conocida Odisea, de Homero: narra con gran sensibilidad las numerosas aventuras en las que Ulises se ve inmerso a diario para volver a Ítaca, entre otras, el viaje al Hades, los cantos de las sirenas y la venganza de Ulises en la cueva del cíclope, todo ello magistralmente ilustrado por un autor de gran talento.

Meravellosa recopilació per a nens i joves d''alguns del episodis més destacats de l''Odissea d''Homer

Neil PhilipThis highly accessible collection gathers together the best-loved gems of English language verse, from the deeply moving to the hilariously silly. The poems span the entire range of verse from high drama to stuff-and-nonsense and are presented in nine sections: Poems of Childhood and Youth; Poems of Love and Marriage; Poems of Life; Poems of Loss and Comfort; Poems of War and Peace; Poems to Read Aloud; Poems to Read Quietly; Poems of Animals and Nature and Poems of Magic and Mystery. The anthology includes works by William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Seamus Heaney, Robert Burns, T S Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, W B Yeats and many, many more. The poems have all been chosen and arranged by Neil Philip and the volume is illustrated throughout with watercolour borders and decorative motifs by Isabelle Brent, glowing with her trademark gold leaf.

Este libro incluye más de cincuenta cuentos de hadas tradicionales de todo el mundo. Ideal para leer en voz alta a los más pequeños, que podrán deleitarse con sus bellas y mágicas ilustraciones.

The worlds great fables, sagas and legends dramatically retold.Myths are the greatest stories ever told. Passed down over millennia, they are the templates for all our stories, with their eternal themes of creation and destruction, fate and cunning, heroism and cruelty, sensuality and war. Retold here are nearly 200 myths - from Prometheus defying Zeus to create man to the destruction of Troy; and from valiant battles against Frost Giants and Cyclopes to the heroic quests for the Golden Fleece and Holy Grail - including a commentary on their origins, common themes and meanings. Compellingly written, concise and with each myth illustrated with an iconic image, Myths in Minutes is the perfect way to understand and enjoy the worlds major fables.Includes the great Ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian legends: The Labours of Heracles; The Gods of Olympus; Zeus defeats the Titans; Hades and the Underworld; Theseus and the Minotaur; The Gorgons; Perseus and Andromeda; Oedipus and the Sphinx; The Judgment of Paris; The Trojan Horse; The Odyssey; Jason and The Golden Fleece; Romulus, Remus and the Founding of Rome; Mars, the God of War; The Eye of Ra; The Murder and Resurrection of Osiris; and more.The best of Celtic, Norse, Eastern, American, Oceanic and African myths: Gilgamesh and the Great Flood; Odins Great Sacrifice; Thors Adventures in the Land of the Giants; The Treachery of Loki; Ragnarok - The Last Battle; The Eight Immortals; The War Between the Sun and the Stars; Quetzalcoatl, The Plumed Serpent; Ganesh, the Elephant-headed; Ananse and the Sky God; King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table; the age-old stories of the Aboriginal Dreaming; and many; many more.

A collection of over 100 memorable folktales from across Scotland, showcasing the magic and heritage of Scotland.Scotlands folktales are rooted in a powerful oral tradition where imagination, landscape and language intertwine. In this vibrant collection, Neil Philip brings together more than 100 stories passed down through generations from the wild Highlands and Islands to the traditions of the Lowlands.Meet unforgettable figures such as Kate Crackernuts, the herdsmen of Lochbule, the Black Laird, the Milk-white Doo, Oisean, Mac Iain Direach and the mischievous Whuppity Stoorie. Their tales carry the magic, mystery and history of Scotlands turbulent past.This captivating collection offers:Over 100 classic and lesser-known tales from every corner of Scotland. A rich mix of myth, legend and supernatural lore, alive with witches, giants, fairies, heroes and shapeshifters. Stories deeply tied to Scotlands landscapes its cliffs, islands, lochs and ancient ruins. A celebration of Gaelic and Lowland storytelling traditions, faithfully gathered from centuries of oral and written sources. An immersive introduction to Scotlands cultural soul, ideal for readers of folklore, mythology and traditional tales. A timeless collection for anyone seeking to explore the wonder, wit and wildness of Scotlands folklore.

This is a golden treasury of over one hundred English folktales captured in the form they were first collected in past centuries. Read these classic tales as they would have been told when storytelling was a living art when the audience believed in boggarts and hobgoblins, local witches and will-o-the-wisps, ghosts and giants, cunning foxes and royal frogs. Find Jack the Giantkiller, Tom Tit Tot and other quintessentially English favourites, alongside interesting borrowings, such as an English version of the Grimms Little Snow White as well as bedtime frighteners, including Captain Murderer, as told to Charles Dickens by his childhood nurse.Neil Philip has provided a full introduction and source notes on each story that illustrate each tales journey from mouth to page, and what has happened to them on the way. These tales rank among the finest English short stories of all time in their richness of metaphor and plot and their great verbal dash and daring.