Fourteen stories including "Nils in the Forest, " "The Magic Book, " and "Pixie Visitors."

A retelling of four familiar fairy tales; includes vocabulary and identification exercises at the end of each tale.

This comprehensive and discriminating account of Tolkien's work has been revised and expanded, to take account both of recent developments in scholarship, and of the recent films directed by Peter Jackson. Tracing the development of Tolkien's creative technique over several decades, it explores the bewildering profusion of shorter works, as well as devoting an extended analysis to The Lord of the Rings . Chapters consider Tolkien's contribution to the history of ideas, and review the reception of the Lord of the Rings film adaptations and other popular adaptations of his work.

Stories from cultures including ancient Babylonia, China, India, Eastern Europe, Morocco.

According to the ancients, dreams are the way that gods and devils communicate with mortals. Freud called dreams the mirrors of unconscious desires, and modern experts tend to regard them as reflections of repressed fears. We spend about a third of our lives asleep, and most of that time, we're dreaming. Why do we dream, and what do our dreams mean? This guided tour of the collective unconscious explains scientific theories concerning dreams, including physiological as well as psychological factors. Embellished with witty illustrations and thought-provoking sidebars, the eye-opening narrative explores the relationship between dreams and creativity in art and science, the interpretation of dreams, and other fascinating aspects of our dream lives.