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Book cover for Thomas Bulfinch: Bulfinch's Mythology

Bulfinch's Mythology : Gods and Heroes

Thomas Bulfinch
Unabridged on 6 Cassettes, $54.95

The myths created by the Greeks and Romans, and the tales of the heroes and heroines that emerged during the Age of Chivalry in Europe, reflect man's enduring emotions: jealousy and hatred, compassion and devotion. They deal with the challenges that ...

Book cover for Yaya Diallo: The Healing Drum

The Healing Drum : African Ceremonial and Ritual Music

Yaya Diallo
Unabridged on 1 Cassette, $16.95

Traces the extraordinary cultural legacy of the Minianka tribe of West Africa, for whom music serves a sacred, healing function for the individual and society. This authentic, traditional chanting and singing expresses the full potential for the sacr ...

Book cover for Clarissa Pinkola Estes: The Theatre of the Imagination

The Theatre of the Imagination : Volume One

Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Unabridged on 1 CD, $102.95

Come to the stage between two worlds - come to the Theatre of the Imagination. On this 12-part performance series, bestselling author and beloved cantadora (keeper of the old stories) Clarissa Pinkola Estes shares the work of her lifetime: myths, tal ...

Book cover for Clarissa Pinkola Estes: Warming the Stone Child

Warming the Stone Child : Myths and Stories about Abandonment and Unmothered Children

Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Unabridged on 1 CD, $30.95

Investigates the abandoned child archetype in world myths and cultures to find clues about the process of healing the "unmothered" child within us all.

Book cover for Eric A. Kimmel: The Gingerbread Man with Paperback Book(s)

The Gingerbread Man with Paperback Book(s)

Eric A. Kimmel
Unabridged on 1 Cassette, $35.95

Convinced that he can outrun any danger, the freshly-baked gingerbread man fails to appreciate that a very fast runner is no match for a very sly fox.

Book cover for Michael Meade: Off with the Rat's Head

Off with the Rat's Head : Tales of the Father, Son & King

Michael Meade
Unabridged on 1 Cassette, $18.95

These two African stories speak to the father-son relationship.

Book cover for Michael Meade: The Lizard in the Fire

The Lizard in the Fire : Male Encounters with the Feminine

Michael Meade
Unabridged on 1 Cassette, $18.95

Old African tales demonstrate how to work with stories as a window to the soul.

Book cover for Dovie Thomason: Lessons from the Animal People

Lessons from the Animal People

Dovie Thomason
Unabridged on 1 CD, $23.95

This winner of an ALA Notable Children's Recording and an Editor's Choice Award brings together two premier Native American artists to showcase -- in nine stories drawn from different tribes -- the vibrant Native American culture that is alive today.

Book cover for Barbara Worthy: Inuit Legends, Volume 2

Inuit Legends, Volume 2

Barbara Worthy
Unabridged on 1 CD, $31.95

1. Creation of the Loon The Inuit legend of how the love of a young woman for her husband turns her into the first Arctic Loon, the serene, lonely, monogamous bird, forever loyal and forever searching for its mate. 2. The Good Wife's Moon Wish This i ...