{"title":"Nicholas Jubber","description":"\u003cp\u003eNicholas Jubber’s works invite readers on immersive journeys through culture and myth, blending storytelling with sharp insight. His books explore the richness of human experience, unraveling traditions and tales that shape our understanding of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for narrative and a curiosity about personal growth and knowledge, Jubber’s writing spans themes valuable to both self-development and cultural education. Readers can expect thoughtful reflection paired with captivating stories that enlighten and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"monsterland-by-nicholas-jubber-9781761380297","title":"Monsterland","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonsters, in all their terrifying glory, have preoccupied humans since we began telling stories. But where did these stories come from?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMonsterland\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on a journey to discover more about the monsters we've invented, lurking in the dark and the wild places of the earth - giants, dragons, ogres, zombies, ghosts, demons - all with one thing in common: their ability to terrify.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis far-ranging adventure takes him across the world. He sits on the thrones of giants in Cornwall, visits the shrine of a beheaded ogre near Kyoto, travels to an eighteenth-century Balkan vampire's forest dwelling, and paddles among the shapeshifters of the Louisiana bayous. On his travels, he discovers that the stories of the people and places that birthed them are just as fascinating as the creatures themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArtfully written, \u003cem\u003eMonsterland\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating interrogation into why we need these monsters and what they can tell us about ourselves - how they bind communities together as much as they cruelly cast away outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'In this enchanting and fascinating exploration of monster stories around the globe, Jubber discovers not just the beasts themselves but people and places, history and imagination, fears and obsessions. He blends child-like joy with the wisdom of generations as he tackles giants, ghosts, zombies, and robots to reveal deep insights about past conflicts, collective trauma, and our changing relationship with the natural world. A magical yet deeply human journey that will haunt you long after the final page.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Jo Marchant, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Human Cosmos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'As a collection of wonderfully creepy travels, \u003cem\u003eMonsterland\u003c\/em\u003e is both chillingly delicious and uncannily joyous.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-John Gimlette, author of \u003cem\u003eElephant Complex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An exquisite, carefully assembled tapestry of otherworldly beasts, mega-ghouls, and fiendish demigods. There's so much here - not just on a whole pantheon of monsters but about our universal need for them. I loved every page. A treasure trove of fascinating lore, gossip, and cautionary tales of the fantastic, telling of our human capacity to conjure vampires, zombies, ogres, and dragons not just from the darkest corners of our imagination, but wherever and whenever we may. 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Jubber, congenially and fascinatingly, explores the land from which the great fairy stories seeped, \u003cstrong\u003emaking the stories more resonant, powerful and important than ever\u003c\/strong\u003e' Charles Foster, author of \u003cem\u003eBeing a Human and Being a Beast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe surprising origins and people behind the world's most influential magical tales: the people who told and re-shaped them, the landscapes that forged them, and the cultures that formed them and were in turn formed by them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho were the Fairy Tellers?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this far-ranging quest, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber unearths the lives of the dreamers who made our most beloved fairy tales: inventors, thieves, rebels and forgotten geniuses who gave us classic tales such as 'Cinderella', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Baba Yaga'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Middle Ages to the birth of modern children's literature, they include a German apothecary's daughter, a Syrian youth running away from a career in the souk and a Russian dissident embroiled in a plot to kill the tsar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing these and other unlikely protagonists, we travel from the steaming cities of Italy and the Levant, under the dark branches of the Black Forest, deep into the tundra of Siberia and across the snowy fells of Lapland. In the process, we discover a fresh perspective on some of our most frequently told stories. 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