{"product_id":"9781619400122","title":"Taming the Pooka, Celtic Tales of the Trickster Fairy: Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eVarla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Bizarre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond Bizarre\u003c\/i\u003e, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. \u003ci\u003eMagical Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps one of the most notorious creatures from the fairy realm is the ever-changing trickster fairy: the Pooka. A shapeshifter, the pooka can take many forms, including invisibility, although it most often appears as a terrible horse with eyes of fire and flaming breath. It can also appear as a goat, goblin, dog, or even a rabbit. Not inherently evil, their main task is taunting: they'll take you on a joyride of terrifying proportions, shake you out of your current frame of mind, knock you out of your stupor with a swift kick. \u003ci\u003eTaming the Pooka\u003c\/i\u003e includes tales of this monster's mayhem--from such notables as W. B. Yeats and T. Crofton Croker, as well as Douglas Hyde. No one is beyond the cunning of the pooka! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Wheel\/Weiser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177346842864,"sku":"9781619400122","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619400122_p0.jpg?v=1763855776","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619400122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}