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hardcover. Twenty-nine tales provide a moving and colorful image of the diversity and richness of the people and lands of Indonesia. Editor(s): Bunanta, Murti. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map. BIC Classification: FQ; JFHF; YFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1.
- SKU
- V9781563089091
- ISBN
- 9781563089091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.02
€ 76.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFH; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764352515
- ISBN
- 9780764352515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578631704
- ISBN
- 9781578631704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.45
€ 25.45
Paperback. A series of short stories, related by the author, handed down from generation to generation of the Lakota tribe. This work honours the buffalo, the dog, the horse, the eagle, and the wolf as workaday helpers and agents of divine intervention; the wisdom of the medicine man; and the heroism and resourcefulness of individual men and women. Num Pages: 82 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293359
- ISBN
- 9780803293359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.06
€ 12.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062508591
- ISBN
- 9780062508591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.26
€ 19.99
€ 17.26
Paperback. This indispensable reader maps a comprehensive and global study of food through key sources in folklore, unpacked with expert commentary and student-focused learning features. Editor(s): Long, Lucy M. Num Pages: 480 pages, 3 bw. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857856999
- ISBN
- 9780857856999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24
€ 53.24
Paperback. Series: Learning to Live. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HPCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062215451
- ISBN
- 9780062215451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.70
€ 20.99
€ 18.70
Paperback. Describes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. This study reveals how philosophers employed allegory and how it enabled myth to take on a number of different interpretive systems throughout the centuries: moral, physical, psychological, political, and even metaphysical. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075372
- ISBN
- 9780226075372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Offers in-depth background for ghost hunters and anyone interested in psychic phenomena and experience, with spotlights on apparitions, hauntings and poltergeists. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ronin Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579510725
- ISBN
- 9781579510725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.50
€ 14.99
€ 14.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165127
- ISBN
- 9780691165127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.07€ 45.21
€ 57.07
€ 45.21
Hardcover. Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. He was a hero of myth and a god with cult associations. He was ancestor of Macedonian kings, patron of Carthaginian generals and of Roman emperors, and a role model for Stoic philosophers. Editor(s): Rawlings, Mick. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125050
- ISBN
- 9781905125050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.05
€ 75.05
Paperback. The Moon is not a cold, dead rock but a rich, fascinating world just as alive as Earth. Num Pages: 424 pages, Includes 8-page color insert. BIC Classification: JFH; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594774942
- ISBN
- 9781594774942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.15
€ 23.99
€ 16.15
Hardcover. A comprehensive compilation of stories connected to the Hebrew Bible. It focuses on that body of literature known as Midrash, the imaginative retelling and elaboration on Bible stories in which mythological tales about demons and magic co-exist with moralistic stories about the piety of the patriarchs. Num Pages: 1650 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4699 x 102. Weight in Grams: 3080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society of Am Philadelphia
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 1650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780827607095
- ISBN
- 9780827607095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.67
€ 194.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Weiser Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578636167
- ISBN
- 9781578636167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.13
€ 19.13
Hardcover. The divisive and malleable nature of history is at its most palpable in situations of intractable conflict between nations or peoples. This book explores the significance of history in informing the relationship between warring parties through the concept of thick recognition and by exploring its relevance specifically in relation to Israel. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFFE; JFHF; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301505
- ISBN
- 9781137301505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HRCC2; JFHF; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578633159
- ISBN
- 9781578633159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.08
€ 24.99
€ 22.08
The Pollen Path. A Collection of Navajo Myths Retold by Margaret Schev...
Link, Margaret; Henderson, Joseph L.
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1956
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804704731
- ISBN
- 9780804704731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.88
€ 75.88
Paperback. A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873328890
- ISBN
- 9780873328890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.22
€ 73.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hampton Roads Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571745125
- ISBN
- 9781571745125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.90
€ 18.99
€ 17.90
Hardcover. This collection of 28 tales are arranged by subjects and themes, such as: Bouki and Malice; stepmothers; animals; kings and princes; ghost, zonbi and tonton makout; and love and courtship. Liliane Nerette Louis includes a variety of traditional recipes and some historical background information. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 188 pages, colour and b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Libraries Unlimited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563085796
- ISBN
- 9781563085796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.68
€ 76.68