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Paperback. An exploration of 99 classic myths of India from an entirely non-Western paradigm that provides a fresh understanding of the Hindu spiritual landscape. Num Pages: 256 pages, Includes two 16-page color inserts. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HB; HRG; JFHF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Inner Traditions United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Original ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892818709
ISBN
9780892818709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 548 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; HBJK; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
548
Condition
New
SKU
V9781510707764
ISBN
9781510707764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Goldstein, Diane E.; Shuman, Amy. Series: Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 130 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 7. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024404
ISBN
9780253024404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Libraries Unlimited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591584377
ISBN
9781591584377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.20

Paperback. In this study, Diane Purkiss investigates the diverse interpretations and meanings attributed to the figure of the witch. The areas she considers include Canonical literature, visual arts, fairy tales, folklore, real-life witch stories, pornography and sado-masochism, film, and the stage. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX2; HRQX5; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415087629
ISBN
9780415087629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.08

Paperback. From the dangerous beings of ancient myths and medieval folklore, to the sanitized 'wingy thingies' of Shakespeare and the Victorians, and even modern myths of alien abduction, this book presents a history of fairies. It tells that they have a darker and menacing history - as troublemakers, child-snatchers, seducers and changelings. Num Pages: 236 pages, 200. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752440736
ISBN
9780752440736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. This text uses Nordic ethnography methods and Latin American culture theory to explain how differing groups legitimise their own identities by identifying with notions drawn from folklore. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Edition
First Paperback Edition.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
9781859181690
ISBN
9781859181690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.00

Paperback. Scientific and anthropological evidence for multiple Atlantean empires and the global catastrophes that destroyed them. Num Pages: 528 pages, Includes 16-page color insert and 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591431794
ISBN
9781591431794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.29

Hardback. Yatromanolakis examines the complex, at times contradictory, responses to ancient Greece in Greek and broader Western European modernism. Exploring the dynamics of ruination and the reconfiguration of fundamental icons of ancient mythology in surrealism, the author shows that Greek antiquity was an integral constituent of avant-garde myth-making. Series: Cultural Politics, Socioaesthetics, Beginnings. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780983532217
ISBN
9780983532217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30
€ 59.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRGS; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 301 x 250. .
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241264348
ISBN
9780241264348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.97

Hardback. Presents a selection of the Nart Sagas. This book features ninety-two tales and includes an appendix offering linguistic commentary. Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 maps. 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026473
ISBN
9780691026473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.74

paperback. Series: The J. Frank Dobie. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 381. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292707283
ISBN
9780292707283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. A critical analysis of the important ways in which La Llorona--the Weeping Woman--has shaped Mexican cultural identity, from folktales to acts of political resistance. Num Pages: 302 pages, 30 halftones, 12 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292718128
ISBN
9780292718128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936296866
ISBN
9781936296866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.10

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892542055
ISBN
9780892542055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 11. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
South Dakota Historical Society Press
Edition
Bilingual: English & Lakota
Condition
New
SKU
V9780985290528
ISBN
9780985290528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.22

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2FX; DCQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637204
ISBN
9780691637204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632650580
ISBN
9781632650580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. Conspiracy theories have been a part of the American experience since colonial times. This anthology provides students with documents relating to some of the important conspiracy theories in American history and politics, some based on reality, many chiefly on paranoia. It looks at a persistent and troubling aspect of democratic society. Editor(s): Critchlow, Donald T.; Korasick, John; Sherman, Matthew C. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFHC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219640
ISBN
9780253219640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTB; JFHX; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739148297
ISBN
9780739148297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.50

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