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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887575
ISBN
9781845887575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.54

Paperback. From age-old legends and fantastical myths, to amusing anecdotes and cautionary tales, this collection is a heady mix of bloodthirsty, funny, passionate and moving stories from County Kilkenny. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845888114
ISBN
9781845888114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. The result is an unprecedented guide to the study of Chinese myth for specialists and nonspecialists alike. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Fourth Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801861833
ISBN
9780801861833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.80

Paperback. Wales is a Celtic country and the Celts have always treasured oral learning and recitation. Indeed they have a passion for committing facts to memory rather than relying on the written word. This title covers legends associated with place-names; calendar customs; giants and monsters; omens and second sight; and, folk healing and herbal remedies. Illustrator(s): Feachem, Richard, KBE. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFHF; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752419350
ISBN
9780752419350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. The author is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and worked in crofting communities. In this edition, she portrays the beliefs and customs of Scottish Gaelic society, including: seasonal customs deriving from Celtic festivals; the famous waulking songs; and the Highland tradition of seers and second sight. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 11. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752419046
ISBN
9780752419046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. The explosive, untold story of the Cold War's biggest secret. The REAL X-Files. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; HBW; JFHC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 199 x 34. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409136866
ISBN
9781409136866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752460178
ISBN
9780752460178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Explores Iroquois components in the Native American oral narrative as it existed around 1900. Drawn largely from early 20th-century journals by non-Indian scholar Hope Emily Allen, much of it has never before been published. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 colour, 25 b/w photographs, 4 maps, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608301
ISBN
9780815608301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.00

Hardcover. The folktales and myths of the Iroquois and their Algonquian neighbors rank among the most imaginatively rich and narratively coherent traditions in North America. Inspired by these wondrous tales, this title explores their significance to the Iroquois and Algonquian religion and worldview. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 black-&-white illustrations, 4 maps, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632078
ISBN
9780815632078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Treuer, Anton. Num Pages: 274 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
274
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873514040
ISBN
9780873514040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. Contains the English translations of Apollodorus' "Library" and Hyginus' "Fabulae" - the two important surviving 'handbooks' of classical mythography. This work discusses the issues of authorship, aim, and influence. It also includes an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers. Translator(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M.; Smith, R. Scott. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208209
ISBN
9780872208209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.15

Hardback. Offers an illustrated compendium of the menagerie of imaginary animals that humans have conjured up over the ages. This book take us on a journey through five thousand years of art, examining the symbolic meanings of such creatures and what they say about the unconscious life of the human mind. Num Pages: 200 pages, 186 color plates. BIC Classification: AGN; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 299 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116891
ISBN
9780691116891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.58

Paperback. This study attempts to cross the boundaries between anthropology, folklore and history in order to cast new light on the relation between songs and stories, reality and realism, and rhythm and rhetoric in the expressive traditions of South Asia. Editor(s): Appadurai, Arjun; etc.; Korom, Frank J. (Department of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA); Mills, Margaret A. (Associate Professor of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA). Series: South Asia Seminar. Num Pages: 464 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFHF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 227 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213379
ISBN
9780812213379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, b/w & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888394828
ISBN
9780888394828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Hardcover. Carrying his story into the twentieth century, the author mounts an argument for freeing fairy tales from their bland contemporary forms, and reinvigorating your belief that we still can find new, powerfully transformative ways of telling these stories. Num Pages: 448 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226242965
ISBN
9780226242965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.04
€ 48.68

Hardcover. Proverbs, those sage sayings and goblets of wisdom, invariably injected with gentle humour, are common to virtually all peoples and cultures on Earth. The Chinese are no exception. Illustrator(s): Lamb, Kathryn. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; CB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stacey International United Kingdom
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905299676
ISBN
9781905299676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761811671
ISBN
9780761811671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.55

Paperback. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known as the author of Sherlock Holmes stories, was entirely convinced by a set of photographs showing two young girls from Cottingley in Yorkshire playing with a group of tiny, translucent fairies. This book lays out the story of the photographs, their supposed provenance, and the implications of their existence. Series: Extraordinary World. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Bison Books ed.
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803266551
ISBN
9780803266551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Now reissued in new covers, Arthur Cotterell's fascinating book sets out clearly the chief myths of the world and explains why different mythologies arose in different lands, from the powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia to the mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: GBC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192177476
ISBN
9780192177476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. This title offers both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. It uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life better, and when do they endanger it? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004839
ISBN
9780226004839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.17

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