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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced a stunning reconfiguration of Greek thought and literature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 528 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
New ed of 2 Revised ed
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299199
ISBN
9780942299199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.55

Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece that takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon, and reveals a culture of slavery, of blood sacrifice, of perpetual and ritualized warfare, of ceremonial hunting and ecstasies. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Zone Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299175
ISBN
9780942299175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HPCB; HPJ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646350
ISBN
9780691646350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 220.10

Paperback. In these five lectures originally prepared for the CBC, Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the world's greatest living thinkers, offers the insights of a lifetime spent interpreting myths and trying to discover their significance for human understanding. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HBTB; HPC; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 4. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802063489
ISBN
9780802063489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. A brief, accessible introduction to the role of myth historically and in popular culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817354374
ISBN
9780817354374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.24

Paperback. Illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song; explores uses made of the term 'myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415442848
ISBN
9780415442848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935487104
ISBN
9781935487104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. Explore the mysterious and mythic treasures of Wales. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFHF; WQ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445658674
ISBN
9781445658674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

hardcover. This work examines the mysterious death of Jane Stanford, the co-founder of Stanford University who died in 1905 - shortly after recovering from strychnine poisoning. At the time the University President, David Starr Jordan, claimed she died from heart disease, a claim this book refutes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747936
ISBN
9780804747936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.24

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

€ 23.99
€ 21.07

Paperback. Young readers can join Granny as she journeys around the world on a magic carpet, shopping for amazing treasures in all of the places she visits, and taking readers on a counting adventure through the different countries of the world. Full color. Illustrator(s): Corr, Christopher. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 245 x 212 x 3. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905236626
ISBN
9781905236626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tangerine Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910691175
ISBN
9781910691175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120773172
ISBN
9788120773172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Heroic women warriors as reflections of social and moral values Num Pages: 280 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
American Literatures Initiative
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592139712
ISBN
9781592139712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Demonstrates the existence of a coherent pre-Islamic Arabian myth that was subsequently incorporated into Islamic poetic tradition. This book dissects the Arab-Islamic myth built around Muhammad's unearthing of a "golden bough" from the grave of the last survivor of an ancient Arab people. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214133
ISBN
9780253214133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Trine Day
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240406
ISBN
9781634240406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937584177
ISBN
9781937584177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.05

Paperback. This book is the classic work on forms of the European folktale. Editor(s): Wagner, Louis A. Series: Bibliographical and Special S. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292783768
ISBN
9780292783768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
4th Revised, Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594773174
ISBN
9781594773174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.01

Hardcover. Praise for Unsolved Mysteries of American History "The facts are presented clearly and concisely, and the answers have been thoroughly researched using the most up-to-date sources. " -Newark Star Ledger "Everything that would make a great detective story. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471267058
ISBN
9780471267058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 45 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; JFHF; VXQ; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351440
ISBN
9780764351440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Griffin, Trenholme,J. Num Pages: 64 pages, 9 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Edition
UNABRIDGED VERSION
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888393036
ISBN
9780888393036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FF; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Sky Books (NY)
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780963188984
ISBN
9780963188984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: D; JFH; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Original Falcon Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935150350
ISBN
9781935150350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

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