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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 50. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173672
ISBN
9780691173672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 436 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press
Edition
8/16/11
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935487395
ISBN
9781935487395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The saga has an especial modern relevance - a recent translation into Czech reached the top of the best-seller list. The present volume includes genealogies, a study of the legal system, and a critical assessment of the work. Translator(s): Fox, Denton; Palsson, Hermann. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802061652
ISBN
9780802061652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.17

Paperback. This introductory text offers a chronological account of the main Greek myths in surviving literary and artistic sources, and also examines the history of interpretation of Greek mythology from the 17th century to the present. It examines the relationship between Greek myths and epic poetry. Translator(s): Marier, Thomas. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801853951
ISBN
9780801853951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover. The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. In this book, the reader is taken on a tour of 22 destinations in Greece and Turkey, from Mount Olympus to Homer's Hades, recounting the tales from Greek mythology and the history associated with each. Num Pages: 272 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRKP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500518328
ISBN
9780500518328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

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

€ 65.34
€ 60.05

Paperback. In this book, preeminent classicist Mary Lefkowitz brings fresh insights to the mythology of ancient Greece, demonstrating that these stories are not only entertaining but also offer crucial lessons about human experience. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300107692
ISBN
9780300107692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Witches' Almanac United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780977370313
ISBN
9780977370313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Icon Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
8
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780500119
ISBN
9781780500119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Eschia Books Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926696171
ISBN
9781926696171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Haring, Lee. Series: Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024398
ISBN
9780253024398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. A magical exploration of the ancient landscape of forests and the ancient genre of fairytales, drawing fascinating and surprising connections between the two, by the author of the bestselling A Book Of Silence Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084309
ISBN
9781847084309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; HRJ; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479889655
ISBN
9781479889655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Folklore Publishing Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894864015
ISBN
9781894864015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

hardcover. Features a translation of the diaries of Seamus Ennis, fulltime collector of music and song with the Irish Folklore Commission describing his work, the people he met, the material he gathered and his communication with the head office of the commission in Dublin. This book also illustrates life in the Gaeltacht during the Second World War. Num Pages: 613 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, music, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1278. E. scarce. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cork University Press
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031445
ISBN
9781859184370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 280.00

Paperback. Does God exist? While the possibility of there being a creator has been hotly disputed over many generations, with scientists on one side and theologians on the other, evidence either way has been non-existent. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Watkins Media Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780287492
ISBN
9781780287492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. Surveys the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian and Germanic people. This title provides an introduction to this subject, giving basic outlines to the sagas and stories, and helps identify the character traits of the well known as well as the lesser gods of the age. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; HRKP5; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140136272
ISBN
9780140136272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

hardcover. This anthology gathers the great 20th-century myth-inspired poems from around the world, by the likes of Valery, Yeats, Lawrence, Rilke, Akhmatova, and Auden writing in the first half of the century to contemporary poets such as Lucille Clifton, Derek Walcott, Rita Dove and Wislawa Szymborska. Editor(s): Kossman, Nina. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DCQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780195133417
ISBN
9780195133417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.55

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512. The Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed. 320 pages, 40 black and white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFH. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New Page Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564149091
ISBN
9781564149091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.22

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