Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
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€ 12.48
€ 16.99
€ 12.48
Going to the Well for Water: The Seamus Ennis Field Diary 1942-1946
Séamus Ennis (Edited And Translated By Ríon...
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
€ 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€ 14.27
€ 19.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. People tell stories about what they love, including dogs, and this book is a collection of such stories. Some are spooky, some funny, and some engage the mind in the same manner as a detective story. Starting with a look at the origins of folktales involving dogs, you'll find facts, history and humour a plenty from all around the world. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 B&W. BIC Classification: JFHF; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Hubble & Hattie
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845848606
- ISBN
- 9781845848606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
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€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
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
€ 43.99€ 43.89
€ 43.99
€ 43.89
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
€ 25.99€ 22.99
€ 25.99
€ 22.99
Paperback. From the fertile earth mothers of the ancient world to the revival of interest in witchcraft, images and tales of the Female Divine have flourished and waned. The authors gather 75 of these tales in a introduction of this divine figure as she has emerged from prehistory to the present. Num Pages: 208 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: HRKP; HRQM; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195104622
- ISBN
- 9780195104622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.38
€ 23.99
€ 21.38
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
€ 21.99€ 21.55
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€ 21.55
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752460178
- ISBN
- 9780752460178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.17
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€ 13.17
Paperback. Focuses on the Grail stories and the arrival of Christianity to Somerset. This title illustrates important links between Glastonbury and the Celtic settlement at Old Lammana in Cornwall; and examines old tales of an object of great importance - known as 'the Sovran cloth' - secretly hidden at both places. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752470252
- ISBN
- 9780752470252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.21
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€ 16.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 492 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 40. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Progressive Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1.1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615776887
- ISBN
- 9781615776887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.02
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€ 30.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, mono. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408188224
- ISBN
- 9781408188224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.65
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€ 10.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Daimon Verlag Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- De Luxe Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783856305994
- ISBN
- 9783856305994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.38
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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€ 17.77
€ 25.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Presents stories of Kentucky ghosts. This title contains chapters on haunted places, poltergeists, communication with the dead, and ghosts who linger to resolve unfinished business from their past lives, as well as a chapter about ghosts who reveal themselves through lights, changes in temperature, or sound. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192376
- ISBN
- 9780813192376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.43
€ 26.43
paperback. This study examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, revealing the ways in which the dead and the living related to each other during the Middle Ages. It discusses Augustine's influence on medieval authors, and monastic visions and folklore. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 290 pages, 28 colour plates, 3 halftones, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HRAC; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738888
- ISBN
- 9780226738888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.32
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€ 28.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 57 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; JFHF; VXQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339431
- ISBN
- 9780764339431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.58
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Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; JFHF; VXQG; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Northern Heritage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955540677
- ISBN
- 9780955540677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.18
€ 8.18
paperback. Editor(s): Kubish, Shelagh. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 55 x 13. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ghost House Books Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894877183
- ISBN
- 9781894877183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.44
€ 16.99
€ 12.44
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780992716
- ISBN
- 9781780992716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.26
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€ 15.26
Paperback. Traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. This title explores the intellectual history of the myth, which arose from male scholars who mostly wanted to vindicate the patriarchal family model as a higher stage of human development. Num Pages: 290 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266766
- ISBN
- 9780520266766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
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Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 40. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Feral House
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936239085
- ISBN
- 9781936239085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.98
€ 25.99
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A genealogical chart of virtually all named figures of Greek mythology that can be shown to be related. The text includes a 72-page chart that links 3673 named figures into a single "family tree", and an 80-page index that provides a citation to an ancient source for each relationship. Editor(s): Newman, Harold; Newman, Jon O. Num Pages: 252 pages, index, charts. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; GBC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 415 x 275 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1751.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807827901
- ISBN
- 9780807827901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 165.30
€ 165.30