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Paperback. A remarkable cultural history of what might exist under the Earth's surface-as reflected in mythology, religion, science, literature, and good old crackpottery Num Pages: 304 pages, 57 b&w photos, painting, artwork. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306815331
- ISBN
- 9780306815331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Originally commissioned for BBC Radio, this work recasts Homer's epic as a series of dramatic dialogues. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571229369
- ISBN
- 9780571229369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Homo Narrans explores how human beings shape their world through the stories they tell. Author John D. Niles ponders the nature of the storytelling impulse, the social function of narrative, and the role of individual talent in oral tradition. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221077
- ISBN
- 9780812221077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Describes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. This study reveals how philosophers employed allegory and how it enabled myth to take on a number of different interpretive systems throughout the centuries: moral, physical, psychological, political, and even metaphysical. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075372
- ISBN
- 9780226075372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Wheeler, David. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFH; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762777501
- ISBN
- 9780762777501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.43
€ 16.99
€ 14.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HRJ; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479828449
- ISBN
- 9781479828449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.21
€ 40.21
Num Pages: 470 pages, 4 b&w illus., 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022912
- ISBN
- 9780253022912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.52
€ 87.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 470 pages, 4 b&w illus., 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- V9780253023148
- ISBN
- 9780253023148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Paraview Pocket Books Trade Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416505211
- ISBN
- 9781416505211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.14
€ 20.99
€ 18.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages, 76 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339196
- ISBN
- 9780764339196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Icelandic folktales & legends Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752430454
- ISBN
- 9780752430454
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.78
€ 24.99
€ 21.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- CreateSpace United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781450553117
- ISBN
- 9781450553117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Disinformation Company
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938875007
- ISBN
- 9781938875007
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.35
€ 31.99
€ 28.35
Paperback. Makes available for the generation of readers two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank's "Myth of the Birth of the Hero" and Lord Raglan's "The Hero". In his introduction to this selection from Rank, Raglan, and others, the author charts the history of theorizing about hero myths and compares the approaches of Rank, Raglan, Dundes, and Campbell. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKT; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691020624
- ISBN
- 9780691020624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
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
€ 21.99€ 15.90
€ 21.99
€ 15.90
Hardback. Tells of a quest to the ends of the earth, of the villainous usurper King Pelias, of dragons' teeth, of the doom of Hylas, ravished to his end by nymphs who greatly desired him for his beauty, and of Jason's lust for the witch Medea, it speaks to us of more: of sex and gender; of identity and race; and, of colonisation and conquest. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 bw illustrations in 16pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848857148
- ISBN
- 9781848857148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 92.36
€ 95.12
€ 92.36
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500051849
- ISBN
- 9780500051849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.19
€ 26.99
€ 19.19
Paperback. A collection of African folk tales that chart the story of African tribal life since the time of the Phoenicians. Num Pages: 718 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; JFHF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 46. Weight in Grams: 756. African Tribal History, Legends, Customs and Religious Beliefs. 718 pages, line drawings. A collection of African folk tales that chart the story of African tribal life since the time of the Phoenicians. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; JFHF; JFSL3. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 46. Weight: 586.
- Publisher
- Interlink Publishing+group Inc
- Number of pages
- 718
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862417581
- ISBN
- 9780862417581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. A collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon that presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Illustrator(s): Inverarity, Robert Bruce. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239265
- ISBN
- 9780520239265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
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€ 20.75
€ 23.99
€ 20.75