Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
Paperback. This collection of stories convey the imagination, hopes, fears, and passions of an ancient people. The personalities and culture of people long gone are brought to life by the storyteller's words. Series: Luath Storyteller. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 154
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842820643
- ISBN
- 9781842820643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.71
€ 7.99
€ 7.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, colour plates. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384. 232 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFH. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight: 388.
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601630865
- ISBN
- 9781601630865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.40
€ 18.99
€ 18.40
Hardback. Napoleon famously observed that "history is a set of lies agreed upon," and Steers investigates six of the most amazing frauds ever to gain wide acceptance in this engrossing book. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780813141596
- ISBN
- 9780813141596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 6.23
€ 30.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926613987
- ISBN
- 9781926613987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
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€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
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
€ 39.84
€ 39.84
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
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
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
€ 15.99€ 13.48
€ 15.99
€ 13.48
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
€ 45.89
€ 45.89
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
€ 51.81
€ 51.81
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
€ 18.99€ 16.85
€ 18.99
€ 16.85
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Golden Dog Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780919614833
- ISBN
- 9780919614833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.62
€ 25.99
€ 24.62
paperback. What makes men strum invisible guitars, and what does Greek mythology have to do with rock'n'roll? This thesis examines interweaving strands of image and influnence, from the pop single to the operatic solo, relating the rock god to his classical ancestors - Dionyssus, Narcissus and Hercules. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 475. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032319
- ISBN
- 9780571175994
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
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
€ 24.99€ 17.71
€ 24.99
€ 17.71
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.38
€ 23.99
€ 18.38
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
€ 21.99€ 16.07
€ 21.99
€ 16.07
Hardback. This richly illustrated book traces the history of imaginary animals, from Palaeolithic art to the Harry Potter stories and robotic pets. Describing a myriad of wondrous creatures, from grifns, dog-men, mermaids and dragons to unicorns and yetis, it shows how these gures help us psychologically by giving form to our amorphous fears. Num Pages: 272 pages, 115 colour, 115 black and white. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 250 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231730
- ISBN
- 9781780231730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Disinformation Company
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938875007
- ISBN
- 9781938875007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.22
€ 29.99
€ 26.22
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
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
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
€ 92.44€ 89.00
€ 92.44
€ 89.00