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Paperback. Zombies: A Cultural History, now available in paperback, gives a definitive short introduction to the zombie, exploring the manifold meanings of this compelling, slow-moving yet relentless monster. Num Pages: 224 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780236698
- ISBN
- 9781780236698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.44
€ 16.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case, when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du TiIh, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. This book, by the noted historian who served as a consultant for the film, adds new dimensions to this famous legend. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674766914
- ISBN
- 9780674766914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.94
€ 34.99
€ 29.94
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764351976
- ISBN
- 9780764351976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 55 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331510
- ISBN
- 9780764331510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.24
€ 18.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Feldman, Christina. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 264 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062514424
- ISBN
- 9780062514424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.64
€ 23.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 82 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331343
- ISBN
- 9780764331343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.24
€ 18.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. Exploring how adults mistreat children, this book focuses on adults not only as hostile characters in fairy tales themselves but also as real people who use frightening stories to discipline young listeners. Num Pages: 332 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY; JFC; JFHF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000886
- ISBN
- 9780691000886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Here are the five earliest ballads of 'Robyn Hode', retold in vivid modern prose. They still constitute the best version of the famous English outlaw - fast and violent, earthy and satirical, dangerous, sinister, mysterious and revolutionary. This is a new telling of Robin Hood for our time, full of valor, passion and bloodshed. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752489674
- ISBN
- 9780752489674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sky Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937859152
- ISBN
- 9781937859152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.31
€ 31.99
€ 21.31
paperback. Includes material on the Discworld books up to Raising Steam. This title looks at the living myths and folklore that are reflected, celebrated and affectionately libelled in the imaginative universe of Discworld. Num Pages: 528 pages, b&w by Paul Kidby. BIC Classification: FZC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552154932
- ISBN
- 9780552154932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
paperback. No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. This work presents a historical account of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture to its transition to a cosmic and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity under the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 608 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691029153
- ISBN
- 9780691029153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.99€ 44.90
€ 64.99
€ 44.90
Paperback. 111pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Mercier Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781856353168
- ISBN
- 9781856353168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.27
€ 10.27
Paperback. Provides an irreverent but fact-filled look at Ireland and the Irish, leaving no stone - Blarney or otherwise - unturned in bringing her gifts to you. With a bushel full of top-ten lists on all things Irish, Thomsen takes you on a journey through the greenest of lands and provides tales and anecdotes on everything. Series: Most Wanted. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Brassey's US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887273
- ISBN
- 9781574887273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.20
€ 14.20
hardcover. "The Book of Sports" was the royal declaration which sanctioned popular participation in traditional pastimes after church attendance on Sunday. This book takes a fresh look at the events surrounding the re-publication of the "Book of Sports" in 1633 and reassesses the role of Charles I himself in the controversy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBWE; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898560
- ISBN
- 9780859898560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.46
€ 141.46
paperback. First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Lupack, Alan. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear, sunned to spine. Ownership details on half-title. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031844
- ISBN
- 9780815308430
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
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
hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFH; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Dust jacket present and in equally good condition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hampton Roads Publishing Co Charlottesville
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025995
- ISBN
- 9781571744593
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Providing an examination of the contemporary search for myth, this book explores the social and psychological roots of the storytelling revival and the ever-resurgent power of the storyteller. Drawing on interviews with storytellers around the country, it paints the revival as part of a larger process of cultural revitalization. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067464
- ISBN
- 9780252067464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Global goods, class, and identity in urban Egypt Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223111
- ISBN
- 9780253223111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
paperback. The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8Col.ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174. The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8Col.ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174. Very good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W&N London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025142
- ISBN
- 9780753808788
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12