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27%OFFLeo Ruickbie - The Impossible Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Fabulous Beasts and Mythical Monsters - 9781472136442 - V9781472136442
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The Impossible Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Fabulous Beasts and Mythical Monsters

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Description for The Impossible Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Fabulous Beasts and Mythical Monsters Paperback. An illustrated encyclopedia of fabulous beasts, mythical monsters and cryptozoological mysteries Num Pages: 272 pages, b&w integrated illus. BIC Classification: GBC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 366.
HERE BE DRAGONS! Here you will find the things that once made the woods wild and the nights to be feared; that made ancient map-makers write, 'Here be Dragons'. The Impossible Zoo is a biology of the supernatural - a study of the life of things that never lived. This world of mermaids and unicorns, now confined to fantasy, but once believed to exist, is a world of the imagination that still affects us today. Wonderfully illustrated throughout, it also provides sources as a guide to further study and exploration. 'For anyone who has ever wished that ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472136442
SKU
V9781472136442
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About Leo Ruickbie
Dr LEO RUICKBIE, PhD (Lond), MA, BA (Hons), Associate of King's College, is a professional writer, editor, social scientist and historian, specialising in controversial areas of human belief and experience. His PhD is from King's College, London, for his thesis on contemporary witchcraft and magic use, building on research on the theory of re-enchantment that won him an ... Read more

Reviews for The Impossible Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Fabulous Beasts and Mythical Monsters
Ruickbie's truly outstanding writing has three major sources: his impressive level of scholarship; his determination to seek out strange and mysterious phenomena and pursue them relentlessly, objectively and scientifically; and his great literary skill in presenting his conclusions in readable and attractive prose. In The Impossible Zoo these three factors are clearly present. He is concerned here with what ... Read more

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