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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

Paperback. Series: Collected Works of Joseph Campbell. Num Pages: 352 pages, 72 Black and White Photos, 24 Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRAC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
New World Library United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608681891
ISBN
9781608681891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.71

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 754.
Publisher
Ibis Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892542109
ISBN
9780892542109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.28

Hardcover. Series: Pocket Essentials. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pocket Essentials New York
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KNW0007781
ISBN
9781904048343
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Originally published in 1866, this book explores somes of the most bizarre hoaxes, adverts and scams of the nineteenth century. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108044356
ISBN
9781108044356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRGS; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 301 x 250. .
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241264348
ISBN
9780241264348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 34.33

Hardcover. These eleven essays offer critical engagement in understanding the sky in human imagination and culture and contribute to this new field emerging within the academy. Editor(s): Gunzburg, Darrelyn. Series: The Imagined Sky: Cultural Perspectives. Num Pages: 286 pages, 97 figures. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLK; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 5135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791677
ISBN
9781781791677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.27

Paperback. These eleven essays offer critical engagement in understanding the sky in human imagination and culture and contribute to this new field emerging within the academy. Editor(s): Gunzburg, Darrelyn. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLK; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 5135.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791684
ISBN
9781781791684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41

Paperback. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Updated with a New Preface
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156424
ISBN
9780231156424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.86

Hardback. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Updated with a new Preface
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156417
ISBN
9780231156417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.04
€ 77.50

Hardback. Finding in the world's myths-its sacred stories-a way to talk about experiences shared across time and space, Doniger champions the cause of comparative mythology as she expertly taps a wealth of traditions-from the Hebrew Bible to the Bhagavad Gita. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111706
ISBN
9780231111706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.45

Paperback. Finding in the world's myths-its sacred stories-a way to talk about experiences shared across time and space, Doniger champions the cause of comparative mythology as she expertly taps a wealth of traditions-from the Hebrew Bible to the Bhagavad Gita. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780231111713
ISBN
9780231111713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.60

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.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472136442
ISBN
9781472136442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 214 x 17. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877735267
ISBN
9780877735267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. This book presents a provocative theory about why fairy tales were created and retold - and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DSY; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159553
ISBN
9780691159553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.21

Hardback. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, this book presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
F First Edition, 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153384
ISBN
9780691153384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146340
ISBN
9780231146340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; HBJD1; JFHF; VX; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Green Magic London
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953663132
ISBN
9780953663132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. In this volume Levi-Strauss explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels are interwoven with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification," and plays by Sophocles and Labiche. Translator(s): Chorier, B. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 colour plate, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HPCF; HRQ; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226474823
ISBN
9780226474823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.22

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 466 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633688
ISBN
9780691633688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.91

Paperback. This work is a vision of wilderness in the Klamath Mountains of northwest California and southwest Oregon, seen through the lens of "evolutionary mythology". Using his explorations of the diverse ecosystems in this region, the author ponders the role of evolution and myth in American culture. Num Pages: 174 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBBWR; JFHF; PSAJ; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
20 Anv
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236592
ISBN
9780520236592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. An intriguing study of a unique and unsettling cultural phenomenon in Victorian England. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271917
ISBN
9781783271917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.69

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837879
ISBN
9781843837879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Witches Almanac Ltd.
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Rev Exp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977370399
ISBN
9780977370399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.89

Paperback. The Texas Longhorn made more history than any other breed of cattle the world has known. These wiry, intractable beasts were themselves pioneers in a harsh land, moving elementally with drouth, grass, Arctic blizzards, and burning winds. This title tells of the Spanish conquistadors, who brought their cattle with them. Series: The J. Frank Dobie. Num Pages: 440 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 211 x 32. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292746275
ISBN
9780292746275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.32

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