Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
Paperback. Features 'old' texts that shed light on such topical questions as the rise of Fundamentalism and the mass popularity of secular mythologies like "Star Trek", "Star Wars", and "Xena: Warrior Princess". This book presents a voice of reason in the contemporary maelstrom of international religious violence and American pluralism. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253201881
- ISBN
- 9780253201881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Paperback. Marrs, author of the underground bestseller "Rule by Secrecy," reveals the frighteningly real possibility that today the United States is becoming the Fourth Reich--the continuation of an ideology thought to have been vanquished more than a half century ago. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061245596
- ISBN
- 9780061245596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. It seems that vampires have captured the popular imagination for centuries. Today they are a worldwide phenomenon, featuring in everything from reggae songs to Japanese and Korean horror films. In The Rise of the Vampire, Erik Butler explains our fascination with the undead by examining folklore, literature, film, television, journalism and music. Num Pages: 178 pages, 17 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235325
- ISBN
- 9781780235325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.70
€ 22.70
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231105
- ISBN
- 9781780231105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.16
€ 28.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931882873
- ISBN
- 9781931882873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.00
€ 18.99
€ 14.00
Paperback. Offers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. This title showcases a variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society's oral literature and traditions. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802568
- ISBN
- 9780896802568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
Paperback. Tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung. This title explores the history, legends, and myths contained in the saga and traces the development of a narrative that reaches back to the period of the great folk migrations in Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272996
- ISBN
- 9780520272996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.41
€ 32.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632650580
- ISBN
- 9781632650580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.01
€ 18.99
€ 13.01
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752489704
- ISBN
- 9780752489704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.17
€ 11.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Dover Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486466118
- ISBN
- 9780486466118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.65
€ 9.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 363 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140. . Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Cosmo Publications
- Number of pages
- 363
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KI20002320
- ISBN
- 9788177550986
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An unusual collection of diverse works on the many legends of London. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473620247
- ISBN
- 9781473620247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.25
€ 21.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 282 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738748603
- ISBN
- 9780738748603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.97
€ 24.99
€ 16.97
Hardcover. Many people are familiar with the German tales of the Brothers Grimm, but in the versions of picture books and Hollywood cartoons. This collection includes many German tales, such as "Rapunzel", "Snow White", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Hansel and Gretel", and "The Bremen Town Musicians"; and other tales like "The Seven Swabians" and "The Master Thief". Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 33halftones, 30line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 263 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563089671
- ISBN
- 9781563089671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.09€ 50.26
€ 53.09
€ 50.26
paperback. Reveals a story of secret marriage, children of Elizabeth I, Virgin Queen, and Francis Bacon as the true author of Shakespearean plays. Num Pages: 363 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSGS; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Summit University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Revised & Expanded ed.
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932890020
- ISBN
- 9781932890020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.59
€ 20.59
Paperback. Two decades after radiocarbon dating declared the Turin Shroud a mediaeval fake, brand-new historical discoveries strongly suggest that this famous cloth, with its extraordinary photographic imprint, is genuinely Christ's shroud after all. This book boldly challenges the current post-radiocarbon dating view - that it is a fake. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16 pages of colour pictures. BIC Classification: HRCA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553824223
- ISBN
- 9780553824223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Paperback.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803265646
- ISBN
- 9780803265646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.96
€ 30.99
€ 27.96
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Frank, Natalie. Editor(s): Zipes, Jack. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 20.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172651
- ISBN
- 9780691172651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.07
€ 49.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCA; JFH; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145411
- ISBN
- 9780231145411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.05
€ 37.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Goldstein, Diane E.; Shuman, Amy. Series: Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 130 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 7. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024404
- ISBN
- 9780253024404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.01
€ 34.01
Paperback. Translator(s): Gelpke, R. Num Pages: 177 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 362 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Omega Publications
- Number of pages
- 177
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930872526
- ISBN
- 9780930872526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.93
€ 19.99
€ 18.93
paperback. In this wide-ranging work, Claude Levi-Strauss examines the mythology of American Indians and seeks to illustrate how contact with Europeans have altered these tales. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 294 pages, 4 halftones, 3 maps, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226474724
- ISBN
- 9780226474724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.16
€ 40.16
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
€ 34.11
€ 34.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: JFH; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 157
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560723394
- ISBN
- 9781560723394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.85
€ 27.99
€ 20.85