Mirror of the Medieval. An Anthropology of the Western Historical Imagination, Hardback - K. Patrick Fazioli

This book gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual projects have appropriated the medieval past for their own en...

From the 2019/2020 Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh In God's Image describes how centering our culture on the human and divine spiri...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): K. M. AshmanNumber of pages: 336Collection: The Medieval SagasPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 27Cover typ...

A full colour map, based on a digitised map of the city of Canterbury in 1907, with its Roman, Anglo-Saxon and medieval past overlain and important...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): K. M. AshmanNumber of pages: 368Collection: The Medieval SagasPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 29Cover typ...

Reducere. Description"Argonauts of the Western Pacific, " a seminal work in anthropology, has been essential reading since its publication in 1922. This new ...

Reducere. In August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independence from Great Britain, General George Washington...

Presents a fresh theoretical ground for the study of ritual, iconographic technologies, and oral traditions among nonliterate peoples. The author u...

The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, which are home to numerous human societies and...

A full colour map, based on a digitised map of the city of Oxford in 1876, with its medieval past overlain and important buildings picked out. The ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Natasha PulleyNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 241 x 37Cover type: Hardba...

Saint Thecla, an immensely popular figure of early Christianity, inspired bishops, saints, emperors, church fathers, ordinary readers, and hagiogra...

An anthropological perspective on the devastating environmental consequences of global capital's growth imperative.

This invaluable text, written by one of the world's most influential black scholars, re-imagines the communal ideal from a broader perspective that...

Reducere. A study of a largely forgotten optical device and its relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination.In this first full-length study...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdNumber of pages: 180Collection: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book SeriesPublicati...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 31 colour and 53 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 241 x 24C...

A major new intervention on the overarching challenges of modernity from one of the world's leading anthropologistsPublisher: Pluto PressAuthor(s):...

Reducere. This was written in 2006 during a time of tremendous pai and suffering in the author's life. At that time, there was no intention of having it publ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsAuthor(s): Philip BeaverIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 546Pub...

Reducere. J.K. Rowling, one of the world's most inspiring writers, shares her wisdom and advice. In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencem...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Cloe FraigneauNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 202 x 292 x 34Cover type: Hardba...

DescriptionA collector's edition of the classic, illustrated, and comprehensive history of magic and the occult - Written by renowned Surrealist an...

DescriptionThe Song of Songs, eight chapters of love lyrics found in the collection of wisdom literature attributed to Solomon, is the most enigmat...

The first comprehensive study to explore the role of esoteric, occult, alchemical, shamanistic, mystical and magical traditions in the work of majo...

This abundantly illustrated book is an illuminating exploration of the impact of medieval imagery on three hundred years of visual culture.Publishe...

Ritual is one of the most discussed cultural practices, yet its treatment in anthropological terms has been seriously limited, characterized by a h...

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World traces the development of peoples, cultures, and faiths between the coming of the barbarian inva...

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast) contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive...

Reducere. Recent years have seen a spectacular rise of the New Age movement and an ever-increasing interest in its beliefs and manifestations. This fascinati...

Reducere. Salisbury, 1227A boundary dispute between two farmers leads to digging that uncovers an ancient settlement...with a recent corpse buried in it. Ela...

Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press LtdAuthor(s): Patrick HicksNumber of pages: 228Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 214 x 210 x 21Cover type: Hardba...

This book offers an account of the historical development of the novel as a means of imagining and fashioning our bodies and our environments, in o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Laura Lee YatesWhen Meriwether Lewis purchases an enormous Newfoundland dog named Seaman, it's the start of an epic friends...

Ursula Le Guin's beloved YA series gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition for every reader This fifth volume in the definitive...

This book offers a fresh perspective on religious culture in the medieval Middle East. It investigates the ways Muslims thought about and practiced...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. The runes are said to have -revealed themselves- to von List, uncovering a complete cosmology and esoteric understanding of the primeval Teutonic/A...

Reducere. DescriptionAn Anthropology of Marxism offers Cedric Robinson's analysis of the history of communalism that has been claimed by Marx and Marxists. S...

Reducere. Using the Grimaud Tarot deck of Marseilles the direct descendants of the earliest handprinted designs and the basis for most of the later esoteric ...

Studies the work of the Anglo-Welsh poet and artist David Jones (1895-1974) to explore how modern British poetry has engaged with the early medieva...

Reducere. DescriptionA sweet western historical romance story that will touch your heart... LARGE PRINT EDITION Annie Price is as wild as the land she lives ...

No single drawing in this book is a representation of cities in-situ; all of them are interpretations, translations, and combinations of traces col...

In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as they...

Star Trek emerged alongside mini-skirts, bellbottoms, and VW vans; flourished in the shadow of Madonna, big hair, and greed; and expanded with comp...

It is 1865, the American Civil War has just ended, and 18-year old Vita Tenney is determined to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a country doc...

This book offers a unique account of the role imagination plays in advancing the course of freedom's actualization. It draws on Ricoeur's philosoph...

Every adult paid a living wage, no strings attached: how basic income will give us the opportunity to be creative on a mass scale