The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition, Paperback

According to legend, runaway slaves could attain a sort of freedom by breaking off a branch -- the Golden Bough -- from a sacred tree. If the runaw...

Remarkable for its vast assembly of facts and its charm of presentation, it offers the thesis that man progresses from magic through religious beli...

First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition (1906-15) which was abridged in 1922 by the author and h...

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The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion, Hardcover

Reducere. The Golden Bough attempts to define the shared elements of religious belief. Its thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved ar...

In 1931 Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous Remarks on Frazer's "Golden Bough, " published posthumously in 1967. At that time, anthropology and ph...

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The definitive overview and anthology of the artworks and writings associated with Arte Povera, the influential art movement that explored the rela...

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One of India's greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country's moral and cultural consciousness. For generations it has served as a bedtime sto...

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, sought to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves; but its first important tes...

This almost forgotten classic text of Victorian middle-class identity offers advice on fashion, child-care, animal husbandry, poisons, and the mana...

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Portraits of Wittgenstein is a major collection of memoirs and reflections on one of the most influential and yet elusive personalities in the hist...

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DescriptionHoda Barakat's 2004 Arabic novel tells the story of Wadie, a young man who leaves school and becomes corrupted by crime, and his wife, S...

Reducere. Adapted by Sister Halcon J. Fisk, this Abridged Edition of The Imitation of Christ by Catholic Book Publishing is designed specifically for contemp...

This book is an abridged edition of the Arabic novel Saaq al-Bambuu (The Bamboo Stalk), written by Saud al-Sanousi, a living Kuwaiti writer. The ab...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Watty PiperNumber of pages: 26Collection: The Little Engine That CouldPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 177...

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Open yourself up to the goodness that is truly yours.Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Emmet FoxNumber of pages: 96Collection: Simple Success ...

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop,...

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Publisher: HyperionAuthor(s): Disney BooksIllustration(s): 50 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 568 x...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sir Sir Winston S. ChurchillNumber of pages: 632Collection: Bloomsbury RevelationsPublication date: ...