The World of Myth, Paperback - David A. Leeming

Reducere. DescriptionBuilding on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, The World of Myth, Third Edition, offers a uniquely comprehensive collectio...

Reducere. DescriptionStories centuries in the making, and many centuries worth of stories, are an integral part of modern society. Whether modern or ancient,...

Reducere. In The World of Star Trek, David Gerrold opens up dialogue on the people, places, and events that made Star Trek one of the most popular series eve...

Reducere. Few politicians in our history have had the emotional impact of Joe McCarthy and acclaimed historian David Oshinsky's chronicling of his life has b...

The ancient roots of mythology and its contemporary legacy and centrality to the modern frame of reference are explored in this profound look at th...

Reducere. Most North Americans experience mythology by way of translations of classical texts, and surprisingly few of us are familiar with Coyote, Spider Wo...

In this book, David Leeming analyses the Medusa in myth, history, philosophy, modern psychoanalysis, art, literature, feminism and the advertising ...

Reducere. Photography Demystified--Your Guide to the World of Travel Photography--How to Explore, See, and Photograph the World is a book written for those t...

Reducere. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing, the Commonwealth Club Silver Medal for Literature 1984, and named one of the twentieth centu...

Can food heal some of the most complex medical conditions? My Unremarkable Brain: A Fat-Fueled Adventure into the World of Epilepsy and the Ketogen...

Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the 'alchemy of the visual image'. This book demonstrates that the artist had a profound and abiding...

Reducere. DescriptionAn old woman lives still among the broken slopes of the mountains in the land of the Tarahumara Indians. No one knows exactly where. She...

The name says it all: these are feats of magic that anyone can perform Requiring only minimal skill and producing maximum effect, these 250 tricks ...

Reducere. Myths, says James N. Frey, are the basis of all storytelling, and their structures and motifs are as powerful for contemporary writers as they were...

The search for a shared practice of storytelling around which a popular study of cognitive narratology might form need look no further than our nig...

States that the Wild West of Hollywood and American folklore is nothing more than a functional myth. The author presents a sustained analysis of ho...

An intimate look at Brian's rollercoaster of a life and career, it's told through the eyes of those who were there during Wilson's most legendary p...

David Riggs evokes the atmosphere and texture of Marlowe's life, from the stench and poverty of a childhood spent near Canterbury's abattoirs to th...

The most comprehensive reference guide to the world's sharks--now fully revised and updated Sharks of the World is the essential illustrated guide ...

Reducere. How can you reach an enthusiastic young sports fan--particularly boys--with biblical truth? Try this daily devotional that is full of sports histor...

The extraordinary history of the hidden civilizations of the first peoples of the South American Andes, with over 200 photographs and illustrations.

Reducere. In The World of Star Trek, David Gerrold opens up dialogue on the people, places, and events that made Star Trek one of the most popular series eve...

Reducere. Ages 8-12 ◆ Interactive Adventure ◆ 7 Superpowers ◆ 46 EndingsNow you can be faster, stronger, invisible, and you can teleport, walk through walls,...

A spectacularly funny feast of all things Walliams for super-fans, new fans and anyone who likes laughing out loud a lot. In glorious colour throug...

For an element so firmly fixed in American culture, the frontier myth is surprisingly flexible. How else to explain its having taken two such diffe...

Reducere. In scope and clarity, there is no book that can compare to The Eastern Mysteries. This reissue of David Allen Hulse's landmark work is the one book...

Reducere. Based on previously unused French and German sources, this challenging and controversial new analysis of the war on the Western front from 1914 to ...

Reducere. The Virtuous Wehrmacht explores the myth of the German armed forces' innocence during World War II by reconstructing the moral world of German sold...

A biography of Dr John Disney (1779-1857), the benefactor of the first chair in archaeology at a British university. He also donated his major coll...

DescriptionEmerging at the turn of the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic rose to become a powerhouse of economic growth, artistic creativity,...

Reducere. DescriptionDavid Warner Mathisen, author of seven previous books investigating the connection between the myths and the stars, explores the Norse m...

A boxed set of 72 cards featuring some of the world's greatest cities, buildings and landmarks. Ages: 6+

DescriptionHe wrote in the 90's about the 2008 Banking Crash, The War on Terror, Transhumanist Agenda, Microchipping, the Cashless Society and more...

Reducere. During his 25 years as a holistic practitioner and health expert on syndicated TV and radio, Dr. David Friedman has interviewed hundreds of world-r...

Our Choice: Democracy or Corporate Rule A handful of corporations and financial institutions command an ever-greater concentration of economic and ...