Women and Pilgrimage, Hardback - ***

A new approach to the study of pilgrimage covering lesser known aspects like humour; performances along pilgrims' paths; the ephemeral nature of id...

Today thousands travel to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. This book provides a holistic approach to the study of thes...

In recent years there has been growth in both the practice and research of dark tourism--the phenomenon of visiting sites of tragedy or disaster. E...

Publisher: University Press of FloridaAuthor(s): Agata Szczeszak-BrewerNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2010Cover type: HardbackRedescopera fa...

Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd LtdAuthor(s): Charles MoseleyNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 144 x 222 x 33Cover type: Hard...

The 23 chapters in this volume explore the material culture of sanctity in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean between c. 1000 and c. 1220, with a f...

A spectacular photographic tour of the greatest European pilgrimage sites, from Canterbury to Santiago de Compostela.Illustrations: 300 color photos

DescriptionPilgrimage is found in most religious cultures, with large numbers of sites - from globally renowned places to regional shrines - flouri...

Including wonderful photographs and illustrations, Harry Hughes' book describes the pilgrimage and details the history, archaeology, ancient tradit...

Compiles the history of the Donegal pilgrimage as presented in historical texts, guidebooks, popular writing, devotional treatises, and newspaper a...

Reducere. ``I've tried to be the perfect person God expects me to be, but I just can't, I give up.`` ``I know God loves me, but it seems like He never answer...

Excavations chart the transformation of an inner city neighbourhood in late antique Carthage, with the development of a significant basilica that w...

Reducere. Himalayan Pilgrimage describes a seven months' journey which the author made through the remote Tibetan regions of Western Nepal in 1956. Travellin...

Reducere. When Mary Ann Claud set out to explore the Blue Ridge Mountains from her home in Tryon, NC, she knew she would find waterfalls, scenic overlooks an...

Darwin and Women focusses on the correspondence between Darwin and female family members and professional colleagues. Including correspondence betw...

Studies of women's rhetorics to date have focused largely on the civic arena and the home. These two spheres are clearly important, but they ignore...

This spellbinding, ground-breaking translation reenergises Aeschylus' enduring saga of split loyalties, bloody sacrifice and the efforts to bring p...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Gina SorellNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 239 x 35Cover type: Hardba...

Pilgrimage, a global ritual embraced by nearly all faiths, is one of civilization's most enduring traditions. In this compelling book, author and j...

Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East - Joy McCorriston

A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84 Tsukuru Tazaki had four best fr...

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 ...

Psychoanalysis and Euripides' Suppliant Women applies the 'tragic' reading of politics, presented by Euripides in his play, The Suppliant Women, to...

A powerful and poignant memoir of survival and resistance by the critically acclaimed author of She Would Be King, about her family's dramatic esca...

This book reveals many aspects of the practice of pilgrimage, including its nationalistic facets, effect on economic development, the impact of the...

Travelling with God. The Meaning and Usefulness of Pilgrimage - Patriarch Daniel

A tribute to the impressive roster of women artists who have graduated from Yale UniversityPublisher: Yale University PressNumber of pages: 308Publ...

In this volume, scholars from history, anthropology, religious studies, sociology, and art history examine historical and contemporary hajj and non...

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 ...

Contents: Music from the twelfth-century Codex Calixtinus: Dum pater familiasCongaudeant CatholiciAlma perpetuiPsallat chorus celestiumO Venerande ...

A call to arms from Empire magazine's 'geek queen', Helen O'Hara, that explores women's roles - both in front of and behind the camera - since the ...

A groundbreaking new story of women's journey through medicine, exposing the historic origins of the gender pain gap.

A collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history.Publisher: Welbeck P...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Peter StanfordIllustration(s): 5 Illustrations, black and white; 21 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 2...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Caroline KlineIllustration(s): 4 chartsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158 ...

A courageous and heart-wrenching book from Nobel Peace Prize laureate, world-renowned doctor and human rights activist Dr Denis MukwegePublisher: S...

Every cliff, inlet and headland reveals layers of myth and historical memory, and Robinson makes beautifully crafted observations about the habits ...

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: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Nancy Rubin StuartNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 235 x 29Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Publisher: Melisende UK LtdAuthor(s): Duncan MacPhersonNumber of pages: 146Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 216 x 139 x 12Cover type: Paperback / ...