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  • Flights of Fancyby Peter Tate

    Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 19.95

    The perfect bedside companion for every bird-watcher and nature lover, inside Flights of Fancy you?ll find: Cranes ?Don?t promise the crane in the sky, but give the titmouse in your hand.? Russian proverb Magpies ?One for sorrow, two for joy?? Traditional English rhyme Owls ?The owl shrieked at thy birth, an evil sign.? Shakespeare, ... more...

  • Suchen - Verführungby

    De Gruyter 2010; US$ 377.00

    Collected volume of studies on the stage representation of Jews in European theatre between 1830 and 1940. The way in which Jews are represented on the stage stretches between the poles of anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism on the one side and Jewish renaissance and Zionism on the other. The individual studies all consider the boundary conditions given... more...

  • SPEAKING OUTby Linde Zingaro

    Left Coast Press 2010; US$ 32.95

    Many professionals in health, education, and community service roles are caught in a particular bind of identity—they live in a complex social borderland of credibility and professional authority while experiencing or having experienced the same discrimination, violence or trauma that they are committed to conquering. For some, the disclosure... more...

  • Paul Andrews Presents - The Book of Werewolvesby Paul Andrews

    Andrews UK 2011; US$ 4.49

    This gripping read is based on an original book by Sabine Baring-Gould, which details historical reports of alleged Were-Wolf reports over many hundreds of years. Some are clearly just deranged people who slaughtered people due to insanity and murderous intents, some are more mysterious and potentially could be real.... Newly edited, and with some... more...

  • Monster Spotter's Guide to North Americaby Scott Francis

    F+W Media 2007; US$ 14.99

    Like a bird-watching guide? only for monsters Monsters represent the dark side of humanity–the primal, animal impulses that reside in every single one of us. They have preyed upon our imaginations and our fears since the dawn of civilization. North America is home to a wide array of fearsome beasts, including hairy monsters, flying... more...

  • Vampires, A Very Peculiar Historyby Fiona Macdonald

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 9.49

    Dragged from the deepest, darkest depths of the 'Very Peculiar History' vaults, this book collects tales of terror, morbid myths and frightening facts that will chill you witless. Introduced by everyone's favourite bloodsucker, Count Dracula, 'Vampires: A Very Peculiar History' features the origin of vampire-like creatures and a... more...

  • Encounters with Vampiresby Teresa Moorey

    Hodder Education 2011; US$ 9.58

    Want to know about vampires but short of time and unsure where to begin? Get a kickstart with this little book which will give you just enough to get you going... more...

  • Signifying Animalsby Roy Willis

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 62.95

    A fresh assessment of the workings of animal symbolism in diverse cultures. Reconsiders the concept of totemism and exposes common fallacies in symbolic interpretation. more...

  • Imagined Statesby Luisa Del Giudice

    Utah State University Press 2003; US$ 18.50

    An international ensemble of folklore scholars looks at varied ways in which national and ethnic groups have traditionally and creatively used imagined states of existence-some idealizations, some demonizations-in the construction of identities for themselves and for others. Drawing on oral traditions, especially as represented in traditional ballads,... more...

  • Dictionary of Plant Loreby D.C. Watts

    Elsevier Science 2007; US$ 61.95

    Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve... more...