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So They Understand
Utah State University Press 2003; US$ 18.50Illustrated with numerous stories collected from Alaska, the Yukon, and South Africa and further enlivened by the author's accessible style and experiences as a longtime oral historian and archivist, So They Understand is a comprehensive study of the special challenges and concerns involved in documenting, representing, preserving, and interpreting... more...
Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters, and Animal Power Symbols
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 45.00Provides a comprehensive history of mythical animals, creatures, and monsters. more...
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales [Three Volumes]
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 300.00Hundreds of alphabetically entries on themes and motifs, individuals, characters and character types, national traditions, genres, and other topics survey folk and fairy tales from around the world. more...
The Greenwood Library of World Folktales [Four Volumes]
Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 300.00Selects and annotates a vast array of folktales from around the world. more...
Foodways and Folklore
Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 55.00Gives broad introductory coverage of the folklore of food, with special attention to the diverse ethnic food traditions of the United States. more...
Out Of The Ordinary
Utah State University Press 1995; US$ 19.00This contributed volume explores the functions of belief and supernatural experience within an array of cultures, as well as the stance of academe toward the study of belief and the supernatural. The essays in this volume call into question the idea that supernatural experience is extraordinary. Among the contributors are Shelley Adler, David... more...
A to Z World Superstitions & Folklore
World Trade Press 2008; US$ 38.00A to Z World Superstitions & Folklore is an encyclopedia featuring myths, legends and irrational beliefs passed down through generations in 175 countries worldwide. Detailed entries on spirit worship, curses, mystical characters, folk tales, burial and th more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Werewolves
DK Publishing 2009; US$ 15.00The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Werewolves takes you deep into the mysterious corners of the werewolf world-and brings you out alive. You'll learn about the history of shapeshifters and werewolves from around the world, savagely entertaining werewolf facts and stories, and how humans transform into these beasts (and what kills them). more...
On Monsters
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 16.99Monsters. Real or imagined, literal or metaphorical, they have exerted a dread fascination on the human mind for many centuries. They attract and repel us, intrigue and terrify us, and in the process reveal something deeply important about the darker recesses of our collective psyche. Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual... more...
The Power of Gold
Wiley 2004; US$ 18.95In this exciting new book, Peter L. Bernstein, who chronicled the evolution of risk in his recent bestseller, Against the Gods, tells the story of history's most coveted, celebrated, and inglorious asset: gold. From the ancient fascinations of Moses and Midas through the modern convulsions caused by the gold standard and its aftermath, gold has led... more...









