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Als das Wünschen noch geholfen hat oder: wie man in Mesopotamien Karriere machte
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 36.02Die vorliegende Studie richtet sich nicht nur an Assyriologen, sondern auch an Religions- und Literaturwissenschaftler, Ägyptologen und Archäologen. Auch interessierte Laien können hier einen tiefen Einblick in eine faszinierende Denkweise erhalten. Ein großer Teil der uns aus dem Alten Orient in Keilschrift überlieferten Texte ist religiöser bzw.... more...
Animal Capital
University of Minnesota Press 2009; US$ 68.00The juxtaposition of biopolitical critique and animal studiestwo subjects seldom theorized togethersignals the double-edged intervention of Animal Capital. Nicole Shukin pursues a resolutely materialist engagement with the question of the animal, challenging the philosophical idealism that has dogged the question by tracing... more...
The Animalizing Imagination
Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 109.00Animals appear not just as biological creatures, but as vehicles of meaning for human imagination, mind and culture. Animal life may form the basis for an animalizing imagination that can enhance our cultural, religious and aesthetic sensibilities. This imagination is rooted in the pre-modern affective relationship between shamans and their familiars,... more...
The Anthropology of Texts, Persons and Publics
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 29.00Thought-provoking study of the relationship between verbal and oral texts and their role in society. more...
Berakhyah Ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, Sefer Ko?a? ha-Avanim (On the Virtue of the Stones). Hebrew Text and English Translation.
BRILL 2010; US$ 131.00The lore of the supposed magic and medical virtue of stones goes back to the Babylonians and peaks out in the lapidary literature of the Middle Ages. The famous work of Marbode of Rennes, which made lapidaries a very popular type of medieval scientific literature, was translated into numerous vernacular languages. The Jewish tradition, missing a particular... more...
The Book of Dragon Lore
Infinite Ideas 2012; US$ 8.95The Book of Dragon Lore is an enchanting, beautifully illustrated accompaniment to a series of books that chronicle the adventures of Jack Brenin, finder of the golden acorn. Deep inside Falconrock, hidden from Humankind, is a secret library. None may enter, unless they have permission or know how to open its doors, for it contains all the ancient... more...
Breaking the Magic Spell
The University Press of Kentucky 2002; US$ 25.00This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the 1979 landmark Breaking the Magic Spell examines the enduring power of fairy tales and the ways they invade our subjective world. In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of investigating oral folk tales in their socio-political context and traces their evolution into literary fairy... more...
A Brief History of Vampires
Constable & Robinson 2013; US$ 13.11A historical journey in pursuit of the history, legend and lore of vampires. Where do they come from? Why do they have so much appeal today? As Twilight hits the book charts and billboards, and True Blood is on TV there are vampires in downtown clubs and never has it been more fashionable to be pale. M J Trow looks at the story of vampires and charts... more...
Cinderella
ABC-CLIO 1992; US$ 56.00The stories of a Cinderella character go far beyond the familiar tales of Perrault and Grimm. Author Judy Sierra presents 24 versions that represent a broad range of cultures and geographical areas, styles, with variations on the theme of the persecuted heroine (or occasionally hero) who emerges victorious, regardless of the circumstances. Each version... 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...









