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Ghosts & Monsters
Saddleback Publishing 2008; US$ 11.95Did you know that the terryfing tale of Dracula was inspired by a man who drank his enemies' blood? Or that huge, scary monsters have been spotted on lonely mountain tops? Journey into the weird world of bloodsucking vampires, freaky phantoms, and mysterious monsters. Colorful photographs, astounding statistics, and challenging quizzes highlight... more...
Traditional Medicine
Pharmaceutical Press 2009; US$ 57.00The World Health Organization has acknowledged that the majority of people living in developing countries continue to use traditional medicine. Increased levels of immigration and migration also mean that health professionals are more likely to come into contact with patients using them. Traditional Medicine is therefore a vital and timely book which... more...
Jinn Eviction as a Discourse of Power
BRILL 2007; US$ 130.00Intends to construct a basis for the understanding of the rites and practices associated with exorcism, or jinn eviction as it is performed within the maraboutic institution called zawiya. more...
Sacred Wells
Algora Publishing 2009; US$ 31.95Sacred Wells is an in depth study of springs, wells and waters that have been venerated from California to Cornwall, Russia to Australia. Tales of faeries, black hounds, hauntings and miraculous cures are explored. Many of these sites are still locations for religious festivals and ritual, unchanging for hundreds of years.The book is illustrated with... more...
Children's Folklore
Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 55.00Offers students and general readers an introduction to children's folklore. more...
Tales of Lights and Shadows
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 80.00Tales of Lights and Shadows offers a fresh approach to the traditional mythology and literature of the afterlife, centering on tensions and polarities in the afterlife concepts: bright vs. dismal, heaven vs. reincarnation, theocentric vs. anthropocentric heaven, etc. Presenting examples from virtually all the world's religious cultures... more...
Braaaiiinnnsss!
University of Ottawa Press 2011; US$ 11.99In the fight against zombies, our most important weapons are our brains. It's time to unleash them. more...
The Vampire Book
DK Publishing 2009; US$ 19.99Vampires have always fascinated and frightened, and now their reach goes beyond horror-flick fans. Teens the world over have fallen under the spell of these mysterious, blood-sucking, and oh-so-alluring beings! From Buffy to Twilight, vampire fans have gotten smarter and savvier, and this is the book for them. Learn how vampires live, how they avoid... 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...
Cultural Heritages as Reflexive Traditions
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 105.00Drawing on anthropological fieldwork, this book presents case studies illustrating the re-conceptualization of heritages and traditions in selected locations in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. The authors review the importance of oral traditions as markers of identity and consider competing narratives of heritage in postcolonial societies. more...









