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  • Vanishing Act

    Cambodia's World of Magic

    by Ryun Patterson, Rick Valenzuela ...
    Cambodia's mystic class of sorcerers, mediums, fortunetellers, and monks channel spirits, read fortunes in numbers and cards, and inscribe enchantments in flesh. But technology and modernity are changing these roles and rituals. Vanishing Act tracks down these singular people to document their lives, painting vivid portraits of men and women who live with one foot in the mundane and another in the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    by Sabine Baring-Gould ...
    Sabine Baring-Gould's work on lycanthropy and the legends of the werewolves is probably the most detailed on the market. She goes back deep into the history, tries to share knowledge on the evolution of the legends and expresses her views on modern-day werewolves' talks. ... Read more

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  • Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

    by Edgar Thurston ...
    This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin. In my “Ethnographic Notes in Southern India” (1906), I stated that the confused chapter devoted to omens, animal superstitions, evil eye, charms, sorcery, etc., was a mere outline sketch of a group of subjects, which, if ... Read more

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  • British Roots

    by Jean Bingle ...
    The handprint of British heritage is everywhere. British Roots takes a deeper look to tease out a warm world of fantasy, fables and fairies, entwined with the mystery and wonder of creation. It explores British culture and takes you on a journey through a rich tapestry of threads encompassing history, language, art, sport, architecture, humour, music, literature, education, religion, war, science, ... Read more

    $12.45 USD

  • Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

    by KATHARINE BERRY JUDSON ...
    Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Robert Kempt is an insightful collection that captures the rich folklore and storytelling traditions of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains region of North America. Kempt delves into the oral traditions of various tribes, including the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Crow, among others, presenting their myths, legends, and tales that have been passed down ... Read more

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  • Legend of the Rainbow Warriors

    by Steven McFadden, Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo ...
    Legend of the Rainbow Warriors is a journalist's account of one of the core myths of America, and an electrifying exploration of how that myth is playing out in real time.One dominant myth is formed by advertising images of vast, luxurious wealth-the myth of materialism. Another myth is conjured in the bloody, sorrowful images that pervade movies, music and computer games-the myth that the world ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Stories Of The Months And Days

    by Reginald C. Couzens ...
    The Stories Of The Months And Daysby Reginald C. CouzensHow familiar to us are the names of the months, and the days of the week, and yet how few of us know to whom we owe these names or what a wealth of meaning they possess. They have come to us from the past, from the time when people worshiped many gods and explained the wonders of nature in their own simple way. But before listening to the ... Read more

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  • The Political History of the Devil

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    The Political History of the Devil Daniel Defoe - The Political History of the Devil is a 1726 book by Daniel Defoe.General scholarly opinion is that Defoe really did think of the Devil as a participant in world history. He spends some time discussing Milton's Paradise Lost and explaining why he considers it inaccurate.His view is that of an 18th-century Presbyterian he blames the Devil for the ... Read more

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  • The Mysteries of Eleusis and Bacchus

    by Thomas Taylor ...
    These observances once represented the spiritual life of Greece, and were considered for two thousand years and more the appointed means for regeneration through an interior union with the Divine Essence. However absurd, or even offensive they may seem to us, we should therefore hesitate long before we venture to lay desecrating hands on what others have esteemed holy. We can learn a valuable ... Read more

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  • Mule Trader

    Ray Lum's Tales of Horses, Mules, and Men

    by William R. Ferris ...
    Series series Banner Books
    Readers captivated by this book will be happy that Bill Ferris found Ray Lum and that he thought to turn on a tape recorder. Lum (1891-1977) was a mule skinner, a livestock trader, an auctioneer, and an American original.This delightful book, first published in 1992 as “You Live and Learn. Then You Die and Forget It All,” preserves Lum's colorful folk dialect and captures the essence of this one ... Read more

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  • Curatorial Conversations

    Cultural Representation and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

    Edited by Olivia Cadaval, Sojin Kim, Diana Baird N'Diaye ...
    WINNER OF THE 2017 SMITHSONIAN SECRETARY’S RESEARCH PRIZESince its origins in 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has gained worldwide recognition as a model for the research and public presentation of living cultural heritage and the advocacy of cultural democracy. Festival curators play a major role in interpreting the Festival's principles and shaping its practices.Curatorial Conversations ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Mammoth Book of Superstition

    From Rabbits' Feet to Friday the 13th

    by Roy Bainton ...
    Series Book 495 - Mammoth Books
    Rather than providing a dictionary of superstitions, of which there are already numerous excellent, exhaustive and, in many cases, academic works which list superstitions from A to Z, Bainton gives us an entertaining flight over the terrain, landing from time to time in more thought-provoking areas. He offers an overview of humanity's often illogical and irrational persistence in seeking good luck ... Read more

    $11.99 USD