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A Brief Guide to Celtic Myths and Legends by Martyn J. Whittock
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This is a very readable guide which fills the gap between academic analysis and less critical retellings of the myths and legends. Marytn Whittock provides an accessible overview while also assessing the current state of research regarding the origins and significance of the myths. Since all records of ...Show more
A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization by Stephen Kershaw
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A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire. The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from archaeology and history; deals with the Mycenaean era and the world of Myth and Epic in Homer's "Iliad & Odyssey"; gives an o ...Show more
A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends by Lewis Spence
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In this brilliant reworking of Lewis Spence's seminal "Myths and Legends of the North American Indians", Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout the book on the history of Native Americans, their language and lifestyle, culture ...Show more
A Brief History of Bad Medicine by Ian Schott
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A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient's brain instead of the malignant tumor. A man whose leg is scheduled for amputation wakes up to find his healthy leg removed. These recent examples are part of a history of medical disasters and embarrassments as old as the profession itself. In "Br ...Show more
A Brief History of Ireland by Richard Killeen
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The perfect introduction to the Irish story-a story wrapped in mythology and legend. Since its very origins, Ireland has become the home for a successive series of invaders-the Celts, Christians, Vikings, and Normans. And despite deprivation, desperation, and suppression, Ireland has developed an un ...Show more
A Brief History of Misogyny by Jack Holland
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Category: History | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The result takes the reader on an eye-opening jour ...Show more
A Brief History of Stonehenge by Aubrey Burl
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A complete new history of the world's greatest stone circle Britain's leading expert on stone circles turns his attention to the greatest example of them all - Stonehenge. Every aspect of Stonehenge is re-considered in Aubrey Burl's new analysis. He explains for the first time how the outlying Heel Ston ...Show more
A Brief History of the Amazons: Women Warriors in Myth and History by Lyn Webster Wilde
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Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since. Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars consigned them to the world of myth, but Lyn Webster Wil ...Show more
Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting by Leo Ruickbie
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There has been an upsurge in books, television programmes, films and websites exploring the reality or otherwise of the spirit world. Not since the founding of The Ghost Club in 1862 and the Society for Psychical Research in 1882 has ghost hunting been so popular. Television and the internet, in particu ...Show more
Brief Guide to Spiritual Classics by James M. Russell
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Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: Brief Histories
This very readable brief guide examines a wide range of spiritual writing that can be read for enjoyment or inspiration, including some books that come from beyond any religious tradition. While written from within the Christian tradition, and offering introductions to the writings of medieval mystics, ...Show more
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