England's Fairyland: Most books about the fairy lore of Britain tend to focus on the Celtic parts of the country, but The Crew that Never Rests is mainly about the local legends and tales of the fairies as recorded in the counties of England.
Exploring the ancient and widespread veneration of the snake in religion, myth, and ritual, Ophiolatreia reveals how serpent worship has shaped spiritual life across centuries and cultures.
England's Fairyland: Most books about the fairy lore of Britain tend to focus on the Celtic parts of the country, but The Crew that Never Rests is mainly about the local legends and tales of the fairies as recorded in the counties of England.
From frontier times to the present day, Kentucky nurses have served with intelligence and energy, always ensuring that their patients received the best available care.
Enter a world of ancient symbols and hidden power with William Thomas and Kate Pavitt's book of talismans, exploring sacred objects, planetary influences, and zodiacal correspondences.
Tennessee History Book Award Finalist The Upper Cumberland region of Kentucky and Tennessee, often regarded as isolated and out of pace with the rest of the country, has a far richer history and culture than has been documented.
For more than fifty years mountain-born Earl Palmer traveled the Southern Appalachians with his camera, recording his personal vision of the mountain people and their heritage.
While vampire stories have been part of popular culture since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has been in recent decades that they have become a central part of American culture.
Since Robert Flaherty's landmark film Nanook of the North (1922) arguments have raged over whether or not film records of people and traditions can ever be "e;authentic.
According to the scant historical records available, Uncle Bud Long, his daughter Janey, and her son Frankie lived near Clark's Landing, Kentucky, for about twenty years early in this century.
'I start to see my own experience not as a woeful result of a system or a body that has let me down, but as a birth experience as ancient, rich and potent as any other kind of birth.
Soar the skies with fire-breathing beasts, explore the mythological lands of Ancient Greece, and brandish your sword with Saint George in this illustrated collection of dragon tales from around the world.
This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above.
This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above.
Women in Soviet Society: Equality, Development, and Social Change reframes one of the twentieth century's most sweeping social experiments: the promiseand limitsof Soviet sexual equality.
Women in Soviet Society: Equality, Development, and Social Change reframes one of the twentieth century's most sweeping social experiments: the promiseand limitsof Soviet sexual equality.
