Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)

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With over 200 prescriptions for giving yourself a break, this book helps the reader to sort out guilty feelings about self-nurture and to define her comfort/self-nurture needs.

"e;The priceless wisdom of Native America .

Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories!

Take a step back in time to the origins of Japan's creation myth--told here for the very first time in illustrated form.

Imagine a time when vast helium-fueled airships took the place of aircraft, and where the hunger for adventure and exploration took the human race into stranger places than we ever imagined.

The secrets of the tarot at your fingertips!

Adorn yourself with the power of goddesses from around the world to harness the potential each day offers for exciting, empowering magic.

The definitive account of the radical feminist punks and their music: "e;Exhilarating.

DISCOVER MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING BOOK THAT TURNED HISTORY ON ITS HEAD Arresting and audacious Daily MailPart intellectual detective story, part history book, Fingerprints of the Gods directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain.

"e;By filling one's head instead of one's pocket, one cannot be robbed.

Tales of enlightenment that stem from the centuries-old oral Tibetan tradition, collected by one of the foremost American Buddhist teachers and scholars.

The first in a four book series introducing the Rigante tribe, filled to the brim with epic and heroic battles, and mixing the intriguing worlds of Celtic Myth and ancient Earth Magic from the Sunday Times bestselling author David Gemmell.

This celebration of womanhood, with a foreword by Dr.

If you like Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden, you will love this second book in THE SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Manda Scott's epic retelling of the story of Britain's great warrior queen.

From THE SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Manda Scott, this the first instalment of a brilliantly imagined epic series that will leave you desperate for more.

STEP INTO ANOTHER WORLD - OF MAGIC, MAYHEM, MONSTERS AND MANIACAL GODS - IN STEPHEN FRY'S MOMENTOUS SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MYTHOS'A romp through the lives of ancient Greek gods.

The first biography of Kierkegaard's literary muse and one-time fiancee, from the author of the definitive biography of the philosopherKierkegaard's Muse, the first biography of Regine Olsen (1822-1904), the literary inspiration and one-time fiancee of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, is a moving portrait of a long romantic fever that had momentous literary consequences.

How secularism has been used to justify the subordination of womenJoan Wallach Scott's acclaimed and controversial writings have been foundational for the field of gender history.

Before the advent of synthetic fibers and cargo containers, jute sacks were the preferred packaging material of global trade, transporting the world's grain, cotton, sugar, tobacco, coffee, wool, guano, and bacon.

A compelling memoir by the first woman president of a major American universityHanna Holborn Gray has lived her entire life in the world of higher education.

A diverse new anthology that traces the meaning and magic of the sorcerer's apprentice tale throughout history"e;The Sorcerer's Apprentice"e; might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter.

A richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktalePerhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was published in 1880 by Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, and popularized in Song of the South, the 1946 Disney movie.

The sagas of the ancient Narts are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization.

For the first time, novelist Iris Murdoch's life in her own words, from girlhood to her last yearsIris Murdoch was an acclaimed novelist and groundbreaking philosopher whose life reflected her unconventional beliefs and values.

A timely and important search for architecture's missing womenFor a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for building and, in recent decades, their enrollment in architecture schools has soared.

Sophie Germain taught herself mathematics by candlelight, huddled in her bedclothes.

The Russian writer Lydia Ginzburg (1902-90) is best known for her Notes from the Leningrad Blockade and for influential critical studies, such as On Psychological Prose, investigating the problem of literary character in French and Russian novels and memoirs.

It's a familiar story: a beautiful woman is abducted and her husband journeys to recover her.

A Class by Herself explores the historical role and influence of protective legislation for American women workers, both as a step toward modern labor standards and as a barrier to equal rights.

Do women participate in and influence meetings equally with men?

Intentionally excluded from formal politics in authoritarian states by reigning elites, do the common people have concrete ways of achieving community objectives?

An argument against treating our bodies as commoditiesNo one wants to be treated like an object, regarded as an item of property, or put up for sale.

While there are far more women in public office today than in previous eras, women are still vastly underrepresented in this area relative to men.

Unrivalled Influence explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium.

Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, Women in the Middle East is a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam.

Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to health care and education, unequal rights of ownership, assembly, and political participation, unequal vulnerability to violence.

Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks?

Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt.

Rome's most important and controversial archaeologist shows why the myth of the city's founding isn't all mythAndrea Carandini's archaeological discoveries and controversial theories about ancient Rome have made international headlines over the past few decades.

During the nineteenth century, women authors for the first time achieved professional status, secure income, and public fame.

Contrary to popular perceptions, newly veiled women across the Middle East are just as much products and symbols of modernity as the upper- and middle-class women who courageously took off the veil almost a century ago.

Where other works of literary criticism are absorbed with the question--How to read a book?

The Qualities of a Citizen traces the application of U.

Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade.

Therefore, women's experiences in getting to know Christ are not new to the human soul.

With women leading only twenty-four Fortune 500 companies, female founders receiving only 2.

Gaby Natale, host of the award-winning talk show SuperLatina, has created a system of 7 immanent archetypes that, once activated, create a clear path to achievement.

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