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Medicine, Magic and Religion
2024 || Paperback || W.H.R. Rivers || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
In this classic work, the author introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.
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British Folk Tales and Legends
A Sampler
2024 || Paperback || Katharine Briggs || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
An extravaganza of beautiful princesses and stout stable boys, sour-faced witches and king with hearts of gold. Each tale is a masterpiece of storytelling from the hilarious Three Sillies to the delightfully macabre Sammles ghost.
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The World We Have Lost
2024 || Paperback || Peter Laslett || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
The World We Have Lost is widely regarded as a classic of historical writing and remains as fresh and exhilarating today as upon its first publication. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Kevin Schürer.
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Myth and Meaning
2024 || Paperback || Claude Levi-Strauss || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Lévi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence.
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The Science of Mythology
Essays on the Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis
2024 || Paperback || C. G. Jung e.a. || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
Science of Mythology provides an account of the meaning and the purpose of mythic themes that is linked to modern life: the heroic battles between good and evil of yore are still played out, reflected in contemporary fears.
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Anthropology and Modern Life
2024 || Paperback || Franz Boas || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
Boas is regarded as the founder of American anthropology. This book demonstrates the rich and fertile range of Boas’s thought, engaging with controversies that resonate loudly today. Includes a new foreword by Regna Darnell and an introduction and afterword by Herbert S. Lewis.
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The Fairies in Tradition and Literature
2024 || Paperback || Katharine Briggs || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
This remarkable book explores the history of fairies in literature and tradtion.
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The Impact of Science on Society
2024 || Paperback || Bertrand Russell || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
Previously published: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.
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The Captive Wife
2024 || Paperback || Hannah Gavron || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
Written in simple prose and fair-minded in its approach, The Captive Wife became an inspirational book for many mothers, feminists and activists seeking equality for women and remains a vital book today. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Ann Oakley.
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Suicide
A Study in Sociology
2024 || Paperback || Emile Durkheim || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
Originally published in 1897, this is Durkheim's pioneering attempt to offer a sociological explanation for a phenomenon regarded until then as exclusively psychological and individualistic.