Primal Myths: Creation Myths Around the World
10 best books like Primal Myths: Creation Myths Around the World (Barbara C. Sproul): 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History, The Lore of the Unicorn, French Folktales, Arab Folktales, Afro-American Folktales, Swedish Folktales and Legends, Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix, Northern Tales: Stories from the Native Peoples of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions, Parallel Myths, The Collected Stories
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History
Where can one go to get a comprehensive and entertaining account of the most significant events, individuals and social processes of African-American history? Fear not, because 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African-American History is history at your fingertips-in a concise, accessible,...
| Author | Odell Shepard |
| ISBN | 0517371561 |
An exhaustive look at the historical record.
Those of you who expect fairy tales -- or even chivalric romance -- will be surprised. The documents are actually pretty much all "natural history" -- of the era, which obviously was dominated by hearsay and travelers tales. Also comparisions to...
| Author | Henri Pourrat |
| ISBN | 0679748334 |
Selected from Henri Pourrat's classic Le tresor des contes, one of the finest folktale collections in the world, these one-hundred-odd legends, fairy tales, devotional pieces, jokes, and animal stories from the rural provinces of France comprise a magical volume. Fairies, changelings, giants,...
| Author | Inea Bushnaq |
| ISBN | 0394751795 |
While containing a broad sampling of folktales from the Arab people, there are a few problems that consistently bothered me about this book. The author, in her commentary, claims that "the true Arab is the desert nomad," an idea which folklorist Dwight Reynolds has said is culturally inaccurate and...
| Author | Roger D. Abrahams |
| ISBN | 0394728858 |
From the canefileds of the ante-bellum South, the villages of the Caribbean islands, and the streets of contemporary inner cities, here are more than one hundred tales from an "incredibly rich and affirmative storytelling tradition" (Choice).
Full of life, wisdom, and humor, these tales...
| Author | Lone Thygesen Blecher |
| ISBN | 0816645752 |
Swedish Folktales and Legends is a diverse and representative collection of stories from Sweden's centuries-old folklore tradition. Ranging from the ribald to the romantic, from the rustic to the mythical, these are lively translations of 150 tales drawn from unique sources including the Swedish...
| Author | Glenn Yeffeth |
| ISBN | 1932100024 |
This thought-provoking examination of The Matrix explores the technological challenges, religious symbolism & philosophical dilemmas the film presents. Essays by scientists, technologists, philosophers, scholars, social commentators & sf authors provide engaging perspectives....
| Author | Howard Norman |
| ISBN | 0375702679 |
From Greenland to Siberia, from Alaska to Japan, from Canada to North Pole, here are more than one hundred folktales from more than thirty tribal peoples who make their home in the arctic and subarctic regions.By turns tragic and comic, fantastic and earthy, uncanny and profound, these tales transport...
| Author | J.F. Bierlein |
| ISBN | 0345381467 |
"Unusually accessible and useful . . . An eye-opener to readers into the universality and importance of myth in human history and culture."--William E. Paden, Chair, Department of Religion, University of Vermont
For as long as human beings have had language, they have had myths. Mythology...
| Author | Paul Theroux |
| ISBN | 0140274944 |
"A devastating fine collection of Theroux's short fiction that should establish him among the contemporary masters of the form". -- New York NewsdayWritten over a period of twenty-five years, the more than sixty stories in this volume are funny and sardonic, sensuous and evocative, streaked with...
| Author | Paul S. Boyer |
| ISBN | 0674951298 |
Millions of Americans take the Bible at its word and turn to like-minded local ministers and TV preachers, periodicals and paperbacks for help in finding their place in God's prophetic plan for mankind. And yet, influential as this phenomenon is in the worldview of so many, the belief in biblical prophecy...
The Complex: Mapping America's Military-Industrial-Technological-Entertainment-Academic-Media-Corporate Matrix
| Author | Nick Turse |
| ISBN | 0805078967 |
A mind-boggling investigation of the allpervasive, constantly morphing presence of the Pentagon in daily life--a real-world Matrix come alive
Here is the new, hip, high-tech military-industrial complex--an omnipresent, hidden-in-plain-sight system of systems that penetrates...
| Author | Barbara Stoler Miller |
| ISBN | 0836427076 |
In Sanatana Dharma, there are various ways of expressing Devotion (Bhakti) for God. We can love God like a Father (the mode of Devotion most common in Western culture), or we can love God like a Mother, or a Friend, or a Child (the devotions to Baby Jesus would be the Christian equivalent of this), or even...
Pagan Christmas: The Plants, Spirits, and Rituals at the Origins of Yuletide
| Author | Christian Rätsch |
| ISBN | 1594770921 |
An examination of the sacred botany and the pagan origins and rituals of Christmas
• Analyzes the symbolism of the many plants associated with Christmas
• Reveals the shamanic rituals that are at the heart of the Christmas celebration
The day on which many commemorate...
| Author | H. Paul Varley |
| ISBN | 0824821521 |
For nearly three decades Japanese Culture has garnered high praise as an accurate and well-written introduction to Japanese history and culture. This widely used undergraduate text is now available in a new edition. Thoroughly updated, the fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous...
The Universal Myths: Heroes, Gods, Tricksters and Others
| Author | Alexander Eliot |
| ISBN | 0452010276 |
Crossing the boundaries of time, region, and culture, universal myths have provided inspiration and guidance for countless generations--laying a foundation for the religious, social, and political heritage of nations and peoples since the beginning of time. Here is a rich and absorbing survey...
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
| Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
| ISBN | 0195092627 |
Finally! I began reading this book quite a while ago and am happy to report that I've finished. Overall, I was curious to see the evolution of short story writing in America from its dawning to the late 1980's. I have to admit, I didn't begin to enjoy the stories until I read the ones that came after the Civil...
| Author | Marie-Louise von Franz |
| ISBN | 1570626065 |
Creation myths are the deepest and most important of all myths because they are concerned with both the basic patterns of existence and the ultimate meaning of life. In this book, an eminent Jungian analyst examines the recurring motifs that appear in creation myths from around the world and shows what...
My Dateless Diary: An American Journey
| Author | R.K. Narayan |
| ISBN | 0140109412 |
An unusual and witty travel book about the United States of America.
At the age of fifty, when most people have settled for the safety of routine, R. K. Narayan left India for the first time to travel through America. In this account of his journey, the writer’s pen unerringly captures the clamour...
Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100
From Laurie Anderson to Vampire Weekend, Roy Blount, Jr., to Renée Fleming, Stephen Colbert to Bill T. Jones—more than 100 luminaries reflect on the treasures of America’s favorite public library.
Marking the centennial of The New York Public Library’s Beaux-Arts landmark at Fifth...
| Author | Jay Griffiths |
| ISBN | 1585423068 |
A brilliant and poetic exploration of the way that we experience time in our everyday lives.
Why does time seem so short? How does women's time differ from men's? Why does time seem to move slowly in the countryside and quickly in cities? How do different cultures around the world see time? In...
"With His Pistol in His Hand": A Border Ballad and Its Hero
| Author | Américo Paredes |
| ISBN | 0292701284 |
Gregorio Cortez Lira, a ranchhand of Mexican parentage, was virtually unknown until one summer day in 1901 when he and a Texas sheriff, pistols in hand, blazed away at each other after a misunderstanding. The sheriff was killed and Gregorio fled immediately, realizing that in practice there was one...
