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By Judith Bamber (contributor), Richard Cavendish (contributor), Nick Edwards (contributor), Sheila Hawkins (editor) and Stephanie Smith (editor)
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9781400004973 | 4th edition (Fodors Travel Pubns, August 3, 2010), cover price $22.99

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Product Description: This is a handy-format, fully comprehensive guide to Britain's monarchs and their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times to the present day. This title explores the lives and personalities of each monarch, their involvement in and effect on events in their reign...read more
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9780715323762 | David & Charles, September 17, 2007, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: This is a handy-format, fully comprehensive guide to Britain's monarchs and their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times to the present day.

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The lives and personalities of monarchs as well as their involvement in and effect on major events of each age and the world at large are detailed in a comprehensive resource that also features more than 350 photographs, archive illustrations, and maps.
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9780715320969 | David & Charles, September 30, 2006, cover price $39.99 | About this edition: The lives and personalities of monarchs as well as their involvement in and effect on major events of each age and the world at large are detailed in a comprehensive resource that also features more than 350 photographs, archive illustrations, and maps.

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Enhanced by full-color photography and detailed city and regional maps, these cultural guides furnish updated information on selective hotels, restaurants, landmarks, and side trips, along with cultural sidebars and anecdotes about local life, a special rating system for key destinations, and an easy-to-use alphabetical arrangement.
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9781400015320 | 6 edition (Fodors Travel Pubns, July 5, 2005), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Gives facts, history, and data on the island of Britain, and provides information on accommodations, restaurants, sights, and walks and drives for London, the West Country, and other areas in England, Wales, and Scotland.

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Product Description: What city claims to be the world's oldest? What is the largest construction ever built by human hands? The answers to these and many other questions are here, revealed in fascinating detail and shown in remarkable photographs of the world's most spectacular sights...read more
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9781586637514 | Metro Books, October 1, 2002, cover price $12.98 | About this edition: What city claims to be the world's oldest?

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An in-depth study of mythology from the ancient world to the present day. The text brings out the distinctive character and force of each individual story and shows its specific link with the social patterns and religious beliefs of the country and/or time to which it belongs.
By Richard Cavendish (editor)
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9780847802869 | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, June 1, 1980, cover price $37.50 | About this edition: An illustrated survey of the world's principal myths examines each of the major mythological systems and explores such common mythological themes as creation, man and woman, flood, death, and paradise

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9780316847636 | Gardners Books, April 1, 1999, cover price $25.60 | also contains Mythology | About this edition: An in-depth study of mythology from the ancient world to the present day.

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9781854357311 | Revised edition (Marshall Cavendish Corp, December 1, 1994), cover price $549.95
9780863070419, titled "Man, Myth and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion and the Unknown" | Marshall Cavendish Corp, January 1, 1983, cover price $399.95

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Describes mysterious and unexplained events around the world, including ghosts, apparitions, UFOs, zombies, and witches (view table of contents)
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9780816032099 | Facts on File, October 1, 1994, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Describes mysterious and unexplained events around the world, including ghosts, apparitions, UFOs, zombies, and witches

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Gives facts, history, and data on the island of Britain, and provides information on accommodations, restaurants, sights, walks and drives for London, the West Country, and other areas in England, Wales, and Scotland
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9780679030041 | Fodors Travel Pubns, January 1, 1996, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Gives facts, history, and data on the island of Britain, and provides information on accommodations, restaurants, sights, walks and drives for London, the West Country, and other areas in England, Wales, and Scotland
9780679026624 | Fodors Travel Pubns, February 1, 1994, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Gives facts, history, and data on the island of Britain, and provides information on accommodations, restaurants, sights, walks and drives for London, the West Country, and other areas in England, Wales, and northern and southern Scotland

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Examines all major mythological systems from the nonliterate societies to complex cultures to give a survey of the world's principal myths
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9781566193894 | Barnes & Noble, September 1, 1993, cover price $10.01
9780517447697 | Random House Value Pub, March 1, 1988, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Examines all major mythological systems from the nonliterate societies to complex cultures to give a survey of the world's principal myths

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Product Description: From DJ flap - Belief in evil supernatural beings who have the power to menace and prey on humans existed in all primitive societies and was vigorously alive in the ancient world in which the modern west has it's roots. These beliefs continued to flourish in medieval Europe mingling with and influencing Christianity...read more
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9781566192323 | Dorset Pr, June 1, 1993, cover price $9.98 | About this edition: From DJ flap - Belief in evil supernatural beings who have the power to menace and prey on humans existed in all primitive societies and was vigorously alive in the ancient world in which the modern west has it's roots.

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Tells the stories of explorers from Alexander the Great, Eric the Red, and Marco Polo to Roald Amundsen, Freya Stark, and Thor Heyerdahl
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9780816028405 | Checkmark Books, September 1, 1992, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Tells the stories of explorers from Alexander the Great, Eric the Red, and Marco Polo to Roald Amundsen, Freya Stark, and Thor Heyerdahl

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Introduces the historical background for and describes one hundred wonders of the world including cities, pyramids, temples, churches, palaces, monuments, statues, bridges, and towers, spanning over 10,000 years of civilization
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9780528834431 | Rand McNally, September 1, 1991, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Introduces the historical background for and describes one hundred wonders of the world including cities, pyramids, temples, churches, palaces, monuments, statues, bridges, and towers, spanning over 10,000 years of civilization

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Product Description: A history of magic from ancient times to the twentieth century. Richard Cavendish is also the author of "The Magical Arts".
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9780140192797 | Reprint edition (Arkana, January 1, 1991), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A history of magic from ancient times to the twentieth century.

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Articles on extrasensory perception, spiritualism, dreams, witchcraft, and reincarnation explore the world of the supernatural
By Richard Cavendish (editor) and J. B. Rhine (editor)
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9780140191905 | Reprint edition (Arkana, March 1, 1990), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Articles on extrasensory perception, spiritualism, dreams, witchcraft, and reincarnation explore the world of the supernatural

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Recounts a wide range of mythological stories and discusses their origins, development, cultural significance, and recurring themes
By Richard Cavendish (editor)
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9780517687994 | Outlet, August 1, 1989, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Recounts a wide range of mythological stories and discusses their origins, development, cultural significance, and recurring themes

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Surveys the prophetic uses and religious and political significance of the cards from ancient times to the present
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9780517612071 | Outlet, November 1, 1986, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Surveys the prophetic uses and religious and political significance of the cards from ancient times to the present

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Analyzes the Arthurian legends that emerged from Celtic mythology and the changes through which characters and plots have gone over the centuries
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9780800844660 | Taplinger Pub Co, October 1, 1984, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Analyzes the Arthurian legends that emerged from Celtic mythology and the changes through which characters and plots have gone over the centuries

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A tour of Britain's most noteworthy and accessible archaeological sites traces man's story from the wandering Stone Age hunters to the Celtic craftsmen and farmers
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9780517417287 | Random House Value Pub, May 1, 1984, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A tour of Britain's most noteworthy and accessible archaeological sites traces man's story from the wandering Stone Age hunters to the Celtic craftsmen and farmers

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A study of artists' treatment of hell and heaven is accompanied by examinations of the Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, and Islamic beliefs in an afterlife
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9780856130069 | Orbis Books, October 1, 1983, cover price $5.98 | About this edition: A study of artists' treatment of hell and heaven is accompanied by examinations of the Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, and Islamic beliefs in an afterlife

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Compares and contrasts the tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, explaining their history, establishment, leaders, struggles, and their forms and guises in the modern world
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9780668049290 | Arco Pub, December 1, 1980, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Compares and contrasts the tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, explaining their history, establishment, leaders, struggles, and their forms and guises in the modern world

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Describes and explains beliefs and practices of the various branches of occult theory
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9780399500350 | Perigee, June 1, 1967, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Describes and explains beliefs and practices of the various branches of occult theory

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