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Product Description: Discussing and illustrating more than 1,000 symbols from cultures worldwide, this unique reference compiles the various ways in which transcendent symbols are analyzed in different societies and eras. Entertaining and exhaustive, this compendium also shows how such symbols have enriched the world’s cultural and spiritual legacy...read more
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9788480767545 | Rev tra edition (Blume, August 1, 2009), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Discussing and illustrating more than 1,000 symbols from cultures worldwide, this unique reference compiles the various ways in which transcendent symbols are analyzed in different societies and eras.

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9780756649081 | 1 edition (Dk Pub, June 23, 2009), cover price $0.04

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Product Description: Traditional symbols form a visual shorthand for ideas, yet their functions and meaning extend far beyond that—for thousands of years they have enabled artists and craftsmen to embody and reinforce beliefs about human life in immediate and powerful images...read more
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9781905857814 | Watkins Pub Ltd, September 2, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Traditional symbols form a visual shorthand for ideas, yet their functions and meaning extend far beyond that—for thousands of years they have enabled artists and craftsmen to embody and reinforce beliefs about human life in immediate and powerful images.

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9789706666901 | Grupo Editorial Tomo, January 28, 2008, cover price $18.95

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Product Description: With beautifully commissioned photographs, and spectacular 3-D aerial views revealing the charm of each destination, these amazing travel guides show what others only tell.DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have been updated to include: expanded hotel& restaurant listings, better maps, enhanced itineraries, and easier-to-read print!Fully Revised and Updated...read more
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9780756661410 | Dk Pub, June 21, 2010, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: With beautifully commissioned photographs, and spectacular 3-D aerial views revealing the charm of each destination, these amazing travel guides show what others only tell.
9780756626389 | Rev upd edition (Dk Pub, January 15, 2007), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Three-dimensional cutaway illustrations and floor plans of key landmarks complement these richly illustrated, fully updated travel handbooks that also include enhanced maps, street-by-street guides, background information on a host of popular sights, and an expanded traveler's survival guide providing tips on hotels, restaurants, local customs, transportation, medical services, museums, entertainment, and more.

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How did a symbol such as the cross, which today is so commonly associated with Christianity, come to appear in the pre-Columbian art of Central America? This guide offers a compendium of symbols and symbol systems, and shows how the profound messages conveyed by symbols have enriched the world's cultural and spiritual heritage.
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9781844832453 | Duncan Baird Pub, November 16, 2006, cover price $18.60 | About this edition: How did a symbol such as the cross, which today is so commonly associated with Christianity, come to appear in the pre-Columbian art of Central America?

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Describes the origins, history, and meaning of a variety of signs and symbols that appear in art, literature, mythology, and religion, covering more than two thousand symbols, figures, and themes and drawing from classical myth, biblical text, and other traditional and cultural items. Original. 17,500 first printing.
By Jack Tresidder (editor)
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9780811847674 | Chronicle Books Llc, March 3, 2005, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Describes the origins, history, and meaning of a variety of signs and symbols that appear in art, literature, mythology, and religion, covering more than two thousand symbols, figures, and themes and drawing from classical myth, biblical text, and other traditional and cultural items.

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9781417685226, titled "Complete Dictionary of Symbols" | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2005, cover price $36.70 | About this edition: Describes the origins, history, and meaning of a variety of signs and symbols that appear in art, literature, mythology, and religion, covering more than two thousand symbols, figures, and themes and drawing from classical myth, biblical text, and other traditional and cultural items.

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9788425338847 | Italian edition edition (Grijalbo Mondadori, November 30, 2004), cover price $20.95

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Provides explanations of the themes and meanings of a variety of signs and symbols that appear in art, literature, and religion.
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9780811842822 | Chronicle Books Llc, February 1, 2004, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Provides explanations of the themes and meanings of a variety of signs and symbols that appear in art, literature, and religion.

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Product Description: Covers: Anjou, Touraine, Blesois, Orleanais, Berry, North of the Loire, Loire-Atlanatique, and the Vendee.
By Jack Tresidder (editor)
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9780789497338 | Revised edition (Dk Pub, December 1, 2003), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Covers: Anjou, Touraine, Blesois, Orleanais, Berry, North of the Loire, Loire-Atlanatique, and the Vendee.
9780789404268 | Dk Pub, June 1, 1996, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Describes the highlights of the valley; recommends hotels, shops, restaurants, museums, and activities; and offers a brief history of the area

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Product Description: This guide to symbols is the first of its kind with a unique design to set us on the path of symbolism 1001 Symbols is a portable, pocket-sized guide to traditional symbolism, arranged by theme - as in a thesaurus. Following the symbols by subject allows us to compare all the symbols that different cultures have used to connote a particular quality, such as purity, love, deception or immunity...read more
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9781904292586 | Duncan Baird Pub, August 21, 2003, cover price $13.50 | About this edition: This guide to symbols is the first of its kind with a unique design to set us on the path of symbolism 1001 Symbols is a portable, pocket-sized guide to traditional symbolism, arranged by theme - as in a thesaurus.

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Explains the meaning given by various cultures to animals, plants, patterns, and parts of the body, and addresses symbol systems including the Tarot and the I Ching. (view table of contents)
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9781586630461 | Friedman/Fairfax Pub, October 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Explains the meaning given by various cultures to animals, plants, patterns, and parts of the body, and addresses symbol systems including the Tarot and the I Ching.

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Presents historical information and cultural definitions of signs and symbols from mythology, folklore, and religion
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9780811818889 | Chronicle Books Llc, April 1, 1998, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Presents historical information and cultural definitions of signs and symbols from mythology, folklore, and religion

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9780811814706 | Chronicle Books Llc, April 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents historical information and cultural definitions of signs and symbols from mythology, folklore, and religion

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Provides more than six hundred photographs that demonstrate shooting techniques, and offers expert advice on how to take creative photographs, select equipment, set up a darkroom, and understand the principles of composition.
By Jack Tresidder (editor)
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9780517140932 | Revised edition (Crescent Books, August 1, 1995), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: This guide for beginners and professionals features over one thousand photographs that help explain the hundreds of different aspects of photography, including the creative use of color and light, special effects, and shooting from unusual angles

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Maps are accompanied by information on the history, government, population, industries, agriculture, climate, and geography of each country
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9780070544550 | McGraw-Hill, May 1, 1987, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Maps are accompanied by information on the history, government, population, industries, agriculture, climate, and geography of each country

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9780867062274 | Time Life Education, October 1, 1984, cover price $13.27

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