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Fairies, elves, and other magical beings theyre so much more than just children's tales. For centuries, Europeans believed in a parallel supernatural realm inhabited by these beings who lived much like humans in their own communities. This social supernatural world mirrored ours with troll weddings, pixy battles, nereid picnics, dwarf migrations, and the like. Social supernatural beings were thought to interact with the human world in profound ways: they whipped up storms, ensured good harvests, and healed (and, all too often, caused) illness. The Exeter Companion to Fairies, Nereids, Trolls and other Social Supernatural Beings dives into the rich folklore and oral traditions around the social supernatural across Europe; in fact, it pioneers the term social supernatural as a folklore and supernatural category. Bringing together eighteen experts, this is the first comprehensive Europe-wide look at these beliefs and practices. Through in-depth studies, the volume explores how diverse cultures from Ireland to Ukraine, and from Norway to Greece, envisioned their supernatural neighbours and how these parallel societies reflected human concerns and desires. The authors employ ancient, medieval, modern and, in some cases, contemporary material to tease out the hidden people from obscure and, all too often, forgotten sources. The book resurrects captivating stories and traditions. For anyone fascinated by European folklore, magic, and mythology, it provides a rich research seam with up-to-date bibliographies for a dozen European countries. It will be of use to folklorists, historians, ethnologists, sociologists and also the general reader interested in the supernatural beliefs of traditional European societies.

Introduces seventy Victorian urban legends ranging from 'Beetle Eyes' to the 'Shoplifter's Dilemma' and from 'Hands in the Muff' to 'the Suicide Club'. While a handful of these stories are already known, the vast majority have never been identified, and they have certainly never received scholarly treatment.

The refreshingly new and honest book for marketers who want to uncover the truth about the world of digital advertising. Written by the owners of YouTube specialist media buyer and targeting consultancy s.media, this new book unveils everything anyone ever needs to know about online marketing and why YouTube is the future.

Baron Love Junior, President of the world's third smallest country is up for re-election in three weeks. The country is broke, they are $10 million in debt and Australia is threatening to close their immigration detention centre and ship away the detainees reducing the countries income even further. A ship that has been adrift at sea for weeks washes up on a coral reef. Aboard is $35 million worth of cocaine and two shipwrecked mariners. Baron wants to burn the drugs to maintain the moral high ground while Flavio Scott, the Permanent Finance Minister wants to sell it, for he is also running for the office of President. But that's only the beginning. What would you do?

So Much For The 30 Year Plan is the first ever book about Therapy?, one of rock s boldest and most idiosyncratic acts, written with the full co-operation of the band.

First history of 'real' fairies sighted throughout history as recorded in historical sources, by the world's two leading fairy historians. Historical fairies are not sweet like Tinkerbell but mostly dangerous and best avoided.

Professor Leif Hansen, a wealthy Danish botanist, builds a pioneer ecovillage for scientists to begin research into lichen that could one day produce oxygen on Mars for future space missions. NASA agrees to help with the project and finds a suitable location for his research in Namibia, South West Africa, where he and his fellow ecovillagers can research permaculture, eco-living, and getting back in touch with Mother Nature. Unknown to him a cabal founded by surviving Nazis are planning World War Three and some of their members plan to take it by force as a haven. As the nuclear holocaust threatens their existence, the villagers resort to extreme measures to defend their precious oasis in the desert that they have strived for years to build, while battling both local militia and mercenaries. But what if the green revolution isn't what we think it is?

Tony Judt was born in London in 1948, but spent most of his career in America. He studied history at Cambridge and then earned his doctorate in France. His first major writings were about France's historical left-wing movements, particularly the French Socialist Party.

Few social historians had examined the popular religious beliefs of the 1500s at the time Thomas published Religion and the Decline of Magic in 1971. His analysis of how deeply held beliefs in witchcraft, spirits, and magic evolved during the Reformation remains one of the great works of post-war scholarship.

From the Iron Age to the High Middle Ages, the ancient Celts were an engine of change for the whole of Europe. This title lets us travels back in time to the moments when this ancient people defined indelibly the ancient, medieval and modern world. It shows that the real Celts turned upside down an area from the New World to Turkey and beyond.