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  • In the Valley of the Kauravas

    A Divine Kingdom in the Western Himalaya

    by William S. Sax ...
    The isolated valleys of Rawain in the Western Himalaya are ruled by local gods who control the weather, provide justice, and regularly travel through their territories to mark their borders and to ward off incursions by rival gods. These, identified with Karna and Duryodhana from the great Indian epic Mahabharata, are regarded as divine kings whom local persons serve as priests, ministers, patrons ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • God of Justice

    Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas

    by William S Sax ...
    In God of Justice, anthropologist William S. Sax offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India. Based on ten years' ethnographic fieldwork, God of Justice shows how these practices are part of a moral system based on the principle of family unity. ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • God of Justice

    Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas

    by William S Sax ...
    In God of Justice, anthropologist William S. Sax offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India. Based on ten years' ethnographic fieldwork, God of Justice shows how these practices are part of a moral system based on the principle of family unity. ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • The Mystery Silhouette: The 50 Best Thrilling Mystery Novels

    Three Thousand Dollars, The Saintsbury Affair, The Avenger, The Blue Lights, The Corner House, The Lost Naval Papers, The Big Bow Mystery, etc.

    by Arthur Morrison, Anna Katharine Green, Lily A. Long, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Fred M. White, Victor Bridges, Bennet Copplestone, Marion Harvey, Maurice Leblanc, Richard Dallas, John R. Watson, Arthur J. Rees, Donald McGibeny, Jacques Futrelle, Natalie Sumner Lincoln, George Mrs. Corbett, Nicholas Carter, James Anderson Peddie, Inspector Stark, A. Frank Pinkerton, Francis Worcester Doughty, Franklin W. Dixon, Emile Gaboriau, William MacLeod Raine, Israel Zangwill, Chester K. Steele, Roland Ashford Phillips, Fergus Hume, Sax Rohmer, William Le Queux, Francis Perry Elliott, Hulbert Footner, John Ironside, Theodore Goodridge Roberts, Max Pemberton, F. Marion Crawford ...
    In 'The Mystery Silhouette: The 50 Best Thrilling Mystery Novels', readers are invited to embark on a spellbinding journey through diverse styles and narratives rooted in the rich tradition of the mystery genre. This anthology boasts an array of stories that capture the essence of enigma and suspense, showcasing a spectrum of literary techniques that have defined and transformed mystery writing. ... Read more

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  • The Problem of Ritual Efficacy

    Edited by William Sax, Johannes Quack, Jan Weinhold ...
    Series series Oxford Ritual Studies
    How do rituals work? Although this is one of the first questions that people everywhere ask about rituals, little has been written explicitly on the topic. In The Problem of Ritual Efficacy, nine scholars address this issue, ranging across the fields of history, anthropology, medicine, and biblical studies. For "modern" people, the very notion of ritual efficacy is suspicious because rituals are ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • The Law of Possession

    Ritual, Healing, and the Secular State

    Edited by William S. Sax, Helene Basu ...
    Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. For example, a person suffers from an illness that cannot be cured, and in order to be healed he performs a ritual involving prosecution and defense, a judge and witnesses. Divine beings give evidence through human oracles, spirits possess their human victims and are ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • The Movement for Global Mental Health

    Critical Views from South and Southeast Asia

    Edited by William Sax, Claudia Lang ...
    Series series Health, Medicine, and Science in Asia
    In The Movement for Global Mental Health: Critical Views from South and Southeast Asia, prominent anthropologists, public health physicians, and psychiatrists respond sympathetically but critically to the Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH). They question some of its fundamental assumptions: the idea that mental disorders can clearly be identified; that they are primarily of biological origin ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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    An Alternative History

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    From one of the world?s foremost scholars on Hinduism, a vivid reinterpretation of its historyAn engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world?s oldest major religions, The Hindus elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds.Hinduism does not lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account ... Read more

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  • The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion

    Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion

    by Peter L. Berger ...
    Influential scholar Peter L. Berger explores the sociological underpinnings of religion and the rise of a modern secular societyAcclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger carefully lays out an understanding of religion as a historical, societal mechanism in this classic work of social theory. Berger examines the roots of religious belief and its gradual dissolution in modern times, applying ... Read more

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  • Rethinking Psychiatry

    by Arthur Kleinman ...
    In this book, Kleinman proposes an international view of mental illness and mental care.Arthur Kleinman, M.D., examines how the prevalence and nature of disorders vary in different cultures, how clinicians make their diagnoses, and how they heal, and the educational and practical implications of a true understanding of the interplay between biology and culture. ... Read more

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  • Buddha

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Carrithers ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time, and traces the development of his thought. He also assesses the rapid and widespread assimilation of Buddhism and its contemporary relevance. ABOUT THE SERIES: The ... Read more

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  • Classic Mystery Collection: Illustrated - Crime, Suspense, Detective fiction. (100+ works) including Sherlock Holmes, Wilkie Collins, Agatha Christie, Sax Rohmer & more Mobi Collected Works

    by Various ...
    Table of ContentsHonore de Balzac: An Historical MysteryJohn Buchan: The Thirty-Nine StepsEgerton Castle: The Baron's QuarryEdmund Clerihew Bentley: Trent's Last CaseGilbert Keith Chesterton:The Man Who Knew Too MuchThe Man Who Was ThursdayFather Brown:The Innocence of Father BrownThe Wisdom of Father BrownRobert Erskine Childers: Riddle of the SandsAgatha Christie:The Mysterious Af... ... Read more

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