Guidelines for parents, teachers, and caregivers who are hoping to help a child accept and recover from a loss--whether it be from death, divorce, or moving to a new place and leaving old friends behind.
The newest entry in the popular "Element Encyclopedia" series spans the globe and the ages to present a feast of magical beasts, both familiar and rare. Populating this ultimate reference is a host of marvelous creatures, many of which have stirred our imagination since childhood; they come from fairytales and myths, and from beloved writers such ...
Edited by John H. Walton, Victor H. Matthews and Mark Chavalas, this unique commentary joins the IVPBBC: New Testament in giving historical, social and cultural background for each Old Testament passage from Genesis to Malachi.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have captured the world's imagination since medieval times. The tales of King Arthur are rooted in history, but over the years the facts have become shrouded in myth and mystery. In this beautifully illustrated book Arthurian expert John Matthews explores the legends that have grown around the king ...
Available just in time for the theatrical release of Disney's upcoming blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" comes this volume filled with facts, legends, and illustrations about pirates throughout the ages. Full color.
This a great English fourteenth-century classic and source book of the Arthurian legend cycle, which is reset in modern type and fully illustrated in a single-volume edition and for the first time as a top quality specification paperback. The paramount source of all stories about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, of Merlin, Camelot ...
What is the Grail? Is it a stone? Is it a chalice? Or is it something even more powerful--an enduring idea that has captured humanity's imagination across the centuries? Fictional accounts of the Grail have topped best-seller lists over the years, "The Da Vinci Code" being only the most recent among them. But the truth about the Grail--where truth ...
With "The Grail Tarot," John Matthews and Giovanni Caselli join forces to bring to together the elements of the grail legend in a wonderfully conceived and beautifully designed new tarot. The grail legend is one of the most famous and enduring mysteries of all time. At the story's center is a group of knights on a quest to find the ancient relic. ...
John Matthews, a leading authority on Celtic lore and a "New York Times" bestselling author, has compiled an inspirational, beautifully presented collection of poetry. From the earliest times, the language-loving Celts revered their bards: they established a poetic tradition beginning in the 6th century with the intricate magical verse of Taliesin ...
Available just in time for the theatrical release of Disney's upcoming blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" comes this volume filled with facts, legends, and illustrations about pirates throughout the ages. Full color.
Tricksters are wily creatures who lie their way out of trouble and devise elaborate tricks to get what they want--with delightfully unpredictable results. This elegantly illustrated collection follows clever characters who play a role in a multicultural array of storytelling traditions. Illustrations.
This unique commentary gives historical, social, and cultural background for each passage of Genesis through Deuteronomy. It gathers and condenses an abundance of specialized knowledge to enrich your study of these books.
This book is considered by some to be a modern form of the old art of story-telling when tales were told round a turf fire or a sacred spring. The view is given that if modern man would allow himself to be reminded of the true history of the world and to live once more in intimate relation to the song-lines of tradition, he would serve a double ...
This unusual book traces the author's connection with a "Faery" or Sidhe being. Full of wisdom and interesting details about this "cousin" race to humanity, the text includes six exercises and an illustration of a "Great Glyph," which acts as a tool of attunement with these graceful beings.
Evidence from randomized controlled clinical trials is widely accepted as the only sound basis for assessing the efficacy of new medical treatments. Statistical methods play a key role in all stages of these trials, including their justification, design, and analysis. This second edition of "Introduction to Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials" ...
In the early fourth century, a lawyer and public figure from the Nile valley city of Hermopolis made a six-month business related journey to Antioch. The day to day details are preserved on papyrus documents and offer a remarkable record of this journey, covering everything from distances traveled to daily food purchases, from medicinal supplies ...
"In our time when so much emphasis is on the quick and the facile, the glamorous and the trendy, John Matthews offers something deep and lasting. He bridges the ancient wisdoms of our past and the possibilities of our future. He calls himself a shaman, but I call him a sage. And as you read the treasures in this book, I believe you will as well." ...
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