Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge

In Sex in the World of Myth, David Leeming argues that sex is as important in myths as it is in our lives. Myths are our cultural dreams, and sex i...

They may be coated in layers of myth and pious anecdote but dig deep enough and the pioneering leaders of Celtic Christianity are revealed as reass...

Sifting through the historical and archaeological evidence, Ancient Gods: Lost Histories, Hidden Truths, and the Conspiracy of Silence by Jim Wills...

The popular Arthurian legends, such as the grail quests of Perceval and Galahad, and the love of Lancelot for Queen Guenevere, have largely oversha...

Ridout uses the language of the fairy story and visceral images of the female form and femininity to explore how personal trauma and instability ma...

The Truth Behind the Stories They Dont Want You to Know Americas Secret History presents an undistorted picture of the history of the United States...

The files of the CIA, the FBI, the FAA, NASA, the Army, Navy, Air Force and other U.S. government agencies all have documents relating to UFOs, UFO...

History is written by the winners - and the powerful - but how much of it is fiction? And who is really in control today? From the dawn of civiliza...

The Irish have blessings, toasts and curses for every occasion: hearing the news of a death or marriage, consoling neighbours in sorrow or sharing ...

The controversy surrounding the publication of the Zinoviev letter in The Daily Mail in October 1924 has close parallels with events today: Was it ...

Between myths and representations, this book explores the different sides of this mysterious creature: hybrid, mischievous, erotic -in creating a d...

How dangerous were fairies? In the late seventeenth century, they could still scare people to death. Little wonder, as they were thought to be desc...

Do we, the human species, really know who we are or where we came from or how we originated or our place in the cosmos? Or is much of what we have ...

Mythical creatures are cultural artifactscreations of the human imagination from all around the world. From terrifying monsters to sacred mystical ...

Despite being located on the extreme eastern boundary of Europe, and having been frequently conquered by invading people from Asia, including Arabs...

Heroes and Marvels of the Middle Ages is a history like no other: it is a history of the imagination, presented through two celebrated groups of th...