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“albert m potts”

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  • The World's Eye

    by Albert M. Potts ...
    Greek vases and Peruvian bottles, Chinese bronzes and African masks, Tel Brak idols and Egyptian tomb paintings—artifacts ancient and modern reveal man's universal fascination with the eye and his awe before its mysterious powers. In this wide-ranging and richly illustrated essay Albert M. Potts considers the special properties the human mind has ascribed to the eye over the millenia and seeks out ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • The Written World

    The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization

    by Martin Puchner ...
    The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world historyIn this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Papyrus

    The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

    by Irene Vallejo ...
    Translated by Charlotte Whittle ...
    **A "masterly" (Economist), prize-winning, internationally bestselling history of books in the ancient world"Exquisite. . . . Beautifully translated into English by Charlotte Whittle, who is able to convey both Vallejo’s passionate narrative presence and her synthesising intelligence.” —The Guardian**Long before books were mass-produced, hand-copied scrolls made from Nile River reeds were the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Natural History of Unicorns

    by Chris Lavers ...
    “Lavers keeps his intellectual detective story passionate and suspenseful.”— Washington Post Book WorldFrom Biblical stories about virgins to adventures with Harry Potter, unicorns have enchanted people for millennia. In the endlessly fascinating The Natural History of Unicorns, author Chris Lavers ingeniously traces the legend of this mysterious creature to the real people, places, and animals ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Primitive Mythology

    by Joseph Campbell ...
    Series Book 1 - The Masks of God™
    Explore the power of myth as humanity first discovered itCollected Works of Joseph Campbell edition — with up-to-date scienceIn this first volume of The Masks of God — Joseph Campbell’s major work of comparative mythology — the preeminent mythologist looks at the wellsprings of myth. From the earliest expressions of religious awe in pre-modern humans to the rites and art of contemporary primal ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lost Secrets of the Gods

    The Latest Evidence and Revelations On Ancient Astronauts, Precursor Cultures, and Secret Societies

    Edited by Michael Pye, Kirsten Dalley ...
    Are there 10,000-year-old secret societies that still exist today?Was there a race of giants that once inhabited the Americas?Did ancient Egypt and ancient China have heretofore undiscovered ties?Lost Secrets of the Gods delves into these ancient mysteries and many more in articles by some of the world's most intrepid and knowledgeable researchers. The old paradigms of history are being radically ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret History of Dreaming

    by Robert Moss ...
    Dreaming is vital to the human story. It is essential to our survival and evolution to creative endeavors in every field and quite simply to getting us through our daily lives. All of us dream. Now Robert Moss shows us how dreams have shaped world events and why deepening our conscious engagement with dreaming is crucial for our future. He traces the strands of dreams through archival records and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Mysteries and Secrets of the Masons

    The Story Behind the Masonic Order

    by Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe ...
    Series Book 10 - Mysteries and Secrets
    Our world is mysterious and conspiratorial. Networking is key - people who exercise power accept that success depends upon who you know. Some of these networks are obvious and visible, while others are hidden. Criminals and fundamentalist cults are sinister - but some secret societies help and guard us.There are wheels within wheels. Unsuspected power sources are interconnected. Concealed watchers ... Read more

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  • Where the Spirits Ride the Wind

    Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences

    by Felicitas D. Goodman ...
    "Dr. Goodman has pioneered in the study of bodily postures and altered states of consciousness." —Stanley Krippner, professor of personal mythology and parapsychology"And suddenly the understanding of my own vision washed over me like a mighty wave . . . For life or for death, I was committed to that mighty realm of which I was shown a brief reminder, the world where all was forever motion and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Writing

    by Steven Roger Fischer ...
    Series series Globalities
    From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. Illustrated with numerous examples, this book offers a global overview in a form that everyone can follow. The author also reveals his own discoveries made since the early 1980s, making it a ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • How Art Made the World

    A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity

    by Nigel Spivey ...
    In the late nineteenth century, the first discoveries of prehistoric painting were greeted with incredulity. How could there have been such deft and skillful artists in the world over 30,000 years ago? Noted art historian Nigel Spivey begins with this puzzle to explore the record of humanity's artistic endeavors, and their impact on our own development. How Art Made the World , in conjunction with ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Discovering the Mysteries of Ancient America

    Lost History and Legends, Unearthed and Explored

    by Frank Joseph, Zecharia Sitchin, Wayne May, Andrew Collins, David Hatcher Childress ...
    The nursery rhyme begins, "In fourteen hundred and ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." Less well-known is the line that follows: "…to learn if the old maps were true." How can there be "old maps" of a land no one knew existed? Were others here before Columbus? What were their reasons for coming and what unexplained artifacts did they leave behind? The oceans were highways to America ... Read more

    $15.99 USD