"This book addresses a vitally important topic of considerable interest to a broad group of readers." —Dr. Mick Gowar, Anglia Ruskin University Thanks to ever-greater digital conn

Forthcoming in June 2013. Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia and in many other communities across Africa. This book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by f

Forthcoming in June 2013. After the success of the campaign to make Ruth Finnegan’s Oral Literature in Africa freely available, we’re working with unglue.it to crowd-fund this book. Read more about the campaign and donate here: htt

Forthcoming in July 2013. How to Read a Folktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Ibonia is a folktale on epic scale. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue

Forthcoming in 2013. Arguably the greatest of Romantic historians and immensely popular during his lifetime, Jules Michelet (1798-1874) fell into disfavor among the ‘scientific’ historians who came after him and who regarded his work with di

Forthcoming in 2013.   What motivated a Member of Parliament to slash a Rubens painting in 1644? The reign of Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria saw a flourishing of great art, but also acts fueled by anti

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Forthcoming in Summer 2013. The Quechan people live along the lower part of the Colorado River in the United States.  According to tradition, the Quechan and other Yuman people were created at the beginning of time, and their Creation myt

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