The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science
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The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages
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Princeton University Press, £9.95 (pb), ISBN 0 691 12604...
Evil Incarnate Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History
by David Frankfurter
Princeton University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0-691-11350-5
In the 1980s, American TV ‘revealed’ a...
The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland
by Steve Roud
Penguin, £10.99, ISBN 0140515127
Why is it that, whenever I see a single magpie,...
The Nativity: History and Legend
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Penguin Books, £7.99 (pb), ISBN 0-141-12446-1
Christian dogma rests on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ and in...
That's Bollocks!: Urban Legends, Conspiracy Theories and Old Wives' Tales
by Albert Jack
Penguin Books, £12.99 (hb), ISBN 0 140 51574 7
…You said it, pal. You...
Opus Dei: The Truth About Its Rituals, Secrets and Power
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Penguin Books, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 0141024658
Thanks to Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code...
