Sanctuary is an ancient right. But what does it mean today? Drawing on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures, Marina Warner’s Sanctuary is an ambitious attempt to grapple with the sharpest questions that we are facing in today’s world of global turmoil.
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Russia has more trees than there are stars in our galaxy, and the forest lies at the heart of this vast nation’s history and culture.
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In this beautifully rejacketed edition of the original book, A Curiosity of Folklore, Magic and Spells is a lovingly curated compendium of time-honoured traditions and curious customs that have bewitched us for generations.
You think you know these stories, don’t you?
You are wrong.
You don’t know them at all.
In the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking.
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In a complex world, who is allowed to be complicated? Who is entitled to a messy life full of triumphs, mistakes and tedium?
Until recently, not Black women.
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