Product Description: The exploits of gods, goddesses, demons, monsters, heroes, and heroines come vividly to life in this illustrated anthology of more than 300 myths from around the world. From ancient Greece to indigenous Africa, mankind's most powerful and imaginative stories are retold in a modern accessible style...read more

More than three hundred alphabetically arranged entries cover mythological beings, themes, and deities from around the world.

This is a comprehensive, illustrated anthology of more than 300 myths from around the world which have shaped humankind's collective experience.

A definitive overview of Asian religious traditions offers an illuminating look at the philosophies, central beliefs, practices, festivals, and social and historical contexts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, and more.

Product Description: Lavishly illustrated with some thirty color photographs and sprinkled with boxed features that focus on fascinating issues, these four volumes offer a marvelous tour of Eastern religions. Covering Islam, Buddhism, Shinto, and Confucianism, the set illuminates the history of each religion, its practices and holy texts, and its sacred places and important figures...read more

Product Description: To know Japan, one must know Shinto-the country's indigenous religion. Using superb color images of rituals, ceremonies, and sacred architecture, as well as sacred texts, Understanding Shinto offers a fascinating glimpse into this unique culture...read more

Filled with spectacular images from Japan, this thoughtful treatment of Japan's native religion and its close relationship to Buddhism traces the history of Shintoism while illuminating its most important rituals and beliefs.

Lists over 20,000 English-language films and videos, with running time, date of release, credits, and reviews (view table of contents)

With fetching color photographs enlivening every page, this lively tour of the Eastern religions that fascinate so many Westerners focuses on the traditions, central tenets, history, and social context of each of the five featured faiths. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This text presents the diaries of Blakely Wilson. It offers an account of his travels, which includes Rome, extensive trips up the Nile, and a visit to Jerusalem. It provides an introduction and notes that ground his experiences in the broader historical, cultural and social context of the era...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Introducing the practices of Eastern Hinduism, Shintoism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, a lavishly illustrated volume is complemented by full-color reproductions of sacred art, architecture, symbols, landscapes, ceremonies, and festivals.