{"product_id":"the-mammoth-book-of-superstition-9781472137487","title":"The Mammoth Book of Superstition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than providing a dictionary of superstitions, of which there are already numerous excellent, exhaustive and, in many cases, academic works which list superstitions from A to Z, Bainton gives us an entertaining flight over the terrain, landing from time to time in more thought-provoking areas. He offers an overview of humanity''s often illogical and irrational persistence in seeking good luck and avoiding misfortune.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Steve Roud''s two excellent books - \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Dictionary of Superstitions\u003c\/i\u003e and his \u003ci\u003ePocket Guide\u003c\/i\u003e - and Philippa Waring''s 1970 \u003ci\u003eDictionary\u003c\/i\u003e concentrate on the British Isles, Bainton casts his net much wider. There are many origins which warrant the full back story, such as Friday the thirteenth and the Knights Templar, or the demonisation of the domestic cat resulting in ''cat holocausts'' throughout Europe led by the Popes and the Inquisition. \u003cbr\u003eThe whole is presented as a comprehensive, entertaining narrative flow, though \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Mammoth Book of Unexplained Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBainton is a very good writer . . . excellent and witty . . . confident and clear . . .Hooray for Roy Bainton! - Fortean Times","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851711791447,"sku":"9781472137487","price":9.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472137487.jpg?v=1710642436","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mammoth-book-of-superstition-9781472137487","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}