Behold... the Dragons! Export

@book{citeulike:4080322, abstract = {We don't believe in dragons anymore, but we continue to celebrate thesefantastic creatures in stories, movies and songs.In fact dragons are sopopular there is a science just to study them! In a book that is carefullyresearched, brimming with energy and charm, and full of interesting facts,best-selling author and illustrator Gail Gibbons presents dragons fromcultures all over the world -- their origins, their place in mythology andfolktales, and the reasons why they are still so fascinating today.}, author = {Gibbons, Gail}, citeulike-article-id = {4080322}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/068815526X}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&path=ASIN/068815526X}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&path=ASIN/068815526X}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/068815526X}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/068815526X/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/068815526X}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/068815526X}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN068815526X}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=068815526X&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-9 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/068815526X}, comment = {Like the other book I posted about thunderstorms, this presents a nice encapsulation of the Tylorian view of religion (substitute "religion" or "gods" for "dragons" in the excerpt below, and that's E.B. Tylor, more or less). '''Excerpt''' : "[p. 5] A long time ago, people began telling stories about happenings in their world that they couldn't understand. [p. 6] When lightning crackled and thunder roared, a terrifying creature might be flying overhead, spewing fire and flapping its noisy wings. When an earthquake caused the earth to move, was a huge beast stomping by? [p. 7] An erupting volcano might be an angry monster spitting fire from its cave. When great ocean waves capsized ships and slammed into coastlines, surely there was a sea monster lurking within the water's dark depths! [p. 8] Now we know that thunder and lightning, earthquakes, volcanoes, and stormy seas are natural events. Almost no one believes in dragons anymore [sic!]. But the incredible stories about dragons remain." Page scans: !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3613/3301291800\_28493fe5a1.jpg (full-size version at 'sn.im/cfyy4':http://sn.im/cfyy4 )}, day = {28}, howpublished = {Hardcover}, isbn = {068815526X}, keywords = {animals, belief, children, primary\_source, religion, rels212, theory}, month = {April}, posted-at = {2009-02-22 21:30:03}, priority = {2}, publisher = {HarperCollins}, title = {Behold... the Dragons!}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/068815526X}, year = {1999} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:4080322 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4080322 N2 - We don't believe in dragons anymore, but we continue to celebrate thesefantastic creatures in stories, movies and songs.In fact dragons are sopopular there is a science just to study them! In a book that is carefullyresearched, brimming with energy and charm, and full of interesting facts,best-selling author and illustrator Gail Gibbons presents dragons fromcultures all over the world -- their origins, their place in mythology andfolktales, and the reasons why they are still so fascinating today. SN - 068815526X TI - Behold... the Dragons! PB - HarperCollins KW - animals KW - belief KW - children KW - primary_source KW - religion KW - rels212 KW - theory N1 - Like the other book I posted about thunderstorms, this presents a nice encapsulation of the Tylorian view of religion (substitute "religion" or "gods" for "dragons" in the excerpt below, and that's E.B. Tylor, more or less). '''Excerpt''' : "[p. 5] A long time ago, people began telling stories about happenings in their world that they couldn't understand. [p. 6] When lightning crackled and thunder roared, a terrifying creature might be flying overhead, spewing fire and flapping its noisy wings. When an earthquake caused the earth to move, was a huge beast stomping by? [p. 7] An erupting volcano might be an angry monster spitting fire from its cave. When great ocean waves capsized ships and slammed into coastlines, surely there was a sea monster lurking within the water's dark depths! [p. 8] Now we know that thunder and lightning, earthquakes, volcanoes, and stormy seas are natural events. Almost no one believes in dragons anymore [sic!]. But the incredible stories about dragons remain." Page scans: !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3613/3301291800_28493fe5a1.jpg (full-size version at 'sn.im/cfyy4':http://sn.im/cfyy4 ) AU - Gibbons, Gail PY - 1999/04/28/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/068815526X ER -