Michael Berman

Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist

In september 2022 viert Uitgeverij Cossee haar twintigjarig bestaan. In die jaren is er in de literaire wereld het een en ander veranderd – sommige on

Shamanic practices are still prevalent in Dagestan, where one of the ten lost tribes of Israel can be found, and in which the stories of the elders pr

'Everything shifts in the Caucasus, blown by some of the strongest winds on earth. Even the ground moves, splintered by fault lines. In early Georgian

"Long ago the trees thought they were really people Long ago the mountains thought they were really people Long ago the animals thought they were re

Despite being located on the extreme eastern boundary of Europe, and having been frequently conquered by invading people from Asia, including Arabs, T

Michael Berman has been teaching English as a Foreign Language and giving talks and workshops at both national and international conferences all his w

This book consists of a collection of 56 traditional and contemporary tales, graded Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate or Advanced. Th

This workbook, which consists of 60 short self-study units, is called "On Business and for Pleasure" because although it has been designed to help stu

The book makes out a case for the introduction of a new genre of tale, the shamanic story, which has either been based on or inspired by a shamanicjou

“In Marxist anthropological theory, shamanism represented one of the early forms of religion that later gave rise to more sophisticated beliefs in the

“All intellectuals driven by nationalist sentiments directly or indirectly are always preoccupied with searching for the most ancient roots of their b

Stories have traditionally been classified as epics, myths, sagas, legends, folk tales, fairy tales, parables or fables. However, the definitions of t

A Bridge to the Other Side is a collection of articles and traditional folk tales that deal with our feelings about and attitudes towards Death, both

Stories from various cultures and periods of time can be identified which deal with a concept of soul loss that is essentially shamanic. In shamanism,

What were the religious beliefs and practices of the early inhabitants of the Caucasus? Some of the answers can be found by looking at the folktales f