Handbook of Contemporary Paganism,<\/a> edited by Jim Lewis and Murph Pizza. Yes, that’s the price. If you thought that American reference books were expensive, consider the Dutch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am spread a little thin these days, and the below-zero (F.) weather the last few days threw some complications my way too. Two book reviews are in the works. Here are the previews: \u2022 Stewart Farrar: Writer On A Broomstick, The Biography of Stewart Farrar by Elizabeth Guerra. 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