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The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool

A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960s

By: Chris Strodder

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The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool

A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960s

By: Chris Strodder

The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool profiles over 250 of the most intriguing personalities of the 1960s. The men and women covered in the book include a wide range of celebrities—from well-known superstars (the Beatles, Dustin Hoffman, Muhammad Ali) to lesser-known icons (Nico, Terry Southern, Bo Belinsky)—who had a significant impact on popular culture. The figures include musicians, actors, directors, artists, athletes, politicians, writers, astronauts . . . anyone and everyone who made the sixties the most influential decade of the twentieth century! Over 200 vintage photographs and more than fifty sidebars are featured throughout the text. The sidebars include lists of Best Picture winners, great quarterbacks, Playmates of the Year, memorable TV theme songs, favorite toys, Disneyland rides, Wimbledon champions, groovy screen cars, surf stars, Indy 500 winners, cool cartoons, sci-fi classics, Bond girls, “bubblegum” hits, beach-movie cameos, and legendary concerts. A “what happened on this day” calendar highlighting landmark events in the lives of those profiled appears on every page. Entertaining and enlightening, The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool is truly a celebration of the grooviest people, events, and artifacts of the 1960s!

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Santa Monica Press

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1595808639

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Improving School Behaviour

By: Chris Watkins,Patsy Wagner

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Improving School Behaviour

By: Chris Watkins,Patsy Wagner

Behaviour difficulties in our schools will not go away, but they can be significantly reduced. This book makes available to practitioners and students the frameworks and ideas, which will help them, minimize behaviour difficulty in school. The authors address three important levels: the school, the classroom and the individual. At each level, they show how to identify and analyze patterns of difficulty, and then identify methods for improvement. Improving School Behaviour has been written in order to bring to readers useful approaches founded in a comprehensive range of useful international research, and in years of experience in working with schools. It is a mine of helpful ideas and practical approaches. Th

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SAGE

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0761963375

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Finding the Valuable Person

Therapy That Takes Theology Seriously

By: Chris Steed

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Finding the Valuable Person

Therapy That Takes Theology Seriously

By: Chris Steed

Finding the Valuable Person proposes a new form of therapy. The big theme is that experiences of being devalued when we are not seen or heard, diminished or suffer indignities evoke responses that show up in distress clients bring. These reactions show a prime human need for our personhood to be valuable and validated that generates soul-hungers (for connection, desire, significance, and hope) that are largely unconscious. It is a fundamental drive that can be explored with clients in the way we are relational, embodied makers of meaning and respond to agency and dignity. This constitutes four domains of the REMA approach to therapy developed in this book. Every counseling approach has its presuppositions: most describe the human person as an individual entity, separated from social context. REMA pays attention to both. REMA is theologically attuned but also incorporates realities such as gender and race that have reshaped society profoundly. For the alignment of biblical faith and counseling psychology, it is profoundly important to be attuned in both directions. REMA is not only an innovative theoretical approach, it is a working model, currently offered in a community setting but of wider application. Anyone can use it!

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666790885

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9781666790887

A Question of Worth

Economy, Society and the Quantification of Human Value

By: Chris Steed

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A Question of Worth

Economy, Society and the Quantification of Human Value

By: Chris Steed

We live in a world that has become a resource, a world conditioned by the progressive domination of a monetary scale applied across the board. Our value and worth are contingent upon what we earn, on what we own. Amidst the increasing financialisation that characterises much of the globe, the prevailing ethos is that the only values we can usefully measure are those that can be quantified and expressed in terms of economics. Yet economic value and the value of the human are closely connected: erode the economic and you erode the personal. In the global economic crash of recent years it has been people who have been under assault not just financial value. The vulnerability of a society shaped solely by economic and monetised transactions is exposed when the economy and the monetisation of everything fails. When the economic machine seizes up, it is people who are devalued and dumped. Drawing upon his experience in government, education and the Church, the author asks: Must we be a market society as well as a market economy? Can we devise a non-economic account of describing human value and worth? Christopher Steed argues that the really important issues that frame the contemporary human situation are those that cannot be measured. Quality is also vital to human flourishing: what, after all, is wealth for? In this timely and important work, the author calls for a wider concept of value – one that encompasses both economic value and human value - and for a society that cultivates the importance of the human.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857727516

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9780857727510

New Prayers of Old Hellas

By: Chris Aldridge

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New Prayers of Old Hellas

By: Chris Aldridge

Are you a practitioner of Hellenism or a lover of ancient Greek religion and culture? If so, you can add over 100 prayers to your Hellenic library with New Prayers of Old Hellas. Composed by an American Hellenist, contained within these pages are numerous new prayers to Gods, Spirits and Heroes of old Greece. Originally published in August 2015.

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Lulu.com

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1387067710

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Experimental Test Pilot

Military Aircraft Research Flying

By: Chris Taylor

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Experimental Test Pilot

Military Aircraft Research Flying

By: Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor has had a very successful career as a Royal Navy officer, helicopter pilot, test pilot, instructor and as an internationally acclaimed civil certification test pilot. His first book, Test Pilot, concentrates on anecdotes and incidents from the most recent phase of his career. This book is the prequel and is his account of his ten yearsâ service as an experimental test pilot, from 1994 until 2004, at MoD Boscombe Down, the UKâs tri-Service home of military aircraft testing and evaluation. In this book, Chris explains what led to his passion to be a test pilot and how, with tenacity, he plays the cards he was dealt as well as he could. The story captures the difficulties and challenges associated with being selected for the single annual place at the Empire Test Pilotsâ School (ETPS) and the dedication required to then complete the very demanding twelve-month course. Chris was one of only three helicopter experimental test pilots posted to the Experimental Flying Squadron (EFS). It was there that he worked with scientists from the defense Research Agency (DRA) at Bedford and Farnborough on a number of cutting-edge technologies, specializing in ship/helicopter interface testing. In addition to flying the Westland Wessex, Lynx and Sea King, Chris was able to act as an evaluation pilot in the Hunter, Jaguar, Andover, Hawker Siddeley HS748, and the Comet. During his time as an active test pilot, EFS was merged into three platform squadrons which gave Chris the chance to play a full part in conventional ârelease to serviceâ activities in a wide variety of rotorcraft. Asked to take on the role of a flight test instructor (FTI), Chris served at ETPS where he made sweeping changes to the syllabus, acquired a new helicopter type and had to deal with a number of students who could not cope with the rigors of the course. In his first year he suffered a âflame outâ in a Hawk jet, an engine failure during his first flight in the twin-engine Basset and crashed the schoolâs Westland Scout helicopterâ all of which are fully discussed. Following four successful years teaching helicopter flight test, Chris was recruited to manage the ETPS short course portfolio. This required the design, sale and delivery of numerous flight test courses, while also introducing innovative teaching methods and the use of civil registered aircraft. In this new, exciting and rewarding role Chris taught both fixed wing and rotary wing students and the book explains the difficulties of learning the additional skills and flight test techniques required of a fixed wing test pilot. This autobiography explores the military flight test career of an individual who is arguably one of the best qualified and most experienced test pilots working today anywhere in the world.

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Air World

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1399048899

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Models for Writing

By: Chris Buckton,Anne Sanderson

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Models for Writing

By: Chris Buckton,Anne Sanderson

A new writing programme for 7 to 11 year olds. With a rich collection of fiction and non-fiction model texts, including children's own writing, the programme is based on the essential link between reading and writing. Moving from whole class teaching into differentiated group activities, it offers an approach to writing that really works in the classroom.

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Ginn

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0602296889

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9780602296889

Wood, Talc and Mr. J

By: Chris Rose

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Wood, Talc and Mr. J

By: Chris Rose

A look back. Without the rose-tinted spectacles, but with hindsight and humour, and with poignancy and affection. 1978. The North. Phillip sees life in a simplistic if passionate way: up or down, us and them, black, white and nothing in-between. When not doing his ‘thing’ in Wigan’s Casino Club – voted ‘The Greatest Disco in the World’ by Time Magazine – Phillip hates the world. Or at least he thinks he does. He longs for the weekend, or a greater, permanent escape from the daily grind of factory life in an industrial town. With a little imagination, he might realise things midweek aren’t that bad: there’s the loving family, the secure job amid mass unemployment, a relationship with the perfect young woman... Or maybe he realises too late. And all he’d deemed important was only ever an illusion, his reflected image included. Coming full circle by way of loss and more loss, you would hope lessons are learned... The book progresses through myriad dream sequences, interwoven song-themes, a father’s philosophical ramblings, ever blackening wit, leitmotif – or seemingly recurring scenes; is someone laughing at our hero? And Phillip’s own, lyrical, strut-like, black or white manner. Dancehall adventures via train rides to Heaven, scooter cruising almost coast to coast. Beneath the pier encounters with the opposite sex, et al... set against the birth of Scargill and Thatcher feuding...

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XinXii

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395926139X

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9783959261395

Lord Buddha

Book of Omens

By: Chris Eann

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Lord Buddha

Book of Omens

By: Chris Eann

On the 500th anniversary of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea's death he returns demanding payment and seeking revenge for all those that denied him and his quest to find the Lord Buddha and his passage into eternal life. Exposing where the bodies are buried this un-holy ghost brings the inquisitors (a police state) to its knees and opens the door to the Next World.

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iUniverse

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0595386768

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Through a Glass Brightly

Studies in Byzantine and Medieval Art and Archaeology Presented to David Buckton

By: Chris Entwistle

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Through a Glass Brightly

Studies in Byzantine and Medieval Art and Archaeology Presented to David Buckton

By: Chris Entwistle

The twenty-five papers in this volume cover diverse aspects of the material culture of the late Roman, Byzantine and Medieval periods, with particular emphasis on the metalwork and enamel of these times. Individual papers include major reinterpretations of objects in the British Museum's Byzantine collections as well as essays devoted to the Museum's recent acquisitions in this field. The volume celebrates the retirement of David Buckton, for over twenty years the curator of the British Museum's Early Christian and Byzantine collections and the National Icon Collection.

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Oxbow Books

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1785702742

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Clinical Review of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - E-Book

By: Shahrokh C. Bagheri,Chris Jo

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Clinical Review of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - E-Book

By: Shahrokh C. Bagheri,Chris Jo

With cases reflecting the classic presentation format of each disease process, this book prepares students for patient encounters during their oral and maxillofacial surgery rotations. It also helps residents learn and review "high yield" material that is commonly found in oral and maxillofacial training and on board examinations. It highlights clinical information that is commonly asked during rounds, in the operating room, and during examinations. For each case, it includes an overview of the most common clinical presentation, physical exam findings, diagnostic tools, complications, treatment, and a discussion of any controversial issues that may surround the case. The authors describe Clinical Review of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as "A little reach for the dental student, right on target for the OMS resident, and a strong refresher for OMS board certification." This title includes additional digital media when purchased in print format. For this digital book edition, media content is not included. - Case-based format prepares students and residents to pass the OMSSAT, with the Table of Contents corresponding to the exam's categories and questions. - 95 clinical cases focus on essential information regarding each disease process. - Detailed illustrations -- including radiographs and clinical photographs or drawings -- provide a visual guide to conditions, techniques, diagnoses, and key concepts. - Contributing authors include recent graduates or senior residents in oral and maxillofacial surgery, so they are fully cognizant of students' and residents' needs as they prepare for cases, exams, and surgical procedures. - Complements other Elsevier books such as Peterson: Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fonseca: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Ward Booth: Maxillofacial Surgery.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323087612

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9780323087612

Entertaining Women

Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West

By: Chris Enss

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Entertaining Women

Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West

By: Chris Enss

This collection of short stories of the women who entertained the West in makeshift theaters and palaces built to showcase the divas who were beloved by emigrants to the “uncivilized” West will feature well-known and lesser known dancers, singers, and actresses and their exploits. Author Chris Enss will bring her comedic timing and long experience writing about the time and culture of the West to this collection.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442247347

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Tiger Cub

A 74 Squadron Fighter Pilot in WWII: The Story of John Freeborn DFC*

By: Chris Yeoman,John Freeborn

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Tiger Cub

A 74 Squadron Fighter Pilot in WWII: The Story of John Freeborn DFC*

By: Chris Yeoman,John Freeborn

The stirring biography of the RAF flying ace, one of the great pilots of the Battle of Britain, and the famous squadron that catapulted him into history. Acting Pilot Officer John Freeborn reported to RAF Hornchurch on 29 October, 1938. John was posted from Flying Training School to join the already acclaimed 74 “Tiger” Squadron at eighteen years of age. At that time the Squadron was equipped with the Gloster Gauntlet. One of the first people John met when he arrived at the station was Bob Stanford Tuck of 65 squadron. On first meeting South African fighter ace Adolf “Sailor” Malan, John thought he seemed nice enough and soon learned that he was a determined leader, a fine flyer and an aggressive fighter pilot. “He was definitely the best shot there was,” John recalls. “Without question Malan was a brilliant marksman, but I could out fly him and I bloody told him so too." John flew many operations with 74 Squadron in Spitfires during the early years of the war and the Battle of Britain; he was awarded the DFC for his efforts. During a brief respite for 74, John Freeborn was promoted to Flight Lieutenant and on 29 August he was given command of A Flight. In 1941, the first couple of months saw 74 Squadron conducting fighter Sweeps and Circus sorties over the French coast. On 17 February 1941, John Freeborn learned that he had been awarded a bar to his DFC. At that time, he had destroyed twelve enemy aircraft and damaged many more. In 1946 John Connell Freeborn DFC and Bar left the Royal Air Force with honor and distinction.

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Pen and Sword

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1844685284

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Ms. Marvel Epic Collection

The Woman Who Fell To Earth

By: Chris Claremont,Jim Shooter,David Michelinie,George Perez

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Ms. Marvel Epic Collection

The Woman Who Fell To Earth

By: Chris Claremont,Jim Shooter,David Michelinie,George Perez

Collects Ms. Marvel (1977) #15-23, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #76-77, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #51, Avengers (1963) #200 And Annual #10; And Material From Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #10-11, Avengers (1963) #197-199 And Marvel Fanfare (1982) #24. Chris Claremont weaves complex plots and compelling characterization in the conclusion of Carol Danvers original adventures! As Ms. Marvel, Carol meets the Avengers for the first time! The shape-shifting Mystique makes her debut! A battle with Ronan the Accuser brings Carol and Mar-Vell together and leads to a new look for our heroine! Encounters with Deathbird, the Guardians of the Galaxy and Sabretooth set the stage for a controversial Avengers saga and a life-altering battle against Mystique and Rogue, culminating in a major Marvel milestone featuring the X-Men and Avengers! Plus: Carol battles the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and mourns the passing of Mar-Vell!

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Marvel Entertainment

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130251332X

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Treasure Hunters: The Greatest Treasure Hunt

By: James Patterson,Chris Grabenstein

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Treasure Hunters: The Greatest Treasure Hunt

By: James Patterson,Chris Grabenstein

In the finale of James Patterson's bestselling series, the Kidds compete for fame and glory—but can they solve a mystery, restore their family name and uncover the biggest treasure yet? Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy Kidd have uncovered and rescued some of the world’s greatest treasure, without ever seeking out fame and glory. So they aren’t happy when the Collier Kids (as in Nathan Collier, the Kidds’s nemesis) start treasure hunting for the camera, more focused on looking good and selling ads for their streaming show than actually recovering treasure. When the Kidds are invited to compete with the Colliers for the title of “The World’s Greatest Treasure Hunting Kids,” they jump at the chance to show the world what real treasure hunting looks like. But with rumors swirling of a family mistake made by the Kidds’ great-grandfather years ago, the Kidds discover that fame and glory aren’t the only things on the line. Will they be able to solve the mystery, restore their family name, and recover their biggest treasure haul yet?

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jimmy patterson

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0316500364

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9780316500364

The Sunderland AFC Quiz Book

By: Chris Cowlin

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The Sunderland AFC Quiz Book

By: Chris Cowlin

Are you a dedicated supporter of Sunderland AFC? Can you recall all the facts and figures that have contributed to the club's long and successful history? Do find yourself arguing points over past games with family and friends? Then test your knowledge of your favourite team with this tribute to the Black Cats. The 1,000 challenging questions in this quiz book will certainly put you through your paces with sections on players, managers, transfers, fixtures, kit, trophies, club honours and all those memorable matches that have made Sunderland into the team it is today. Knowledge of what has gone before enhances our understanding of the present and this gem of a book is packed with information that will guide you from the team's beginnings to more recent events. Educational as it is entertaining, The Sunderland AFC Quiz Book is sure to provide hours of fun for young and old alike. This book is a must have for all followers of the Black Cats and anyone with a keen interest in football.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1907792244

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9781907792243

Data Analysis and Research for Sport and Exercise Science

A Student Guide

By: Craig Williams,Chris Wragg

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Data Analysis and Research for Sport and Exercise Science

A Student Guide

By: Craig Williams,Chris Wragg

This text introduces undergraduate students to the process of conducting independent research in sport and exercise physiology, biomechanics and psychology, covering all aspects in a user-friendly style.

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Routledge

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1134439016

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YRIA

The Guiding Shadow

By: CHRIS BLENCOWE,JUDITH LEVINE

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YRIA

The Guiding Shadow

By: CHRIS BLENCOWE,JUDITH LEVINE

The Parthenon: in the brilliance of its siting, astonishing constructional precision and refinements, remains one of the greatest enigmas in architecture. It exemplifies an ‘elusive quality’ which transcends history and can also be identified in certain key works of the modern era. ‘YRIA - the guiding shadow’ is the account of a search - in time and place - for the origins of this luminous artistic and architectural mode. The thread is followed through the work of visionary artists and architects of recent times and illuminated by a comprehensive text, numerous sketches and high quality photographs. Written primarily for the adventurous reader with an interest in Art and Architecture, History and Mythology, Poetry and Philosophy - as an account of architectural beginnings revealed by recent archaeological discoveries, this book will also interest the specialist.

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Sidewalk Editions

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099267610X

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9780992676100

Endurance Bunny and the Small Shrivelled Organ - St Davids to Lowestoft Cycle Ride

By: Chris Gooderham

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Endurance Bunny and the Small Shrivelled Organ - St Davids to Lowestoft Cycle Ride

By: Chris Gooderham

Sequel. Moore returns from his epic cycle journey craving more. Endurance Bunny is a comedy true story of one man's continual drive to survive as he heads into surgery and then undertakes to cycle from St David's Head to Lowestoft. Moore finds a new cycling partner; Endurance Bunny-a completely different beast entirely. A man who is physically fit, primed to perfection, who runs a marathon before breakfast and chops down trees with his bare hands. But Moore doesn't cope well with being the unfit one, especially when forced to watch his superhuman colleague make everything look easy. Flipping between the diary of their cycle journey and his impending surgical doom, Endurance Bunny follows the exploits of a man whose body is getting older, fatter and slowly disintegrating. Moore moans about his operation, his rising blood pressure, his knackered knees and increasing weight, but this time there is nothing he can do about it-or is there? Includes daily maps, road, traffic conditions and contour.

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Lulu.com

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1409217566

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End of the Century

By: Chris Roberson

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End of the Century

By: Chris Roberson

At the eve of the new millennium, teenager Alice Fell is alone on the streets of a strange city, friendless and without a pound to her name. She is not sure whether she's losing her mind, or whether she is called by inescapable visions to some special destiny. Along with a strange man named Stillman Waters, a retired occultist and spy – or so he claims – she finds herself pursued by strange creatures, and driven to steal the priceless "vanishing gem" that may contain the answers to the mysteries that plague her. A century earlier, consulting detective Sandford Blank, accompanied by his companion Roxanne Bonaventure, is called upon to solve a string of brutal murders on the eve of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The police believe that Jack the Ripper is back on the streets, but Blank believes that this is a new killer, one whose motive is not violence or mayhem, but the discovery of the Holy Grail itself. And what of the corpse-white Huntsman and his unearthly hounds, who stalks the gaslit streets of London? And in the sixth century, Galaad, a young man driven by strange dreams of a lady in white and a tower of glass, travels to the court of the high king Artor in Londinium, abandoned stronghold of the Roman Empire in Britain. With Galaad’s bizarre dreams as their only guide, Artor and his loyal captains journey west to the Summerlands, there to face a threat that could spell the end of the new-forged kingdom of Britain. These three adventures—Dark Ages fantasy, gaslit mystery, and modern-day jewel heist—alternate until the barriers between the different times begin to break down, and our heroes confront the secrets that connect the Grail, the Glass Tower, and the vanishing gem. And lurking behind it all, the entity known only as Omega.

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Pyr

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1591028396

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9781591028390

Patagonia

A Cultural History

By: Chris Moss

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Patagonia

A Cultural History

By: Chris Moss

Forming a vast triangle at the southern tip of South America, Patagonia is a landscape of barren steppes, soaring peaks, and fierce wind, inspiring generations of travelers and artists. From the empty plans to the crashing seas, from the giant dinosaur fossils to the massive glacial sculptures, Chris Moss introduces readers to Patagonia's dramatic landscape--a land that, like Siberia and the Sahara, has become a metaphor for nothingness and extremity. A vivid and accessible introduction to Patagonia's history and culture, this book follows a colorful cast of characters--from Magellan and Darwin to mad kings, gauchos, and Nazi fugitives--as it evokes Patagonia's grip on the imagination.

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Oxford University Press

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0199887772

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Avengers Masterworks Vol. 20

By: Jim Shooter,David Michelinie,Chris Claremont,Bill Mantlo,Bob Budiansky,Danny Fingeroth,J.M. Dematteis

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Avengers Masterworks Vol. 20

By: Jim Shooter,David Michelinie,Chris Claremont,Bill Mantlo,Bob Budiansky,Danny Fingeroth,J.M. Dematteis

Collects Avengers (1963) #203-216, Annual (1967) #10, material from Marvel Super Action (1977) #35-37. It’s a new era for the Avengers! The order changeth and a host of creative luminaries, including Jim Shooter, force Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to contend with their most harrowing challenges ever! Skrulls, the Yellow Claw and the ancient Berserker are just the warm-up. The Avengers will also face a Ghost Rider bereft of any humanity — and the near-infinite power of the Molecule Man in a character-defining story! A whole new lineup, including surprise inductee Tigra, will emerge (but not without Moondragon’s meddling), before the Avengers must put one of their own on trial after Hank Pym suffers a tragic breakdown. Also featuring Chris Claremont and Michael Golden’s classic Annual co-starring Ms. Marvel, Spider-Woman and the X-Men — and introducing Rogue!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302520342

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9781302520342

Touch One

By: Chris Schimel

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Touch One

By: Chris Schimel

A pastor of 30 years learns how powerful the Gospel can touch one life at a time and how much one soul is worth to God. (Christianity)

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Xulon Press

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1597816116

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9781597816113

The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory

By: Shalom Lappin,Chris Fox

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The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory

By: Shalom Lappin,Chris Fox

The second edition of The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory presents a comprehensive introduction to cutting-edge research in contemporary theoretical and computational semantics. Features completely new content from the first edition of The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory Features contributions by leading semanticists, who introduce core areas of contemporary semantic research, while discussing current research Suitable for graduate students for courses in semantic theory and for advanced researchers as an introduction to current theoretical work

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118882199

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9781118882191

The Plantation

By: Chris Kuzneski

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The Plantation

By: Chris Kuzneski

One by one, in cities across America, people of all ages are taken from their homes, their cars, their lives. But these aren't random kidnappings. They're crimes of passion, planned and researched several months in advance, then executed with a singular objective in mind. Revenge. Ariane Walker is one of the victims, dragged from her apartment with few clues to follow. The police said there's little they can do for her, but that isn't good enough for her boyfriend, Jonathon Payne. With the help of his best friend, Payne gives chase, hoping that a lead in New Orleans somehow pays off. Together, they uncover the mystery of Ariane's abduction and the truth behind the South's most violent secret. Praise for THE PLANTATION: James Patterson, #1 international bestselling author—“THE PLANTATION is a rip-roaring page-turner based on an ingenious idea. No reader will easily forget it.” Lee Child, #1 international bestselling author—“Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters, and a very, very original plot concept. Not to be missed!” Nelson DeMille, #1 international bestselling author—“Wear your running shoes when you read THE PLANTATION. This is the most action-packed, swiftly paced, and tightly plotted novel I’ve read in a long time.” James Rollins, #1 international bestselling author—“Chris Kuzneski displays a remarkable sense of suspense and action in THE PLANTATION. A riveting ride from start to finish as an ex-Special Forces soldier searches for the kidnappers of his girlfriend, leading to an international manhunt that will leave readers breathless and up much too late. Don’t miss it!” Douglas Preston, #1 international bestselling author—“THE PLANTATION is a powerful read with a great plot twist. Right from the opening scenes the book takes off, and all I can say is, hang on for the ride.”

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A Drink of Dry Land

Journeys Through Namibia

By: Chris Marais

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A Drink of Dry Land

Journeys Through Namibia

By: Chris Marais

Two journalists – passionate about travel and the ‘vast, dry cathedral called Namibia’ – set out to meander through this land and to relish the pure space and the joy of road travel. The journey shaped up as something special. Along the way, thirty years of memories returned. Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit encountered a landscape like no other, a seemingly barren place of unexpected and unrivalled beauty: from the enchantment of the Kalahari to the misty shipwreck world of the Skeleton Coast and up to the frontiers of the Caprivi Strip. Somewhere between Otjiwarongo and the silver pans of Etosha, they fell under the spell of cheetahs. With insight, sensitivity and great humour, Chris and Julienne share the stories and the secrets of these dry lands. You are invited to take the third seat in their bakkie. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Chris Marais has worked on assignment in over 50 countries and loves nothing better than to travel with a camera and an open mind. Having won top South African awards for magazine editing, investigative journalism, travel writing and photography, he now indulges his love for the southern African region, its wilderness and its people. Chris is well known for his regular features in SA Country Life and Sawubona magazines. Julienne du Toit has an international award-winning reputation in the world of environmental journalism. Currently specialising in southern African environmental issues and poverty relief projects, Julienne is also a lifestyle- and travel writer who travels throughout the region with her husband, Chris.

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Scytheman

By: Chris McMahon

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Scytheman

By: Chris McMahon

Following on from events in The Calvanni, the city of Raynor is now in turmoil. False-Scion Osterac has declared himself heir to the fallen Empire and his supporters riot on the streets. Legions of non-human Eathal advance across the continent, destroying all in their path. The future of Yos lies in the balance and only the Scion can unite the shattered fragments of the fallen Empire. Pursued by the renegade Sorcerer Raziin, Cedrin and Ellen struggle to stay alive on a lawless continent torn by war. They are drawn toward a lethal contest for the awesome power of the Spear of Carris, where the identity of the true Scion will be revealed.

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0992299438

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Guardians of the Galaxy

Tomorrow's Avengers Vol. 1

By: Steve Gerber,Chris Claremont,Gerry Conway,Len Wein,Arnold Drake,Roger Stern

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Guardians of the Galaxy

Tomorrow's Avengers Vol. 1

By: Steve Gerber,Chris Claremont,Gerry Conway,Len Wein,Arnold Drake,Roger Stern

Collects Marvel Super Heroes (1967) #18 [Author]; Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #4-5 [Author]; Giant-Size Defenders #5 [Author]; Defenders (1972) #26-29 [Author]; Marvel Presents #3-12. Captain America [Author]; Doctor Strange [Author]; the Thing [Author]; the Hulk and other familiar faces join the star-spanning heroes in the greatest war the future ever saw! Then [Author]; as the Guardians help a planet in turmoil rebuild [Author]; threats rise from two other worlds: one of them living [Author]; the other gone mad!

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1302368109

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Haunted Golf

Spirited Tales from the Rough

By: Anthony Pioppi,Chris Gonsalves

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Haunted Golf

Spirited Tales from the Rough

By: Anthony Pioppi,Chris Gonsalves

The world of golf is rife with unexplainable happenings that seemingly defy the rules of gravity and logic: There are those badly hit shots last seen disappearing into a grove of trees, only to be rediscovered on the putting green. And what of those perfectly struck drives that rocketed into the crisp blue beyond never to be seen again? Players have learned to lay blame on “the Golf Gods,” and go about their rounds. There are, however, the other stories—tales of apparitions gliding across a course, unexplained noises emanating from uninhabited rooms of a clubhouse, or the phantom golfer who appears out of nowhere to play a shot and vanishes just as suddenly. Haunted Golf explores such stories from the clubhouses of New England to the fairways of New Orleans and the links of Great Britain. Bringing readers on a journey that will enlighten, entertain, and send shivers, this book also delves into the history and flavor of the locations, painting evocative portraits of the courses and the communities. It includes a foreword by English golfer and golf analyst Peter Oosterhuis.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1599217473

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The Wedding Night

A Popular History

By: Jane Merrill,Chris Filstrup

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The Wedding Night

A Popular History

By: Jane Merrill,Chris Filstrup

This enlightening narrative takes a look at the wedding night—its origins, history, customs, cultural expressions, and fictional representations through the ages. Though just outside of public view, the wedding night is loaded with expectation and consequence. The Wedding Night: A Popular History is an entertaining, accessible, touching, and humorous volume that looks at the previously unexplored topic of wedding history "between the sheets." Covering a kaleidoscopic array of cultural expressions, this unique study zooms in on what's quintessential and shares insights into the history of intimacy through the ages. The book traces the formalization of the wedding night in the ancient Near East and classical world, provides many examples of historically significant unions in European and American history, and describes the lively variety of traditions leading up to the present. Spicing their narrative with many piquant quotes from contemporary sources, the authors explore the rich cultural context for the wedding night—processions, royal rituals, apparel, food-related traditions, and pranks—throughout Europe and America in the 19th and 20th centuries. Separate chapters examine sex guides, jokes, and the bed as a special conjugal space.

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0313392110

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Translating Chinese Art and Modern Literature

By: Yifeng Sun,Chris Song

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Translating Chinese Art and Modern Literature

By: Yifeng Sun,Chris Song

Translating Chinese Art and Modern Literature examines issues in cross-cultural dialogue in connection with translation and modern Chinese art and literature from interdisciplinary perspectives. This comprises the text-image dialogue in the context of Chinese modernity, and cross-cultural interaction between modern literature in Chinese and other literatures. This edited collection approaches these issues with discrete foci and approaches, and the ten chapters in this volume are to be divided into two distinct parts. The first part highlights the mutual effects between literary texts and visual images in the media of book, painting, and film, and the second part includes contributions by scholars of literary translation.

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1351001221

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Liber 420

Cannabis, Magickal Herbs and the Occult

By: Chris Bennett

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Liber 420

Cannabis, Magickal Herbs and the Occult

By: Chris Bennett

Although little known, cannabis and other psychoactive plants held a prominent and important role in the Occult arts of Alchemy and Magic, as well as being used in ritual initiations of certain secret societies. Find out about the important role cannabis played in helping to develop modern medicines through alchemical works. Cannabis played a pivotal role in spagyric alchemy, and appears in the works of alchemists such as Zosimos, Avicenna, Llull, Paracelsus, Cardano and Rabelais. Cannabis also played a pivotal role in medieval and renaissance magic and recipes with instructions for its use appear in a number of influential and important grimoires such as the Picatrix, Sepher Raxiel: Liber Salomonis, and The Book of Oberon. Could cannabis be the Holy Grail? With detailed historical references, the author explores the allegations the Templars were influenced by the hashish ingesting Assassins of medieval Islam, and that myths of the Grail are derived from the Persian traditions around the sacred beverage known as haoma, which was a preparation of cannabis,opium and other drugs. Many of the works discussed, have never been translated into English, or published in centuries. The unparalleled research in this volume makes it a potential perennial classic on the subjects of both medieval and renaissance history of cannabis, as well as the role of plants in the magical and occult traditions.

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1634242270

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The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin

By: Chris Ewan

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The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin

By: Chris Ewan

Enjoying a thieving spree from his new home in Berlin, part-time writer Charlie Howard is summoned by Her Majesty's Government to recover a sensitive item allegedly stolen by four embassy employees.

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1250002974

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The Hollow March

By: Chris Galford

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The Hollow March

By: Chris Galford

It is a time of upheaval in the Idasian Empire. As religious fervor stirs dissent among the people, and the winter winds loom, thousands gather behind their aging emperor on a march to war. In the midst of this, young Rurik Matair blunders home with childish notions of revenge, and an unlikely band of sellswords at his back. The third son of a backwater nobleman, Rurik was destined for a life in service to the crown. But when he reached beyond his station, he was banished from his father house with nothing to his name. Tired and hunted, he returns after two years abroad. Yet all is not as it appears. As Idasia brutal war threatens to stagnate, old rivalries rekindle. Other players shift through dark games behind the scenes, and old magicks rise against a tottering throne, stirred on by a woman with nothing left &

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1468029142

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The Ultimate Spurs Quiz Book

1,250 Questions Covering the 80s, 90s and 2000s

By: Chris Cowlin

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The Ultimate Spurs Quiz Book

1,250 Questions Covering the 80s, 90s and 2000s

By: Chris Cowlin

Are you a Spurs fan? Have you followed the team's progress through good times and bad? Would you like to test your memory of the people and places that have shaped the club through the 80s, 90s and 2000s? If Tottenham Hotspur is the team you support, you are certain to want to have a go at the 1,250 questions in The Ultimate Spurs Quiz Book. Who was the first ever foreign manager of Tottenham? Which London rivals did Spurs beat in the 1991 FA Cup semi-final at Wembley? How many League goals did Tim Sherwood score for Spurs in his football career? The answers to these questions and more can all be found inside this bumper quiz book all about your favourite team. With a foreword by life-long Spurs supporter, Chas Hodges, this book contains questions on all the memorable players, managers, goalscorers and opponents that have been a part of the Tottenham story over the past 30 years. Packed full of fascinating facts, this book will appeal to football fans of all ages, from the young in years to the young at heart.

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1910295825

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