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Light of Zen in the West

Incorporating 'The Supreme Doctrine' and 'The Realization of the Self'

By: Graham Rooth

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Light of Zen in the West

Incorporating 'The Supreme Doctrine' and 'The Realization of the Self'

By: Graham Rooth

Includes works such as "Buddha and the Intuition of the Universal" and "Techniques of Timeless Realization". This book invites us to make our own journey toward spiritual transformation and the intuitive understanding of universal truths.

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Liverpool University Press

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180207144X

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9781802071443

Prophet for a Dark Age

A Companion to the Works of Rene Guenon

By: Graham Rooth

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Prophet for a Dark Age

A Companion to the Works of Rene Guenon

By: Graham Rooth

Rene Guenon is a major figure for anyone who recognises a need to rediscover the spiritual roots from which Western society has become so comprehensively alienated. Immersing himself in the search for spiritual truth, he chose Islam as the vehicle for his spiritual life.

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Liverpool University Press

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1802071601

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9781802071603

Fairytale in the Ancient World

By: Graham Anderson

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Fairytale in the Ancient World

By: Graham Anderson

In this, the first modern study of the ancient fairytale, Graham Anderson asks whether the familiar children's fairytale of today existed in the ancient world. He examines texts from the classical period and finds many stories which resemble those we know today, including: * a Jewish Egyptian Cinderella * a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis * a Pied Piper at Troy. He puts forward many previously unsuspected candidates as classical variants of the modern fairytale and argues that the degree of violence and cruelty in the ancient tales means they must have been meant for adults.

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Routledge

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113456046X

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9781134560462

Prophet for a Dark Age

A Companion to the Works of Rene Guenon

By: Graham Rooth

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Prophet for a Dark Age

A Companion to the Works of Rene Guenon

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Liverpool University Press

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1782847367

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9781782847366

The Irish Brigade, 1670–1745

The Wild Geese in French Service

By: D. P. Graham

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The Irish Brigade, 1670–1745

The Wild Geese in French Service

By: D. P. Graham

“Highly Recommended . . . an absorbing account of a military formation that became an elite force within the French Army.” —Firetrench Irish troops had fought for Louis XIV in the 1670s, under Irish officers who had little choice but to fight in foreign service, with the blessing of Charles II. With the accession of James II, and the religious politics of who might earn the English crown, they became embroiled in the Jacobite succession crisis, fighting in Ireland, then sent to France under Lord Mountcashel in 1689. With the fall of Limerick in 1691, Patrick Sarsfield led the second “flight” of “Wild Geese” to the continent, to fight in a war for the French, against the Grand Alliance of Europe, in the vain hope that their loyalty might warrant French support in a return to Ireland under a Jacobite king. From the Nine Years War, through the War of the Spanish Succession, and beyond, their descendants would be present at Fontenoy, Culloden and in the Americas, forever destined to fight for a cause and land which had changed beyond recognition. D.P. Graham explains the origins of the brigade and its regiments, the personalities who led them and formed their reputation, and the circumstances of their final dissolution in the aftermath of French Revolution. “An excellent study of the events that led up to the creation of the Wild Geese, and in particular the brutal war in Ireland, a conflict that still has an impact in the present day.” —History of War

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Pen and Sword

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1526727749

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9781526727749

Henry James: A Literary Life

A Literary Life

By: Kenneth Graham

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Henry James: A Literary Life

A Literary Life

By: Kenneth Graham

This comprehensive account of the writing life of Henry James aims at providing a critical overview of all his important writings, firmly set in two contexts: that of James's practical career as a novelist in America, England, and Europe; and that of the literary and intellectual climate of his time. By tracing the complex development of his career under such headings as 'American and Romantic', 'Victorian and Realist', 'Crisis and Experiment' and 'Master and Modernist', it gives a dynamic portrait, both factual and interpretative, of one of the greatest and most prolific novelists in the language, whose many-sided career began in the time of Thackeray and Dickens, and ended by ushering in the writings of Joyce and Woolf.

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Springer

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1349238910

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9781349238910

Theatre-Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing

Writing in the Wings

By: Graham Wolfe

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Theatre-Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing

Writing in the Wings

By: Graham Wolfe

This volume posits and explores an intermedial genre called theatre-fiction, understood in its broadest sense as referring to novels and stories that engage in concrete and sustained ways with theatre. Though theatre has made star appearances in dozens of literary fictions, including many by modern history’s most influential authors, no full-length study has dedicated itself specifically to theatre-fiction—in fact there has not even been a recognized name for the phenomenon. Focusing on Britain, where most of the world’s theatre-novels have been produced, and commencing in the late-nineteenth century, when theatre increasingly took on major roles in novels, Theatre-Fiction in Britain argues for the benefits of considering these works in relation to each other, to a history of development, and to the theatre of their time. New modes of intermedial analysis are modelled through close studies of Henry James, Somerset Maugham, Virginia Woolf, J. B. Priestley, Ngaio Marsh, Angela Carter, and Doris Lessing, all of whom were deeply involved in the theatre-world as playwrights, directors, reviewers, and theorists. Drawing as much on theatre scholarship as on literary theory, Theatre-Fiction in Britain presents theatre-fiction as one of the past century’s most vital means of exploring, reconsidering, and bringing forth theatre’s potentials.

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208

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Routledge

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1000124363

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9781000124361

Greek and Roman Folklore

A Handbook

By: Graham Anderson

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Greek and Roman Folklore

A Handbook

By: Graham Anderson

The Greek and Roman world is often noted for the rationalism of a few outstanding thinkers. This book is about the traditional superstitions, beliefs, taboos, folk-remedies, ghost stories, and folk tales that haunted the rest. Along the way it considers such questions as, Do modern approaches help or hinder our attempts to see ancient superstition from the inside? Can we break down the barriers between folk tales and myths? Did it really matter whether a healing herb was picked by moonlight or not? Was there a Cinderella tale in the ancient world? The volume begins by asking how we can attempt to define folklore in the first place, and how we can make sense of the vast amount of materials available. It examines the prejudices of writers who report folkloric information and explores the cultural contexts that shaped their materials. It includes numerous examples and texts, such as tales, legends, proverbs, jokes, riddles, and traditional customs. The volume overviews critical approaches to the study of ancient folklore, and it surveys the presence of Greek and Roman folklore in classical culture. Because of the tremendous interest in the ancient world, this volume will meet the needs of high school students and general readers.

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249

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313054088

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9780313054082

Folk Heroes and Heroines around the World

By: Graham Seal,Kim Kennedy White

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Folk Heroes and Heroines around the World

By: Graham Seal,Kim Kennedy White

This comprehensive collection of folk hero tales builds on the success of the first edition by providing readers with expanded contextual information on story characters from the Americas to Zanzibar. Despite the tremendous differences between cultures and ethnicities across the world, all of them have folk heroes and heroines—real and imagined—that have been represented in tales, legends, songs, and verse. These stories persist through time and space, over generations, even through migrations to new countries and languages. This encyclopedia is a one-stop source for broad coverage of the world's folk hero tales. Geared toward high school and early college readers, the book opens with an overview of folk heroes and heroines that provides invaluable context and then presents a chronology. The book is divided into two main sections: the first provides entries on the major types and themes; the second addresses specific folk tale characters organized by continent with folk hero entries organized alphabetically. Each entry provides cross references as well as a list of further readings. Continent sections include a bibliography for additional research. The book concludes with an alphabetical list of heroes and an index of hero types.

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450

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440838615

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9781440838613

The Free Trade Adventure

The WTO, the Uruguay Round and Globalism: A Critique

By: Graham Dunkley

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The Free Trade Adventure

The WTO, the Uruguay Round and Globalism: A Critique

By: Graham Dunkley

Free trade lies at the heart of the new era of globalization. This is a review of the history of 20th-century trade agreements, tracing what happened to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) before the USA pushed the world into the Uruguay Round. This renegotiation of the rules of international trade, enshrined in the World Trade Organisation agreements, is now taking free trade much further than ever before. The author examines the benefits and hidden costs of the WTO Agreements, their implications for weaker economies and their likely consequences in terms of environmental protection, labour standards and political sovereignty. Alternatives do exist, he argues, to an over-reliance on free trade. These include managed trade, fair trade and self-reliant trade. He also sets out a series of innovative proposals for reforming the WTO, IMF and World Bank.

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Zed Books

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1856497690

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9781856497695

Getting to Grips with BIM

A Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Architecture, Engineering and Construction Firms

By: James Harty,Tahar Kouider,Graham Paterson

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Getting to Grips with BIM

A Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Architecture, Engineering and Construction Firms

By: James Harty,Tahar Kouider,Graham Paterson

With the UK government‘s 2016 BIM threshold approaching, support for small organisations on interpreting, filtering and applying BIM protocols and standards is urgently required. Many small UK construction industry supply chain firms are uncertain about what Level 2 BIM involves and are unsure about taking first steps towards having BIM capability. As digitisation, increasingly impacts on work practices, Getting to Grips with BIM offers an insight into an industry in change supplemented by practical guidance on managing the transition towards more widespread and integrated use of digital tools to manage the design, construction and whole life use of buildings.

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325

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Routledge

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131754983X

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9781317549833

The Great American Songbooks

Musical Texts, Modernism, and the Value of Popular Culture

By: T. Austin Graham

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The Great American Songbooks

Musical Texts, Modernism, and the Value of Popular Culture

By: T. Austin Graham

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American authors pioneered a mode of musical writing that quite literally resounded beyond the printed page. Novels gained soundtracks, poetry compelled its audiences to sing, and the ostensibly silent act of reading became anything but. The Great American Songbooks is the story of this literature, at once an overview of musical and authorial practice at the century's turn, an investigation into the sensory dimensions of reading, and a meditation on the effects that the popular arts have had on literary modernism. The writings of John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, T.S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, and Walt Whitman are heard in a new key; the performers and tunesmiths who inspired them have their stories told; and the music of the past, long out of print and fashion, is recapitulated and made available in digital form. A work of criticism situated at the crossroads of literary analysis, musicology, and cultural history, The Great American Songbooks demonstrates the importance of studying fiction and poetry from interdisciplinary perspectives, and it suggests new avenues for research in the dawning age of the digital humanities.

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Oxford University Press

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0199862117

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9780199862115

The International Monetary System and the Less Developed Countries

By: Graham Bird

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The International Monetary System and the Less Developed Countries

By: Graham Bird

In this book the author investigates the relationship between the international monetary system and the less developed countries of the world. In the period since 1945 growing concern has been shown over the international monetary problems which LDCs face, and since 1971 LDCs have been significant participants in the reform of the international monetary system. After tracing the evolution of the relationship between LDCs and the International Monetary Fund, the book goes on to examine, with full reference to the available empirical evidence, the major causes and consequences of LDCs' international monetary problems. Topics covered include: export instability; the terms of trade; the demand for reserves and reserve adequacy; and adjustment difficulties. A thorough examination is then made of the ways in which financial assistance has been provided to LDCs through the IMF and the Eurocurrency market. Finally, certain key policy issues are discussed: the commodity problem; the link between the creation of international liquidity and the provision of development aid; and exchange rate policy. Each chapter is followed by an extensive bibliography which is designed to help the reader to pursue further any topic of particular interest. The presentation, which is non-mathematical, is in the form of a textbook. The issues are surveyed, the main arguments discussed, and the available empirical evidence presented. It is revealed, however, that on many issues it is at present difficult to draw firm conclusions. The book will be of interest to students of international, monetary, and development economics.

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Springer

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134916903X

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9781349169030

Ancient Fairy and Folk Tales

An Anthology

By: Graham Anderson

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Ancient Fairy and Folk Tales

An Anthology

By: Graham Anderson

This anthology explores the multitude of evidence for recognisable fairy tales drawn from sources in the much older cultures of the ancient world, appearing much earlier than the 17th century where awareness of most fairy tales tends to begin. It presents versions of Cinderella, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Snow White, The Frog Prince and a host of others where the similarities to familiar ‘modern’ versions far outweigh the differences. Here we find Cinderella as a courtesan, Snow White coming to a tragic end or an innocent heroine murdering her sisters. We find an emperor’s new clothes where the flatterers compare him to Alexander the Great, or a pair of adulterers caught in a magic trap. Tantalising fragments suggest that there is more to be discovered: we can point to a Sleeping Beauty where the girl takes on the green colouring of the surrounding wood, or we encounter a Rumpelstiltskin connected to a mystery cult. The overall picture suggests a much richer texture of popular tale as a fascinating new legacy of antiquity. This volume breaks down the traditional barriers between Classical Mythology and the fairy tale, and will be an invaluable resource for anyone working on the history of fairy tales and folklore.

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242

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Routledge

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0429779003

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9780429779008

Lord Mountcashel, Irish General

Justin MacCarthy in the Service of James II and Louis XIV, 1673–1694

By: D. P. Graham

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Lord Mountcashel, Irish General

Justin MacCarthy in the Service of James II and Louis XIV, 1673–1694

By: D. P. Graham

Justin MacCarthy (later Lord Mountcashel) was born into a notable family of Irish Jacobites, loyal to the exiled Stuarts, and grew up in France. Their Irish land was regained after the Restoration of Charles II but Justin, as the youngest surviving son, sought a career in the French army (as both his father and oldest brother had done). In 1673 he joined an Irish regiment in French service. He served under the legendary French marshals Turenne and Conde against the Dutch and their Imperial allies and by 1676 was commanding the regiment. He became part of the personal circle of the Catholic Duke of York, the future James II and, after the latters accession in 1685, Justin helped to transform the Irish army into a Catholic one.When James II was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and fled via France to Ireland, Justin was one of the most experienced commanders resisting Williams invasion. Unfortunately MacCarthy was defeated at the Battle of Newtownbutler (1689), wounded and captured. He escaped and again went into exile in France, where he was the first commander of the famous Irish Brigade until his death in 1694.

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Pen and Sword

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1526723018

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9781526723017

The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

By: Gale Group,Graham & Whiteside, Limited

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The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

By: Gale Group,Graham & Whiteside, Limited

This established directory has been thoroughly revised, updated and expanded to provide current and comprehensive information on more than 24,000 of Europe's largest companies. Four volumes are filled with facts and contacts for major public and private companies in all 20 countries of Western Europe.

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1860991637

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9781860991639

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Light of Zen in the West

Light of Zen in the West

Prophet for a Dark Age

Prophet for a Dark Age

Fairytale in the Ancient World

Fairytale in the Ancient World

Prophet for a Dark Age

Prophet for a Dark Age

The Irish Brigade, 1670–1745

The Irish Brigade, 1670–1745

Henry James: A Literary Life

Henry James: A Literary Life

Theatre-Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing

Theatre-Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing

Greek and Roman Folklore

Greek and Roman Folklore

Folk Heroes and Heroines around the World

Folk Heroes and Heroines around the World

The Free Trade Adventure

The Free Trade Adventure

Getting to Grips with BIM

Getting to Grips with BIM

The Great American Songbooks

The Great American Songbooks

The International Monetary System and the Less Developed Countries

The International Monetary System and the Less Developed Countries

Ancient Fairy and Folk Tales

Ancient Fairy and Folk Tales

Lord Mountcashel, Irish General

Lord Mountcashel, Irish General

The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

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