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Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia

A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 9 and 10 October 1999

By: Jeffrey Quilter,John W. Hoopes

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Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia

A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 9 and 10 October 1999

By: Jeffrey Quilter,John W. Hoopes

The lands between Mesoamerica and the Central Andes are famed for the rich diversity of ancient cultures that inhabited them. Throughout this vast region, from about AD 700 until the sixteenth-century Spanish invasion, a rich and varied tradition of goldworking was practiced. The amount of gold produced and worn by native inhabitants was so great that Columbus dubbed the last New World shores he sailed as Costa Rica—the "Rich Coast." Despite the long-recognized importance of the region in its contribution to Pre-Columbian culture, very few books are readily available, especially in English, on these lands of gold. Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia now fills that gap with eleven articles by leading scholars in the field. Issues of culture change, the nature of chiefdom societies, long-distance trade and transport, ideologies of value, and the technologies of goldworking are covered in these essays as are the role of metals as expressions and materializations of spiritual, political, and economic power. These topics are accompanied by new information on the role of stone statuary and lapidary work, craft and trade specialization, and many more topics, including a reevaluation of the concept of the "Intermediate Area." Collectively, the volume provides a new perspective on the prehistory of these lands and includes articles by Latin American scholars whose writings have rarely been published in English.

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Dumbarton Oaks

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0884022943

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Weirdbook Annual: Zombies!

34 New Tales of the Undead

By: Lucy A. Snyder,Adrian Cole,Franklyn Searight,Andrew Darlington,D.C. Lozar,Erica Ruppert,John Linwood Grant,Scott Edelman

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Weirdbook Annual: Zombies!

34 New Tales of the Undead

By: Lucy A. Snyder,Adrian Cole,Franklyn Searight,Andrew Darlington,D.C. Lozar,Erica Ruppert,John Linwood Grant,Scott Edelman

Every year, WEIRDBOOK Magazine publishes a collection of short stories to thrill and delight readers worldwide. This year, we challenged authors to come up with memorable takes on the zombie theme, and the result is this fantastic collection of 34 original stories. Included are: The Meddler, by Matthew John Tiger Girls vs. the Zombies, by Lucy A. Snyder Dead Between the Eyes, by Adrian Cole Alive Again, by Franklyn Searight The Night Hans Kroeger Came Back, by Kenneth Bykerk The Marching Dead, by Andrew Darlington I Wished for Zombies, by D.C. Lozar O Mary Don’t You Mourn, by Mike Chinn To Die, To Sleep, No More, by Erica Ruppert Run, Monster, Run, by Teasha Seitz Another Night in Bayou Sauvage, by Chad Hensley Kifaro, by Dilman Dila But I Love Him, by Scott Wheelock Who Wants to Live Forever?, by Angela Yuriko Smith The Dead Are Always Hungry, by Christopher Alex Ray Zen Zombies, by R. A. Smith Cassius Max, by KT Morley A Nanotech Samsara, by J.N. Cameron Pine in the Soul, by John Linwood Grant “Welcome Home”, by Craig E. Sawyer Papa Hanco, by Ed Reyes They Shall Eat Dust, by Josh Reynolds In Shadow Valley, by Nick Swain Devil’s Bargain, by by J.F. Le Roux Right for You Now, by Andrew Jennings E’Zunguth, the Zombie God, by Maxwell I. Gold Lazy River, by Kelly Piner The New Human, by Shayne K. Keen This Little Piggy, by EV Knight Life Unworthy of Life, by Stephanie Ellis More Blood, by Carson Ray This Creeping Cold, by Kevin Rees The Body I Used to Be, by Scott Edelman Queen of Hearts, by S.E. Lindberg Plus poetry by Ashley Dioses, Avra Margariti, Josh Maybrook, Darrell Schweitzer, Lori R. Lopez, Allan Rozinski, K.A. Opperman, Gregg Chamberlain, Robert Borski, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Colleen Anderson, and David C. Kopaska-Merkel.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479463132

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9781479463138

History of the Independent Bar of South Australia

By: John Emerson

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History of the Independent Bar of South Australia

By: John Emerson

South Australia's bar developed like no other bar in Australia, better termed "independent" than "separate", its independent spirit showing in the distinctive preference for small sets of chambers"--P. [4] of cover.

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Papinian Publishing

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086396835X

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9780863968358

Honoured in Places

Remembered Mounties Across Canada

By: William Joseph Hulgaard,John Wesley White

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Honoured in Places

Remembered Mounties Across Canada

By: William Joseph Hulgaard,John Wesley White

Ever since the Canadian prairies were first settled and the Mounties marched west to establish and maintain law and order, the names of individual officers have left their mark on the national landscape. Their long tradition has been honoured in many of the place names of Canada, especially in the West. In this collection, over 250 of the NWMP, RNWMP and RCMP members who died while on duty, or who enjoyed long or extraordinary careers, are remembered. Other place names are connected to a Mountie-related event or were named by a pioneering Mountie in honour of some significant occurrence. Authors William "Bill" Hulgaard and John "Jack" White, both retired Mounties, extended their research across Canada to compile the information for Honoured in Places.

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228

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Heritage House Publishing Co

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1894384393

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9781894384391

Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg

A Comprehensive Record

By: John W. Busey,Travis W. Busey

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Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg

A Comprehensive Record

By: John W. Busey,Travis W. Busey

This reference book provides information on 24,000 Confederate soldiers killed, wounded, captured or missing at the Battle of Gettysburg. Casualties are listed by state and unit, in many cases with specifics regarding wounds, circumstances of casualty, military service, genealogy and physical descriptions. Detailed casualty statistics are given in tables for each company, battalion and regiment, along with brief organizational information for many units. Appendices cover Confederate and Union hospitals that treated Southern wounded and Federal prisons where captured Confederates were interned after the battle. Original burial locations are provided for many Confederate dead, along with a record of disinterments in 1871 and burial locations in three of the larger cemeteries where remains were reinterred. A complete name index is included.

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McFarland

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1476624364

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The King's Chamberlain

William Sandys of the Vyne, Chamberlain to Henry VIII

By: John Jenkins

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The King's Chamberlain

William Sandys of the Vyne, Chamberlain to Henry VIII

By: John Jenkins

The first full biography of a trusted friend of Henry VIII. William Sandys was an important figure in the Tudor court, and this book is an important contribution to the history of the time. It looks at his contributions to county and court life, as well as military affairs.

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395

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1398102822

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9781398102828

The Heart Has Many Chambers

Stories of Love: Changes and Challenges

By: Camila John

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The Heart Has Many Chambers

Stories of Love: Changes and Challenges

By: Camila John

This collection of stories covers the various facets of love: the way we feel for the different people we encounter, and the way in which love evolves for spouses, parents, children, and friends. God gave mankind the ability to love; however, life gives us changes and challenges. The things which test us throughout our lives also sway the depth of our devotion. As if it came from the separate, yet connected, chambers in our hearts, love is different for every person and every circumstance. We are a compilation of events, and the memories we carry affect our choices and ability to feel and express love. Most of us will fi nd it; some of us may embrace it, and others might never know love at all. As varied as the locales, the main characters in each story speak for themselves. Some are rich, and some are poor, but most of them are simply common people. They are young and old, male and female. If you look closely, you may even fi nd a spirit or a pixie hiding betwixt the pages.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493150065

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9781493150069

Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers

From Structuralism to Post-Humanism

By: John Lechte

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Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers

From Structuralism to Post-Humanism

By: John Lechte

This revised second edition from our bestselling Key Guides includes brand new entries on some of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth- and twenty-first century: Zizek, Bergson, Husserl, Heidegger, Butler and Haraway. With a new introduction by the author, sections on phenomenology and the post-human, full cross-referencing and up-to-date guides to major primary and secondary texts, this is an essential resource to contemporary critical thought for undergraduates and the interested reader.

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500

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Routledge

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1134339046

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9781134339044

Letters

A Novel

By: John Barth

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Letters

A Novel

By: John Barth

Basically, [Barth] takes several people from his early novels and has them all starting to write to each other, and to him, their letters and experiences directing the plot. And what starts out as what could be a too-cute literary trick winds up being extremely revealing, as the characters pour themselves into the letters, regardless of whom they're writing to, as the plot skips and slips through time. On one level it acts as a sequel to those early novels, continuing their stories and although it's not really required to read those books, I'm not going to pretend it doesn't help. The best thing to do would be to read those old novels in one block and then move onto this . . . I read them some years ago so I was a little fuzzy on the finer points. But I picked it up. But Barth captures the voices of his old characters well and even if you didn't know who was writing what letter, you could tell. And thus they tell the recepient, and us, about their hopes and fears, they mingle together, they lie, they come unglued, and by the end you sort of get a tapestry of their thoughts. There's a plot weaving through here but sometimes it becomes hard to connect it with six different people discussing different angles of it with you, but I just went with it and enjoyed the writing for what it was. --Michael Battaglia at Amazon.com.

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Dalkey Archive Press

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1564780619

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9781564780614

The Leveller Revolution

Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650

By: John Rees

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The Leveller Revolution

Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650

By: John Rees

The gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling narrative, John Rees brings to life the men—including John Lilburne, Richard Overton and Thomas Rainsborough—and women who ensured victory and became an inspiration to republicans of many nations. From the raucous streets of London and the clattering printers’ workshops that stoked the uprising, to the rank and file of the New Model Army and the furious Putney debates where the Levellers argued with Oliver Cromwell for the future of English democracy, this story reasserts the revolutionary nature of the 1642–51 wars and the role of ordinary people in this pivotal moment in history. In particular Rees places the Levellers at the centre of the debates of 1647 when the nation was gripped by the question of what to do with the defeated Charles I. Without the Levellers and Agitators’ fortitude and well-organised opposition history may have avoided the regicide and missed its revolutionary moment. The legacy of the Levellers can be seen in the modern struggles for freedom and democracy across the world.

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Verso Books

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1784783897

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9781784783891

Book's by John Bray

Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia

Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia

Weirdbook Annual: Zombies!

Weirdbook Annual: Zombies!

History of the Independent Bar of South Australia

History of the Independent Bar of South Australia

Honoured in Places

Honoured in Places

Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg

Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg

The King's Chamberlain

The King's Chamberlain

The Heart Has Many Chambers

The Heart Has Many Chambers

Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers

Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers

Letters

Letters

The Leveller Revolution

The Leveller Revolution

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