Nicholas Dew's Books

Confessing a Murder

By: Nicholas Drayson

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A nameless narrator, abandoned on an island soon to be obliterated by volcanic activity, tells the story of his life and exile from England. The tale is as extraordinary for its observations of a surreal natural history as for the dark twistings of human nature it reveals. His particular interest is beetlesâ€”a passion he shares, most literally, with the idolized friend of his school years, Charles Darwinâ€”and his reckless pursuit of the golden scarab has led him to a place that mirrors the Galapagos in the utter singularity of its fauna and flora. Blood-sucking mistletoe and amphibian swallows are but two of the fantastic species he records. Is this the diary of a madman? Or is it the story of why Darwin published the book that destroyed his belief in God? Fearlessly original in conception, this tale is as extraordinary for its observations of a surreal natural history as for the dark twistings of human nature it reveals.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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Nations, Markets, and War

Modern History and the American Civil War

By: Nicholas Greenwood Onuf,Peter S. Onuf

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Nations, Markets, and War

Modern History and the American Civil War

By: Nicholas Greenwood Onuf,Peter S. Onuf

The limits of history -- Liberal society -- Civilized nations -- Moral persons -- Nation making -- Adam Smith, moral historian -- National destinies -- War and peace in the New World -- The North and the nation -- The South and the nation.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813925029

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The King-Priest in Samuel

A Messianic Motif

By: Nicholas Majors

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The King-Priest in Samuel

A Messianic Motif

By: Nicholas Majors

Scholars studying the ANE have noticed that Canaanite kings ruled as a representative of their god and served in a priestly role. Yahweh allows Israel to have a king "like all the nations" (Deut 17:14), but he shapes the monarchy according to his covenant. A key question remains, does God's allowance for a king "like all the nations" include a king-priest model? This study presents a synchronic view of the king as a priest within the MT of Samuel, analyzing the motif and considering how the narrator heightens the hope for the coming anointed one, whom the narrator describes as both king (1 Sam 2:10) and priest (2:35-36). This study will argue that, from the monarchy's inception, Yahweh considered Israel's kingship a sacral task. My study examined the king as a priest through a synchronic literary-theological approach.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666766011

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Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876

By: Nicholas Guyatt

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Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876

By: Nicholas Guyatt

Nicholas Guyatt offers a completely new understanding of a central question in American history: how did Americans come to think that God favored the United States above other nations? Tracing the story of American providentialism, this book uncovers the British roots of American religious nationalism before the American Revolution and the extraordinary struggles of white Americans to reconcile their ideas of national mission with the racial diversity of the early republic. Making sense of previously diffuse debates on manifest destiny, millenarianism, and American mission, Providence and the Invention of the United States explains the origins and development of the idea that God has a special plan for America. This conviction supplied the United States with a powerful sense of national purpose, but it also prevented Americans from clearly understanding events and people that could not easily be fitted into the providential scheme.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139466283

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9781139466288

Destined for Distinguished Oblivion

The Scientific Vision of William Charles Wells (1757–1817)

By: Nicholas J. Wade

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Destined for Distinguished Oblivion

The Scientific Vision of William Charles Wells (1757–1817)

By: Nicholas J. Wade

William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was one of the foremost, and forgotten, American scientists of the eighteenth century. He should be acknowledged as laying the foundations for modern studies of vestibular function as well as eye movements. This book reprints his Essay on single vision with two eyes (1792) and his own Memoir of his life (1818). Wells’ essay on natural selection is reprinted as an Appendix. Wells' experiments and observations on natural phenomena will surprise students of science because of their modernity.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461502136

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9781461502135

Shakespeare's Early Tragedies

By: Nicholas Brooke

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Shakespeare's Early Tragedies

By: Nicholas Brooke

Shakespeare's Early Tragedies contains studies of six plays: Titus Andronicus, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Julius Caesar and Hamlet.

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Psychology Press

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0415353203

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9780415353205

Doctor Crippen

The Infamous London Cellar Murder of 1910

By: Nicholas Connell

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Doctor Crippen

The Infamous London Cellar Murder of 1910

By: Nicholas Connell

When Scotland Yard found the remains of Doctor Crippen’s wife under the cellar floor of their London home, a trial began that would fascinate and shock the world. In this carefully researched, gripping book, the whole remarkable story unfolds

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445620200

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AQA A-level Law for Year 2

By: Jacqueline Martin,Richard Wortley,Nicholas Price

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AQA A-level Law for Year 2

By: Jacqueline Martin,Richard Wortley,Nicholas Price

Exam board: AQA Level: A-level Subject: Law First teaching: September 2017 First exams: Summer 2019 This title has been selected for an AQA approval process. Accurately cover the breadth of content in the new 2017 AQA A-level specification with this textbook written by leading Law authors, Jacqueline Martin, Richard Wortley and Nicholas Price. This engaging and accessible textbook provides coverage of the new AQA A-level Law specification and features authoritative and up-to-date material on the important changes to the law. - Book 2 includes the second section of all mandatory units and both the Human Rights Law and Contract Law optional units. - Important, up-to-date and interesting cases and scenarios highlight key points. - Discussion and activity tasks increase your students' understanding of more difficult concepts. - Practice questions and 'check your understanding' questions to help you prepare for your exams. Authors: - Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years' experience as a practising barrister and has taught law at all levels. - Richard Wortley has taught law at all levels. He has held a number of examining and assessing roles over the past 25 years. He retired from a management position in a large FE College to work freelance in law teacher support, writing and assessment work. - Nicholas Price is an experienced teacher of Law and an A-Level Law textbook author.

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Hodder Education

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151040144X

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An Island's Eleven

The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket

By: Nicholas Brookes

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An Island's Eleven

The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket

By: Nicholas Brookes

From Sathasivam to Sangakkara, Murali to Malinga, Sri Lanka can lay claim to some of the world's most remarkable cricketers - larger-than-life characters who thumbed convention and played the game their own way. More so than anywhere else in the world, Sri Lankan cricket has an identity. This is the land of pint-sized swashbuckling batsman, on-the-fly innovators and contorted, cryptic spinners. On the field of play, Victorian ideals of the past collide with madcap tropical hedonism to create something dizzying. Cricket is Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka is cricket. We all know the story of the '96 World Cup: how a team of unfancied amateurs rose from obscurity to the top the world, doing so with such swagger that they changed the way the game was played. Yet the lore of Sri Lankan cricket stretches back much further. In the early days, matches between colonists and locals imbued cricket with a nationalistic drive. Ashes-bound ships stopping over in Colombo brought the world's biggest stars, from Bligh and Bradman to Grace and Grimmet. More recently, Sri Lanka has had to face the triumphs and tragedies that come when cash flows freely into the gentleman's game. An Island's Eleven tells this story for the first time, focusing on the characters and moments that have shaped the game forever.

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9354928269

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9789354928260

The Regal Throne — Power, Politics and Ribaldry

A Guide to Shakespeare's Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V

By: Nicholas Dobson

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The Regal Throne — Power, Politics and Ribaldry

A Guide to Shakespeare's Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V

By: Nicholas Dobson

If, advised essayist and critic William Hazlitt, we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. For if anyone profoundly understood the human condition in all its forms, it was he. Lovably drunken rogues, dysfunctional kings, cowardly preening braggarts, to nobly inspiring heroes. The remarkable series of plays engaged in under The Regal Throne moves from high political intrigue to lowlife bar-room badinage. From self-indulgent regal decline to elevated and inspirational kingly valour. From adolescent delinquency and father-son tensions to exaltedly noble redemption. The playwright launches us on our journey with the narcissistic Richard, rapidly sowing seeds of his own decline with his callously imperious behaviour. And the ruthlessly astute Bolingbroke returning from his banishment to take the sovereign's Crown and then his life. But Bolingbroke as Henry IV has little chance to enjoy his prize. For his tyranny breeds rebellion. Meanwhile in Cheapside, (and to his father's chagrin), the future Henry V, as adolescent Prince Hal, disports himself in seedy taverns amongst a gallery of Hogarthian lowlifes (including the comedic heavyweight Falstaff), while quietly planning a shrewdly redemptive personal remake as the exemplary war hero, Henry V. A rich tapestry indeed. But whilst Shakespeare's early modern English is reasonably understandable, many words and references aren't. For slang is constantly shape-shifting. And, particularly with Shakespeare's bar-room banter, it's helpful to know just what the characters are saying to and about each other. The author explains each scene of all four plays in detail with copious quotations from Shakespeare's text throughout and substantial hypertext explanatory notes. The Regal Throne is an invaluable companion for all who set sail on this vibrant Shakespearean voyage into power, politics, and ribaldry.

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Liverpool University Press

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1802072322

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An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction

Introduction to a Culture

By: Nicholas Rzhevsky

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An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction

Introduction to a Culture

By: Nicholas Rzhevsky

Russia has a rich, huge, unwieldy cultural tradition. How to grasp it? This classroom reader is designed to respond to that problem. The literary works selected for inclusion in this anthology introduce the core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theatre, Mousorgsky's operas, Prokofiev's symphonies, Fokine's choreography and Kandinsky's paintings. This material is supported by introductions, helpful annotations and bibliographies of resources in all media. The reader is intended for use in courses in Russian literature, culture and civilisation, as well as comparative literature.

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Routledge

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1317476867

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The Resurrection of the Son of God

By: Nicholas Thomas Wright

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The Resurrection of the Son of God

By: Nicholas Thomas Wright

Explores ancient beliefs about life after death, highlighting the fact that the early Christians' belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions, forcing readers to view the Easter narratives not simply as rationalizations, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his "appearances." Simultaneous. Hardcover no longer available.

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Fortress Press

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145141501X

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The Theatre of Tom Murphy

Playwright Adventurer

By: Nicholas Grene

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The Theatre of Tom Murphy

Playwright Adventurer

By: Nicholas Grene

Tom Murphy shot to fame with the London production of A Whistle in the Dark in 1961, establishing him as the outstanding Irish playwright of his generation. The international success of DruidMurphy, the 2012-13 staging of three of his major plays by the Druid Theatre Company, served to underline his continuing appeal and importance. This is the first full scale academic study devoted to his theatre, providing an overview of all his work, with a detailed reading of his most significant texts. His powerful and searchingly honest engagement with Irish history and society is reflected in the violent Whistle in the Dark, the epic Famine (1968), the often hilarious Conversations on a Homecoming (1985) and the darkly Chekhovian The House (2000). Folklore and myth figure more prominently in the spiritual drama of The Sanctuary Lamp (1975), the Faustian Gigli Concert (1983) and the women's stories of Bailegangaire (1985). The range and reach of Murphy's theatre is demonstrated in this informed reading, supported by key interviews with the playwright himself and his most important theatrical and critical interpreters.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472568133

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9781472568137

Imitations of the Self: Jiang Yan and Chinese Poetics

By: Nicholas Morrow Williams

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Imitations of the Self: Jiang Yan and Chinese Poetics

By: Nicholas Morrow Williams

Imitations of the Self reevaluates the poetry of Jiang Yan (444–505), long underappreciated because of its pervasive reliance on allusion, by emphasizing the self-conscious artistry of imitation. In context of “imitation poetry,” the popular genre of the Six Dynasties era, Jiang’s work can be seen as the culmination of central trends in Six Dynasties poetry. His own life experiences are encoded in his poetry through an array of literary impersonations, reframed in traditional literary forms that imbue them with renewed significance. A close reading of Jiang Yan’s poetry demonstrates the need to apply models of interpretation to Chinese poetry that do justice to the multiplicity of authorial self-representation.

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BRILL

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9004282459

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Hidden Warbirds

The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering & Rebuilding WWII's Lost Aircraft

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

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Hidden Warbirds

The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering & Rebuilding WWII's Lost Aircraft

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

“If you only have room in your collection for one book on WWII-era warbird wreck histories and recoveries, then it should be this one. . . . Fascinating.” —Alan Griffith, author of Consolidated Mess Aviation historian Nicholas A. Veronico has been investigating and writing about aircraft wrecks for many years. His website, wreckchasing.com, is the go-to source for enthusiasts who want to know more about how to locate vintage airplane wrecks and then tell their stories. In this engaging new book, Veronico explores the romantic era of World War II Warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks, including the “Swamp Ghost” (a B-17E which crashed in New Guinea in the early days of World War II and which was only recently recovered), and “Glacier Girl” (a P-38, part of “The Lost Squadron,” which crashed in a large ice sheet in Greenland in 1942). Throughout, Veronico provides a history of the aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery with ample illustrations. Hidden Warbirds is aviation history at its best.

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Quarto Publishing Group USA

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1610588118

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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

By: Nicholas Ostler

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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

By: Nicholas Ostler

An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history.

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HarperCollins UK

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000736489X

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Poetry and Allegiance in the English Civil Wars

Marvell and the Cause of Wit

By: Nicholas McDowell

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Poetry and Allegiance in the English Civil Wars

Marvell and the Cause of Wit

By: Nicholas McDowell

This book is about the things which could unite, rather than divide, poets during the English Civil Wars: friendship, patronage relations, literary admiration, and anti-clericalism. The central figure is Andrew Marvell, renowned for his 'ambivalent' allegiance in the late 1640s. Little is known about Marvell's associations in this period, when many of his best-known lyrics were composed. The London literary circle which formed in 1647 under the patronage of the wealthy royalist Thomas Stanley included 'Cavalier' friends of Marvell such as Richard Lovelace but also John Hall, a Parliamentarian propagandist inspired by reading Milton. Marvell is placed in the context of Stanley's impressive circle of friends and their efforts to develop English lyric capability in the absence of traditional court patronage. By recovering the cultural values that were shared by Marvell and the like-minded men with whom he moved in the literary circles of post-war London, we are more likely to find the reasons for their decisions about political allegiance. By focusing on a circle of friends and associates we can also get a sense of how they communicated with and influenced one another through their verse. There are innovative readings of Milton's sonnets and Lovelace's lyric verse, while new light is shed on the origins and audience not only of Marvell's early political poems, including the 'Horatian Ode', but lyrics such as 'To His Coy Mistress'.

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OUP Oxford

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0191608505

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9780191608506

Soul Mates

Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos

By: W. Bradford Wilcox,Nicholas H. Wolfinger

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Soul Mates

Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos

By: W. Bradford Wilcox,Nicholas H. Wolfinger

In 1994, David Hernandez, a small-time drug-dealer in Spanish Harlem, got out of the drug business and turned his life over to God. After he joined Victory Chapel-a vibrant Bronx-based Pentecostal church-he saw his life change in many ways: today he is a member of the NYPD, married, the father of three, and still an active member of his church. David Hernandez is just one of the many individuals whose stories inform Soul Mates, which draws on both national surveys and in-depth interviews to paint a detailed portrait of the largely positive influence exercised by churches on relationships and marriage among African Americans and Latinos-and whites as well. Soul Mates shines a much-needed spotlight on the lives of strong and happy minority couples. Wilcox and Wolfinger find that both married and unmarried minority couples who attend church together are significantly more likely to enjoy happy relationships than black and Latino couples who do not regularly attend. They argue that churches serving these communities promote a code of decency encompassing hard work, temperance, and personal responsibility that benefits black and Latino families. Wilcox and Wolfinger provide a compelling look at faith and family life among blacks and Latinos. The book offers a wealth of critical insight into the effect of religion on minority relationships, as well as the unique economic and cultural challenges facing African American and Latino families in twenty-first-century America.

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Oxford University Press

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0199911150

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Flower Essences from the Witch's Garden

Plant Spirits in Magickal Herbalism

By: Nicholas Pearson

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Flower Essences from the Witch's Garden

Plant Spirits in Magickal Herbalism

By: Nicholas Pearson

• 2023 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold Award • Provides detailed instructions for making single-flower essences and magickal and therapeutic essence blends • Shares new magickal uses for flower essences, from creating sacred space to dressing candles to preparing incense, as well as how to use essences in meditation, potions, spells, spagyrics, and ritual • Includes a detailed directory of 100 flower and plant essences, complete with astrological, elemental, and magickal correspondences In this practical guide to using flower essences in witchcraft, alchemy, and healing, Nicholas Pearson provides detailed instructions for making and using flower essences based on traditional Western magick practices. He shares new uses for essences--from creating sacred space to dressing candles to preparing incense--and explains how to use them in meditation, potions, spells, spagyrics, and ritual. He shares exercises for connecting more deeply to the energies of the green world and exploring how essences can be used in traditional sacraments of witchcraft like the Great Rite. In the hands-on formulary, the author provides recipes for essence combinations for the eight sabbats and formulas based on familiar blends like traditional flying ointments of European witchcraft. He shares his method for creating flower essence spagyrics--alchemical preparations made from the body, mind, and soul of the plant that offer the highest vibrational potency for therapeutic and spiritual uses. Pearson also provides a detailed directory of 100 flower and plant essences, complete with astrological, elemental, and magickal correspondences and the therapeutic indications for each essence. Weaving together magickal herbalism, traditional plant lore, and flower essence therapy, this guide allows you to see flower essences not just as vibrational remedies but also as powerful tools for transformation, magick, and spiritual practice.

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Simon and Schuster

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1644113015

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9781644113011

The Red and White Springs of Avalon

By: Nicholas R. Mann,Philippa Glasson

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The Red and White Springs of Avalon

By: Nicholas R. Mann,Philippa Glasson

All over the British Isles natural springs appear. Many are regarded as holy and are reputed to possess healing properties. Among the most venerated of these healing waters are the Red and White Springs that flow from the base of the famed Glastonbury Tor. In The Red & White Springs of Avalon the authors draw on alchemy and other spiritual traditions to explain the hidden powers of these two remarkable springs. They show how these ancient wisdom traditions provide important keys to the initiatory and healing secrets of Avalon. This fascinating exploration of Chalice Well, the Tor and the White Spring has become an essential guide to the mysteries of Glastonbury. Geomancer Nicholas R. Mann B.A. is the author of Glastonbury Tor, The Isle of Avalon, Energy Secrets of Glastonbury Tor, Druid Magic, The Silver Branch Cards and The Sacred Geometry of Washington DC. Philippa Glasson D.Phil. is an astrologer and seer who taught in the University of Cambridge for many years. She is the author of influential books and articles on subjects ranging from Renaissance alchemy to postmodern spirituality. Nicholas and Philippa are the joint authors of The Star Temple of Avalon.

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0955740061

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Joining Processes

By: M.G. Nicholas

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Joining Processes

By: M.G. Nicholas

Joining Processes is aimed at scientists and engineers who need to specify effective means of joining metals and ceramics, and also for undergraduates whose studies encompass joining processes. Joining Processes provides a brief review of the spectrum of joining processes ranging from fusion welding to adhesive bonding, followed by a detailed introduction to brazing, diffusion bonding and their hybrid processes. This book also describes the scientific principles of the joining processes and provides practical information about the optimum selection of joining materials, joint designs and processing parameters. The effects of both similarities and significant differences of the processes on joint properties are emphasised and illustrated by descriptions of case histories of successful applications.

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0412793601

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Black Cat Weekly #44

By: Mary Dutta,Brendan DuBois,Nancy Springer,David Marusek,Saul Golubcow,Nicholas Carter,Fritz Leiber,Robert Silverberg,George O. Smith,Henry Kuttner,Hal Charles

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Black Cat Weekly #44

By: Mary Dutta,Brendan DuBois,Nancy Springer,David Marusek,Saul Golubcow,Nicholas Carter,Fritz Leiber,Robert Silverberg,George O. Smith,Henry Kuttner,Hal Charles

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #44. This is an amazing issue, with quite the all-star lineup. First off, private detective Frank Wolf and his grandson Joel return to our pages with a new short novel by Saul Golubcow, The Dorm Murder (published simultaneously with Golubcow’s collection, The Cost of Living and Other Mysteries). This is one of my favorite series in recent years, and I highly recommend you start with The Dorm Murder. You won’t be disappointed. Black Cat’s acquiring editors have been busy, too—Michael Bracken, Barb Goffman, Cynthia Ward, and Darrell Schweitzer all have contributions this issue. Michael and Barb found great mysteries by Mary Dutta and Brendan Dubois, Cindy has a neo-classic science fiction tale by David Marusek, and Darrell has unearned a “paleo-interview” from 1988 with fantasist Nancy Springer. It’s fascinating. And we have classics by Fritz Leiber, Robert Silverberg, George O. Smith, Henry Kuttner, and a Nick Carter mystery novel. Plus, of course, a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles (the writing team of Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet). Here's the lineup: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: The Dorm Murder, by Saul Golubcow [short novel] “The Wonderworker” by Mary Dutta [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “An Eggcellent Equation” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “The Lake Tenant” by Brendan DuBois [Barb Goffman Presents short story] The Blue Veil, by Nicholas Carter [novel] Non-Fiction: “Speaking with Nancy Springer” [Interview with Darrell Schweitzer] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “Getting To Know You” by David Marusek [Cynthia Ward Presents short story] “Friends and Enemies," by Fritz Leiber [short story] “Lair of the Dragonbird," by Robert Silverberg [short story] “Meddler’s Moon,” by George O. Smith [short story] Avengers of Space, by Henry Kuttner [short novel]

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479476870

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Hollands leaguer

A critical Edition

By: Nicholas Goodman

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Hollands leaguer

A critical Edition

By: Nicholas Goodman

Introduction -- I. The Pamphlet and its Purpose -- II. The Form and Style -- III. The Author and the Audience -- IV. The Occasion and the Results -- The Text -- Explanatory Notes -- Appendices -- A. Textual Notes -- B.A Typescript of Act IV of the Play -- C.A Typescript of the Ballad -- D.A Modern Typescript of the Text -- Bibliography

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3111588254

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Smoky Mountain Voices

A Lexicon of Southern Appalachian Speech Based on the Research of Horace Kephart

By: Harold F. Farwell,Horace Kephart,James Karl Nicholas

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Smoky Mountain Voices

A Lexicon of Southern Appalachian Speech Based on the Research of Horace Kephart

By: Harold F. Farwell,Horace Kephart,James Karl Nicholas

A stingy man "won't drink branch water till there's a flood," and it is "a mighty triflin' sort o' man'd let either his dog or his woman starve." Some places are "so crowded you couldn't cuss a cat without gettin' fur in your mouth." For almost thirty years Horace Kephart collected sayings like these from his neighbors and friends in the area around Bryson City, North Carolina. Kephart, a librarian with an interest in languages and in the American Frontier, left his career and his family in midlife to settle in what was at the turn of the century the wilds of the Great Smokey Mountains. An assiduous collector and observer, he compiled twenty-six journals of notes on the folkways and speech of the Southern Appalachians at a time when the region was still largely isolated. Smokey Mountain Voices is a dictionary of Southern Appalachian speech based on Kephart's journals and publications; it is also a compendium of mountain lore. Harold Farwell and J. Karl Nicholas have compiled not only quaint and peculiar words, but jokes and comic exchanges. Many of the "ordinary" words that comprised an important part of the language of the mountaineers are preserved here thanks to Kephart's meticulous collecting. The editors have incorporated the original quotations with Kephart's definitions and explanations to create a rich source for the study of southern mountain speech. And within the echoes of these Smokey Mountain voices exists some of the joy and fullness of life that Horace Kephart shared and recorded. Smoky Mountain Voices will be of interest to dialectologists, historians of American English, students of regional literature, scholars of folk life, and laypersons interested in Southern Appalachia.

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University Press of Kentucky

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The Time Before This

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

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The Time Before This

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

On the icy slopes of the great ice-mountain of Bylot Island, set against the metallic blue of the Canadian Arctic sky, Shepherd has a vision of the world as it used to be, before the human race was weakened by stupidity and greed.

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House of Stratus

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0755143566

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Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays

The Textual Controversy

By: John Payne Collier,Nicholas Esterhazy Stephen Armytage Hamilton,Thomas Duffus Hardy

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Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays

The Textual Controversy

By: John Payne Collier,Nicholas Esterhazy Stephen Armytage Hamilton,Thomas Duffus Hardy

An 1852 account of the discovery of a 'corrected' Shakespeare Second Folio, published here with three pieces from 1860 debating its authenticity.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108059457

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Empirical Labor Economics

The Search Approach

By: Theresa J. Devine,Nicholas M. Kiefer

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Empirical Labor Economics

The Search Approach

By: Theresa J. Devine,Nicholas M. Kiefer

This volume defines the economics of search, which has become a part of the standard graduate curriculum. The concept deals with the costs and benefits to individual workers - either employed or unemployed - of seeking a job with the highest possible pay.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195059360

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Rocking in the Free World

Popular Music and the Politics of Freedom in Postwar America

By: Nicholas Tochka

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Rocking in the Free World

Popular Music and the Politics of Freedom in Postwar America

By: Nicholas Tochka

Progressive and libertarian, anti-Communist and revolutionary, Democratic and Republican, quintessentially American but simultaneously universal. By the late 1980s, rock music had acquired a dizzying array of political labels. These claims about its political significance shared one common thread: that the music could set you free. Rocking in the Free World explains how Americans came to believe they had learned the truth about rock 'n' roll, a truth shaped by the Cold War anxieties of the Fifties, the countercultural revolutions (and counter-revolutions) of the Sixties and Seventies, and the end-of-history triumphalism of the Eighties. How did rock 'n' roll become enmeshed with so many different competing ideas about freedom? And what does that story reveal about the promise-and the limits-of rock music as a political force in postwar America?

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0197566510

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A Grammar of Kayardild

With Historical-Comparative Notes on Tangkic

By: Nicholas D. Evans

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A Grammar of Kayardild

With Historical-Comparative Notes on Tangkic

By: Nicholas D. Evans

The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single language together with fully analyzed sample texts and, if appropriate, a word list and other relevant information which is available on the language in question. There are no restrictions as to language family or area, and although special attention is paid to hitherto undescribed languages, new and valuable treatments of better known languages are also included. No theoretical model is imposed on the authors; the only criterion is a high standard of scientific quality. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

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3110873737

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