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Peasants and Slaves: The Rural Population of Roman Italy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Launaro, Alessandro, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The crisis of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an Empire have fascinated generations of scholars. It has long been assumed that a dramatic demographic decline of the rural free peasantry (which was supplanted by slaves) triggered the series of social and economic developments which eventually led to Rome's political crisis during the first century BC. This book contributes to a lively debate by exploring both the textual and the archaeological evidence and by tracing and reassessing the actual fate of the Italian rural free population between the Late Republic and the Early Empire. Data derived from a comparative analysis of twenty-seven archaeological surveys and about five thousand sites allow Dr Launaro to outline a radically new picture according to which episodes of local decline are placed within a much more generalised pattern of demographic growth. Acquista Ora

The Stranger's Child

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hollinghurst, Alan, PUBLISHER: Vintage Canada, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The Stranger's Child is Alan Hollinghurst's masterpiece, the book that cements his position as one of the finest novelists of our time. In its scope, intelligence and elegance, The Stranger's Child can be placed in the great tradition of the novel alongside epics by Marcel Proust and Anthony Powell. And yet, in its subtly political exploration of homosexuality in English society, it deals with an utterly contemporary subject in an utterly contemporary way. The Stranger's Child""begins with sixteen-year-old Daphne Sawle sitting in a hammock in the garden of Two Acres, the family home in suburban London. She is making a show of reading Tennyson before her brother George arrives to visit with his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a handsome, assured and sometimes outrageous young man with a burgeoning reputation as a poet. After a tantalizing and dramatic weekend Cecil writes a long poem in Daphne's autograph album as a parting gift. It is titled "Two Acres," and both Daphne and George (whose feelings for Cecil also go well beyond mere friendship) immediately see how important the poem is - but none of them can foresee the complex and lasting effects it will have on all their lives. When the next section of the novel begins, everything has changed: Daphne is married to Cecil's brother Dudley Valance; George to a historian named Madeleine; and Cecil is dead, killed by a sniper in World War One. A Cabinet officer and man of letters named Sebastian Stokes has come to Corley Court, the Valance family's country home, to put together an edition of Cecil's poemsand speak to each family member in turn about him. He is especially curious about Cecil's personal (and passionate) letters and unpublished poems, papers that seem to have gone missing, and whose absence will loom paradoxically through the rest of the novel. The book leaps forward and we are at another party, this one to celebrate Daphne's seventieth birthday. George is now the acclaimed historian G.F. Sawle; Daphne's son Wilfrid, a charming boy in the previous section, has grown into a nervous and somehow fractured adult. We meet Peter Rowe, a music teacher at the boarding school that now occupies Corley Court, and his boyfriend, Paul Bryant, a bank employee with a feeling for Cecil's poetry. Soon Paul is taking up an idea that Peter abandoned: to write a biography of Cecil Valance. It means making some startling discoveries about a past that the Valance family would prefer to keep in sepia and shadows. The Stranger's Child""is by turns a gripping literary mystery, an absorbing social study of some pivotal moments in history, and a sensuous and beautiful exploration of the secret passions that determine our lives. From Edwardian suburbs to the offices of the "Times Literary Supplement" in the s, from High Table wit to the realities of life working behind the counter at a provincial bank, it seems there is no corner

Lunch at the Zoo: What Zoo Animals Eat and Why

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Altman, Joyce / Chrustowski, Rick, PUBLISHER: Henry Holt & Company, A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at what zoo animals eat, and why. "How do you feed a hungry crocodile without becoming dinner yourself?" "What do you feed a baby porcupine? " "Do elephants need vitamin pills?" In the wild, animals can usually find the foods they need to eat. But zoo animals can't go out and search for their own meals. Instead, nutritionists must discover what foods each animal needs to stay healthy and happy. Whether serving lunch to poisonous snakes, making dinner for a thousand animals at once, or caring for babies who have lost their mothers, life for the zoo staff is never dull. This fascinating and informative book looks behind the scenes at some of the largest zoos in the country to discover what--and how--they feed their animals.

Ocean Liners: Crossing and Cruising the Seven Seas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zimmermann, Karl R., PUBLISHER: Boyds Mills Press, Ocean liners, the biggest ships on earth, changed history. Ocean liners--majestic passenger ships--once sailed all the world's seas. The busiest route, known as the Atlantic Ferry, crossed the North Atlantic. The liners that sailed there played important roles in times of both peace and war. Ships such as England's "Britannia," Holland's "Statendam, " and Germany's "Amerika" transported the rich and famous as well as millions of immigrants to North America. The "Titanic," among the most famous of ocean liners, steamed into legend on the night of April , when it collided with an iceberg. Over time, airplanes changed the nature of travel. The last of the great ships turned to offering passengers the pleasures of cruising. Here's the fascinating story of ocean liners--their history, development, and culture--from the first great ocean liner to today's "Freedom of the Seas, "which carries more than four thousand passengers.

Wild New York: A Celebration of Our State's Natural Beauty

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brumley, Charles / Heilman, Carl / McKibben, Bill, PUBLISHER: Voyageur Press (MN), New York comes alive in the pages of "Wild New York." Author Charles Brumley and photographer Carl E. Heilman II traveled thousands of miles to give us this photographic portrait of the state's diverse and unique natural areas. Our state has nearly every type of natural landscape found in the continental United States New York is the majestic Niagara Falls and the sandy beaches of Long Island. It is the stunning, historic Hudson Valley and the massive inland seas of Lakes Erie and Ontario. It is the fragile acres of alpine flora above Adirondack tree line and the snowy skies of the Tug Hill Plateau. " Wild New York" is the natural beauty of our state; it is what we see, hear, and feel as we paddle the longest free-flowing river in the northeast, the Delaware River; hike the state's highest peak, Mt. Marcy; or gaze across the steep gorge of Cattaraugus Creek in the underappreciated Zoar Valley. It is the call of the loon on countless lakes and ponds throughout Adirondack Park; the pounding of a powerful ocean surf on Long Island. It is that still, golden late-summer afternoon when you know the Empire State is where you're meant to be.

Evolutionary Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, This synthesis of research into the behavior of humans and other social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence of the perspectives of the life sciences, social sciences, and physical sciences and longitudinally from that of the most recent 60 million years, but emphasizing the last 12 thousand years. From a political science perspective, these essays focus on both individual and small-group political behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary theory, biosocial and psychobiological theory, ethology and primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, and the philosophy of both life and social sciences. Introducing and concluding the book are essays that discuss the implications of biology and the life sciences for the study of political science. The others center on five topics: political ethology (naturalistic study of human behavior as animal behavior); political evolution; evolutionary theory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, and ontogenetic); and the evolution of human thinking.

Enthronement: The Recognition of the Reincarnate Masters of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Londro Taye, Jamgon Kongtrul / Lodro Taye, Jamgon Kongtrul / Kon-Sprul, PUBLISHER: Snow Lion Publications, Even the most casual contact with the culture, politics, or religion of Tibet and the surrounding region brings outsiders face to face with the institution of reincarnate spiritual masters. Past masters are identified as small children installed in their predecessor's monastery in a ceremony called "enthronement" and educated to continue the work of their former incarnation. This custom has provided a principal source of spiritual renewal for Himalayan Buddhists for the past thousand years. The introduction places the subject of reincarnate meditation masters within two major contexts: the activity of bodhisattvas, and in modern Tibetan society, where the reappearance of past masters is both natural and profoundly moving. Tai Situpa Rinpoche, a contemporary reincarnate master and a leader of the Kagyu lineage, describes the process of finding other reincarnate masters. Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, an outstanding writer and meditation master, offers a traditional view of the enthronement of reincarnate masters.

The Collected Poems of Robert Sward

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sward, Robert, PUBLISHER: Black Moss Press, Of Robert Sward work, Ram Dass says, "Old age is about harvesting whatever your life's work has been." Sward's life's work has been, and continues to be, poetry, and fifty years after his first publication, this is harvest time. From the thousand or so poems he has written since he began writing in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, these are the ones he has chosen to preserve. The collection also includes new poems that rounds off a sequence of poems for his father, "Rosicrucian in the Basement." Of Collected Poems, , Bruce Meyer writes, "Robert is the very essence of surprise and delight in poetry. He is a compassionate storyteller who looks at life through the sincerity and profundity of genuine wit, always rising above the ordinary, the mundane and the despairing. It is a joy to walk in the world of Sward's perceptions and to discover the wonder that inspires each poem."

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I favolosi anni ') Bob Pauwels trumpet: Trumpet Bolero / Pepito -(International ) Pino Pisano: Tiger Twist / Pi-rikì-kukè -( International ) The Champs: Too much Tequila / Twenty thousand leagues -( London ) Dorothy Collins: The happy hearth of Paris / Banjo Boy -( Top Rank ) Connie Francis: Capatosta sweet / Aiutami a Piangere -( M.G.M. k) Milva: Credere / Mare verde -( Cetra ) Nini Rosso: Ballata della tromba / Tempo d'estate -( Titanus ) Jimmy Fontana: La mia serenata / Per vivere insieme -( RCA Italiana ) Dalida: Il silenzio / Un grosso scandalo -( Barclay ) The Minstrels: Le colline sono in fiore / Miss Katy Cruel -( C.B.S.) Fausto Papetti: Groovin' with Mr.Bloe / Yellow river -( Durium ) Bobby Solo: Se piangi, se ridi / Sarò un illuso -( Ricordi srl) Nino Taranto: 'A prutesta/'O matusa ( Edibi, ) Santo and Johnny: Io per lei () / Salis and Salis: Nell'oscurità () Mina: Giorni / Ormai -( PDU PA ) Drupi: Piccola e fragile/...Che estate -( Dischi Ricordi SRL ) I dischi sono senza copertina. Eventuale spedizione 9 euro.

Imagining the Urban: Sanskrit and the City in Early India

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kaul, Shonaleeka, PUBLISHER: Seagull Books, In "Imagining the Urban," Shonaleeka Kaul turns to Sanskrit literature to discover the characteristics—both physical and social—of ancient Indian cities. Kaul examines nearly a thousand years of Sanskrit "kāvyas "to see what India’s early historic cities were like as living, lived-in, entities—and discovers that the cities were vibrant and teeming with variety and life.   As much about Sanskrit literature as about urban spaces—insofar as that literature reveals significant aspects of the Indian urban past—" Imagining the Urban" shows that Sanskrit literature is a rich source for historical understanding. Advocating the  kāvyas as an important historical source, Kaul provides a fresh view of the early city, showing distinctive ways of thought and behavior that relate to tradition, morality, and authority.   With its provocative new questions about early Indian cities and ancient Indian texts, this book will be an essential read for scholars of urban history, Sanskrit writings, and South Asian antiquity.

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I favolosi anni ')Bob Pauwels trumpet: Trumpet Bolero / Pepito -(International )Pino Pisano: Tiger Twist / Pi-rikì-kukè -( International )The Champs: Too much Tequila / Twenty thousand leagues -( London )Dorothy Collins: The happy hearth of Paris / Banjo Boy ( Top Rank )Connie Francis: Capatosta sweet / Aiutami a Piangere ( M.G.M. k)Milva: Credere / Mare verde ( Cetra )Nini Rosso: Ballata della tromba / Tempo d'estate ( Titanus )Jimmy Fontana: La mia serenata / Per vivere insieme ( RCA Italiana )Dalida: Il silenzio / Un grosso scandalo ( Barclay )The Minstrels: Le colline sono in fiore / Miss Katy Cruel ( C.B.S.)Fausto Papetti: Groovina' with Mr.Bloe / Yellow river ( Durium )Bobby Solo: Se piangi, se ridi / Sarò un illuso ( Ricordi srl)Nino Taranto: 'A prutesta/'O matusa ( Edibi, )Santo and Johnny: Io per lei () / Salis and Salis: Nell'oscurità ()Mina: Giorni / Ormai ( PDU PA )Drupi: Piccola e fragile/...Che estate ( Dischi Ricordi SRL ) Vendo in blocco. I dischi sono senza copertina. Eventuale spedizione 9 euro.

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I favolosi anni ’) Bob Pauwels trumpet: Trumpet Bolero / Pepito -(International ) Pino Pisano: Tiger Twist / Pi-rikì-kukè -( International ) The Champs: Too much Tequila / Twenty thousand leagues -( London ) Dorothy Collins: The happy hearth of Paris / Banjo Boy –( Top Rank ) Connie Francis: Capatosta sweet / Aiutami a Piangere –( M.G.M. k) Milva: Credere / Mare verde –( Cetra ) Nini Rosso: Ballata della tromba / Tempo d’estate –( Titanus ) Jimmy Fontana: La mia serenata / Per vivere insieme –( RCA Italiana ) Dalida: Il silenzio / Un grosso scandalo –( Barclay ) The Minstrels: Le colline sono in fiore / Miss Katy Cruel –( C.B.S.) Fausto Papetti: Groovin’ with Mr.Bloe / Yellow river –( Durium ) Bobby Solo: Se piangi, se ridi / Sarò un illuso –( Ricordi srl) Nino Taranto: 'A prutesta/'O matusa ( Edibi, ) Santo and Johnny: Io per lei () / Salis and Salis: Nell’oscurità () Mina: Giorni / Ormai –( PDU PA ) Drupi: Piccola e fragile/...Che estate –( Dischi Ricordi SRL ) Vendo in blocco. I dischi sono senza copertina. Eventuale spedizione 9 euro.

Jesus, the One and Only

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moore, Beth, PUBLISHER: B&H Books, In "Jesus, the One and Only," best-selling author and Bible teacher Beth Moore invites you to know Christ personally. Watch and listen as He breaks up a funeral by raising the dead, confronts conniving religious leaders of His day, teaches on a Galilean hillside, or walks on the waves and calms the storm. Like a ragtag band of followers two thousand years ago, you will never be the same again after such an up close and personal encounter. "He is Jesus, the One and Only, transcendent over all else," writes Moore. "To know Him is to love Him. To love Him is to long for Him. To long for Him is to finally reach soul hands into the One true thing we need never get enough of... Jesus Christ. He's all you need." Available for the first time in trade paper, this new edition also features an excerpt from Moore's "Jesus, the One and Only" Bible study.

Why I Am Still a Catholic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ryan, Kevin / Ryan, Marilyn, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, What draws -- and binds -- thoughtful, educated people to a Church so often criticized by outsiders (and even members) as "authoritarian" or "out of step with the times?" This collection of personal accounts answers that question in diverse, fascinating, and deeply moving ways. Novelist William Kienzle discusses his years in the seminary, explaining why he eventually left the priesthood -- but not the Church. Kathleen Howley reveals how God replaced alcohol in her life, and why the traditional Latin Mass holds so much more appeal than the folk Masses of her youth. Former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn compares his feelings for the Church with his lifelong belief in "team loyalty". Jon Hassler vividly recalls two very different childhood friends -- and the attractions of both evil and goodness. These writers, and numerous others, offer a remarkable portrait of today's Catholic Church, creating a new understanding of how its presence has endured for nearly two thousand years, and why it continues to thrive.

The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Holmes, George, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, From the fall of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance, the thousand years forming the medieval period were a time of tremendous change and turmoil--a millennium that witnessed the creation of Western civilization. This beautiful volume--the fourth in a superb series of Oxford Illustrated Histories--offers a lively and authoritative account of life in medieval Europe and the Mediterranean. The great monasteries and cathedrals, the ambitions of the Crusades, chivalric knights and heroic romance, the realism of the new arts, economic and social growth, the catastrophe of plague, the growth of towns and cities, the development of commerce and banking--all of these form the substance of this history. The six chapters of the book are divided between the Mediterranean world and northern Europe, illustrating how the center of political and cultural life moved gradually northward as the centuries progressed. Written by a team of expert scholars and incorporating the findings of the latest research, the volume features more than 200 illustrations, 24 of them in color, all carefully chosen to amplify the text. Other features of the book include maps, genealogies, a chronology, reading list, and a full index.

Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hillstrand, Johnathan / Hillstrand, Andy / MacPherson, Malcolm, PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books, Every Alaskan king crab season, brothers Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand risk their lives and seek their fortunes upon the treacherous waters of the Bering Sea. Sons of a hard-bitten, highly successful fisherman, and born with brine in their blood, the Hillstrand boys couldn't imagine a life without a swaying deck underfoot and a harvest of mighty king crabs waiting to be pulled from the ocean floor. In pursuit of their daily catch, the brothers brave ice floes and heaving waves sixty feet high, the perils of thousand-pound steel traps thrown about by the punishing wind, and the constant menace of the open, hungry water--epitomized in the chorus of a haunting sailors' sing-along: "Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware, beware." By turns raucous and reflective, exhilarating and anguished, enthralling, suspenseful, and wise, Time Bandit chronicles a larger-than-life love affair as old as civilization itself--a love affair between striving, willful man and inscrutable, enduring nature.

TOO LOUD 4 YOU Compilation PRIMA TIRATURA CD Wynona Records

PRIMA TIRATURA Oggetto come da foto. Perfettamente funzionante. CD AUDIO ORIGINALE Lista Brani (tre brani per ciascuna delle quattro band) / Tracklist (three song for each band) HALFWAY HOME: 1. What part of forever don't you understand 2. End over 3. I won't let you down FORTY WINKS: 4. Red phone box 5. Sweet sweet frenzy 6. Surrender VANILLA SKY 7. Suddenly 8. Wastin' all my time 9. A thousand miles ANDTHEWINNERIS 10. There can be only one way... let's go hellriding 11. Sorry... I'm drunk again 12. Your sister is always liening to me Etichetta / Label: Wynona Records Anno / Year: Confezione / Packaging: jewel case + 3 euro spedizione DELLO STESSO GENERE, HO IN VENDITA ANCHE: - CLOSER THAN KIN - The Machineries of Breath CD - F-MINUS - Suburban Blight PRIMA TIRATURA CD Hellcat Records - HALFWAY HOME - Let's Start This Over CD PRIMA TIRATURA - THE REUNION SHOW - Kill Your Television CD Victory - WYNONA RECORDS Sampler - AA.VV. CD _Contattatemi_ se siete interessati!

The Cure KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME LP Vinile

The Cure KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME Doppio LP Vinile 33 Giri Originale Made in West Germany (FICTION Records Limited [LC ] Stereo) [Matrix A: S1 TOWNHOUSE DMM FIX-13-AI Matrix B: S2 2 FIX-13-BI TOWNHOUSE DMM Matrix C: -S1 TOWNHOUSE DMM FIX-13-CI Matrix D: S2 TOWNHOUSE DMM FIX-13-DI] COVER: Excellent LPs: Near Mint (Excellent +) INNERS: Near Mint (Excellent +) Tracklist: A1 The Kiss 6:15 A2 Catch 2:43 A3 Torture 4:15 A4 If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 4:52 B1 Why Can't I Be You? 3:12 B2 How Beautiful You Are... 5:12 B3 The Snake Pit 6:58 B4 Hey You ! C1 Just Like Heaven 3:30 C2 All I Want 5:19 C3 Hot Hot Hot ! 3:33 C4 One More Time 4:30 C5 Like Cockatoos 3:39 D1 Icing Sugar 3:49 D2 The Perfect Girl 2:34 D3 A Thousand Hours 3:23 D4 Shiver And Shake 3:28 D5 Fight 4:27

Growing a Better America: Smart, Strong and Sustainable

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Leavell, Chuck / Craig, J. Marshall, PUBLISHER: Mercer University Press, Since the arrival of European settlers in the sixteenth century, America's population has grown to more than 310 million people and is expected to reach 400 million around the mid-s. Her lands have seen the rise of tens of thousands of cities; millions of homes, office buildings, and skyscrapers have been constructed, and rail and interstate highway systems now sprawl across the country. Over eighty thousand planes fly through her skies every day; her soils have been plowed repeatedly, and she has suffered from dust bowls, erosion, polluted air and water, and declining ecosystems. She is resilient, yet how much more can she take? In his fourth book, Growing a Better America, commonsense environmentalist Chuck Leavell helps us understand how we can repair some of the damage we've done and how, in the future, we can balance our need for growth with our need for natural lands, green spaces, clean air and water, and a healthy lifestyle.

Ten Thousand Eyes: The Amazing Story of the Spy Network That

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Collier, Richard, PUBLISHER: Lyons Press, When France fell to the Germans in , a slight, scholarly twenty-eight-year-old captain of engineers and professor escaped to England, and with General Charles De Gaulle and Andre Dewavrin, he organized an intelligence service with one goal -- to secure a blueprint for Germany's Atlantic Wall and place it in the hand of the Allies. What follows is a remarkable story of a clandestine spy network comprised of sailors, farmers, painters, housewives, and children all unified in one purpose -- the fall of the Third Reich. Richard Collier tells the story of how ordinary men and women from all walks of life risked torture and death in German-occupied Normandy to furnish the Allied forces with detailed information of the German coastal defenses, knowledge essential for D-Day success. Working from material both published and unpublished, Collier has created an authentic record of one of the most remarkable episodes of World War II, a human story of a group of ordinary people whose faith paved the way for Eisenhower's great sweep on D-Day.

Women's Ventures, Women's Visions

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alexander, Shoshana, PUBLISHER: Crossing Press, In Women's Ventures, Women's Visions, author Shoshana Alexander presents inspiring, poignant and empowering profiles of 29 remarkable women who found a way to establish their own enterprises and realize their dreams. Determined and resourceful, we see the women in this book starting their businesses with a few thousand dollars of personal savings, or modest inheritances, credit cards, or loans from family and friends. Now owners of multi-million dollar firms or heads of homebased companies, they recount the events that led them to launch their own businesses. All found themselves at a turning point in their lives and careers. Knowing there was a better way and setting out to create it, they followed their intuition, held to their visions, and made them real. Despite their diversity in age, socio-economic class, and ethnic background, they are not that different from all of us who have a desire for financial independence. What distinguishes them is that they have achieved it. Here, in voices grateful, proud, joyful, and sure, they tell us how.

The Giant and How He Humbugged America

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murphy, Jim, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press, Two-time Newbery Honor Book author has written an amazing account of one of America's most famous hoaxes When a 10-foot tall purported "petrified man" is unearthed from a backyard in upstate New York in , the discovery immediately turns into a spectacle of epic proportions. News of the giant spreads like wildfire, and well over a thousand people come to view him in the first five days alone Everyone has their own idea of his true origin: Is he an ancient member of the local Onandaga Indian tribe? Is he a biblical giant like Goliath? Soon the interests of world-renowned scientists and people from around the globe are piqued as arguments flare over who he is, where he came from, and if he is real--or just a hoax. In a riveting account of how the Cardiff Giant mystery snowballed into one of America's biggest money-making spectacles--and scams--Jim Murphy masterfully explores the power of 19th-century media and the unexpected ripple effect that a single corrupt mastermind can produce when given a stage.

How to Make Friends with Demons

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Joyce, Graham, PUBLISHER: Night Shade Books, William Heaney is a man well acquainted with demons. Not his broken family - his wife has left him for a celebrity chef, his snobbish teenaged son despises him, and his daughter's new boyfriend resembles Nosferatu - nor his drinking problem, nor his unfulfilling government job, but real demons. For demons are real, and William has identified one thousand five hundred and sixty-seven smoky figures, dwelling on the shadowy fringes of human life, influencing our decisions with their sweet and poisoned voices. After a series of seemingly unconnected personal encounters - with a beautiful and captivating woman met in the company of an infuriating poet, a troubled and damaged veteran of Desert Storm with demons of his own, and an old school acquaintance with whom he shared a mystical occult ritual - William Heaney's life is thrown into a direction he does not fully comprehend. Past and present collide. Long-dormant choices and forgotten deceptions surface. Secrets threaten to become exposed. To weather the changes, William Heaney must learn one thing: how to make friends with demons.

Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gager, John G., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, In the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bind an enemy or rival by writing an incantation on a tablet and dedicating it to a god or spirit. These curses or binding spells, commonly called defixiones were intended to bring other people under the power and control of those who commissioned them. More than a thousand such texts, written between the 5th Century B.C.E. and the 5th Century C.E., have been discovered from North Africa to England, and from Syria to Spain. Extending into every aspect of ancient life--athletic and theatrical competitions, judicial proceedings, love affairs, business rivalries, and the recovery of stolen property--they shed light on a new dimension of classical study previously inaccessible. Here, for the first time, these texts have been translated into English with a substantial translator's introduction revealing the cultural, social, and historical context for the texts. This book will interest historians, classicists, scholars of religion, and those concerned with ancient magic.

Three Thousand Years Africa

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Connah, Graham / Connah / Renfrew, Colin, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The Lake Chad region of Nigeria is an extreme environment: virtually treeless sand and a broiling clay plain in the fierce heat of the dry season, then much of it inundated and impassable in the wet season as whole areas turn into shallow lakes or marsh. Yet even this hostile landscape and climate have sustained human communities in continuous occupation for some three hundred years. Professor Connah traces the story of human adaptation to and exploitation of this unusual environment from prehistoric to modern times. He presents a natural history of Man in the region, based largely on archaeological data but drawing also on written evidence, ethnography and oral tradition to reconstruct human history and experience in this largely unknown area. This ecological approach therefore cuts across the conventional boundaries between academic disciplines and the book is intended for students of African history as well as of archaeology. It provides too the historical context in which modern development programmes for the region can be set and to some extent judged. The book is amply and well illustrated.

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