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by W. R. Greg
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
This 1872 meditation on religious issues grapples with questions of faith, science, and belief. Asserting “I do not say I know there is a God; I only say that I observe and infer much that forces that conviction upon me,” the author considers Christianity, omnipotence, Malthus, Darwin, and human development.
Swiftly Sterneward
Essays on Laurence Sterne and His Times in Honor of Melvyn New
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
These thirteen essays have been collected to honor Melvyn New, professor emeritus (Florida), and are prefaced by a description of his scholarly career of more than forty years. Suggesting the wide range of that career, the first eight essays offer various critical perspectives on a diverse group of...
“Strange Lands and Different Peoples”
Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Guatemala
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these “rich and strange lands,” as Hernán Cortés called them, and their “many different peoples” was brutal and prolonged. “Strange Lands and Different Peoples”...
To Caubul with the Cavalry Brigade -
A Narrative Of Personal Experiences With The Force Under General Sir F. S. Roberts, G.C.B. [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes 6 illustrations
Major-General Reginald Mitford recounts one of the most remarkable campaigns undertaken by British Empire forces under one of its greatest generals Field Marshal Roberts.
At the time of the second Anglo-Afghan war in 1879, the author was a major with the 14th...
Undead Tales
15 Thrilling Zombie Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2019
They're coming for you.
In 1968, a young and ambitious film maker created an iconic cinematic masterpiece and changed the industry forever. 50 years later, a group of hardy writers converged in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to celebrate the 50th anniversary of George Romero's classic, Night of the...
Johan Huizinga 1872–1972
Papers Delivered to the Johan Huizinga Conference Groningen 11–15 December 1972
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
From 11 to 15 December 1972 a group of historians from many European countries assembled in Groningen to commemorate the centenary of Johan Huizinga's birth in that city on 7 December 1872. The conference was not intended simply as a tribute to the memory of a great historian but also as an attempt...
by W R Queensborough
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2017
When it's time to get out...get out.
Seven compelling fictional dramas. One true-to-life dilemma - how to escape abusive relationships.
What is it that keeps victims trapped within abusive relationships? Why can't they just leave? Is it guilt? Are they afraid of worse to come? Or are...
by R.J.W. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
'Curiosity' and 'wonder' are topics of increasing interest and importance to Renaissance and Enlightenment historians. Conspicuous in a host of disciplines from history of science and technology to history of art, literature, and society, both have assumed a prominent place in studies of the Early...
by W. R. Shinn
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Thankfully, we all have the opportunity to peer into and imagine the future. As this world, at this point in time, seems to be spinning out of control, the realities of worldwide hunger, disease, inclement weather patterns, along with all of the wars, are concerns for anyone looking forward. The economic...
We Are Coming Home
Repatriation and the Restoration of Blackfoot Cultural Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
In 1990, Gerald Conaty was hired as senior curator of ethnology at the Glenbow Museum, with the particular mandate of improving the museum’s relationship with Aboriginal communities. That same year, the Glenbow had taken its first tentative steps toward repatriation by returning sacred objects to...
Greatest Russian Fairytales & Fables (Illustrated)
Over 125 Stories Including Picture Tales for Children, Old Peter's Russian Tales, Muscovite Folk Tales for Adults and Others (Annotated Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This carefully crafted ebook: "Greatest Russian Fairytales & Fables (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This ebook represents...
by W. R. Shedden-Ralston
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
William Ralston Shedden-Ralston was an English writer and linguist, mostly known as an expert on Russian life and popularizer of Russian folklore and literature. “The Three Copecks” is a legend, entered in “Russian Fairy Tales, A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore”. The story tells about...
African Swine Fever Virus
Bluetongue Virus
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Bluetongue may be described as an acute insect borne disease of ruminants, manifested clinically in sheep by a catarrhal inflammation of the mucous mem branes of the digestive and respiratory systems and associated with degenerative changes in the skeletal musculature. The profound emaciation and...
Handbook of Rigging
For Construction and Industrial Operations
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2008
The Ultimate Guide to Designing and Operating Safe, Efficient Rigging Systems
Recent years have seen an abundance of changes in the rigging industry. This popular, hands-on reference brings you completely up to date on equipment, materials, systems, and regulations that affect your profession....