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Frankland: A Novel

Frankland: A Novel

James Whorton

With his offbeat sense of humor and down-home Southern sensibility, James Whorton has been compared to luminaries such as John Kennedy Toole and Carson McCullers.
Angela Sloan: A Novel

Angela Sloan: A Novel

James Whorton

“This beautiful, deeply original novel locates a specific kind of sadness and confusion at the heart of espionage that hasn't really been found there before— not even by le Carré and others who have looked for it. And yet Whorton writes with ...
The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at ...

The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at ...

James C. Whorton

How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play James C. Whorton. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. TT, 27 December 1855: 4; W. D. Husband, AMJ3 (1855), 1020–1; TT, 31 July 1856: 11; Taylor (n. 9), 93; PJT11 ...
Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers

Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers

James C. Whorton

The History of American Health Reformers James C. Whorton. clearing, tension- relieving effects of strenuous exercise have made it easy to suppose good hygiene must elevate mental ability. Further, since mental growth implies strengthened ...
Henry James's New York Edition: The Construction of Authorship

Henry James's New York Edition: The Construction of Authorship

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One wonders where this analogy comes from in a book that defends James's " returns" with tenacious loyalty, except in those ... For an overview of Fletcher's career, see James Whorton, Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health ...
Working Out My Salvation: The Contemporary Gym and the ...

Working Out My Salvation: The Contemporary Gym and the ...

William James Hoverd

Exercise as a distinct component of health reform emerged in the second half of the 19th century, James Whorton states: Its coming of age as a distinct ideology was in large measure a manifestation of English “Muscular Christianity”, a form of  ...
Approximately Heaven: A Novel

Approximately Heaven: A Novel

James Whorton

The novel charts Don's amiably clumsy attempts to improve his situation, beginning with his decision to take a road trip with his friend Dove Ellender -- a retired, chain-drinking ex-felon with emphysema -- to Mississippi to deliver some ...
What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa?: Luther's Theology of ...

What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa?: Luther's Theology of ...

David J. Courey

This translated into what historian James Whorton calls a 'physical Arminianism': the idea that health was the divine will, and that humans had a greater responsibility to keep healthy and to expect divine help in the process.74 Coincident with ...
Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, ...

Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, ...

James Raine

And my will is that my brother, Ralph Sayre, my brethren in law, George Hutton and John Perkin, and my nephews, Francis Whorton and Gabriel Worton, shall have the tuycon and government of my lands and filiall porcons of mv said children, ...
Inner Hygiene: Constipation and the Pursuit of Health in ...

Inner Hygiene: Constipation and the Pursuit of Health in ...

James C. Whorton

"Explores the history of western society's concern for constipation as a serious threat to health, and discusses the extraordinary variety of preventive and curative measures that have been developed to save people from the presumed toxic ...
Nature Cures: The History of Alternative Medicine in America

Nature Cures: The History of Alternative Medicine in America

James C. Whorton

The first truly thorough history of alternative medicine in the U.S. covers the subject in its entirety, from reflexology and homeopathy to dream analysis, chiropractic, and acupuncture, discussing the historical evolution of each practice, ...
Wills and inventories illustrative of the history, manners, ...

Wills and inventories illustrative of the history, manners, ...

John Crawford Hogdson

And my will is that my brother, Ralph Sayre, my brethren in law, George Hutton and John Perkin, and my nephews, Francis Whorton and Gabriel Worton, shall have the tuycon and government of my lands and filiall porcons of my said children, ...
Marriages in Nova Scotia (excluding Halifax City), ...

Marriages in Nova Scotia (excluding Halifax City), ...

Heather Allison Long

... Crowne, Jacques, -* Crown, James, - Crowne, James, - Crown, James, b Crown, James, - Crown, James, Jr., - Crown, James, w Cro[w]n, James, - Crown, James, w Crown, James, - Crown, James, - Crown, James, - Crown, James, - Crown, ...
Proceedings of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters ...

Proceedings of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters ...

Royal and Select Masters (Masonic Order). Grand Council of Alabama

_ . . . . . .. Isiah A. Wilslonéf . . . . ..P. C. W. 41 Stevenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Boyd Foster. . . . .D. I. M, . 43 gam Thompson _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' 'I éI10h3':l,:l'];1 H. L. Whorton . am ompson . . . . . . . . .. . . . Oh I P ].h * . . . . . . . .. . . . 44 ...
Bartlett Plays: 1: My Child, Contractions, Artefacts, Cock, ...

Bartlett Plays: 1: My Child, Contractions, Artefacts, Cock, ...

Mike Bartlett

James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda Yeah. I was. Idiot. I knew about roaming patrol. So I was jumpy. I stood up and tried to see.
A James Family History: Descendants of James James, Society ...

A James Family History: Descendants of James James, Society ...

Betty James Smith

"Descendants of James James, originally of Pembrokeshire, Wales, who emigrated and settled near Society Hill, SC"--Publisher's Web site.
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Nicholas James Carr Rowan

James is generally a happy kid .... Though sometimes he really does yearn for a friend to share his time with. It is during a great flood which challenges them all that James and those around him decide to make some changes.
The Boston Directory

The Boston Directory

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88 Chandler Bate» James, mason, house 79 llovere Bau-» James, jr. boards 79 Revere Bates James C. treue. Berlin Mineral Water Co. 135 Eliot Bates James D. harnessraakcr, 173 Dorchester ave. bouse 234 West Fifth Bates James E.
The Parliaments of England: From 1st George I., to the ...

The Parliaments of England: From 1st George I., to the ...

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1816, Feb., vice Jekyll, resigned. James Macdonald W 1818. Hon. James Abereromby W James Macdonald W 1820. Hon. James Abereromby W James Macdonald W 1826. Hon. James Abereromby W Sir Jas. Macdonald, Bt. W 1827, May, ...
James: The Man and His Message

James: The Man and His Message

James B. Adamson

Ageless in its appeal, the Epistle of James, says James B. Adamson, is essentially a prophetic protest that is supremely relevant to the urgent ethical and social issues confronting the modern church.
James Beattie: Selected Philosophical Writings

James Beattie: Selected Philosophical Writings

James Harris

Sir William Forbes, An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie,LL.D., 2 vols., Edinburgh: Archibald Constableand Co, 1806. James A. Harris, 'James Beattie,the Doctrine ofLiberty, and the Science ofthe Mind', ReidStudies 5 (2002):  ...
The Parliaments of England from 1st George I to the Present ...

The Parliaments of England from 1st George I to the Present ...

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James Abereromby W * James Macdonald W 1820. Hod. James Abereromby W James Macdonald W 1826. Hon. James Abereromby W Sir Jas. Macdonald, Bt. W 1827, May, vice Abereromby, aptd. Judge Advocate, and Macdonald a Com. for ...
Directory

Directory

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... James W., Jr. Dobyns, James H. Jernigan, James P. Dooley, Byron N. Katzberg , Arthur J. Dooling, John A. Kemmerer, ... P. Ballenger, Felix P. Beeby, James L. Века, Robert D. Blerley, John R. McKeen, Charles L. Meng, Gunter R. Moore, ...
Takeovers

Takeovers

Ivan Fallon

(James Srodes) Willaim Douce. (James Srodes) Carl Icahn. (James Srodes) Ivan Boesky. (James Srodes) Ted Turner. (Chris Harris, Times Newspapers) Rupert Murdoch. (Sally Soames, The Sunday Times) Sir James Goldsmith. (Don Price) ...
King James VI and I: Political Writings

King James VI and I: Political Writings

James I (King of England)

This edition is the first to draw on all the early texts of James' books, with an introduction setting them in their historical context. James VI and I united the crowns of England and Scotland.
LeBron James: An Unauthorized Biography

LeBron James: An Unauthorized Biography

Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

From family to basketball to the future, all you need to know about LeBron James is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of LeBron James's life. This book also includes all of LeBron James' NBA statistics.
The Army of Tennessee: Organization, Strength, Casualties, ...

The Army of Tennessee: Organization, Strength, Casualties, ...

Darrell L. Collins

Aug. 20: Col. James McCullough Sep. 20: Col. James McCullough Nov. 20: Col. James McCullough Dec. 10: Col. James McCullough Dec. 1: Lt. Col. W.B. Ivor Jan. 20: Col. James McCullough April 0: Col. James McCullough June 0: Col.
An Excellent Ready James D'Arcy Reference - 70 Success Secrets

An Excellent Ready James D'Arcy Reference - 70 Success Secrets

Emily Chen

First in its James D'Arcy field. 'James D'Arcy' (born 'Simon D'Arcy'; 24 August 1975) is an English performer. This book is your ultimate resource for James D'Arcy.
Documents of the City of Boston

Documents of the City of Boston

Boston (Mass.). City Council

3/Vest Samuel West Samuel Freeman James Freeman James Freeman James Freeman Dr. Wm. Walter John Clarke James Freeman James Freeman' James Freeman Samuel Parker Dec. Sept. Dec. 29, Apr. 4, Mar. 22, 24, 21, 25, June Aug .
The Trial of James O'Coigly: Otherwise Called James Quigley, ...

The Trial of James O'Coigly: Otherwise Called James Quigley, ...

James Coigly

Otherwise Called James Quigley, Otherwise Called James John Fivey, Arthur O' Connor, Esq. John Binns, John Allen, and Jeremiah Leary, for High Treason, Under a Special Commission, at Maidstone, in Kent, ... May, 1798. Taken in ...

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