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Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the ...

Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the ...

Davies Owen

3 For a thorough account of cunning-folk in this period see Owen Davies, Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History (London, 2003); Owen Davies, Witchcraft, magic and culture 1736–1951 (Manchester, 1999), pp. 214–29; Owen Davies, ...
Keith Richards on Keith Richards

Keith Richards on Keith Richards

Keith Richards

This must-have collection of 50 years of quotes from rock's ultimate survivor, Keith Richards, makes a compelling companion piece to his recent autobiography.
A Celtic Temperament: Robertson Davies as Diarist

A Celtic Temperament: Robertson Davies as Diarist

Robertson Davies

We would like to thank our readers, Miranda Davies, Rosamond Bailey, James Neufeld, Judith Skelton Grant and John Grant, and to acknowledge the support and enthusiasm from our publisher, Doug Pepper, and our editor, Jenny Bradshaw, ...
Globalization in the Asian Region: Impacts and Consequences

Globalization in the Asian Region: Impacts and Consequences

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Impacts and Consequences Gloria Davies, Chris Nyland. Contributors. John Rallingall: New Zealand Institute of Economic ... Gloria Davies: School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University gloria. davies ...
Recollections of the Rev. Griffith Davies Owen, of ...

Recollections of the Rev. Griffith Davies Owen, of ...

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CHAPTER I. MR. OWEN'S EARLY HISTORY. THE REv. GRIFFITH DAVIES Owen was the second surviving son of the late Thomas and Benedicta Davies Owen, and born on Sunday the 24th day of January, 1790, at Llanrwst, in Denbighshire.
A Bibliography of Robertson Davies

A Bibliography of Robertson Davies

Carl Spadoni

Using Davies' archives and the archives of other authors, organizations, and publishers, Carl Spadoni and Judith Skelton Grant present A Bibliography of Robertson Davies to serve the research demands of Canadian literature and book history ...
On the Trail of Scotland's History

On the Trail of Scotland's History

David R. Ross

On the Trail of Mary Queen of Scots J. Keith Cheetham On the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers J. Keith Cheetham On the Trail of John Wesley J. Keith Cheetham On the Trail of William Shakespeare J. Keith Cheetham On the Trail of Robert Burns ...
Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else

Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else

Thomas M. Kitts

Based on interviews with his closest associates, as well as studies of the recordings themselves, this book creates the most thorough picture of Davies’ work to date.
The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West: ...

The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West: ...

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Davies, Owen. A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in NineteenthCentury Somerset. Bruton, 1999. Davies,Owen. Witchcraft, Magicand Culture, 1736–1951 . Manchester: ManchesterUniversity Press, 1999. Davies, Owen. CunningFolk: ...
Ready Fire Aim: The Mainfreight Story

Ready Fire Aim: The Mainfreight Story

Keith Davies

The lively, insider story of the rise and rise of New Zealand's most successful logistics company. This is the story of a company built on the belief that with passion anything is possible.
A Nest On Lifandoy

A Nest On Lifandoy

George B. Hill

Yours, Keith Potts.' I sat up straight. Keith's news bad sobered me more than coffee. I reached for the phone and tapped out a number. 'William? I've just had a letter from Keith Potts. He says oh, you've had the same information. Listen, their  ...
The Bloodied Ivy

The Bloodied Ivy

Robert Goldsborough

For one, Keith Potter.” He eyed me as if expecting a reaction. “Well, of course,” I said. “Why didn't I think of him myself? Okay—I give up. Who's Keith Potter?” Cortland looked at me as if I'd just jumped out of a spaceship nude. “Keith Potter is ...
Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio

Keith Elliot Greenberg

... Aid by Nathan Aaseng Heavy Metal by Keith Elliot Greenberg This Is Michael Jackson by D.E. Mabery Cyndi Lauper by Keith Elliot Greenberg Julian Lennon by D.L. Mabery George Lucas by D.L. Mabery Madonna by Keith Elliot Greenberg Kddie Murphy by Teresa Koenig & Rivian Bell Prince by D.L. Mabery Steven Spielberg by D.L. Mabery Bruce Springsteen by Keith Elliot Greenberg Tina Turner by D.L. Mabery I/ / Lcrner Publications Company l*\ I irst Avenue North. Minneapolis.
Conversations with Robertson Davies

Conversations with Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies

Ed. Judith Skelton Grant. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1979. The Rebel Angels. Toronto: Macmillan, 1981. Brothers in the Black Art. Vancouver: Alcuin Society, 1981. Robertson Davies: The Well-Tempered Critic. Ed. Judith Skelton Grant.
Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature

Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature

Nick Davies

How do they get away with it? In this enormously engaging book, naturalist and scientist Nick Davies reveals how cuckoos trick their hosts.
Americana: The Kinks, the Road and the Perfect Riff

Americana: The Kinks, the Road and the Perfect Riff

Ray Davies

The book is interspersed with lyrics and also includes photographs from Davies's own collection and the Kinks’ archive.
Encyclopedia of legal information sources: a bibliographic ...

Encyclopedia of legal information sources: a bibliographic ...

Paul Wasserman

Fourth Edition. Keith Davies. Butterworth and Company, Limited, 87 Kingsway, London WC2B 6AB, United Kingdom. 1984. THE LAW OF HUSBAND AND WIFE IN SCOTLAND. Second Edition. Eric M. Clive. Scottish Universities Law Institute,  ...
Teenage Revolution

Teenage Revolution

Alan Davies

When Alan Davies was growing up he seemed to drive his family mad.
Keith Waterhouse: Collected Plays

Keith Waterhouse: Collected Plays

Keith Waterhouse

Keith Waterhouse is one of Britain’s most popular writers in nearly every field. This collection brings together for the first time his most celebrated plays from a career spanning more than forty years.
Too Many Cooks

Too Many Cooks

Rex Stout

For one, Keith Potter." He eyed me as if expecting a reaction. “Well, of course,” I said. “Why didn't I think of him myself? Okay—I give up. Who's Keith Potter?" Cortland looked at me as if I'd just jumped out of a spaceship nude. “Keith Potter is ...
Learning from the Secret Past: Cases in British Intelligence ...

Learning from the Secret Past: Cases in British Intelligence ...

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NOTES I am grateful for information and advice from Gill Bennett, Pete Davies, Michael Goodman, Huw Dylan, Keith Jeffery, John Steele, Tony Comer, and Patrick Salmon. The archive reference TNA denotes the British National Archive, Kew.
Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

Keith Elliot Greenberg

Front cover photo by Geoffrey Croft/ Retna Ltd. Back cover photo by Fotos International Read more about the entertainment world in This Is Michael Jackson by D.L. Mabery Prince by D. L. Mabery Eddie Murphy by Teresa Koenig & Rivian Bell Cyndi Lauper by Keith Elliot Greenberg Break Dancing by Jim Haskins Bruce Springsteen by Keith Elliot Greenberg Madonna by Keith Elliot Greenberg Julian Lennon by D.L. Mabery Tina Turner by D.L. Mabery Heavy Metal by Keith Elliot ...
Robertson Davies: man of myth

Robertson Davies: man of myth

Judith Skelton Grant

Drawing on interviews with the Canadian novelist himself and an unprecedented access to his notebooks and family papers, a detailed biography traces the evolution of Davies's work and the relationship between his life and his fiction.
Morkan's Quarry: A Novel

Morkan's Quarry: A Novel

Steve Yates

Kreft insisted this was enemy territory, very much the haunt of Sam Davies, the man they were after. A pack of fool targets around a fire was what made filth like Davies trouble for the Union. “These very houses right here belonged to families  ...
Camden Market

Camden Market

Caitlin Davies

Struggling stallholders have built up fashion empires. Caitlin Davies tells all these stories and more in an illustrated history full of personal memories and previously unpublished archive images.
Robertson Davies: A Mingling of Contrarieties

Robertson Davies: A Mingling of Contrarieties

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For example, Patricia Morley overstates the case when she argues that the narratives are “united by a religious myth of achieved freedom and spiritual growth.” Such a confident assertion that Davies' protagonists achieve liberty neglects a ...
Lu Xun's Revolution

Lu Xun's Revolution

Gloria Davies

Gloria Davies’s vivid portrait gives readers a better sense of this influential author by situating the man Mao Zedong hailed as “the sage of modern China” in his turbulent time and place.
Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

Keith Elliot Greenberg

Cover The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania Read more about the entertainment world in This Is Michael Jackson by D.L. Mabery Prince by D.L. Mabery Eddie Murphy by Teresa Koenig & Rivian Bell Cyndi Lauper by Keith Elliot Greenberg Break Dancing by Jim Haskins Bruce Springsteen by Keith Elliot Greenberg Madonna by Keith Elliot Greenberg Julian Lennon by D.L. Mabery Tina Turner by D.L. Mabery Heavy Metal by Keith Elliot Greenberg Michael J.
A Boy from Botwood: Pte. A.W. Manuel, Royal Newfoundland ...

A Boy from Botwood: Pte. A.W. Manuel, Royal Newfoundland ...

Bryan Davies

Painstakingly researched after the long-hidden manuscript’s discovery by Bryan Davies and Andrew Traficante, this is an account without parallel in the Canadian experience of the Great War.

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