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Gender, Power and the Unitarians in England, 1760-1860

Gender, Power and the Unitarians in England, 1760-1860

Ruth Watts

Ruth Watts examines how far they were successful in challenging the ideas and social conventions affecting women.
Women and Ordination in the Christian Churches: ...

Women and Ordination in the Christian Churches: ...

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273-86, Ruth Watts, 'Rational Dissent and the Emancipation of Women, 1780- 1860', Faith andFreedom, 9.113 (summer 1985), pp. 71-82, Ruth Watts, ' Knowledge is Power — Unitarians, Gender and Education in the Eighteenth and Early ...
The Irish Review

The Irish Review

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Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. A bbey. Ruth. Abbey. Ruth. (She takes a black-edged 011 Memorial Cara' from a Bible on the table). Put away that  ...
Seeds of Genius: The Early Writings of Alan Watts

Seeds of Genius: The Early Writings of Alan Watts

Alan Watts

Collects writings originally published in British and American journals between 1934 and 1956 which offer insight into Watts' spiritual development
Social Register: Philadelphia

Social Register: Philadelphia

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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, ...
Women in Science: A Social and Cultural History

Women in Science: A Social and Cultural History

Ruth Watts

The first book of its kind to provide a full and comprehensive historical grounding of the contemporary issues of gender and women in science.
Nurses: Claire and Jan

Nurses: Claire and Jan

Bette Paul

And yet Ruth Watts was obviously all too ready to lose hers. Claire tried to work out how she felt about that. “It's not our decision,” Sister Lawrence had said. “Our job is to nurse her through a traumatic experience.” Claire sighed. Well, that's ...
Become what You are

Become what You are

Alan Watts

In this collection of essays, Watts displays the playfulness of thought and simplicity of language that has made him one of the most popular lecturers and authors on the spiritual traditions of the East.
Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation

Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation

Alan Watts

Mark Watts compiled this book from his father's extensive journals and audiotapes of famous lectures he delivered in his later years across the country.
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, ...
Amazing Abundance: Hymns for a Growing Church

Amazing Abundance: Hymns for a Growing Church

Mark A. Miller

Tunes by Mark A. Miller Texts by: Ruth Duck, Ronell Mark, David Parsons, Isaac Watts, Charles Welsy, Laurie Zelman.
A Good Man Gone: A Mercy Watts Mystery

A Good Man Gone: A Mercy Watts Mystery

A.W. Hartoin

It’s summer in St. Louis and Mercy Watts is on vacation from her parents.
Dr. Ruth: Grandma on Wheels

Dr. Ruth: Grandma on Wheels

Ruth K. Westheimer

A lively rhyming story--starring Dr. Ruth and her grandchildren--that celebrates the special bond between children and their grandparents.
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Alan Watts

Alan Watts overturns the illusion that individuals are merely 'egos' contained within their bodies who are separate from the rest of the universe.
Isaac Watts Remembered

Isaac Watts Remembered

David Guy Fountain

The name Isaac Watts is known the world over and this book will enable readers to sing his hymns with greater appreciation.
Dry Spell: A Mercy Watts Short

Dry Spell: A Mercy Watts Short

A.W. Hartoin

Mercy Watts doesn’t believe in ghosts.
Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts

Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts

Monica Furlong

In this penetrating biography, Furlong reveals how Watts was instrumental in introducing Eastern philosophy and religion to Western minds.
Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts

Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts

Monica Furlong

In this penetrating biography, Furlong reveals how Watts was instrumental in introducing Eastern philosophy and religion to Western minds.
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.
The way of Zen

The way of Zen

Alan Watts

Watts's narrative clears away the mystery while enhancing the mystique of Zen. Since the first publication of this book in 1957, Zen Buddhism has become firmly established in the West.
Fire this Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s

Fire this Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s

Gerald Horne

In August 1965 the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and violence following an incident of police brutality. This is the first comprehensive treatment of that uprising.
The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life and Joie de Vivre

The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life and Joie de Vivre

Dr Ruth K. Westheimer

Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as the most famous and trusted sex therapist, but few people know she narrowly escaped death from the Holocaust, was raised in an orphanage in Switzerland, or that she was a sniper during Israel’s War of ...
Ruined

Ruined

Ruth Everhart

Reeling with fear, insecurity, and guilt, Ruth believed she was ruined, both physically and in the eyes of God. In the days and weeks that followed, Ruth struggled to come to grips with not only what happened that night but why.
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 ...
Does It Matter?: Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality

Does It Matter?: Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality

Alan W. Watts

This classic series of essays represents Alan Watts's thinking on the astonishing problems caused by our dysfunctional relationship with the material environment.
G.F. Watts: Victorian Visionary : Highlights from the Watts ...

G.F. Watts: Victorian Visionary : Highlights from the Watts ...

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This beautifully illustrated book encompasses the work of his entire career, from his early self-portrait in 1834 and first exhibited painting in the Royal Academy in 1837 to his most iconic work, Hope, and the remarkable, almost abstract ...
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.

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