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Houses Behind the Trees

Houses Behind the Trees

Denys Johnson-Davies

In the words of Denys Johnson-Davies, "El-Bisatie is a writer's writer, which is to say a writer who makes no concession to the lazy reader.
Folk Tales of Egypt

Folk Tales of Egypt

Denys Johnson-Davies

Six colorful stories adapted from the oral tradition of Egypt.
Memories in Translation: A Life Between the Lines of Arabic ...

Memories in Translation: A Life Between the Lines of Arabic ...

Denys Johnson-Davies

A personal account from the world's foremost translator of modern Arabic fiction
The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction

The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction

Denys Johnson-Davies

This dazzling anthology features the work of seventy-nine outstanding writers from all over the Arab-speaking world, from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east, Syria in the north to Sudan in the south.
The island of animals

The island of animals

Denys Johnson-Davies

When a shipwreck results in humans landing on an island inhabited by animals, the animals bring a "case" before a judge because of the humans' self-centered arrogance toward the animals
Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [chiefly of Johnson, ed. ...

Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [chiefly of Johnson, ed. ...

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson Thomas Davies. three hours at his devotions, and ... It is easy to conceive that a man of tVis temper was not crowded -with salutations: there was only now and then an Antony that would pay Paul a visit. Among his papers was  ...
Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [chiefly of Johnson, ed. ...

Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [chiefly of Johnson, ed. ...

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson Thomas Davies. Our Fame and Reputation is the greatest ; And to lofe that, can we desire to live ? Or mail I, for a momentary Pleasure, Which foon comes to a Period, to all Times Have Breach of Faith and Perjury remembred ...
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, ...
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy: Official ...

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy: Official ...

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Gallagher, Charles E. Gammon, Mary A. Gaona, Dianna D. Garcia, Tecla A. Gardinier, Lisabeth A. Gastwirt, Wendy L. Gebis, ... Kathy M. Johnson, Marcia A. Johnson, Mary A. Johnson, Mary M. Johnson, Nancy L. Johnson, Phyllis L. Johnson, ...
To Lay Down One's Life for You, Brother

To Lay Down One's Life for You, Brother

M J McCarthy

... DONALD PETER JOHNSON, DONALD RAY JOHNSON, DONALD RAY JOHNSON, DONALD VERN JOHNSON, DONEL RAY JOHNSON, DOUGLAS ANDREW JOHNSON, DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSON, DUANE AARON JOHNSON, DWIGHT ...
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.
Catalog Issue: With Announcements for ...

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Derbigny, Alice DeSilva, Irene V. Duvernay, Aurelia M. Duvernay, Letitia L. Dubose, Virginia J. Dupre, Virgie V. Dupre, Mable V. ... Margurite V. Johnson, Leona Johnson, Mary L. Johnson, Anita R. Johnson, Ada L. Johnson, Veoretta M. Jones ...
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents

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C Joehuin, John Johnson, A. P Johnson, Algernon K., anil Lorenzo Dow Johnson , Algernon K., and Lorenzo Dow Johuson, Algernon K., and Lorenzo Dow Johnson, Benjamin F.. and Nicholas S. Vedder. (See Yed- der & Johnson.) Johnson ...
Minnesota reports

Minnesota reports

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... Waldemar Johnson Lee Norman Johnson Richard W. Johnson Roald George Johnson Wayne Gordon Johnson Duane Sylvester Juetten Thomas Ernest Kellett Don Edwin Kennedy Roger George Kennedy William A. Keyworth Paul Kimball ...
The Johnson Memorial: Jeremiah Johnson and Thomazin ...

The Johnson Memorial: Jeremiah Johnson and Thomazin ...

James Bowen Johnson

Lorenzo Dow Johnson. Rev. Lorenzo Dow Johnson, son of Rev. Jeremiah and Thomazin (Blanchard) Johnson, was born in Reading, Vt., Aug. 26th, 1805; married, November 13, 1832, in Rochester, Mass., Mary Burg.es daughter of Abraham ...
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 ...
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: ...
The Pearson-Johnson-Hammond letters, 1848-1887 and related ...

The Pearson-Johnson-Hammond letters, 1848-1887 and related ...

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ESTATE OF ALEXANDER S. JOHNSON On 4 Nov 1816, SHERWOOD B. JOHNSON was appointed Administrator of the estate ... And, Nancy L. Johnson to S.B.J. , Guardian, the following: #1 To and paid A. H. SCOTT $4.00, accts total $61.75, ...
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.
Teenage Revolution

Teenage Revolution

Alan Davies

When Alan Davies was growing up he seemed to drive his family mad.

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