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Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil ...

Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil ...

Professor Douglas J. Davies

... Christianity's Trinity, being shaped through the heavenly council whose divine Father and antagonistic Lucifer debated the best Plan of Salvation for human destiny; and that in ways that would embrace Joseph Smith's destiny-forged identity.
Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make ...

Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make ...

Jim Davies

Professor Jim Davies' fascinating and highly accessible book, Riveted, reveals the evolutionary underpinnings of why we find things compelling, from art to religion and from sports to superstition.
Douglas Gibson Unedited: On Editing Robertson Davies, Alice ...

Douglas Gibson Unedited: On Editing Robertson Davies, Alice ...

Douglas Gibson

you: John Sawatsky, Andy Russell, Barry Broadfoot, Myrna Kostash, Harold Horwood, Don Starkell (author of the classic Paddle to the Amazon/ James Houston (Memoirs of an Igloo Dweller, and other titles) and Peter Gzowski (The Private ...
The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey

The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey

Douglas Brinkley

Professor Douglas Brinkley arranged to teach a six-week experimental class aboard a fully equipped sleeper bus.
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, ...
Creation and Change: Genesis 1.1-2.4 in the Light of ...

Creation and Change: Genesis 1.1-2.4 in the Light of ...

Douglas F. Kelly

In this book Professor Douglas Kelly persuasively argues for a literal interpretation of the seven day account of creation found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2.
The role and performance of Ofsted: second report of session ...

The role and performance of Ofsted: second report of session ...

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee

... Chris Husbands, Director-Designate, Institute of Education and Asha Khemka OBE, Principal and Chief Executive, West Nottinghamshire College, gave evidence. 24 November 2010 Lesley Davies, Professor Nick Foskett, Professor Chris.
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, ...
Mysteries Unlocked: Essays in Honor of Douglas G. Greene

Mysteries Unlocked: Essays in Honor of Douglas G. Greene

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In honor of the 70th birthday of Professor Douglas G. Greene, mystery genre scholar and publisher, this book offers 24 new essays and two reprinted classics on detective fiction by contributors around the world, including ten Edgar (Mystery ...
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.
Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate

Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate

David Zarefsky

Perhaps because he understood popular sovereignty in this way, DeBow had pledged his support to Douglas. On October 23 ... J. Burdick to Douglas, July 25, 1858, Stephen A. Douglas MSS, box 19, folder 16, University of Chicago Library. 7.
Nihilist Vision Through Literary Subversion in Mainland ...

Nihilist Vision Through Literary Subversion in Mainland ...

Yinghong Li

Acknowledgments i I would like to offer my sincere gratitude toward all members of my dissertation committee: Professor Nicole Huang, Professor James O'Brien, Professor Tsai-fa Cheng, Professor Robert Joe Cutter, and my advisor Professor  ...
John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of ...

John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of ...

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Shipley, Professor Dana F. Sutton, Professor Marica Tacconi, Professor Mara Wade, Professor Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, Dr Joanna Weinberg, and Professor Henry Woudhuysen. We would also like to thank Dr Gabriel Heaton and Dr Sarah  ...
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: ...
Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology

Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology

Professor Mary Douglas

One of the most important works of modern anthropology.
Pickwick papers

Pickwick papers

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens Douglas Gordon Crawford. BY CHARLES DICKENS ABRIDGED AND EDITED BY DOUGLAS GORDON CRAWFORD, Ph. D. Late Associate Professor of English in Boston U niversity Formerly Instructor in English in Phillips ...
Mary Douglas: Collected Works

Mary Douglas: Collected Works

Douglas Profess

This collection reproduces, in facsimile, twelve of Mary Douglas's groundbreaking works, all of which are also available for individual purchase. The first volume includes a new introduction written by Douglas for this collection.
Heritage Conservation and Japan's Cultural Diplomacy: ...

Heritage Conservation and Japan's Cultural Diplomacy: ...

Natsuko Akagawa

... Dr Laurajane Smith, Professor David Simpson, Winthrop Professor Krishna Sen, Winthrop Professor Susan Broomhall, Winthrop Professor Philip Mead, Dr Richard Engelhardt and Professor Michael Herzfeld for their constructive advice.
Hyam - The cat who talked too much

Hyam - The cat who talked too much

Pamela Douglas

Pamela. Douglas. 2006. ISBN 978-1-906658-13-7 Hyam Illustrations by Pamela Douglas Published by M-Y Books, 187 Ware Road, Hertford. m-ybooks.co.uk The right of Pamela Douglas to be identified as the author of this work has been ...
Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843

Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843

Reg Ankrom

"With the introduction of Douglas' first bill in 1834, the Douglas-Lincoln contests continued in the decade ahead.
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.
Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents Index V

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents Index V

Douglas C. Lovelace (Jr.)

Douglas C. Lovelace (Jr.), Director Strategic Studies Institute Douglas Lovelace Jr, Jr Douglas Lovelace. Report R41920, Jennifer K. Elsea & Michael John Garcia, July 18, 2011, 126/11/457 Distinguishing Acts of War in Cyberspace: ...
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.
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.
An Introduction to Mormonism

An Introduction to Mormonism

Douglas James Davies

Judd, Peter A. and A. Bruce Lindgren (1976) An Introduction to the Saints Church , Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House. Kear, Warrick N. (2001) The LDS Sound World and Global Mormonism', Dialogue 34, fall—winter, 77—94.
Luise Gottsched, Der Lockenraub / Alexander Pope, The Rape ...

Luise Gottsched, Der Lockenraub / Alexander Pope, The Rape ...

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Professor Malcolm Cook (French) Professor Alison Finch (French) Professor Ritchie Robertson (Germanic) Dr Mark Davie (Italian) Dr Stephen Parkinson ( Portuguese) Professor David Gillespie (Slavonic) Professor Derek Flitter ( Spanish) Dr ...

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