Dyer Consequences

Dyer Consequences
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 042521933X
ISBN-13 : 9780425219331
Rating : 4/5 (3X Downloads)

Synopsis Dyer Consequences by : Maggie Sefton

Kelly Flynn's plans to renovate her recently purchased alpaca ranch are threatened by acts of sabotage targeting her new home and her local yarn shop, House of Lambspun, a situation that is complicated by the discovery of the body of a young woman, found drowned in a tub of dye in the basement of her shop, in a mystery complemented by a new knitting pattern and recipe.

Moll Dyer and Other Witch Tales of Southern Maryland

Moll Dyer and Other Witch Tales of Southern Maryland
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 123
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ISBN-10 : 9781439668153
ISBN-13 : 1439668159
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Moll Dyer and Other Witch Tales of Southern Maryland by : Lynn J. Buonviri

Discover the true story of Moll Dyer and the witches of Southern Maryland... if you dare... Despite the attention that Salem receives, they were far from the only town to organize a witch hunt in colonial America. Rebecca Fowler was tried as a witch in St. Mary's in 1685, and in 1674, John Cowman became the only man ever charged with witchcraft in Maryland. In Moll Dyer's case, locals took the law into their own hands. According to legend, Moll Dyer was chased from her burning home by a mob in St. Mary's County in the year 1697, left to die in the dark and cold. Was she just an ordinary woman blamed for problems beyond her control? Or was she a witch whose curse lingers on? Author Lynn Buonviri uses period records and local lore to discover the truth behind the legend of Moll Dyer and her curse.

Imperial Violence and the Path to Independence

Imperial Violence and the Path to Independence
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 9780857729118
ISBN-13 : 085772911X
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Imperial Violence and the Path to Independence by : Shereen Ilahi

In the aftermath of World War I, the British Empire was hit by two different crises on opposite sides of the world--the Jallianwala Bagh, or Amritsar, Massacre in the Punjab and the Croke Park Massacre, the first 'Bloody Sunday', in Ireland. This book provides a study at the cutting edge of British imperial historiography, concentrating on British imperial violence and the concept of collective punishment. This was the 'crisis of empire' following the political and ideological watershed of World War I. The British Empire had reached its greatest geographical extent, appeared powerful, liberal, humane and broadly sympathetic to gradual progress to responsible self-government. Yet the empire was faced with existential threats to its survival with demands for decolonisation, especially in India and Ireland, growing anti-imperialism at home, virtual bankruptcy and domestic social and economic unrest. Providing an original and closely-researched analysis of imperial violence in the aftermath of World War I, this book will be essential reading for historians of empire, South Asia and Ireland.

The Insecurity State

The Insecurity State
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9781108667654
ISBN-13 : 1108667651
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Insecurity State by : Mark Condos

In this provocative new work, Mark Condos explores the 'dark underside' of the ideologies that sustained British rule in India. Using Punjab as a case study, he argues that India's colonial overlords were obsessively fearful, and plagued by an unreasoning belief in their own vulnerability as rulers. These enduring anxieties precipitated, and justified, an all too frequent recourse to violence, joined with an insistence on untrammelled power placed in the hands of the executive. Examining how the British colonial experience was shaped by a chronic sense of unease, anxiety, and insecurity, this is a timely intervention in debates about the contested project of colonial state-building, the oppressive and violent practices of colonial rule, the nature of imperial sovereignty, law, and policing and the postcolonial legacies of empire.

Coming to Terms with Nature

Coming to Terms with Nature
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 383
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ISBN-10 : 9781583671528
ISBN-13 : 1583671528
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Coming to Terms with Nature by : Leo Panitch

Can capitalism come to terms with the environment? How do market forces impact on the biosphere? What is the significance of the impasse over the Kyoto protocol? How far has socialist thought developed to help us understand the environmental dilemma? Has it got answers? Can capitalism come to terms with the environment? How do market forces impact on the biosphere? What is the significance of the impasse over the Kyoto protocol? How far has socialist thought developed to help us understand the environmental dilemma? Has it answers? How can class and environmental politics be brought together? What are the shortcomings Green parties and 'green commerce'?

Reply to ... J. Dyer's Letter to J. B. Wilson. By J. Marshman ... Together with Thoughts upon the discussions which have arisen from the separation between the Baptist Missionary Society and the Serampore Missionaries; by W. Carey. ... Also a Communication on the same subject by ... W. Robinson of Calcutta. And an Appeal, by the Serampore Missionaries, on behalf of the labours in which they are engaged

Reply to ... J. Dyer's Letter to J. B. Wilson. By J. Marshman ... Together with Thoughts upon the discussions which have arisen from the separation between the Baptist Missionary Society and the Serampore Missionaries; by W. Carey. ... Also a Communication on the same subject by ... W. Robinson of Calcutta. And an Appeal, by the Serampore Missionaries, on behalf of the labours in which they are engaged
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 110
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0024414648
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Reply to ... J. Dyer's Letter to J. B. Wilson. By J. Marshman ... Together with Thoughts upon the discussions which have arisen from the separation between the Baptist Missionary Society and the Serampore Missionaries; by W. Carey. ... Also a Communication on the same subject by ... W. Robinson of Calcutta. And an Appeal, by the Serampore Missionaries, on behalf of the labours in which they are engaged by : Joshua Marshman

Politics and the Urban Sector in Fifteenth-Century England, 1413-1471

Politics and the Urban Sector in Fifteenth-Century England, 1413-1471
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9780192582805
ISBN-13 : 0192582801
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Politics and the Urban Sector in Fifteenth-Century England, 1413-1471 by : Eliza Hartrich

Since the mid-twentieth century, political histories of late medieval England have focused almost exclusively on the relationship between the Crown and aristocratic landholders. Such studies, however, neglect to consider that England after the Black Death was an urbanising society. Towns not only were the residence of a rising proportion of the population, but were also the stages on which power was asserted and the places where financial and military resources were concentrated. Outside London, however, most English towns were small compared to those found in contemporary Italy or Flanders, and it has been easy for historians to under-estimate their ability to influence English politics. Politics and the Urban Sector in Fifteenth-Century England, 1413-1471 offers a new approach for evaluating the role of urban society in late medieval English politics. Rather than focusing on English towns individually, it creates a model for assessing the political might that could be exerted by towns collectively as an 'urban sector'. Based on primary sources from twenty-two towns (ranging from the metropolis of London to the tiny Kentish town of Lydd), Politics and the Urban Sector demonstrates how fluctuations in inter-urban relationships affected the content, pace, and language of English politics during the tumultuous fifteenth century. In particular, the volume presents a new interpretation of the Wars of the Roses, in which the relative strength of the 'urban sector' determined the success of kings and their challengers and moulded the content of the political programmes they advocated.

American Heretics

American Heretics
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9781137401311
ISBN-13 : 1137401311
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis American Heretics by : Peter Gottschalk

In the middle of the nineteenth century a group of political activists in New York City joined together to challenge a religious group they believed were hostile to the American values of liberty and freedom. Called the Know Nothings, they started riots during elections, tarred and feathered their political enemies, and barred men from employment based on their religion. The group that caused this uproar?: Irish and German Catholics—then known as the most villainous religious group in America, and widely believed to be loyal only to the Pope. It would take another hundred years before Catholics threw off these xenophobic accusations and joined the American mainstream. The idea that the United States is a stronghold of religious freedom is central to our identity as a nation—and utterly at odds with the historical record. In American Heretics, historian Peter Gottschalk traces the arc of American religious discrimination and shows that, far from the dominant protestant religions being kept in check by the separation between church and state, religious groups from Quakers to Judaism have been subjected to similar patterns of persecution. Today, many of these same religious groups that were once regarded as anti-thetical to American values are embraced as evidence of our strong religious heritage—giving hope to today's Muslims, Sikhs, and other religious groups now under fire.

The Modern Review

The Modern Review
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 714
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B2867437
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Modern Review by : Ramananda Chatterjee

Includes section "Reviews and notices of books".

Motifs of Life Altering Experiences

Motifs of Life Altering Experiences
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9781462836741
ISBN-13 : 1462836747
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Motifs of Life Altering Experiences by : Dr. Don J. Feeney Jr.

The manuscript reveals dynamics of life altering experiences as collaborative products of unwitting entrainents. Unwitting entrainments synchronizing our Motifs can emerge into Life Altering Experiences. The manuscript strives to depict the ironic timing of synchronized entrainment present in perfect harmony. Taking two extra minutes drinking a Starbuck's coffee saves a life creating just enough delay missing the 9-11 tragedy. Addictions, divorce, financial ruin, damaged careers, can all result from unwitting entraining of synchronoized Motifs. Fortuitous as well as disastrous coincidence of synchronizing events are possible outcomes of life altering experiences. Formativeness of multifaceted motifs lie at the core of good and evil manefestations of events affecting trauma and triumph. Recognition and utilization techniques through time alteration of furture designs highlight multi-dimensional consciousness of critical factors in survival and transformation.