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Author: Alison Croggon
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763694436
Size: 63.28 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Book Description: "First published as The gift by Penguin Books Australia, 2002"--Title page verso.

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Size: 33.33 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
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Size: 22.46 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Surplus government property
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Author: B.J. Robertson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483613224
Size: 74.26 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Book Description: Marcus had been busy getting his gear together. Fortunately he had come off the ship with his tool belt. Everything in it was like pure gold. Along with two screw drivers, a pair of pliers an awl, some wire and some twine, he also had a good large pocket knife and a hunting knife. He would leave his belt and tools in Rondace with Hank but both knives would go with him. He had also spent time making fine strips of leather to braid for a really strong rope. Areels Aunt wove a good warm travel cloak for him. It would double as a blanket. He was given two horses and a donkey to travel with. He made nice leather leads for the horses, also made a heavy riding pad for his horse. It was a heavy pad for the horses back with a large pocket on each side that hung down in back of his legs. Though it was not strapped to the horse, the weight of the rider held it in place. He made a pack rack for the donkey out of braches and more braided leather straps to hold it in places.

Author: Daniel Colucciello Barber
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748686371
Size: 53.37 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Book Description: Deleuze's philosophy of immanence, with its vigorous rejection of every appeal to the beyond, is often presumed to be indifferent to the concerns of religion. Daniel Barber shows that this is not the case. Addressing the intersection between Deleuze's thought and the notion of religion, he proposes an alliance between immanence and the act of naming God. In doing so, he gives us a way out of the paralysing debate between religion and the secular. What matters is not to take one side or the other, but to create the new in this world.

Author: John Wright
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408820358
Size: 59.85 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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Book Description: Latin names – frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel – have been annoying the layman since they first became formalised as scientific terms in the eighteenth century. Why on earth has the entirely land-loving Eastern Mole been named Scalopus aquaticus, or the Oxford Ragwort been called Senecio squalidus – 'dirty old man'? What were naturalists thinking when they called a beetle Agra katewinsletae, a genus of fish Batman, and a Trilobite Han solo? Why is zoology replete with names such as Chloris chloris chloris (the greenfinch), and Gorilla gorilla gorilla (a species of, well gorilla)? The Naming of the Shrew will unveil these mysteries, exploring the history, celebrating their poetic nature and revealing how naturalists sometimes get things so terribly wrong. With wonderfully witty style and captivating narrative, this book will make you see Latin names in a whole new light.

Author: Anna Pavord
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408820765
Size: 66.44 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Book Description: For centuries, some of the most brilliant minds in Europe searched for the rules of nature's game. In a world full of plagues and poisons, many medicines were made from plant extracts and there was a practical need to differentiate between one plant and another. Alongside this was an overwhelming desire to make sense of the natural world. Scholars, aided by the artists who painted the first pictures of plants, set out looking, writing and classifying, but 2,000 years were to pass before any rules became clear. Anna Pavord takes us on an exhilarating and fascinating journey through botanical history, travelling from Athens in the third century BC, through Constantinople and Venice, Padua and Pisa to the present day.

Author: Lydia Neufeld Harder
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532659318
Size: 13.62 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Book Description: This volume is built around a collection of previously published essays by the author over the course of thirty years, supplemented by current reflections and personal narratives that place these essays into a broader and engaging theological journey.

Author: Ian Rankin
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1409107566
Size: 30.30 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Book Description: The sixteenth Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's No.1 crime writer' DAILY MIRROR. A murder has been committed - but as the victim was a rapist, recently released from prison, no one is too concerned about the crime. That is, until Detective Inspector John Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke uncover evidence that a serial killer is on the loose... When Rebus also starts looking into the apparent suicide of an MP, he is abruptly warned off the case, not least because the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland, and Rebus's bosses want him well out of the way. But Rebus has never been one to stick to the rules, and when Siobhan has a very personal reason for hunting down a riot cop, it looks as though both Rebus and Clarke may be up against their own side...

Author: Yolanda Dreyer
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1630879789
Size: 59.36 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Book Description: This book is about the names given to Jesus by those followers responsible for putting his words and deeds into writing-the earliest "Christian scribes." In the first-century Mediterranean world, the first name of male person was his proper name. The second name indicated the family or clan to which he belonged, whereas the third name was an "honorary title" bestowed on him because of some achievement, good fortune, physical attribute, or "special excellence." Honorary titles were bestowed on Jesus mostly after his death. Such titles were often given to sages. The titles could either amplify Jesus' wisdom and empower people, or serve as instruments of power. This book aims to demonstrate the ideological and political mystification of Jesus in the transmission of the tradition about him. It illustrates the relevance of --The social history of formative Christianity; --The evolution of the Jesus traditions; --The genre of the gospels as biography; and --The institutionalization of charismatic authority.

Author: Mike Carey
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0748112146
Size: 77.47 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Book Description: They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor he'll tell you there's quite a bit of arrogance and reckless stupidity lining the streets as well. And he should know. There's only so many times you can play both sides against the middle and get away with it. Now, the inevitable moment of crisis has arrived and it's left Castor with blood on his hands. Well, not his hands, you understand; it's always someone else who pays the bill: friends, acquaintances, bystanders. So Castor drowns his guilt in cheap whisky, while an innocent woman lies dead and her daughter comatose, his few remaining friends fear for their lives and there's a demon loose on the streets. But not just any demon - this one rides shotgun on his best friend's soul and can't be expelled without killing him. Looks like Felix Castor's got some tough choices to make, because expel the demon he must or all Hell will break loose. Literally . . .

Author: Richard A. Willis
Publisher: Richard A. Willis
ISBN: 1310449384
Size: 24.34 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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Book Description: What's in a name? What's in a label? Everything. Collective Genius: The Naming Project by Richard A. Willis explores the names and labels used to describe races, and how they influence how people are viewed, particularly in the black community. In the end, the author challenges the reader think about what black people are called, and look toward a new direction of naming and reclamation!