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After the financial failure of the Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Company in 1841, a new company was set up to operate the coal-carrying eastern half of the railway that ran from the area around Consett down to South Shields. This new company, the Pontop &...

For the modern world, it seems as if sexuality and spirituality have always been at odds. But what if the two are actually deeply connected? And what if science could prove this connection?From neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, Sex, God, and the...

Celebrate the season with this one-of-a-kind gift set featuring Dobby in a Wizarding World-themed Christmas stocking, that plays the famous line "Dobby is free!"- Specifications: Includes a 3-3/4 inch figure of Dobby the house elf peeking out from a...

Cornish Villages Volume 2 is the perfect guide for holidaymakers and local people in Cornwall, to make planning trips easy. In her first volume, Cornish Villages, Sandra Srivastava explores a variety of delightful villages, ensuring that, wherever people...

This pioneering set of essays explores the key motifs and themes in the works of the Irish novelist, Deirdre Madden, about the Northern Irish Troubles and their aftermath and changing social values in contemporary Ireland.

Song in the Novel investigates the variety of types of songs present in novels, from French romances, ballads, folk songs, opera, and opéra-comique, to café-concert music, blues and jazz, and more recent popular music. Throughout, literary scholars,...

This book brings together an international group of artists and writers to respond to the question of how our new world orders force us to reconsider urban walking and urban spaces in ways which extend into the digital sphere of online dialogue and...

While sizable literature exists on the themes, issues and voices that constitute resistance in historical Indian documentary cinema, less is known about contemporary modes of resistance in Indian documentary. This volume identifies languages and...

The Rule of the Association (1QS; Serek ha-Yahad) is the primary description of the sectarian community described in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was one of the first Scrolls published, in 1951. Several related fragmentary scrolls subsequently came to light...

What purpose does place serve in films? When it is not just a background to actions, or indistinguishable from the landscape, or a simple space to walk through, a kind of neutral territory? Such filmmakers as Chantal Akerman, Lisandro Alonso, Pedro...

Let Marco Polo Costa Rica guide you around this beautiful country.  Explore Costa Rica with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the country's trendiest places, and get...

Combining film studies and ethnographic research methods within a memory studies framework, Coates examines the impact of cinema cultures on the everyday lives of viewers. Film Viewing in Postwar Japan draws from four years of interviews, participant...

This book investigates Muslim narratives on Qur?anic distortion through a meticulous analysis of hadith. Using isn?d-cum-matn analysis, Seyfeddin Kara discovers the historical origins of this disputed claim and illuminates the dynamic interplay between...

Through an identification of key case studies both mainstream and lesser known, Blood on the Lens: Trauma and Anxiety in American Found Footage Horror Cinema argues that found footage horror cinema is uniquely able to confront a pervasive contemporary...

for SSATB unaccompanied Rajasekar has drawn on the melodic and rhythmic grammar of both traditions of Indian classical music, Hindustani and Carnatic, to create a unique choral celebration of springtime. The meaning of the title, Bahaari Baarish, is...

Examines the affective response to rape-revenge films, and how this response can be harnessed to work through complex questions about rape

What comes to mind when you think about the end times? If you are like many Christians, you might not think about it much at all. You have a carpe diem kind of faith that focuses on the here and now. Why occupy your thoughts with the "not yet" when you...

Book 25 in the multi-million copy bestselling and perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.Book InformationISBN 9780349145976Author Alexander McCall SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint AbacusPublisher Little, Brown Book Group

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains practiced an archival art—narrating war exploits in large-scale paintings executed on animal hide robes, shirts, tipi covers, and tipi liners. Essentially...

World Zoo and Aquarium Architecture Vol. 1 provides an overview of current trends in planning zoos and aquariums. As the curator of this series, the Institute of Zoo Architecture is committed to inspiring both decision-makers and visitors in favour of...

Lighting Up the Night is a heart-warming tale about a group of woodland animals who want to hold a party. However there is a problem, they have no light in the darkness of night. Determined, they embark on a journey to find help. On their travels they...

When a renowned crime podcaster vanishes without a trace, former FBI behavioral analysts turned private investigators River Ryland and Tony St. Clair are called upon to track her down. As they wade through the evidence she left behind, they unearth a...

Everything seems to be working out for Gracie. She’s made an amazing group of besties through the Passion For Fashion class at her mama’s studio, Zoey’s Closet, she’s spending more time than ever with her crush Ali Mansourian, and her peers at school are...

This is the first volume to focus on the diverse permutations of international surrealist cinema after the canonical interwar period. The collection features eleven original contributions by prominent scholars such as Tom Gunning, Michael Löwy, Gavin...

Once upon a time, girls were not allowed to learn to read. This is the story of a girl who decided to change that.Inspired by a true story from award-winning author Jane Yolen's family history, The Many Problems of Rochel-Leah is a stirring tale of what...

Describing more than 120 species of salamanders occurring in the eastern United States, ecologists Whit Gibbons, Larry Wilson, and Joe Mitchell, provide us with the most comprehensive and authoritative—yet accessible and fun-to-read—guide to these often...

On 7 May 1915, one of the most beloved and legendary liners of the North Atlantic was torpedoed by a German U-boat, taking 1,191 of her passengers and crew to an untimely demise. She had become a victim of the First World War, the most brutal conflict...

While sculpture remained central to his artistic practice, Isamu Noguchi’s (1904–1988) interests and production spanned an exceptionally broad terrain that included furniture and lamps, stage sets for dance, plazas, courtyards — and gardens. Noguchi made...

Since the release of his breakout film Irreversible in 2002, Gaspar Noe (b. 1963) has been labeled the principal provocateur of twenty-first-century French cinema. While many of the filmmaker's complex and daring works have been reduced by his critics to...

It's 1948, and Irene Willard has had five miscarriages. She's desperate to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires and, now pregnant for the sixth time, checks in to an isolated house-cum-hospital run by a husband-and-wife team of...

Myths, Muses and Mortals gives new insight into a multitude of life experiences in ancient Greece. The book introduces the lives of the ancient Greeks through extracts taken from a range of sources, including poems, plays, novels, histories, lawsuits,...

'Huge of heart and soaring of soul' CLAIRE KILROY'A profound love story...Like Barbara Kingsolver, Hickey captures the pulse of the living moment' COLUM McCANN1979. In the vast and often unforgiving city of London, two Irish outsiders seeking refuge find...

Join Sam, Dean, and Castiel as they work together to dust a very spooky monster in this officially licensed book inspired by the hit television series.Sam and Dean Winchester are more than brothers-they are brothers who hunt and fight demons together!...

They're poles apart, yet Charlotte and Max are each drowning in their past; can a chance encounter provide the lifeline they both need? Charlotte’s life has come to a standstill through circumstance, choice and pure bad luck. Her marriage, career and...

'A beautifully written cat's-eye view of some 120 years of history. Prepare to be enchanted.'SIMON BRETT, author of the Mrs Pargeter seriesEarly morning, 1902. At 7/7 Marchmont Crescent, Eilidh the charlady tips coal into a fire grate and sets it alight...

A theology of Mary’s role in the incarnation as it was understood by the earliest Christians. A central figure in Christian tradition, Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Jesus, is both pivotal in theologies of the incarnation and a source of theological...

The definitive guide to changes in congregational leadership, revised to reflect the needs of today's church Designed for the clergy and lay leadership of congregations in the midst of transitions, this volume offers a quick start guide to help clergy...

'Brilliant... Complete... Concise... Matt's innovative and imaginative approach makes celebrities and heroes out of the everyday, the downtrodden and the overlooked.' Chris Packham.Macro is one of the fastest-growing genres in photography, and with this...

Meet Ghost and his spooky friends in this split-page board book with mirror ending!Knock, knock! Guess who? Children will love joining in this Halloween adventure as these friendly characters deliver Halloween treats to one another. Knock on the door and...

In Earth Diplomacy, Jessica L. Horton reveals how Native American art in the mid-twentieth-century mobilized Indigenous cultures of diplomacy to place the earth itself at the center of international relations. She focuses on a group of artists including...