Book Description
Discusses over forty stories of improbable events told as true and embelished with local details which the author calls urban legends.
Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393303217
Discusses over forty stories of improbable events told as true and embelished with local details which the author calls urban legends.
Author : Gareth Medway
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 12,78 MB
Release : 2001-04
Category : History
ISBN : 081475645X
A frequent writer on comparative religion and the history of occultism, Medway begins by exploring what a Satanist is and why people worship Satan, then looks at such topics as the history of Satan and the Pact, Satanic crime, hell on earth, sex slaves of Lucifer, and the relationship between paranoia and conspiracy. He explains that as a Pagan he does not believe in Satan, but neither does he believe in Christianity but knows Christians are real. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Author : John Ramsden
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 50,75 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780231131063
Man of the Century is the often surprising story of how Winston Churchill, in the last years of his life, carefully crafted his reputation for posterity, revealing him to be perhaps the twentieth century's first, and most gifted, "spin doctor." Ramsden draws on fresh material and extensive research on three continents to argue that the statesman's force of personality and romantic, imperial notion of Britain has contributed directly to many of the political debates of the last decades--including American involvement in Vietnam and the role of the Anglo-American alliance in promoting and protecting a certain vision of world order.
Author : Jean Williams
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 42,49 MB
Release : 2024-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 303136760X
This is the first academic history of the FA England women’s national football team. Based on unprecedented access to FA data, it details the careers of the 227 women who debuted for England from 1972 to 2022. England won the UEFA Women’s Euros in 2022, and Jean worked with Sarina Wiegman and the squad, on the Legendary Lionesses from 1972.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power
Publisher :
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Petroleum law and legislation
ISBN :
Author : Veronica Ortenberg
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,6 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781852853839
This book surveys the influence of the middle ages, and of medieval attitudes and values, on later periods and on the modern world. Many artistic, political and literary movements have drawn inspiration and sought their roots in the thousand years between 500 and 1500 AD. Medieval Christianity, and its rich legacy, has been the essential background to European culture as a whole.Gothic architecture and chivalry were two keys to Romanticism, while nationalists, including the Nazis, looked back to the middle ages to find emerging signs of national character. In literature few myths have been as durable or popular as those of King Arthur, stretching from the Dark Ages to Hollywood. In Search of the Holy Grail is a vivid account of how later ages learnt about and interpreted the middle ages.
Author : E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,54 MB
Release : 2023-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 177284019X
Bringing the Legends home Legends of the Capilano updates E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic Legends of Vancouver, restoring Johnson’s intended title for the first time. This new edition celebrates the storytelling abilities of Johnson’s Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) collaborators, Joe and Mary Capilano, and supplements the original fifteen legends with five additional stories narrated solely or in part by Mary Capilano, highlighting her previously overlooked contributions to the book. Alongside photographs and biographical entries for E. Pauline Johnson, Joe Capilano, and Mary Capilano, editor Alix Shield provides a detailed publishing history of Legends since its first appearance in 1911. Interviews with literary scholar Rick Monture (Mohawk) and archaeologist Rudy Reimer (Skwxwú7mesh) further considers the legacy of Legends in both scholars’ home communities. Compiled in consultation with the Mathias family, the direct descendants of Joe and Mary Capilano and members of the Skwxwú7mesh Nation, this edition reframes, reconnects, and reclaims the stewardship of these stories.
Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : The Commission
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Affirmative action programs
ISBN :
Author : Mark D. White
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,23 MB
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1119038022
Batman has been one of the world’s most beloved superheroes since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Clad in his dark cowl and cape, he has captured the imagination of millions with his single-minded mission to create a better world for the people of Gotham City by fighting crime, making use of expert detective skills, high-tech crime-fighting gadgets, and an extensive network of sidekicks and partners. But why has this self-made hero enjoyed such enduring popularity? And why are his choices so often the subject of intense debate among his fans and philosophers alike? Batman and Ethics goes behind the mask to shed new light on the complexities and contradictions of the Dark Knight’s moral code. From the logic behind his aversion to killing to the moral status of vigilantism and his use of torture in pursuit of justice (or perhaps revenge), Batman’s ethical precepts are compelling but often inconsistent and controversial. Philosopher and pop culture expert Mark D. White uses the tools of moral philosophy to track Batman’s most striking ethical dilemmas and decisions across his most prominent storylines from the early 1970s through the launch of the New 52, and suggests how understanding the mercurial moral character of the caped crusader might help us reconcile our own. A thought-provoking and entertaining journey through four decades of Batman’s struggles and triumphs in time for the franchise’s 80th anniversary, Batman and Ethics is a perfect gateway into the complex questions of moral philosophy through a focused character study of this most famous of fictional superheroes.
Author : George L. Pickard
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1483287262
The rapidly developing field of oceanography has necessitated the publication of a fifth edition of this classic textbook. The revised version provides an introduction to descriptive (synoptic) oceanography and contains updated information on topics such as the heat budget, instruments and in particular, the use of satellites. The sections on equatorial oceanography, sea-ice physics, distribution and El Nino have been completely rewritten. The book is further supplemented by text on thermohaline circulation, mixing and also coral reef oceanography.