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The most famous anti-war novel ever written.
In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the ’glorious war’. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young ’unknown…
Kategorier: Filosofi och religion Kristendom Politik och statsskick Politiska ledare och politiskt ledarskap Religion och politik Religion och tro Religion: allmänt Religiösa frågor och debatter Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Statsskick och politiska processer
Med handen på Bibeln och med orden »so help me God« svärs de amerikanska presidenterna in. Landets motto är »In God We Trust« och med trohetseden till nationen deklareras att landet är »one nation under God«. Presidenterna hänvisar ofta till Gud. De citerar inte sällan bibelord och alluderar på andra. Såväl…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Andlighet och religiös erfarenhet Aspekter av religion Filosofi och religion Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Religion och tro
Swami Kriyananda’s wise and witty reflections are both timely and timeless. In this book he looks at Western civilisation and its issues from a perspective of deep attunement to the ancient teachings and truths as taught by the sages of India – and especially those of his great Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda…
Kategorier: Amerikas historia Historia Historia och arkeologi Politik och statsskick Politiska ledare och politiskt ledarskap Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Statsskick och politiska processer
Från självständigheten 1776 har USA haft 45 presidenter, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Nixon, Clinton och många fler. Här får vi möta dem alla.
Vi får också lära känna ämbetet, hur det utvecklats, presidenternas motton och citat, veta hur många som mördats och ta del av de saftigaste skandalerna. Första damer,…
A classic of medieval studies, The Resurrection of the Body in Western Christianity, 200-1336 traces ideas of death and resurrection in early and medieval Christianity. Caroline Walker Bynum explores problems of the body and identity in devotional and theological literature, suggesting that medieval attitudes toward…
Kategorier: Historiska romaner Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor
George Washington Black, eller "Wash", är en elvaårig slav på en sockerplantage på Barbados. När hans brutale Master utser honom till sin bror Christophers tjänare blir han livrädd. Men den excentriske Christopher Wilde visar sig vara en upptäcktsresande, uppfinnare och motståndare till slaveriet. Snart…
Kategorier: Alternativa trossystem Ande, kropp och själ Chakran, auror och andlig energi Filosofi och religion Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Magi, alkemi och ockult tänkande Magi, trollformler och alkemi Mystik, magi och det ockulta Ockulta studier Parapsykologi och psykiska fenomen Religion och tro Samtida icke-kristna och parakristna kulter och sekter Spritualism
As the precessional cycle transits from Pisces to Aquarius, great shifts in spiritual evolution are on the horizon – not for all of humanity as many in the New Age movement have generously hypothesised but for those who have undertaken the necessary spiritual preparation and initiatory work.
Drawing from his…
Lonely Planet’s Washington, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Experience music of Portland; explore Washington wine country, catch a ferry to San Juan Islands;…
Lonely Planet’s Western Balkans is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the countries have to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Glimpse breathtaking views of Dubrovnik: grab coffee in Budva’s Old Town ;and trek the landscapes of Rugova Mountains;…
Spiritual enlightenment from the Far East has taught the world that true happiness and peace come from within – a wisdom that transcends time and boundaries. As each new generation struggles to find happiness in an ever-changing world overrun by technology and media, few take the inward path to deep, long-lasting…
This updated 6th edition of the perennial favourite WASHINGTON ON FOOT features 24 user-friendly maps, including new content on the Wharf, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, H Street NE, and the Brookland/Catholic University neighbourhood.
With architectural illustrations…
Nearly a century’s worth of Scurlock photographs combine to form a searing portrait of black Washington in all its guises and its challenges and its victories, its dignity and its determination. Beginning in the early twentieth century and continuing into the 1990s, Addison Scurlock, followed by his sons, Robert…
A deeply moving exploration of an immigrant father’s attempts to raise his family as a single parent, while consumed by his own grief and loss and struggling to recognize those of his children too.
’WOW. Western Lane is glorious. You’ll want to read it over and over again.’ – Aravind Adiga, author of The White Tiger
A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, and a young athlete’s struggle to transcend herself.
Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was…
Develop your understanding of how to use similar steps in your problem-solving approaches
For courses in calculus-based physics.
University Physics with Modern Physics, 15th edition, now in SI Units, is known for its clear and accessible approach to physics. With its step-by-step guidance and variety of problem types,…
Secrets Of Masonic Washington: A Guidebook To Signs, Symbols & Ceremonies At The Origine Of America’
In this guide to the Masonic underpinnings of America’s capital, James Wasserman reveals the esoteric symbols and the spiritual and visionary ideas that lie hidden in the buildings, monuments and physical layout of Washington, D.C. His walking tour of these Masonic sites includes both the expected and unexpected…
While historians have tended to accord the Celts a place of minor significance in comparison to the Romans, The Celts firmly aligns the Celtic peoples as the primary European precedent to the Greco-Roman hegemony, restoring this culture to its true importance in the development of European civilization. An expert in…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Andlighet och religiös erfarenhet Aspekter av religion Filosofi och religion Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Mysticism Mystik, magi och det ockulta Religion och tro
Beginning with the ancient Greek Mystery traditions, Gnosticism and the practices in early Christianity, Arthur Versluis uncovers the secret line of Western sexual mysticism that, like the Tantra of the East, seeks transcendence or union with God through sexual practices. Throughout antiquity, and right into the…
Kategorier: Alternativa trossystem Ande, kropp och själ Filosofi och religion Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Magi, alkemi och ockult tänkande Magi, trollformler och alkemi Mystik, magi och det ockulta Ockulta studier Religion och tro
Before the advent of Christianity, early civilisations had, at the heart of their spiritual traditions, mystery schools that offered a corpus of training methods in what is now called magic. The persecution of heresies that followed the establishment of Christianity as Rome’s state religion, a persecution that…
The best way to see-really see-any city is on foot. The perennial favourite Washington on Foot has been completely revised and updated to offer 24 walking tours of Washington’s neighbourhoods. Familiar monuments and museums are all here, side-by-side with lesser-known historic sites and storied residential…
Illustrated with more than eight hundred drawings and photographs, this informative, hands-on guide will help amateur fossil collectors identify and assess the significance of their finds. Introductory chapters describe the types of plant preservation and outline the development of such groups as ferns, fern allies,…
The Golden Number, or Phi (Ö), is a geometric ratio found throughout nature, often underlying the dimensions of objects considered especially beautiful. Simplified as 1.618 and symbolised by the Fibonacci sequence, the Golden Number represents the unique relationship within an object where the ratio of a larger part to…
In Walkers Between the Worlds, the authors reveal the development of both these traditions that were never far beneath the surface of Western culture and how they complement each other. As the orthodox structures of the West appear increasingly hollow and irrelevant, the Western way trod by the shaman and the magus…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel
Denna bok bjuder in språkinlärare på en spännande utbildningsresa med älskade karaktärer som Mike och Sulley. Engagerande aktiviteter och animerade äventyr gör engelsk inlärning till en monstruös njutning i Disneys fantasifulla värld.
Lonely Planet’s Western USA is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Cruise down coastal highways, soak up Seattle’s culture, or be awestruck by the Grand Canyon; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of…
Lonely Planet’s Western Europe is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Catch a Westend show in London, explore Rome’s ancient sites, and take a slow boat along the Rhine; all with your trusted…
The rustic (yet surprisingly sophisticated) design elements presented here make this an inspiring resource for cabin owners who desire more than ”cookie-cutter” décor ideas for their lakeside or mountain home. Hundreds of vintage decorating ideas are pictured within fifteen chapters that reflect a once…
This 1880s-style Western Train woodcarving is part of the effort of The Caricature Carvers of America to promote the art of caricature carving. This new book contains not only pictures of the wonderful finished work, but patterns for the characters and an extensive how-to section by Dave Stetson for carving one of the…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Over 400 vintage postcards provide a sweeping historical view of the Washington Coast, from the mouth of the Columbia River to the San Juan Islands. In-depth stories of historical maritime Washington complement the images, for a journey up the coast and back. Scenes of shipwrecks, beach bathers, and surfmen tells the…
Pewter of the Western World is the first comprehensive and authoritative study of antique pewter on an international basis to be published in the English language. Written by one of the world’s leading experts, it chronicles the history of the pewter industry in Europe, Britain and America from 1600 to 1850.
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Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Washington, D.C. is a city that commemorates the history of the United States; it is also quite haunted. Tour streets and visit memorials of those once dwelling or working in this political metropolis. Visit angry ghosts, Christopher and Rachel, at the Olde Stone House, their dreams foiled by death. Consider the legend…
Experience the hidden byways of the great Pacific Northwest through the unerring eye of landscape photographer and educator David Skernick. Covering Washington and Oregon, these unforgettable panoramic images place the viewer directly into remote areas containing pristine coastline, small towns, thick forests, and…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The cowboy is a mythic figure in American life. From his emergence in the west in the late 1800s, he has caught the imagination of young and old alike. His adventures have been the stuff of countless stories, in print and on film. The legends surrounding the old west are told and retold, growing more exciting with each…
Bob Ball explores areas that will surely be of interest to those fascinated by tales of the Old West. Here are photographic examples of tools, barbershop implements, gambling devices, signs and posters, and a myriad of other infinitely interesting collectibles. He features ”cowboy” items, including…
This revised and expanded second edition serves as your tour guide to the monuments and memorials, traffic circles, parks, and Arlington National Cemetery. Washington, D.C. is a great place to learn American history. Many new images feature monuments to American patriot Nathan Hale and the great writer Henry Wadsworth…
This revised and expanded second edition serves as your tour guide to the monuments and memorials, traffic circles, parks, and Arlington National Cemetery. Washington, D.C. is a great place to learn American history. Many new images feature monuments to American patriot Nathan Hale and the great writer Henry Wadsworth…
From the mysterious Bigfoot-like entity known as Flix, near Albany, Oregon, to a haunted cradle that rocks itself in Yoncalla, Western Oregon is home to ghosts, UFOs, and other strange phenomena. Take a paranormal journey through this area, known for its gloomy fog and mists, to encounter the homicidal Bandage Man of…
Tour Indiana University’s spooky Bloomington campus and Southern Indiana’s haunted houses and creepy corners. Be introduced to timeless campus ghosts such as the Girl in Yellow of Read Hall who stumbles about looking for her sliced-away face, the shadow dog that growls and patrols the Indiana Memorial…
The cowboy was an integral part of the old west. Much of life in those times revolved around him. Not only did he act as a cow nurse, herding, driving, and branding, but he also stacked hay, and built corrals and barns. He should be remembered too for his dedicated defense of the brand he rode for, even in the face of…
America sees the cowboys of yesteryear as native heroes. Cowboys were seen to represent American character and to stand for freedom in rugged big sky lands. Cowboys were tough, self-reliant, courageous, modest, and only turned to violence when absolutely necessary. With a reputation like that, it is no wonder that…
Over 300 miles of eye-catching scenery along scenic Route 7 has been captured in more than 330 stunning color photos. This visual story reveals the broad scope of activities to see and experience along one of America’s most storied roadways. Travel through Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont, lingering over…
The 9 accounts of alien encounters in this book are true. For decades, researchers have been investigating the UFO phenomena across the globe, and have acknowledged the extraterrestrial reality and that alien encounters are very real and widespread, oftentimes the main focus of the UFO subject. Here, learn about…
Washington provides more than just a ghost story or an eerie location—there’s a haunted vacation brewing! From Port Townsend to Spokane, and everywhere in between, you will find directions from one haunted site to the next. Are you hungry? Dine with spirit of the former police chief of Centralia. Tired? Sleep at…
A reporter for the capitol’s Washington Star newspaper wrote in 1891, ”Washington is the greatest town for ghosts in this country.” John Alexander has collected and preserved tales about the famous and infamous of the nation’s capitol who still revisit the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and many…
In the occult classic THE MIRROR OF MAGIC, renowned Surrealist, Kurt Seligmann (1900– 1962), draws from his encyclopaedic practitioner’s knowledge and extensive antiquarian collection to offer a comprehensive, illustrated history of magic and the occult from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to the 18th century. He…