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Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling
collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries.
From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to vengeful spirits
and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Japan was a country and
culture that lived with between realms: the world of everyday and
the world of supernatural. It was a time and place where men could
be brought down by karmic forces or lured into deadly danger by
ghostly apparitions, and where the land held sorrowful secrets or
stories that long-awaited an opportunity to reveal them and seek
reparation. The Snow Ghost and Other Tales brings together some of
the best and scariest tales that endured across centuries of folk
lore in one new beautiful hardback collection. Finally commited to
writing during the turn of the twenieth cenutry by a unique set of
folklorists, the ghost stories presented in this new anthology will
transport readers to a time of magic and mystery, and let them
relish in the spine-tingling traditions of Japanese culture largely
lost now to modernity.
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Where Two Worlds Meet
Gordon Smith
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R335
R262
Discovery Miles 2 620
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From internationally renowned medium, spiritual teacher and
bestselling author Gordon Smith comes a captivating tale about
finding your way through death, grief and loss. 'Nothing that lives
can truly die,' said the stag, 'but we must all experience a winter
in our lives, otherwise we haven’t truly lived.' Following the
tragic death of his sister, 10-year-old Dill's life changes
forever. In an attempt to escape their grief, Dill and his parents
move to his grandmother’s remote cottage in the countryside.
Isolated from his family, who are struggling to come to terms with
their loss, Dill spends his time exploring the wild landscape with
his trusty spaniel, Bramble. He soon learns that life in his new
home, the Dip-n-Dells, is anything but lonely. With the help of his
grandmother, Dill learns a magical language that allows him to
befriend the animals of the Dip-n-Dells and uncover the secrets of
the mystical landscape around him. As his friends in nature help
him to understand the cycles of life and death, the cloud of
sadness surrounding Dill begins to lift. Determined to share this
gift with his parents, Dill and his friends set out to bring light
back into their lives. In doing so, he finds out that where love is
involved, anything is possible....
This book arises out of a specially commissioned issue of West
European Politics marking the journal's 30th anniversary. It
examines the profound changes in the European political landscape
over the last three decades, including the fall of Communism;
progressive European integration; territorial restructuring; public
sector reforms at European, national, regional and local levels;
changes in democratic participation, protest, elections, political
communication, political parties and party competition; and
challenges to the welfare state. The book also discusses how
political science has responded to these changes in terms of its
substantive focus, concepts, methods and theories. Many of the 17
contributions included identify important challenges for the
future, including those stemming from EU integration, the reduced
electoral accountability of politicians, the problematic
legitimation of party government and the sharpening of the edges of
the state. Contributors include K. A. Anderson, F. C. Castles, C.
Crouch, M. Egeberg. M. Ferrera, H. Goetz, L. Hooghe, E. M.
Immergut, R. F. Inglehart, M. Keating, H.-D. Klingemann H. Kriesi,
M. Lodge, J. Lovenduski, P. Mair, G. Marks, Y. M ny, L. Morlino, H.
Obinger, V. A. Schmidt, P. C. Schmitter, and G. Smith.
This book was published as a special issue of West European
Politics.
This book arises out of a specially commissioned issue of West
European Politics marking the journal's 30th anniversary. It
examines the profound changes in the European political landscape
over the last three decades, including the fall of Communism;
progressive European integration; territorial restructuring; public
sector reforms at European, national, regional and local levels;
changes in democratic participation, protest, elections, political
communication, political parties and party competition; and
challenges to the welfare state. The book also discusses how
political science has responded to these changes in terms of its
substantive focus, concepts, methods and theories. Many of the 17
contributions included identify important challenges for the
future, including those stemming from EU integration, the reduced
electoral accountability of politicians, the problematic
legitimation of party government and the sharpening of the edges of
the state. Contributors include K. A. Anderson, F. C. Castles, C.
Crouch, M. Egeberg. M. Ferrera, H. Goetz, L. Hooghe, E. M.
Immergut, R. F. Inglehart, M. Keating, H.-D. Klingemann H. Kriesi,
M. Lodge, J. Lovenduski, P. Mair, G. Marks, Y. M?ny, L. Morlino, H.
Obinger, V. A. Schmidt, P. C. Schmitter, and G. Smith.
This book was published as a special issue of West European
Politics.
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Law plays a key role in determining the level of entrepreneurial
action in society. Legal rules seek to define property rights,
facilitate private ordering, and impose liability for legal wrongs,
thereby attempting to establish conditions under which individuals
may act. These rules also channel the development of technology,
regulate information flows, and determine parameters of
competition. Depending on their structure and implementation, legal
rules can also discourage individuals from acting. It is thus
crucial to determine which legal rules and institutions best enable
entrepreneurs, whose core function is to challenge incumbency. This
volume assembles legal experts from diverse fields to examine the
role of law in facilitating or impeding entrepreneurial action.
Contributors explore issues arising in current policy debates,
including the incentive effect of legal rules on startup activity;
the role of law in promoting or foreclosing market entry; and the
effect of entrepreneurial action on legal doctrine.
Providing a detailed study of the anatomy, physiology, and
pathology of peripheral nerves, this reference provides a clear
approach to the evaluation, characterization, and treatment of
peripheral neuropathies-reviewing each major class of these
disorders with authoritative discussions of clinical
characteristics, electrodiagnostic features, examination findings,
and treatment options and outcomes.
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Solar System (Hardcover)
Alexander Gordon Smith
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R323
R256
Discovery Miles 2 560
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New updated edition 2019. The planets and countless other objects
revolving around our Sun make up the Solar System. As scientists
discover more about these heavenly bodies, including our own
planet, Earth, they are also finding further mysteries and
extraordinary space puzzles. Our Solar System is but one of
billions in the vastness of our galaxy, the Milky Way, and the
Universe itself contains countless more ever-changing galaxies.
This newly updated book covers all of these subjects, from the
tiniest dwarf planet to vast nebulae, and from space probes
searching out new life to the International Space Station, making
it a fascinating home reference guide to our Solar System and
beyond. 300 amazing photographs and detailed illustrations take you
on a whirlwind tour of the cosmos, while an additional reference
section contains fact charts, star maps and a glossary of terms.
A church art exhibition turns deadly . . . 'Art, my dear boy, '
said Mr Askern, 'especially sacred art, needs tradition. Tradition
is the bedrock of our art . . .' He broke off, staring at the woman
in front of him. Her face seemed to lose all definition and her
skin turned an unnatural shade of putty-coloured grey. 'Art, ' she
said, her voice scarcely more than a whisper. 'Art! Oh my God,
art!' She swayed dangerously. Jack leapt forward, catching her as
she fell. Jack Haldean expected Lythewell and Askerns' exhibition
of church art in Lyon House, London, to be a sedate affair. After
all, Lythewell and Askern, Church Artists, were a respectable,
old-fashioned firm, the last people to be associated with mystery,
violence and sudden death. Or so it seemed - until after the
exhibition . . .
During the many years he spent delivering messages of hope and love
from the spirit world, Gordon Smith has observed how many people
long to learn how to be more intuitive themselves, and would love
to be able to connect to the other side in the same way he does.
Gordon feels strongly that developing your intuitive gifts should
be something that gives you joy, brings you clarity and makes you
more contented in your life. Based on his experiences of teaching
and guiding complete beginners on their paths to communicating with
spirit, this book provides simple and easy-to-follow exercises that
will help you sharpen your psychic senses, open yourself to receive
communication from your spirit guides and interpret the telepathic
language of spirit. Once you have learned the basics and gained
confidence in your skills, Gordon then guides you to the next step
of your journey, showing you how you can use this very special
energy to help others.
Gordon Smith, hailed as the UK's most accurate Spiritual Medium, is
respected internationally both for his ability to convey precise
messages from the Spirit World, filled with a level of detail that
astounds people, and also as one of the world's foremost teachers
of mediumship. In this fascinating updated edition of one of his
bestselling books, Gordon sheds light on: - how mediums and
psychics get their information - why spirits choose to communicate
with us - the truth about ghosts, poltergeists and hauntings -
out-of-body experiences and altered states of awareness -
re-incarnation and memories of past lives. While Gordon is the
first person to acknowledge that people's imagination, grief or
distress can affect their perceptions, and that charlatans and
frauds only add to the confusion, his incredible experiences and
research have inspired him with a passion to reveal what really
happens in the Spirit World. In The Unbelievable Truth, he lifts
the lid on these 'insider' topics with wit, insight and great
knowledge.
Alex's second attempt to break out of Furnace Penitentiary failed.
This time, his punishment will be much worse than before. Because
in the hidden, bloodstained laboratories beneath the prison, he
will be made into a monster. As the warden pumps something evil
into his veins--a sinisterly dark nectar--Alex becomes what he most
fears . . . a superhuman minion of Furnace. How can he escape when
the darkness is inside him? How can he lead the way to freedom if
he is lost to himself?
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ARNA 2012 (Paperback)
Alex McKinnon, Eleanor Gordon-Smith; Foreword by Mungo MacCallum
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R445
Discovery Miles 4 450
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A new edition of ARNA -- a unique and progressive journal that
showcases the voices of Sydney University's Arts students, and
promotes a diversity of style and form across multiple creative and
literary mediums. Foreword written by Mungo MacCallum, and
featuring a poem by Les Murray.
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