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From the time of the Picts to the present day, Scotland has played
an important role in the development of British brewing, providing
a host of inventions and other contributions vital to its success.
Covering such topics as Scotch Ale, Porter, Shilling Ales and the
influential waters of Edinburgh and Alloa, The Little History of
Scottish Brewing will intrigue both the aficionado and the
interested enthusiast.
Second big screen outing for the popular cult superhero Hellboy
(Ron Perlman), who originally appeared in Mike Mignola's Dark Horse
comic series. In this highly acclaimed instalment, the mythical
world starts an uprising against humanity in a bid to take over the
Earth, and Hellboy and his team are all that stand in their way.
Can the superheroic redfaced demon prevent the destruction of
mankind once again? Guillermo del Toro writes and directs, and
Selma Blair reprises her role as Hellboy's love interest, Liz
Sherman.
J. A. Fuller Maitland (1856 1936), whose Masters of German Music is
also reissued in this series, was music critic of The Times for 22
years, was the editor of the second edition of Grove's Dictionary
of Music and Musicians, prepared an edition of the Fitzwilliam
Virginal Book, and also worked on Purcell and on folk song. This
biography of Schumann, in the 'Great Musicians' series edited by
Francis Hueffer, was published in 1884, 28 years after its
subject's death. It is dedicated to Schumann's widow, Clara, who
the author consulted, along with Joachim and others; but he also
acknowledges that those hoping for an exhaustive life of Schumann
would be disappointed: 'The time for writing such a life is not yet
come.' Nevertheless, this book contains a survey of Schumann's
compositions as well as his critical writings and a range of
contemporary critical responses to his work.
J. A. Fuller Maitland (1856 1936), whose Schumann in the Novello
'Great Musicians' series is also reissued in this series, had a
wide-ranging interest in music. He was music critic of The Times
for 22 years, was the editor of the second edition of Grove's
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, prepared an edition of the
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, and also worked on Purcell and on folk
song. This book, published in 1894, surveys the then current state
of German music, with essays on Brahms, Bruch, Goldmark and
Rheinberger. Bruckner is mentioned as a 'Little Master', and
Richard Strauss appears in the final chapter, entitled 'New Paths
(?)' but the surprise for present-day readers is that the composer
fulsomely claimed by Fuller Maitland as the natural successor to
Wagner, Cyrill Kistler, is now almost completely unknown.
This book concerns the relationship between ideas and power in the
genesis of the Roman empire. The self-justification of the first
emperor through the consensus of the citizen body constrained him
to adhere to 'legitimate' and 'traditional' forms of
self-presentation. Lobur explores how these notions become
explicated and reconfigured by the upper and mostly non-political
classes of Italy and Rome. The chronic turmoil experienced in the
late republic shaped the values and program of the imperial system;
it molded the comprehensive and authoritative accounts of Roman
tradition and history in a way that allowed the system to appear
both traditional and historical. This book also examines how shifts
in rhetorical and historiographical practices facilitated the
spreading and assimilation of shared ideas that allowed the empire
to cohere.
This book concerns the relationship between ideas and power in the
genesis of the Roman empire. The self-justification of the first
emperor through the consensus of the citizen body constrained him
to adhere to legitimate' and traditional' forms of
self-presentation. Lobur explores how these notions become
explicated and reconfigured by the upper and mostly non-political
classes of Italy and Rome. The chronic turmoil experienced in the
late republic shaped the values and program of the imperial system;
it molded the comprehensive and authoritative accounts of Roman
tradition and history in a way that allowed the system to appear
both traditional and historical. This book also examines how shifts
in rhetorical and historiographical practices facilitated the
spreading and assimilation of shared ideas that allowed the empire
to cohere.
The book aims to describe the history of Chan (Japanese Zen) School
thought from the standpoint of social history. Chan, a school of
East Asian Buddhism, was influential on all levels of societies in
the region because of its intellectual and aesthetic appeal. In
China, Chan infiltrated all levels of society, mainly because it
engaged with society and formed the mainstream of Buddhism from the
tenth or eleventh centuries through to the twentieth century. This
book, taking a critical stance, examines the entire history of Chan
thought and practice from the viewpoint of a modern Chinese
scholar, not a practitioner, but an intellectual historian who
places ideological developments in social contexts. Â
The author suggests that core elements of Chan have their origins
in Daoist philosophers, especially Zhuangzi, and not in Indian
Buddhist concepts. Covering the period from the sixth century into
the twentieth century, it deals with Chan interactions with
neo-Confucianism, Quanzhen Daoism, and Gongyang new text philology,
as well as with literature and scholarship, its fusion with Pure
Land Buddhism, and its syncretic tendencies. Chan’s exchanges
with emperors from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty, as well
as the motives of some loyalists of the Ming Dynasty for
joining Chan after the fall of the Ming, are described. The book
concludes with an examination of the views of Chan of Hu Shi, D.T.
Suzuki, and the scholar-monk Yinshun.
Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and
popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half
centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores
Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often
contradictory images that have shaped perceptions of the region as
both the essence of America and a place apart.
Williams begins his story in the colonial era and describes the
half-century of bloody warfare as migrants from Europe and their
American-born offspring fought and eventually displaced
Appalachia's Native American inhabitants. He depicts the evolution
of a backwoods farm-and-forest society, its divided and unhappy
fate during the Civil War, and the emergence of a new industrial
order as railroads, towns, and extractive industries penetrated
deeper and deeper into the mountains. Finally, he considers
Appalachia's fate in the twentieth century, when it became the
first American region to suffer widespread deindustrialization, and
examines the partial renewal created by federal intervention and a
small but significant wave of in-migration.
Throughout the book, a wide range of Appalachian voices enlivens
the analysis and reminds us of the importance of storytelling in
the ways the people of Appalachia define themselves and their
region.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Leaves Of Healing, Volume 33 John Alexander Dowie Zion
Publishing House, 1913 Body, Mind & Spirit; Healing; Prayer
& Spiritual; Body, Mind & Spirit / Healing / Prayer &
Spiritual; Spiritual healing
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The St. John Genealogy; Descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650 (Hardcover)
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