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From myth to Musk, astrology to astronomy, Dr Stuark Clark selects
the very best writing about the Red Planet. From its very first
sighting, Mars has been a source of fascination for humanity. Named
for the Roman god of war, this red planet has been explored more
than any other beyond Earth and continues to occupy a distinctive
place in our imagination. It's an environment that may even foster
life. In The Book of Mars, Dr Stuart Clark selects one hundred
pieces of writing about the planet. It is a collection that brings
together fact and fiction, dreams and fears, centuries of
observation and more recent feats of interstellar exploration. From
classic writers of science fiction – Stanley G. Weinbaum, Arthur
C. Clarke, H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, Pamela Sargent, Roger Zelazny
– to distinguished experts in astronomy, astrobiology and
aerospace engineering; from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning authors
– Kim Stanley Robinson, Mary Robinette Kowal – to trail-blazing
journalists and science communicators; from Andy Weir's The Martian
to Elon Musk's SpaceX programme, The Book of Mars is an
extraordinary overview both of the Red Planet and of the way
scientific investigation diffuses into culture.
Trust the best-selling Official Cert Guide series from Cisco Press
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"Do I Know This Already?" quizzes open each chapter and enable you
to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam
topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending exam preparation
tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. *
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Official Cert Guide from Cisco Press helps you prepare to succeed
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Four leading Cisco DevNet experts share preparation hints and
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improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. This
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to help you pass the exams * Do I Know This Already? quizzes, which
enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each
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assessment features, and challenging review questions and
exercises, this official study guide helps you understand the
concepts and apply the techniques you need to ensure your exam
success. This official study guide helps you learn all the topics
on the Developing Applications Using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs
(DEVCOR 350-901) exam, deepening your knowledge of * Software
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Annales is the name given to a major school of Historical enquiry,
after the journal Annales d'histoire economique et sociale founded
in 1929 by Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre. This school of
historiography has been one of the most celebrated, and yet
criticised, of the Twentieth century. It represented a departure
from the traditional narrative chronological history and the
incorporation of other disciplines, particularly geography and
social anthropology.
This set selects essays on the school, their journal, their
self-referentiality and their influence, focusing mainly on debates
in a number of academic fields from the last three decades. The
central figures of Braudel, Ferro, Febvre, Bloch and Burke are well
represented, as well as other exponents such as Gurevich and
Wallerstein.
Volume I: Histories and Overviews
Volume II: The Annales School and Historical Studies
Volume III: Fernand Braudel
Volume IV: Febvre, Bloch and other Annales Historians
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Catnap (Paperback)
Robin Stuart-Clark
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Discovery Miles 1 980
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The roots of European witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and other
ancient Near Eastern cultures and in the Celtic, Nordic, and
Germanic traditions of the Continent. For two millennia, European
folklore and ritual have been imbued with the belief in the
supernatural, yielding a rich trove of histories and images. A
series that combines traditional approaches of political, legal,
and social historians with critical syntheses of cultural
anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies, Witchcraft
and Magic in Europe provides a modern, scholarly survey of the
supernatural beliefs of Europeans from ancient times to the present
day. Each of the six volumes in the series contains the work of
distinguished scholars chosen for their expertise in a particular
era or region. Witchcraft today continues to play a role in
European societies and imaginations. This concluding volume
includes a major new history of the origins and development of
English "Wicca" and an account of the circumstances in which the
term 'Satanist' has been used to label individuals or groups. The
widespread prevalence of such phenomena proves the contemporary
reality of beliefs in witchcraft and its threats. Other volumes in
the series Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome
The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Biblical and Pagan
Societies The Middle Ages The Period of the Witch Trials
Each volume in the series Witchcraft and Magic in Europe
combines the traditional approaches of political, legal, and social
historians with a critical synthesis of cultural anthropology,
historical psychology, and gender studies. The series, complete in
six volumes, provides a modern, scholarly survey of the
supernatural beliefs of Europeans from ancient times to the present
day.Most European prosecutions for the crime of witchcraft occurred
between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, with the peak
coming in the hundred years after 1560. This volume brings together
the large amount of recent scholarship on witchcraft of this period
and provides a novel analysis of the trials by considering the
legal systems involved. Witch hunts, methods of torture, and the
scientific interest in magic spells and demonology as an
intellectual pursuit are also covered in detail.
During the Middle Ages a shared European concept of magic
emerged. In the early period, pagan beliefs and practices were
absorbed into everyday culture, including the rituals of the
Church. The rise of the practice of "white magic" in the twelfth
century became so popular that it caused a widespread determination
in the Church to condemn any unsanctioned beliefs or practices. The
Church and state, both centralized powers in a decentralized
Europe, gradually sharpened their attitude toward magic in general,
and sorcery and witchcraft in particular, paving the way for the
violent outbreaks of witch persecutions in early modern
Europe.Witchcraft and Magic in Europe combines the traditional
approaches of political, legal, and social historians with a
critical synthesis of cultural anthropology, historical psychology,
and gender studies. The series, complete in six volumes, provides a
modern, scholarly survey of the supernatural beliefs of Europeans
from ancient times to the present day. Each volume of this
ambitious six-volume series contains the work of distinguished
scholars chosen for their expertise in a particular era or
region.
In the ancient Near East, the art of influencing the natural course
of events by means of spells and other ritual forms was universal.
The social and political role of magic is apparent, too, in the
competition to achieve precedence over rival systems of ritual
practice and belief. Within a region filled with petty kingdoms
competing for power, the Jews of ancient Palestine maintained
control over adherents by developing distinct ritual practices and
condemning as heretical those of nearby cults. Texts from
Mesopotamia reveal a striking number of incantations, rituals, and
medical recipes against witchcraft, attesting to a profound fear of
being bewitched. Magical rituals were also used to maintain harmony
between the human and divine realms. The roots of European
witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and other ancient Near Eastern
cultures and in the Celtic, Nordic, and Germanic traditions of the
continent. For two millennia, European folklore and ritual have
been imbued with the belief in the supernatural, yielding a rich
trove of histories and images. Witchcraft and Magic in Europe
combines the traditional approaches of political, legal, and social
historians with a critical synthesis of cultural anthropology,
historical psychology, and gender studies. The series, complete in
six volumes, provides a modern, scholarly survey of the
supernatural beliefs of Europeans from ancient times to the present
day. Each volume of this ambitious six-volume series contains the
work of distinguished scholars chosen for their expertise in a
particular era or region.
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 5 The Eighteenth and
Nineteenth Centuries Edited by Bengt Ankarloo and Stuart Clark
"Although the volumes are intended mainly for scholars, there is
much in them to interest the common reader."--"New Yorker" "Reminds
readers of the extent to which science, reason, and skepticism
failed to destroy the realm of arcane arts and
nightmares."--"History" The roots of European witchcraft and magic
lie in Hebrew and other ancient Near Eastern cultures and in the
Celtic, Nordic, and Germanic traditions of the Continent. For two
millennia, European folklore and ritual have been imbued with the
belief in the supernatural, yielding a rich trove of histories and
images. A series that combines traditional approaches of political,
legal, and social historians with critical syntheses of cultural
anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies, Witchcraft
and Magic in Europe provides a modern, scholarly survey of the
supernatural beliefs of Europeans from ancient times to the present
day. Each of the six volumes in the series contains the work of
distinguished scholars chosen for their expertise in a particular
era or region. The eighteenth century saw the end of witch trials
everywhere. The authors chart the process of and reasons for the
decriminalization of witchcraft, but also challenge the widespread
assumption that Europe then became "disenchanted." Here for the
first time are surveys of the social role of witchcraft in European
communities, as well as a full treatment of Victorian
supernaturalism and of the continued importance of witchcraft and
magic as topics of debate among intellectuals and other writers.
Other volumes in the series Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient
Greece and Rome The Twentieth Century Biblical and Pagan Societies
The Middle Ages The Period of the Witch Trials Bengt Ankarloo is
Professor of History at Lund University, Sweden. Stuart Clark is
Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea. 1999 288
pages 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 ISBN 978-0-8122-1706-3 Paper $24.95s 16.50 Not
for sale outside North America and the Philippines History,
Anthropology, Religion Short copy: Topics include the decline of
the witchcraft trials and the role of witchcraft and magic in
enlightenment, romantic, and liberal thought.
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for
2000 The roots of European witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and
other ancient Near Eastern cultures and in the Celtic, Nordic, and
Germanic traditions of the Continent. For two millennia, European
folklore and ritual have been imbued with the belief in the
supernatural, yielding a rich trove of histories and images. The
six volumes in the series Witchcraft and Magic in Europe combine
traditional approaches of political, legal, and social historians
with critical syntheses of cultural anthropology, historical
psychology, and gender studies. The series provides a modern,
scholarly survey of the supernatural beliefs of Europeans from
ancient times to the present day. Each volume contains the work of
distinguished scholars chosen for their expertise in a particular
era or region. The chronological scope of this volume ranges from
the heroic age of Homer's Greek East to the time of the rise of
Christianity, a period of well over a thousand years. In this long
millennium the political and cultural landscapes of the
Mediterranean basin underwent significant changes, as competing
creeds and denominations rose to the fore, and often accused each
other of sorcery. Other volumes in the series Witchcraft and Magic
in Europe: Biblical and Pagan Societies The Middle Ages The Period
of the Witch Trials The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries The
Twentieth Century
The awe-inspiring history of humanity told through our relationship
with stars and the night sky. 'Excellent . . . This books makes you
rethink the traditional story of the history of astronomy . . .
Effortlessly readable.' BBC Sky at Night 'Stuart Clark's picture of
the yawning gaps in our understanding of the cosmos is fuller than
most.' Nature From the Stone Age to the Space Age, Stuart Clark
explores a fascination shared across the world, one that has
unequivocally shaped us as civilisations and as individuals,
housing our hopes and fears. In the stars, we can see our past -
and ultimately, our fate.
Spanning the years in which Virginia Woolf penned her classic novel
"The Waves" and worked on "Flush," the nonfiction pieces in this
fifth volume provide further insight into Woolf's creative genius
and showcase her supreme stylistic capability. The far-ranging
essays and criticism collected here include ruminations on the
romantic and literary lives of William Cowper and Christina
Rossetti and an introduction to memoirs by the Women's Cooperative
Guild that reveals Woolf's signature feminism. This collection also
includes the entirety of The "Common Reader: Second Series," the
sequel to The "Common Reader."
From Stone Age to space age, people have looked up at the stars and
been inspired by their beauty, their patterns, and their majesty.
Beneath the Night is a history of humanity, told through our
relationship with the night sky. From prehistoric cave art and
Ancient Egyptian zodiacs to the modern era of satellites and space
exploration, Stuart Clark explores a fascination shared across the
world and throughout millennia. It is one that has shaped our
scientific understanding; helped us navigate the terrestrial world;
provided inspiration for our poets, artists and philosophers; and
it has given us a place to project our hopes and fears. In the
stars, we can see our past - and ultimately, our fate. This is the
awe-inspiring story of the universe, and our place within it.
In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a
gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted
across the planet from the poles to the tropics. Around the world,
telegraph systems crashed, machines burst into flames, and electric
shocks rendered operators unconscious. Compasses and other
sensitive instruments reeled as if struck by a massive magnetic
fist. For the first time, people began to suspect that the Earth
was not isolated from the rest of the universe. However, nobody
knew what could have released such strange forces upon the
Earth--nobody, that is, except the amateur English astronomer
Richard Carrington.
In this riveting account, Stuart Clark tells for the first time
the full story behind Carrington's observations of a mysterious
explosion on the surface of the Sun and how his brilliant
insight--that the Sun's magnetism directly influences the
Earth--helped to usher in the modern era of astronomy. Clark
vividly brings to life the scientists who roundly rejected the
significance of Carrington's discovery of solar flares, as well as
those who took up his struggle to prove the notion that the Earth
could be touched by influences from space. Clark also reveals new
details about the sordid scandal that destroyed Carrington's
reputation and led him from the highest echelons of science to the
very lowest reaches of love, villainy, and revenge.
"The Sun Kings" transports us back to Victorian England, into
the very heart of the great nineteenth-century scientific
controversy about the Sun's hidden influence over our planet.
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Funversations (Paperback)
Stuart Clark, Dave Clark
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R371
R314
Discovery Miles 3 140
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An anthology of verse which provides coverage of eight topics:
childhood; creatures; landscapes; seascapes; people; mystery; war;
reflections. Includes poems by Shakespeare, Lawrence and Emily
Dickinson, accompanied by black and white illustrations.
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