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Offers a new look at slave revolts in ancient history and ancient historiography

Here lies a collection of some of Grant Allen's lesserknown stories, many of which have not been reprinted since the original 19th century publications. They have remained largely unread since then. They cover a wide range of genres from detective fiction and romance, to science fiction, each story depicting Victorian British society with a humour and wit which has stood the test of time. Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a prolific and ve...

God made us for relationship with Him! Regular devotional times are a vital key to our spiritual growth, yet there are many common struggles we can face as we try to make devotionals a consistent part of our life: Procrastination can prevent us from startingDistractions can fight for our attentionFrustration and boredom can undermine our enthusiasmComparing our struggles with other's 'show-reels' can make us feel like we're failingIn this book...

Steeped in the images of New England, this first poetry volume from poet Peter Morton brings to the table a trove of previously unshared work scratched on napkins and the back of envelopes. Centered on seasonal motifs, each "handful" takes the reader deeply into the unique and beautiful solitude of the New England Landscape. Following in the steps of the imagists the poet brings each poem to the page with intent, drawing the reader into both t...

Tuck this slim volume of poetry in your back pack as you're heading out leaf peeping this year. Set in lesser known places and along back roads in New England these short lyric poems are a banquet of language and image that will add to the enjoyment of your autumn pilgrimage.

For forty-six years Dr Peter Morton worked in the Australian bush. He was a GP, a hospital administrator, he worked for the Army, he flew with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. He saw the leaps in sophistication of the practice of medicine, even in the remotest places. But it is not only the love of his profession that informs these pages. Peter Morton loves the bush and the people who live in its varied landscapes. It is Peter's own delight in...

Peter Morton has lived and worked as a doctor in outback and rural Australia for 48 years.Now he and like-minded mates have got together to share their memorable experiences.This book is full of a number of rollicking yarns gathered together of bush life from heartbreak to humorous, from irreverent to respectful and you may find a few that are very serious.Bill "Swampy" Marsh

Tales from the heights of the Rocky Mountains to the depths of the Pacific and everywhere in between, by writers from 10 to 90.This second collections follows on from the success of the original Potshots and Snapshots.

An odyssey of a mother and daughter who fought the outback and won... but at a terrible cost. Susana Honan, from Ireland, aged 18, arrived in Brisbane on the Gauntlet in 1878 and in 1886 married the owner/builder of the Royal Hotel in Birdsville, Qld. She had three children and her husband died during the third pregnancy. She managed that hotel or Tattersalls Hotel, also in Birdsville intermittently until 1912. In 1913 her third child, Alberta...

An odyssey of a mother and daughter who fought the outback and won... but at a terrible cost. Susana Honan, from Ireland, aged 18, arrived in Brisbane on the Gauntlet in 1878 and in 1886 married the owner/builder of the Royal Hotel in Birdsville, Qld. She had three children and her husband died during the third pregnancy. She managed that hotel or Tattersalls Hotel, also in Birdsville intermittently until 1912. In 1913 her third child, Alberta...

Here lies a collection of some of Grant Allen's lesser-known stories, many of which have not been reprinted since the original 19th century publications. They have remained largely unread since then. They cover a wide range of genres from detective fiction and romance, to science fiction, each story depicting Victorian British society with a humour and wit which has stood the test of time.Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a prolific and vers...

This reissue, initially published in 1977, is an introduction to contemporary trading positions and problems of developing countries. The authors examine the main export options of Third World countries and consider the roles of the key international organisations ¿ GATT, UNCTAD, etc ¿ and those of national governments and foreign investors.

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The Bedevilment of Elizabeth Lorentz provides excellent insight into the complexities of Protestant attitudes to melancholy and the Devil, and into the circumstances of young women in early modern Europe.

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This collection of essays by musicologists and art historians explores the reciprocal influences between music and painting during the nineteenth century.

Presents historical and contemporary readings, together with detailed commentary, to outline and explain the development of philosophical thinking about the mind. This book surveys the developments in philosophy of mind in the twentieth century, including behaviourism, identity theory, and functionalism.

Bring historical thinking into the history and social studies classroom with The Big Six - a new Professional Developmentresource from authors Dr. Peter Seixas and Tom Morton"My favourite resource right now is actually a Nelson resource called The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts. I love it because it is a great support for history teachers as they rethink their teaching to be more about thinking skills. I think this will be a very valuabl...

This collection of essays by musicologists and art historians explores the reciprocal influences between music and painting during the nineteenth century, a critical period of gestation when instrumental music was identified as the paradigmatic expressive art and theoretically aligned with painting in the formulation utpictura musica (as with music, so with painting). Under music's influence, painting approached the threshold of abstraction, c...

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