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Supporting Lovelock's thesis that the Earth is a living being, Swan suggests natural sites such as Serpent Mound, Machu Pichu, and Kilauea Center have the power to move us in ways modern science cannot explain. ,

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Each book describes how scientists classify living things and then explains -- in clear, simple language -- how the group of animals featured in the book fits into the larger picture.

Much of the story is seen through the eyes of Billy Hudnut, a quickly maturing 15-year old charmer who personifies the innocence of the times.

Bernard V Bothmer was a leading Egyptologist and art historian of the mid-twentieth century. Born in Berlin, he emigrated to America in 1941, and soon become an assistant curator of Ancient Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 1950 Bothmer received a small grant to go to Egypt, to familiarize himself with the Cairo Museum and the archaeological sites, and to visit and study the places where the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Eg...

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Dr. Terry Swan is Professor of Psychology and Religion at Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, Kentucky. He is the author of nine books and is a popular speaker and workshop leader. There are some basic questions asked by every human being on the planet. Why am I here? How should I invest the days of my life? How can I know God's will? Dr. Terry Swan tackles these hard issues of faith and personal mission, as well as many other questions, in a...

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The Year's Work in Medievalism, ' volume XVII, is based upon but not restricted to the 2002 proceedings of the annual International Conference on Medievalism, organized by the Director of Conferences of Studies in Medievalism, Gwendolyn Morgan, and, for 2002, Jesse G. Swan and Richard Utz. It contains eleven essays exploring various representations of the medieval from the Renaissance through contemporary times: Hannah Johnson, The Saint in th...

The Deep" is a vivid, accomplished tale of twin sisters caught up in the mania that was World War I. The year is 1918. Esther and Ruth, living a life privileged and protected, embark upon a journey to France that will profoundly affect their relationship with each other, those they leave behind and those they have yet to meet. In France, their experiences bring them face to face with the horrors and tragedy of war, but also expose them to a wo...

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 w...

In 1849 James Swan turned his back on his wife and two children, a prosperous ship-fitting business, and the polite and predictable world of commerce in Boston and fled to the newly opened gold fields in California. Soon sick of the bonanza society, he emigrated to a shallow harbor called Shoalwater Bay (now Willapa Bay) north of the Columbia River in Washington Territory.Swan eagerly became a part of the frontier community, enjoying the compa...

Noah is fast, so fast he can outrun anyone he knows, even the two tough kids who wait for him every day after school.

A failing mark in English lands 12-year-old Tyler in summer school. He's not allowed to watch TV or play computer games. His separated parents are blaming each other for his poor grades. Tyler's only distraction from his troubles is training for a triathlon race, which includes swimming, biking, and running. At first, he deals with his swimming the way he deals with his schoolwork -- by avoiding it. But Tyler learns that in sports, school, and...

The complete guide to painless, mutually profitable performance appraisals… How to do a Superior Performance Appraisal For anybody who equates doing a performance appraisal with a dental appointment, here’ s a complete guide to painless, mutually profitable appraisals. Written by bestselling management author and Fortune 1000 consultant William S. Swan, it shows you how to transform what traditionally has been a source of potential conflict am...

Written at the height of the arts and crafts movement in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Alois Riegl's Stilfragen represented a turning point in defining art and understanding the sources of its inspiration. Demonstrating an uninterrupted continuity in the history of ornament from the ancient Egyptian through the Islamic period, Riegl argued that the creative urge manifests itself in both "great art" and the most humble artifact, and that change is an i...

These eleven compelling stories reveal the interplay and varying hues of two basic elements of human experience--memory and desire. Captivated by memory, impelled by desire, Gladys Swan's characters are frequently forced to shed their illusions as they struggle to shape their lives.

Christmas at Tiffany's is an exciting, globetrotting story of friendship and romance from Karen Swan.Cassie settled down too young, marrying her first serious boyfriend. Now, ten years later, she is betrayed and broken. With her marriage in tatters and no career or home of her own, she needs to work out where she belongs in the world and who she really is. So begins a year-long trial as Cassie leaves her sheltered life in rural Scotland to sta...