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From the days predating the American Revolution, Downingtown has played a vital part in the development of not only Chester County but also the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States of America. It was an important stop for farmers and tradesmen transporting goods between Lancaster and Philadelphia. During the Philadelphia campaign of the Revolution in 1777, the Continental Congress approved the storage of material for George Washi...

Surely destined to become the classic commentary on the Satipatthana" --Christopher Titmuss "Now in its second printing!

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The seventh edition of Basic Child Psychiatry has been completely revised and updated to take account of advances in this fascinating and important subject.The opening chapters set the scene with developmental considerations, epidemiology and assessment. Coverage includes causal factors and reflects the progress made in the understanding of the genetics of child psychiatric disorders. The main body of the book guides the reader through the maj...

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Wiederveröffentlichung des dritten Albums der rumänischen Folk-Band. Das dritte Album von Taraf de Haïdouks entstand wie seine Vorgänger in Clejani, der Heimatstadt der rumänischen Folkgruppe in der Nähe von Bukarest. Doch diesmal luden sich die Taraf einige Gäste ein: u. a. die Musiker von Mîrsa mit ihrem charakteristischen Call-and-response-Gesangsstil, Rosioru, der Crooner der Walachei, und die bemerkenswerte Sängerin Viorica. Zusammen mit ...

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Die Revolution ist immer noch tanzbar. Interessierten und informierten Musikfreunden ist die Band schon lange ein Begriff. Es ist nicht zu hoch gestochen, das bereits 1995 gegründete Quartett als kreative Keimzelle diverser späterer Chart-Stürmer zu bezeichnen. Und einen Platz neben den Folgebands ihrer ehemaligen Mitstreiter - es sei hier nur Kettcar erwähnt - hätten sie wohl auch verdient. Doch warf ihnen das Schicksal massenhaft Knüppel in ...

Die theorieorientierte und interdisziplinär angelegte Fallstudie untersucht die Entstehung des altägyptischen Staates im Spiegel der klassischen europäischen Staatsbildungsprozesse. Sie setzt dabei an einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit der Marxschen Gesellschaftstheorie wie klassischen Theorien gesellschaftlicher Evolution an und überwindet ihren eurozentristischen Gehalt. Die politökonomische Interpretation archäologischer, geoökologisch...

North Carolina's magnificent Blue Ridge Mountains have drawn people to the Swannanoa Valley since the beginning of time. Rivers and forests lured early hunters and gatherers, later inhabitants tilled the rich, fertile soil and logged the thick forests on the mountainsides. People also came to the mountains to enjoy the mystical beauty and enchantment of the area, the cool, crisp climate, and the sparkling waters of brooks and streams. Hiking, ...

This collection of translated writings addresses the issue of engaging in secular life with Buddhist intentions. It includes practical advice by great Tibetan teachers such as Paltrul Rinpoche and Jigme Lingpa. Combining folktales and poetry, their teachings pieces impart the essence of spirituality in a pithy, direct fashion.

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Populist Huey Long once said that when fascism comes to America it'll come in the guise of anti-fascism. And in America in the year 2048 that is just what has happened. Multiculturalism, praised by many contemporaries, has become an absolute and indomitable force in a future where a tyrannical regime hands down the ultimate penalty to anyone accused of politically incorrect actions or attitudes.Liam Eustace is a lonely corporate nobody struggl...

Everett A. ("Moon") Lunamin returns from battles in Vietnam determined to gain wealth and social status by becoming an entrepreneur in the coal industry at the height of the coal boom in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Moon struggles with his cousin George Landsetter, a reclamation officer, and his surface mining competitors, Dave Blackmun and Dab Whacker, whose greed exceeds their business ability and ethics. Lunamin's efforts succeed to a ...

Melodie Chang's life has been peaceful ever since she cut off the head of Dennis Van Landingham. Then Dexter McGuire, a sixteen-year-old rich kid, enters her life one morning as she's jogging around Back Cove. He's crude, irreverent and his first words to her are typically teenage coarse. What could he possibly say to her in order to help him beat a murder rap, one that accuses him of killing his own father? Read "Lacy's Eyes" to learn what it...

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A Walk Among Blue Slate Markers is a historical novel about that "peculiar institution" called slavery. In the early seventeen hundreds, Tobias Rutherford, a shopkeeper in Liverpool, England, sets in motion a cruel chain of events that followed his son, Winfield, across the Atlantic Ocean and into his mansion at Irongate Plantation. Winfield and his wife, Beatrice, are consumed with jealousy and hatred, not only for each other, but for their h...

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