Alex Mar's bold yet sensitive account of one of America's youngest death row inmates-and the people whose lives she forever changed-is intimately reported, deeply moving, and unforgettable."-Robert Kolker, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road"An absorbing work of social history and a story about the mystery and miracle of forgiveness. It is a book of awesome scope, and it deserves to be read with attention." -Hilary Mantel, ...
Excerpt from The Middle Ages Revisited or the Roman Government and Religion, and Their Relations to BritainThe accepted origin and Spirit of the feudal system will also be chal lenged. It is in vain that the constitutions Of certain modern states have forbidden feudalism, so long as the essential nature of feuds is misunderstood, or their origin is overlooked. Feudalism is not yet wholly extirpated from the European world. It has been cut down...
Excerpt from Ancient Britain: In the Light of Modern Archæological DiscoveriesAbbay (richard). Restoration of the Ancient System of Tank Irrigation in Ceylon. Printed in the London Nature Of Oct. 11, 1877.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to ...
Excerpt from A History of the Precious Metals: From the Earliest to the Present
Del Mar's History of the Precious Metals was begun in 1858, laid aside in 1862, when the author published his first work on Money, resumed in 1869, completed in 1879, and published during the fol lowing year by Messrs. Geo. Bell Sons, of London. The merits of the work were at once recognized by the literary press, portions of it were translated and republished wit...
Excerpt from Ancient Britain: In the Light of Modern Archæological Discoveries
Abbay (richard). Restoration of the Ancient System of Tank Irrigation in Ceylon. Printed in the London Nature Of Oct. 11, 1877.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techno...
Excerpt from A History of the Precious Metals: From the Earliest to the PresentDel Mar's History of the Precious Metals was begun in 1858, laid aside in 1862, when the author published his first work on Money, resumed in 1869, completed in 1879, and published during the fol lowing year by Messrs. Geo. Bell Sons, of London. The merits of the work were at once recognized by the literary press, portions of it were translated and republished with ...
Excerpt from The Middle Ages Revisited or the Roman Government and Religion, and Their Relations to Britain
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Witches of America is a memoir of Alex Mar's immersive five-year trip into the occult, as both a journalist and someone searching for her own faith. She explores modern Paganism-from its roots in 1950s England to its present-day American mecca in the San Francisco Bay Area, from a gathering of more than a thousand witches in the Illinois woods to the New Orleans branch of one of the world's most influential magical societies-and decides to tra...
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