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The Wanderer inspires feelings of pure terror in the hearts of the five billion human beings inhabiting Planet Earth. The presence of an alien planet causes increasingly severe tragedies and chaos. However, one man stands apart from the mass of frightened humanity. For him, the legendary Wanderer is a mere tale of bizarre alien domination and human submission. His conception of the Wanderer bleeds into unrequited love for the mysterious "she" ...

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From the grand Norman naves and exceptional medieval monuments of Gloucester and Tewkesbury to the Victorian extravagance of Highnam church and the bold simplicity of Randall Wells's Kempley, the Vale of Gloucester is rich in ecclesiastical architecture. But buildings of all types are represented in this volume, including not only notable examples of timber-framed houses but also such eighteenth-century delights as the Gothic orangery at Framp...

Contributors: Russell L. Ackoff, Martin C. J. Elton, Thomas A Cowan, James C. Emery, Peter Davis, Marybeth L. Meditz, Wladimer M. Sachs. With the collaboration of William C. Donovan, Mohammad Jahani, and Jonathan V. Rosenhead.

An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 childrens authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12, 000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, works in progress, ada...

Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are: James BaldwinGwendolyn BrooksMargaret DrabbleSylvia Plath

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Explains how to progress from the physical disciplines of body awareness, relaxation, and rythmic breathing, through concentration, developing will, mantra-practice, to the ultimate awareness that All is God.

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Schuberts 22 Klaviersonaten spiegeln den kompositorischen Weg, den dieser allzu früh verstorbene Komponist gegangen ist, sehr genau wieder. Von den ersten Versuchen des Sechzehn- bis Neunzehnjährigen ist eine kontinuierliche Entwicklung festzustellen hin zu den fünf großen Sonaten, die er in den Jahren zwischen 1823 und 1826 komponierte und schließlich zu den drei kurz vor seinem Tod entstandenen, meisterlichen Sonaten, die ihn als Sonatenkomp...

In the Sudan in 1881 an obscure son of a carpenter pronounced himself the 'Mahdi' or 'Guided One of the Prophet', the long-expected Messiah of the Islamic faith. His influence was so strong that Egypt (co-ruled by Britain and France) was plunged into war. Robert Wilkinson-Latham provides an absorbing account of the Sudan campaigns, including the siege of Khartoum, the unpredictable General Charles Gordon, and the Nile Expedition. The author de...

Virginia Woolf's only true biography, written to commemorate a devoted friend and one of the most renowned art critics of this century, who helped to bring the Postimpressionist movement from France to England and America. Index, illustrations.

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A practical guide for anyone who wants to make the morning meal memorable. Includes chapters on uncommon breakfast beverages and extras such as Bacon Bars and Bananas Grecian.