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Tales not suitable for mortals" is a magic book of legends and myths, that teach stories about Roma (Gypsy's), Angels, Witches, Lions, Giants, Dwarfs, Monsters, Princess', and a few creatures you may not have heard of. This is not your childhood fairytales, these are darker tales, like the ancient legends before man.

Originally known as Henpeck, the village of Hampshire began when Zenas Allen of Vermont became its first settler in 1836. From 1837 to 1845, Henpeck existed along the Chicago-Galena Stagecoach Trail at Old State (Route 20), Big Timber, and Brier Hill Roads. Hampshire Township was organized in 1845, and the village's name was changed to Hampshire. In 1876, the village relocated so that it could be along the Chicago-Pacific Railroad line. Hampsh...

Although best known for the cannonball in a column of its Greek Revival courthouse, Lexington was also an outfitting stop on the Santa Fe Trail. Merchants and freighters such as the Aull brothers and Russell, Majors, and Waddell contributed to its prominence, as did steamboats transporting large quantities of hemp and tobacco. Following the Battle of Lexington, Union occupation, and robberies by the James-Younger Gang, the railroads' need for ...

Robert J. Cross arrived in Roscoe in 1835, and by the 1840s the village had two churches, sawmills, a gristmill, a woolen mill, and a distillery. Roscoe had become the musical center of the area, with the city's brass band performing at the ceremony for the laying of Beloit College's cornerstone. Founded by hardworking, temperate abolitionists, the village was named after an Englishman well known for his antislavery poems. The villagers were i...

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Insomnia does not have to be a life sentence of restless nights - take charge of your sleep and build healthy sleeping habits ... Written by a former insomnia sufferer, this comprehensive guide draws disparate studies and approaches together under one cover to give you those much-needed eight hours of sleep. Find out how to: ¿ address numerous underlying factors causing insomnia ¿ put your life back on a healthy track improve overall wellne...

The transformations of people's relations to media content, technologies and institutions raise new methodological challenges and opportunities for audience research. This edited volume aims at contributing to the development of the repertoire of methods and methodologies for audience research by reviewing and exemplifying approaches that have been stimulated by the changing conditions and practices of audiences.

About the Contributor(s): Marty Folsom (PhD, Otago, New Zealand) teaches in the Seattle area at Northwest University and Trinity Lutheran College. He is also the Executive Director of the Pacific Association for Theological Studies, and a popular speaker on relational themes.

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Founded in 1911 by William R. Norton, Sunnyslope is older than the State of Arizona. By 1919, the desert settlement had only four or five cottages and no roads, no electricity, and no running water. That soon changed as those recovering from tuberculosis sought the relief of Sunnyslope's dry climate. In 1927, the Desert Mission was established, with its nurses dubbed the "Angels of the Desert." This would eventually become the modern, multisto...

Texas is a Southern state, and in many ways, Houston is a typical Southern city. While Houston did not experience the types or degrees of racial violence found in other Southern cities during the Jim Crow era, black Houstonians nonetheless found themselves often relegated to the margins of society. For decades there were two distinct Houstons: one white and the other black. However, Houston's black community created businesses that flourished ...

This book focuses on the role of nutraceuticals in human health, disease prevention, health promotion, and as an adjunct to disease treatment. This epidemiological focus is very crucial because it will address whether, and what kinds of, evidence exist to support a role for nutraceuticals in disease prevention and treatment. Cutting-edge summaries highlight both the biological and epidemiological findings of relevant studies of nutraceuticals ...

In 1856, Live Oak County was chartered by frontiersmen under the spreading limbs of a great live oak tree near the Nueces River. As far back as 12, 000 years, hunter-gatherer Paleo-Indians subsisted on berries, roots, and megafauna like mastodons in this timeless frontier. Cabeza de Vaca, prisoner of Coahuiltecans in 1535, provided the first European description of the area. The Spanish then explored and unsuccessfully attempted to colonize th...

This book examines and assesses the main security factors influencing Euro-Mediterranean relations at the start of the twenty-first century.

This is the first book entirely devoted to the design and analysis for assessment of biosimilarity and drug interchangeability of biosimilars, and test for comparability in manufacturing processes of biologic products. It covers all of the statistical issues that may occur in biosimilar studies under various study designs at various stages of research and development of biologic products"--

Quelle: Wikipedia. Seiten: 637. Nicht dargestellt. Kapitel: Free Software Foundation, Wikimedia, American Council of Trustees and Alumni, Skull & Bones, the Leading Hotels of the World, Nation of Islam, Code Pink, Society for the History of Technology, Crimethinc., Body Farm, American Indian Movement, Sil International, Chicago Crime Commission, Mattachine Society, National Society of Film Critics, John Birch Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Unione Si...

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this classic text presents a comprehensive survey of the many alternative theories that attempt to explain the causes of interstate war. For each theory, Greg Cashman examines the arguments and counterarguments, considers the empirical evidence and counterevidence generated by social-science research, looks at historical applications of the theory, and discusses the theory's implications for res...

This book examines the new labour market in Russia, looking especially at how changes in the market are affecting men and women differently, and how 'coping strategies' are being developed by both men and women.

As urbanization continues, and even accelerates, scientists estimate that by 2015 the world will have up to 60 ‘megacities’ – urban areas with more than five million inhabitants. With the irresistible economic attractions of urban centers, particularly in developing countries, making the influx of citizens unstoppable, many of humankind’s coming social, economic and political dramas will be played out in megacities. This book shows how geograp...