Dangerous Familiars

Author : Frances E. Dolan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501707272
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Familiars written by Frances E. Dolan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking back at images of violence in the popular culture of early modern England, we find that the specter of the murderer loomed most vividly not in the stranger, but in the familiar; and not in the master, husband, or father, but in the servant, wife, or mother. A gripping exploration of seventeenth-century accounts of domestic murder in fact and fiction, this book is the first to ask why.Frances E. Dolan examines stories ranging from the profoundly disturbing to the comically macabre: of husband murder, wife murder, infanticide, and witchcraft. She surveys trial transcripts, confessions, and scaffold speeches, as well as pamphlets, ballads, popular plays based on notorious crimes, and such well-known works as The Tempest, Othello, Macbeth, and The Winter's Tale. Citing contemporary analogies between the politics of household and commonwealth, she shows how both legal and literary narratives attempt to restore the order threatened by insubordinate dependents.

Author : Adam Jay Epstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061961108
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Familiars written by Adam Jay Epstein and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Aldwyn, a young alley cat on the run, ducks into a mysterious pet shop, he doesn’t expect his life to change. But that’s exactly what happens when Jack, a young wizard, picks Aldwyn to be his magical familiar. Finally off the tough streets, Aldwyn thinks he’s got it made. He just has to convince the other familiars—the know-it-all blue jay Skylar and the friendly tree frog Gilbert—that he’s the telekinetic cat he claims to be. But when Jack and two other wizards in training are captured by a terrible evil, it will take all of Aldwyn’s street smarts, a few good friends, and a nose for adventure to save the day!

Author : Donald Tyson
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 9780738704210
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Familiar Spirits written by Donald Tyson and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, familiars have assumed many forms-the heavenly lover of the shaman, the wise imp of the witch, and the elemental companion of the theurgist. But the time-honored practice of summoning a magical assistant has been mostly forsaken due to the false perception that it is both difficult and dangerous. Now, renowned occultist Donald Tyson shares his revolutionary system for safely and successfully summoning, directing, and dismissing a familiar. Accessible to dedicated beginners, these techniques do not require expertise in formal ritual, astrology, or the Kabalah. Revealed here for the first time is Tyson's unique system for generating spirit sigils based on a set of symbols called Power Glyphs. Familiars summoned by this method become valuable assistants who will do everything in their power to fulfill your goals.

Author : Carolle Dure
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469127539
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Deadly and Familiar Face written by Carolle Dure and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world weighs on his shoulders, Detective Simms put everything on hold so he could catch a blood- thirsty serial killer who happened to be one of his own. He had to solve one of the worst crime that city could remember having in years. Every citizen was on the look out! He wouldn't leave the city until he knew the maniac was caught. Tim Goren was a ladies man who would stop at nothing when he was in the mood for a kill. He wore a cop's uniform but was on the other side of the law. He loved women but loved watching them suffer too. He married Jade Killjoy who was an attractive independent woman, and turned her wonderful life into a living hell! Marrying Tim was the biggest mistake she could have made. She paid a horrible price for loving someone who turned out to be her worst enemy!

Author : Freeholders and Electors (IRELAND)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A familiar and serious address to the Freeholders and Electors in Ireland [on the ensuing Election of Members of Parliament]. written by Freeholders and Electors (IRELAND) and published by . This book was released on 1775 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar" by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Gotham Chopra
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0385505515
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Familiar Strangers written by Gotham Chopra and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2002-05-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A flip through the newspaper or a glance at the evening news reveals a world in which old ways are dying and new worlds are beginning, often in the midst of violence and chaos. In the face of these massive changes and disruptions, many people are questioning their roles as individuals: Why am I here? What is my purpose? In Familiar Strangers, Gotham Chopra travels from China, Sri Lanka, and Kashmir to Chechnya and the Yucatán in search of answers to these age-old spiritual questions. Everywhere he goes, he encounters people who have had to dig within themselves to survive horrible realities and bear heart-wrenching losses. From his New York to Los Angeles flight on September 11, 2001 to a harrowing week spent among young boys toting guns in the contested hills of Kashmir and a sojourn in a small Yucatán village where he witnesses firsthand the collision between the romance of the past and the uncertain promise of the future, Chopra shares the wisdom, idealism, and sense of purpose he found in ordinary people living under extraordinary circumstances. Rich in drama and insights into cultures far different from our own, the stories Chopra recounts articulate, as well, anxieties and fears we all share. While acknowledging that his travels often take him to the extreme edges of civilized society, Chopra shows that the questions that arise in times of peril or in the face of great dangers are not so different from what many of us ask in the course of our daily lives–whether after a grueling eighty-hour work week, a six-hour exam, or a fiery argument with a lover. The challenge, he argues, is to use these moments of revelation as the first step in moving beyond self-imposed fears and limits and embracing new opportunities for spiritual growth.

Author : Robert Evans Peterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.UX/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Familiar Science written by Robert Evans Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic scientific concepts are presented in a question-and-answer format.

Author : Elizabeth Clarke
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526150115
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People and piety written by Elizabeth Clarke and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This international and interdisciplinary volume investigates Protestant devotional identities in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Divided into two sections, the book examines the ‘sites’ where these identities were forged – the academy, printing house, household, theatre and prison – and the ‘types’ of texts that expressed them – spiritual autobiographies, religious poetry and writings tied to the ars moriendi – providing a broad analysis of social, material and literary forms of devotion during England’s Long Reformation. Through archival and cutting-edge research, a detailed picture of ‘lived religion’ emerges, which re-evaluates the pietistic acts and attitudes of well-known and recently discovered figures. To those studying and teaching religion and identity in early modern England, and anyone interested in the history of religious self-expression, these chapters offer a rich and rewarding read.

Author : David Ames Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.T3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Familiar Science, Or, the Scientific Explanation of the Principles of Natural and Physical Science written by David Ames Wells and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: