The Mammoth Book Of Superstition
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The Mammoth Book Of Superstition
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Author : Roy Bainton
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-11-10
The Mammoth Book Of Superstition written by Roy Bainton and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-10 with Social Science categories.
Rather than providing a dictionary of superstitions, of which there are already numerous excellent, exhaustive and, in many cases, academic works which list superstitions from A to Z, Bainton gives us an entertaining flight over the terrain, landing from time to time in more thought-provoking areas. He offers an overview of humanity's often illogical and irrational persistence in seeking good luck and avoiding misfortune. While Steve Roud's two excellent books - The Penguin Dictionary of Superstitions and his Pocket Guide - and Philippa Waring's 1970 Dictionary concentrate on the British Isles, Bainton casts his net much wider. There are many origins which warrant the full back story, such as Friday the thirteenth and the Knights Templar, or the demonisation of the domestic cat resulting in 'cat holocausts' throughout Europe led by the Popes and the Inquisition. The whole is presented as a comprehensive, entertaining narrative flow, though it is, of course, a book that could be dipped into, and includes a thorough bibliography. Schoenberg, who developed the twelve-tone technique in music, was a notorious triskaidekaphobe. When the title of his opera Moses und Aaron resulted in a title with thirteen letters, he renamed it Moses und Aron. He believed he would die in his seventy-sixth year (7 + 6 = 13) and he was correct; he also died on Friday the thirteenth at thirteen minutes before midnight. As Sigmund Freud wrote, 'Superstition is in large part the expectation of trouble; and a person who has harboured frequent evil wishes against others, but has been brought up to be good and has therefore repressed such wishes into the unconscious, will be especially ready to expect punishment for his unconscious wickedness in the form of trouble threatening him from without.'
Mammoth Book Of The World Cup
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Author : Nick Holt
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-03-20
Mammoth Book Of The World Cup written by Nick Holt and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-20 with Sports & Recreation categories.
An all-encompassing, chronological guide to football's World Cup, one of the world's few truly international events, in good time for the June 2018 kick-off in Russia. From its beginnings in 1930 to the modern all-singing, all-dancing self-styled 'greatest show on Earth', every tournament is covered with features on major stars and great games, as well as stories about some less celebrated names and quirky stats and intriguing essays. Holt's focus is very much on what takes place on the field, rather than how football is a mirror for economic corruption, or how a nation's style of play represents a profound statement about its people, or how a passion for football can lift underpaid, socially marginalised people out of poverty. From the best World Cups, in 1958 and 1970, to the worst, in 1962 and 2010, he looks behind the facts and the technical observations to the stories: the mysterious sins of omission; critical injuries to key players; and coaching U-turns. He explains how England's World Cup achievements under Sven-Göran Eriksson, far from being a national disgrace, were actually quite impressive, and looks at why Alf Ramsey didn't take Bobby Charlton off in 1970, but this is no parochial, jingoistic account. The book also asks why Brazil did not contribute in 1966, despite having won the previous two tournaments and going on to win the next one? Why the greatest players of their day did not always shine at the World Cup - George Best and Alfredo Di Stefano, for example, never even made it to the Finals. Why did Johann Cruyff not go to the 1978 World Cup? And why did one of Germany's greatest players never play in the World Cup? There are lots of tables, some filled with obvious, but necessary information, but others with more quirky observations. Alongside accounts of epic games, there are also brief biographies of all the great heroes of the World Cup.
The Mammoth Book Of Angels Demons
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Author : Paula Guran
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-05-16
The Mammoth Book Of Angels Demons written by Paula Guran and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-16 with Fiction categories.
Despite our tendency to think of the demonic as evil and the angelic as good, our own legends don't always bear this out. Angels can be the incarnation of light and salvation, but they can also fall - Satan himself is a fallen angel. Demons can be truly demonic, but these unearthly creatures can also, on occasion, lend humankind a hand. Temptation can lead to revelation, supernatural messengers who bring true justice may not be welcomed, and beings seeking redemption can be blind to mortal needs. Stories from world-renowned authors of science fiction and fantasy - including Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin and Joyce Carol Oates - and rising stars portray angels in all their glory, demons at their most dreadful, and a surprising variety of modern interpretations of ancient myth.
The Mammoth Book Of Unexplained Phenomena
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Author : Roy Bainton
language : en
Publisher: Robinson
Release Date : 2013-01-17
The Mammoth Book Of Unexplained Phenomena written by Roy Bainton and has been published by Robinson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-17 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
New mysteries, as well as variations on recurring ones, continue to surface on a weekly basis around the globe, from showers of frogs over Hungary to birds falling to earth in Arkansas. This compendious round-up of unexplained phenomena examines everything from the experiments being done with the Large Hadron Collider to classic maritime mysteries involving inexplicably missing crews, via UFOs, mediums, cryptozoology, panics, paranoia and a universe proving stranger in fact than we'd imagined.
Giant Book Of Superstitions
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Author : Claudia DeLys
language : en
Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
Release Date : 1979-09
Giant Book Of Superstitions written by Claudia DeLys and has been published by Carol Publishing Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-09 with Folklore categories.
Explores the evolution and meaning of and describes practices associated with common superstitious beliefs about nature, animals, men and women, love, food, luck, and other topics.
The Mammoth Book Of Tattoos
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Author : Lal Hardy
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-15
The Mammoth Book Of Tattoos written by Lal Hardy and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-15 with Art categories.
It is now estimated that as much as 10% of the population in the UK and USA carries a tattoo. The huge recent growth in tattoo culture has in turn led to an influx of new talented artists, advancements in pigments and refinement of the equipment used. This giant volume includes the very best of the new work made possible by modern improvements in tattoo art. Here are 500 striking photographic images of tattoos, covering all styles from bold 'tribal' pieces, Chinese characters and hieroglyphs to delicate air-brushed designs, and from all-over 'body suits' to individual motifs - works as distinctive as the bodies they adorn. Featuring the work of the Discovery Channel's L.A. Ink stars Corey Miller, Kim Saigh and Hannah Aitchinson, and London Ink's Nicole Lowe, Louis Molloy and Phil Kyle amongst many others.
The Mammoth Book Of New Csi
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Author : Nigel Cawthorne
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-04-05
The Mammoth Book Of New Csi written by Nigel Cawthorne and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-05 with True Crime categories.
Detailed accounts of over 30 contemporary cases, or older cases reopened as a result of advances in forensic science. Crime scene investigations draw on a wide range of cutting-edge technology including genetic fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, laser ablation, toxicology and ballistics analysis. Cases covered here include: the abduction of Madeleine McCann; the vindication of Colin Stagg, convicted of having murdered Rachel Nickell; Hadden Clark who killed and ate a six-year-old child in Maryland; Robert Pickton, the Vancouver farmer who fed his female victims to his pigs; the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia (was Amanda Knox guilty?); Lindsay Hawker's gruesome death in Japan; Josef Fritzl and the cellar in which he imprisoned and raped his daughter.
Best New Horror
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Author : Joe Hill
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-08-14
Best New Horror written by Joe Hill and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-14 with Fiction categories.
Eddie Carroll is sick to death of editing the collection America's Best New Horror, sick of reading through second-rate stories in order to find the few "best new." But one afternoon he stumbles across a new story so remarkable that he soon embarks on a quixotic quest to find its author - a quest he may not live to regret. Joe Hill is the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box, and the prize-winning story collection 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the co-author, with Stephen King, of In the Tall Grass.
The Little Giant Encyclopedia Of Superstitions
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Author : Diagram Group
language : en
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date : 1999
The Little Giant Encyclopedia Of Superstitions written by Diagram Group and has been published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Broken up into categories such as Animals, Astrology, Dreams, and Flowers, this fascinating dictionary will alert you to thousands of beliefs, omens, and proverbs that you may never have known. Many other subjects range from Clothing to Food to Marriage numbers.
The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror
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Author : Stephen Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror written by Stephen Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Horror tales, American categories.