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Mazzeri

Author : Peter Crawley
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1780885385
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Mazzeri written by Peter Crawley and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the last summer of the twentieth century in Calvi, northern Corsica, and an old man sits watching the kites fly. The festival of the wind is a lively and colourful celebration, but the old man's heart is heavy, he has heard the Mazzeri whisper his name. He accepts that people prefer to believe the dream hunters belong to the past and yet he knows only too well that at night they still roam the maquis in search of the faces of those whose time has come. Ten years later in the high citadel of Bonifacio, in the southern tip of the island, Richard Ross, armed with only the faded photograph of a Legionnaire standing beneath a stone gateway, finds the locals curiously unwilling to help him uncover his family's roots. He rents a villa on the coast and meets the singularly beautiful Manou Pietri, who enchants him with tales of the megalithic isle, its folklore and the Mazzeri - the dream hunters. For a while Ric's life beneath the Corsican sun is as close to perfect as he could wish. Then a chance encounter with a feral boy turns Ric's life upside down, and he is drawn deep into a tangled web of lies and deceit. On an island where truth and legend meet, where murder is commonplace and most crimes go unsolved, only the Mazzeri know who will live... Set in Corsica, Mazzeri is a contemporary novel about this complex mediterranean island, its people and its traditions, which has been influenced by the author's own experiences.

Corsica

Author : David Abram
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781843530473
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Corsica written by David Abram and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Mediterranean's most accessible, yet least spoilt islands, with some of its best beaches and most beautiful mountain scenery, Corsica is an increasingly popular holiday destination. This guide features detailed town write-ups, as well as fully up-to-date hotel and restaurant listings. This edition includes a new chapter on long-distance walks, including a full account of GR20 - regarded as Europe's leading haute route.

Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica

Author : Stephen Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521522649
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (226 download)

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Download or read book Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica written by Stephen Wilson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of vendetta and banditry, applying insights from the field of social anthropology.

Ecstasies

Author : Carlo Ginzburg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226839443
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Ecstasies written by Carlo Ginzburg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving early accounts of witchcraft—trial records, ecclesiastical tracts, folklore, and popular iconography—into new and startling patterns, Carlo Ginzburg presents in Ecstasies compelling evidence of a hidden shamanistic culture that flourished across Europe and in England for thousands of years.

The White Devil

Author : Matthew Beresford
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780232055
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The White Devil written by Matthew Beresford and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ovid’s Lycaon to Professor Lupin, from Teen Wolf to An American Werewolf in Paris, the lycanthrope, or werewolf, comes to us frequently on the page and the silver screen. These interpretations often display lycanthropy as a curse, with the afflicted person becoming an uncontrollable, feral beast during every full moon. But this is just one version of the werewolf—its origins can be traced back thousands of years to early prehistory, and everything from Iron Age bog bodies and Roman gods to people such as Joan of Arc, Adolf Hitler, and Sigmund Freud feature in its story. Exploring the role of this odd assortment of ideas and people in the myth, The White Devil tracks the development of the werewolf from its birth to the present day, seeking to understand why the wolf curse continues to hold a firm grip on the modern imagination. Combining early death and burial rites, mythology, folklore, archaeological evidence, and local superstitions, Matthew Beresford explains that the werewolf has long been present in the beliefs and mythology of the many cultures of Europe. He examines prehistoric wolf cults, the use of the wolf as a symbol of ancient Rome, medieval werewolf executions, and the eradication of wolves by authorities in England during the Anglo-Saxon period. He also surveys werewolf trials, medical explanations, and alleged sightings, as well as the instances in which lycanthropes appear in literature and film. With sixty illustrations of these often terrifying—but sometimes noble—beasts, The White Deviloffers a new understanding of the survival of the werewolf in European culture.

Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf

Author : Carlo Ginzburg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022667455X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf written by Carlo Ginzburg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being a diabolical monster, he insisted, he was one of the “hounds of God,” fierce guardians who battled sorcerers, witches, and even Satan to protect the fields, flocks, and humanity—a baffling claim that attracted the notice of the judges then and still commands attention from historians today. In this book, eminent scholars Carlo Ginzburg and Bruce Lincoln offer a uniquely comparative look at the trial and startling testimony of Old Thiess. They present the first English translation of the trial transcript, in which the man’s own voice can be heard, before turning to subsequent analyses of the event, which range from efforts to connect Old Thiess to shamanistic practices to the argument that he was reacting against cruel stereotypes of the “Livonian werewolf” a Germanic elite used to justify their rule over the Baltic peasantry. As Ginzburg and Lincoln debate their own and others’ perspectives, they also reflect on broader issues of historical theory, method, and politics. Part source text of the trial, part discussion of historians’ thoughts on the case, and part dialogue over the merits and perils of their different methodological approaches, Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf opens up fresh insight into a remarkable historical occurrence and, through it, the very discipline of history itself.

The Visions of Isobel Gowdie

Author : Emma Wilby
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1837642079
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book The Visions of Isobel Gowdie written by Emma Wilby and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The confessions of Isobel Gowdie are widely recognised as the most extraordinary on record in Britain. Using historical, psychological, comparative religious and anthropological perspectives, this book sets out to separate the voice of Isobel Gowdie from that of her interrogators.

Granite Island

Author : Dorothy Carrington
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141918195
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Granite Island written by Dorothy Carrington and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Get away from here before you're completely bewitched and enslaved...' Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman's cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. GRANITE ISLAND, much more than a travel book, grew out of years spent in Corsica and is an incomparably vivid and delightful portrait. For the first time Corsica is brought to light as a vital element in Europe: a highly individualistic island culture whose people have nurtured their love of freedom and political justice, as well as their pride, hospitality and poetry.

Cannot Stay

Author : Kevin Oderman
Publisher : Etruscan Press
ISBN 13 : 0990322106
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Cannot Stay written by Kevin Oderman and published by Etruscan Press. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of journeys, but it is not a guidebook. Cannot Stay doesn't merely describe traveling to Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and Europe. It delves into why we leave our front porch in the first place. These twelve essays take us from Bali to the Baltics, from Corsica to Cambodia. But more importantly, they speak to the experience of travel, to shake loose of your at-home identity and pack all you need in a worn daypack. Cannot Stay bears witness to how travel reawakens us to the world by revealing the strange in the familiar and the familiar in the strange. Check in. A subdued line of passengers, everybody waiting their turn. Someone pushes a small bag forward, eyeing with a smirk the woman with the luggage trolley. It's always so. And yet, even that woman is traveling light, leaving behind far more than she could ever pack into a few suitcases. By necessity, the traveler gives up on things, preferring for a time the experience of going. Kevin Oderman is the author of two expat novels, including Etruscan Press's White Vespa. Winner of the Bakeless Prize in nonfiction, he has taught as a Fulbright Scholar in Thessaloniki, Greece, and Lahore, Pakistan. He teaches at both West Virginia University and Wilkes University's low-residency creative writing graduate program.

The Rose Café

Author : John Hanson Mitchell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497682118
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book The Rose Café written by John Hanson Mitchell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir of the author’s brief sojourn working at a café and auberge in Corsica is populated with a questionable group of locals, fugitives, and escapists during the Algerian and Vietnam Wars.

Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society

Author : British and Foreign Bible Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society written by British and Foreign Bible Society and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 1-64 include extracts from correspondence.

Bible Society Record

Author : American Bible Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Bible Society Record written by American Bible Society and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Deed Without a Name

Author : Lee Morgan
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780995504
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A Deed Without a Name written by Lee Morgan and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of witchcraft studies is continually over-turning new information and research about traditional witchcraft practices and their meanings. A Deed Without a Name seeks to weave together some of this cutting-edge research with insider information and practical know-how. Utilising her own decades of experience in witchcraft and core-shamanism Lee Morgan pulls together information from trial records, folklore and modern testimonials to deepen our understanding of the ecstatic and visionary substrata of Traditional Witchcraft. Those who identify themselves as 'Traditional' tend to read a lot of scholarly texts on the subject and yet still there remains a vast gulf between this information and knowledgeably applying it in practice; this book aims to close that gap. ,

Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters

Author : J. Goodare
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137355948
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters written by J. Goodare and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together twelve studies that collectively provide an overview of the main issues of live interest in Scottish witchcraft. As well as fresh studies of the well-established topic of witch-hunting, the book also launches an exploration of some of the more esoteric aspects of magical belief and practice.

The Wind between Two Worlds

Author : Peter Crawley
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789014476
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Wind between Two Worlds written by Peter Crawley and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young journalist Simon Peckham is seeing the New Year in at a London nightclub when he first notices Soraya, the daughter of an Iraqi refugee. His evening isn’t going to plan, so he steps out to get some air and watches as paramedics attend to an old rough sleeper, Tom, in an alley close by. The next morning at the local hospital, Simon enquires after Tom’s condition and is surprised to meet Soraya, who tells him that 3 men had assaulted both her and Tom, and that a second rough sleeper came to their rescue. Sifting through Tom’s meagre possessions out the back of the club, Simon stumbles across a notebook, the entries in which are written in a curious code. Will he decipher it? What will it lead to? And why is Soraya keeping the second rough sleeper secret from the police? Peter Crawley has worked amongst rough sleepers and has interviewed many former servicemen and refugees to lend authenticity to the story. The Wind between Two Worlds is a gripping novel that twists and turns as its characters conceal and reveal in equal measure. Readers who enjoy clever plots, secretive characters and a modern, original storyline will delight in this well-researched, expertly-crafted book.

Between Hollywood and Moscow

Author : Stephen Gundle
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822325635
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Between Hollywood and Moscow written by Stephen Gundle and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2000-12-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA study of the cultural policies of the Italian communist party following the collapse of fascismand the struggle with popular consumer culture that led to its demise in 1991./div

Boarding House Reach

Author : Peter Crawley
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1783063394
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Boarding House Reach written by Peter Crawley and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Some come to Strand-next-the-Sea to visit the stately homes, stroll along the promenade or paddle in the cool waters of the North Sea. Others come because they are drawn by the secrets of their past...” Boarding House Reach is a captivating novel about five individual characters who meet one weekend in a guest house. Located on the Norfolk coast, The Reach offers sanctuary for guests Hacker, Phoebe, Audrey, Philip and the landlady, Stella – all of whom are trying to escape their past. As the strands of their individual stories are woven together the complexity of the novel is revealed. Each guest will face the realities of their personal lives and, as the hours tick away, confess their sins. In a story which encompasses blackmail, rejection, infidelity and love the characters of Boarding House Reach must accept they may have the freedom to run away but they will never escape the brutal reality of their tangled lives... This contemporary story that reaches into the confidential world of The Reach’s guests is suitable for readers with a passion for engaging with compelling and genuine characters.