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`Suicide' and `the Middle Ages' sounds like a contradiction. Was life not too short anyway, and the Church too disapproving, to admit suicide? And how is the historian supposed to find out? Alexander Murray takes the last question first, as a key to the testing of all other assumptions. Examining a wide range of documents he shows that there were indeed suicides, of types and configurations astonishingly modern, if not in numbers per capita. As for reactions, they were of two kinds. One was to heap suicide with every imaginable curse, natural and supernatural, and the author's search for their religious, anthropological, and legal background leads far outside medieval christendom. However, he also uncovers a less negative reaction as, from the eleventh century onwards, medicine, psychology, poetry, and the pastoral priesthood charted ever more assiduously the terra incognita of suicidal emotion.

First published in 2005. Written by a well-respected Professor of Egyptology at University College, London in the latter half of the nineteenth century, this is a scholarly but readable account of the temples of Ancient Egypt. The work, which rests comfortably between well informed guidebook and specialist tome, surveys the architecture, history and distinguishing characteristics of every important temple. Helpful illustrations are included.

First published in 2005. An index of names and titles in Mariette's Mastabas, and Lepsius' Demkmalen. With names listed as they are written and title as they are read. Kings are arranged chronlogically and Names in numerical order.

First published in 2005. An index of names and titles in Mariette's Mastabas, and Lepsius' Demkmalen. With names listed as they are written and title as they are read. Kings are arranged chronlogically and Names in numerical order.

The perfect gift for any dog-lover, and a must-have for any dog owner; no bones about it, these Peanut Butter Dogs will make your day. This winsome collection of photographs covers more than 140 lovable pups, most of them rescues, in expressions of peanut butter bliss. Names, ages, and brief bios of each dog accompany their portraits. Among the dogs you'll meet in this book: Stella, the four-year-old English Bulldog/Pit Bull mix Monty, the six-year-old Yorkie Elvis, the two-year-old Doberman Pinscher Zeus, the three-year-old German Shepherd Sophie, the seven-year-old English Springer Spaniel DeeDee, the nine-year-old Dalmatian Mama Gris Gris, the sixteen-year-old Bull Terrier and Layla, the nine-year-old tripod Boxer Greg Murray is an award-winning photographer and rescue animal advocate. His work has been featured in Huffington Post, Daily Mail UK, Mirror UK, Fox News Network, Cleveland NBC, CBS & FOX, Cleveland Magazine, Cleveland.com, Buzzfeed, USA Today and various other media outlets throughout the world. He lives in Ohio, with his wife and their two rescue dogs.

Andrew Murray's Christian Parenting, originally published as The Children for Christ, contains 52 readings--one for each week of the year--on the subject of parental duty. Each lesson includes passage from the Bible and Murray's thoughts on how the passage illuminates the important role of parenting. The lessons all conclude with a short prayer. Christian Parenting is a timeless resource for parents who want to learn more about strengthening their Christian household.Lexham Classics are beautifully typeset new editions of classic works. Each book has been carefully transcribed from the original texts, ensuring an accurate representation of the writing as the author intended it to be read.

You know those phrases and expressions that repeat a word in whole or in part? Phrases like namby-pamby, flim-flam and higgledy-piggledy? Well, there's a name for them They are called reduplicated words and phrases. In this small book, Lazlo Maslow (Kelvin Murray) lists and explains some 260 reduplicated terms, using wry observations based on personal experience. So what exactly is reduplication? Well, the best way to understand the concept is to look at a few examples in this book. In terms of a formal definition, one might say that, "reduplication is a morphological linguistic process whereby an entire word, or even just a part of a word, is repeated either exactly or with a small modification". "Enough of this introductory clap-trap ", I hear you muttering, "Let's get to the nitty-gritty " Okey-dokey then, open the cover and dive right in

Revolution: Russian Art, 1917-1932 encapsulates a momentous period in Russian history that is vividly expressed in the diversity of art produced between 1917, the year of the October Revolution, and 1932 when Stalin began to suppress the avant-garde and its debates. Based around the great exhibition of 1932 held at the State Russian Museum in Leningrad, the book explores the fascinating themes and artistic developments of the first fifteen years of the Soviet state, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, posters, graphics and film. The exhibition itself was to be the swansong of avant-garde art in Russia: new policies quickly ensured that Socialist Realism - collective in production, public in manifestation and Communist in ideology - was to become the only acceptable art form. This volume is a timely and authoritative exploration of how modern art in all its forms flourished, was recognised, celebrated, and broken by implacable authority all within fifteen years.

La Crise de l'Espagne, traduit de l'anglais par le Cte Donatien de SesmaisonsDate de l'edition originale: 1823Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique.En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles.Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr

Seeking a tranquil place to indulge his twin passions of painting and gardening, master Impressionist Claude Monet moved to the small Normandy village of Giverny in 1883. Roughly 100 years later, photographer and horticultural designer Elizabeth Murray helped restore Monet's gardens to their blooming glory. Murray has returned regularly to photograph the grounds' ever-changing beauty. Her firsthand knowledge illuminates the vivid photographs and their accompanying descriptions. The scenes of dazzling blossoms, graceful greenery, and the famous lily pond may look familiar, since it was Monet's goal to recreate these scenes as faithfully as possible in his many paintings.

At his Giverny home outside Paris, Claude Monet indulged in his two favorite pastimes: painting and gardening. His translation of dazzling blooms and graceful greeneries to his canvases made him the master of French Impressionism. Photographer and horticultural designer Elizabeth Murray was a part of the team that helped restore the gardens to their full glory in the 1980s. Her firsthand knowledge of the grounds illuminates the vivid photographs and their accompanying descriptions in this calendar.