A Critical Introduction to the Study of Religion introduces the key concepts & theories from religious studies that are necessary for a full understanding of the complex relations between religion & society The aim is to provide readers with an arsenal of critical concepts for studying religious ideologies practices & communities This thoroughly revised second edition has been restructured to clearly emphasize key topics including Essentialism Functionalism Authority Domination All ideas & theories are clearly illustrated with new & engaging examples & case studies throughout making this the ideal textbook for students approaching the subject area for the first time ...

A real classic among Highland books "A Croft in the Hills" captures in simple moving descriptions what it was really like trying to make a living out of a hill croft fifty years ago A couple & their young daughter fresh from city life immerse themselves in the practicalities of looking after sheep cattle & hens mending fences baking bread & surviving the worst that Scottish winters can throw at them ...

Megalomaniac A Crow Left Of The Murder Agoraphobia Talk Shows On The Mute Beware! Criminal Sick Sad Little World Pistola Southern Girl Priceless Zee Deveel Made For Tv Movie Smile Lines Here In My Room Leech ...

Cold Cobalt the Banshee with a Blade First Among Villains Queen Zosia When there were no more titles to win & no more worlds to conquer the warrior queen Zosia faked her demise & gave up her legend to history But when violence finds its way to her door years later she must round up her adventuring companions
- each surprised to see her alive
- & set out for revenge Time has not been kind to her old comrades & some have only their own goals in mind Not only that but there's a young beautiful & skilled general out there gathering soldiers to her banner for a war against the deadliest of enemies The girl is using a legend she did not earn & calling herself by a name that was never hers
- that of Zosia herself


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' Epic in every sense'
- Sunday Times The war for humanity's survival has begun Rand al' Thor the Dragon Reborn has escaped the
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A family torn apart A public filled with outrage A woman accused of murder Based on true events Fred Schepisi&s film stars Sam Neill & Meryl Streep as an Australian couple who are accused of murder when their claims that their baby was taken by a dingo in the outback fall under suspicion ...

' It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp book spread before you & commune with someone from the past whom you have never met' Moonlight sake spring blossom idle moments a woman's hair
- these exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature & the senses Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Yoshida Kenko (c 1283-1352) Kenko's work is included in Penguin Classics in Essays in Idleness & Hojoki
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From the visionary director of The Ring comes this psychological thriller about an executive whose sanity is tested when he unravels the terrifying secrets of a remote retreat Actors Jason Isaacs Dane De Haan Mia Goth Adrian Schiller Celia Imrie Directors Gore Verbinski Writers Justin Haythe Producers Gore Verbinski David Crockett Arnon Milchanubtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...

The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in Devon in 1985 shocked the country & passed into local folklore & when a journalist researching the case is murdered twenty years later the horror is reawakened Sixteenth century Potwoolstan Hall now a New Age healing centre is reputed to be cursed because of the crimes of its builder & it seems that inheritance of evil lives on as DI Wesley Peterson is faced with his most disturbing case yet As more people die violently Wesley needs to discover why a young woman has transformed a dolls house into a miniature reconstruction of the massacre scene & could the solution to his case lie across the Atlantic Ocean in the ruined remains of an early English settlement in Virginia USA? When the truth is finally revealed it turns out to be as horrifying as it is dangerous ...

It's 1962 & Freda Scott & her five schoolmates are eager to embark on their life journeys Madly in love with the dashing but unattainable Ewan Freda instead throws herself into a hairdressing career & soon she & her best friend Robin have established their own flourishing business The future looks rosy until Freda's life is turned upside down by a brutal attack As Freda struggles to come to terms with what has happened to her she relies on her old friends more than ever Dear Robin & Freda's ever-faithful friend Hannah come to her rescue & Freda accepts the new path her life has taken However a chance meeting with her old love Ewan brings a potentially life-changing dilemma Does Freda dare to finally put herself & her own desires first? Or should she simply accept her lot in life? The consequences of her decision could change all of their lives forever Millie Gray once again brilliantly recreates the atmosphere of the era with all the hardships & struggles as well as the fun warmth & humour of everyday life A Cut Above is a charming heartbreaking & ultimately uplifting novel of enduring friendship & love & the lengths that true friends will go to for each other ...