Charlotte Brontes years in Belgium (184243) had a huge influence both on her life & her work It was in Brussels that she not only honed her writing skills but fell in love & lived through the experiences that inspired two of her four novels her first The Professor & her last & in many ways most interesting Villette Her feelings about Belgium are known from her novels & letters her love for her tutor Heger her uncomplimentary remarks about Belgians the powerful effect on her imagination of living abroad But what about Belgian views of Charlotte Bronte? What has her legacy been in Brussels? How have Belgian commentators responded to her portrayal of their capital city & their society? Through Belgian Eyes explores a wide range of responses from across the Channel from the hostile to the enthusiastic In the process it examines what The Professor & Villette tell Belgian readers about their capital in the 1840s & provides a wealth of detail on the Brussels background to the two novels Unlike Paris & London Brussels has inspired few outstanding works of literature That makes Villette considered by many to be Charlotte Brontes masterpiece of particular interest as a portrait of the Belgian capital a decade after the country gained independence in 1830 & just before modernisation & expansion transformed the city out of all recognition from the villette (small town) that Charlotte knew Her view of Brussels is contrasted with those of other foreign visitors & of the Belgians themselves The story of Charlotte Brontes Brussels legacy provides a unique perspective on her personality & writing ...

They left in the middle of the night-often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star Between 1830 & the end of the Civil War in 1865 an estimated one hundred thousand slaves became passengers on the Underground Railroad a journey of untold hardship in search of freedom In Through Darkness to Light Photographs Along the Underground Railroad Jeanine Michna-Bales presents a remarkable series of images following a route from the cotton plantations of central Louisiana through the cypress swamps of Mississippi & the plains of Indiana north to the Canadian border
- a path of nearly fourteen hundred miles The culmination of a ten-year research quest Through Darkness to Light imagines a journey along the Underground Railroad as it might have appeared to any freedom seeker Framing the powerful visual narrative is an introduction by Michna-Bales; a foreword by noted politician pastor & civil rights activist Andrew J Young; & essays by Fergus M Bordewich Robert F Darden & Eric R Jackson
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The covenant is the heart of an Ars Magica saga It hides secrets within its Aegis secrets that may across the ages become hidden even from its own members From the poverty & enthusiasm of Spring through the glory of Summer to the stability & power of Autumn & thence to the decline of Winter which may turn again to the flowering of Spring There&s no place like home Building a covenant from scratch can be a lot of work for players as well as magi so this book provides five fully detailed covenants one for each season from Spring to Second Spring each set in a different Tribunal Whether you use the covenants as a base for your characters as rivals or just plunder the library to stock your own this book is full of material ready for use in your saga ...

Through the Ages A New Story of Civilization is the new edition of Through the Ages A Story of Civilization with many changes small & large to the game&s cards over its three ages Through the Ages is a civilization building game Each player attempts to build the best civilization through careful resource management discovering new technologies electing the right leaders building wonders & maintaining a strong military Weakness in any area can be exploited by your opponents The game takes place throughout the ages beginning in the age of antiquity & ending in the modern age One of the primary mechanisms in TTA is card drafting Technologies wonders & leaders come into play & become easier to draft the longer they are in play In order to use a technology you will need enough science to discover it enough food to create a population to man it & enough resources (ore) to build the building to use it While balancing the resources needed to advance your technology you also need to build a military Military is built in the same way as civilian buildings Players that have a weak military will be preyed upon by other players There is no map in the game so you cannot lose territory but players with higher military will steal resources science kill leaders take population or culture It is very difficult to win with a large military but it is very easy to lose because of a weak one Victory is achieved by the player whose nation has the most culture at the end of the modern age Players 2-4 Playing time 120-240 minutes Suggested ages 14 ...

This is your chance to make history! Throughout time there have been courageous women & imaginative men who changed history & whose legacy we carry with us to this day Some of those men & women along with some of their most wondrous creations are now joining the new & long awaited Through the Ages expansion The New Leaders &38; Wonders expansion brings exciting new content to the base game adding leaders wonders & military cards so you can change the flow of history & build even greater civilizations!THROUGH THE AGES A NEW STORY OF CIVILIZATIONThrough the Ages is a complex civilization building game ranked as the third best board game ever according to the Board Game Geek website You begin with a small tribe As you expand your farms & mines you lay the groundwork for technological advancements better governments & grand wonders Your military might supports your political skill as you guide your civilization to greatness Players 2-4 Playing Time 180-240 Min Ages 14 ...

A landmark work of theology exploring 14 key theological themes
- such as creation grace death & judgement
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What will you do when the unthinkable happens? Her parents called her Lenya Lion because of her ferocious personality & hair that had been wild & mane-like since birth But they never expected that five days before Christmas their five-year-old daughter would suddenly go to heaven after an asthma attack How do you walk out of the ER without your daughter? More a manifesto for high-octane living than a manual for grieving Through the Eyes of a Lion will help you turn your journey into a roar story by guiding you tolook past what you can see with the naked eyesurvive Saturday-the space between promise & fulfillmentlet God turn your pain into a microphonecue the eagle & run toward the roar Whether you're currently facing adversity or want to prepare yourself for inevitable hardship it's time to look at the adventure of your life through Jesus' eyes-the eyes of a Lion He has this story & he has told it well With candor With honesty With hope-Max Lucado pastor & New York Times bestselling author of Before Amen One of the most powerfully transparent books I've ever read a book we all need to read-Sheila Walsh speaker Bible teacher & bestselling author of 5 Minutes with Jesus This is more than a book It's a lifeline-From the foreword by Steven Furtick pastor & bestselling author of Crash the Chatterbox ...

Guy Deutscher is that rare beast an academic who talks good sense about linguistics he argues in a playful & provocative way that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think & just as important how we perceive the world Observer Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? In Through the Language Glass acclaimed author Guy Deutscher will convince you that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today the answer to all these questions is
- yes A delightful amalgam of cultural history & popular science this book explores some of the most fascinating & controversial questions about language culture & the human mind
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Back due to popular demand! In this book Richard Idemon teaches us how to look at the natal chart to gain rich new insight into our deepest nature
- the hidden agendas childhood patterns & the belief systems that invariably shape our lives & relationships Combining the symbolism of astrology mythology & Jungian psychology he teaches us how to break free of the entrenched attitudes that limit & restrict us Above all Idemon provides new depth & dimension to the understanding of the most important aspect of our lives
- how we reach out & interact with others He tells us that the important people in our lives are like looking glasses
- mirrors of our unfolding process toward a fuller consciousness By looking into these mirrors we can transform ourselves & thus change the relationships which are so important to us


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Alice's second adventure takes her through the looking-glass to a place even curiouser than Wonderland She finds herself caught up in the great looking-glass chess game & sets off to become a queen It isn't as easy as she expects at every step she is hindered by nonsense characters who crop up & insist on reciting poems Some of these poems such as ' The Walrus & The Carpenter' & ' Jabberwocky' are as famous as the Alice stories themselves Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 & is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators Every bit as iconic are Sir John Tenniel's remarkable black line illustrations perfectly capturing the combination of the ordinary & the extraordinary at the heart of Wonderland This beautiful celebratory edition of Through the Looking-Glass has a gorgeous cover with a shiny silver foiled looking-glass & is packed full of fun bonus material including a quiz wordsearch & a glossary Lewis Carroll's classic children's book is brought to life like never before! ...