Churches are Britains most completely surviving class of historic monument. They are also usually the oldest buildings within their settlements. As such these structures from parish church to cathedral from medieval to Georgian are a huge architectural & archaeological resource. The last couple of decades have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of public interest in the historic environment & the growth of the tourism & heritage industries has focused new attention on churches. While some visitors to churches cathedrals & monastic ruins seem content to wander around with little or no understanding of what they are looking at many have an interest in learning about the history or usage of the building. How far does it go back? Where is the earliest part of the building? Warwick Rodwell discusses the archaeological techniques that can attempt to answer such questions. In this lavishly illustrated informative guide Professor Rodwell explores the buildings themselves their component parts from foundations to finials their sites furnishings fixtures & fittings as well as churchyards & monuments. ...

The archaeology of death & burial is central to our attempts to understand vanished societies. Through the remains of funerary rituals we can learn not only about the attitudes of prehistoric people to death & the afterlife but also about their way of life their social organisation & their view of the world. This ambitious book reviews the latest research in this huge & important field & describes the sometimes controversial interpretations that have led to rapid advances in our understanding of life & death in the distant past. A unique overview & synthesis of one of the most revealing fields of research into the past it covers archaeologys most breathtaking discoveries from Tutankhamen to the Ice Man & will find a keen market among archaeologists historians & others who have a professional interest in or general curiosity about death & burial. ...

The Second World War transformed British society. Men women & children inhabited the war in every area of their lives from their clothing & food to schools workplaces & wartime service. This transformation affected the landscapes towns & cities as factories turned to war work beaches were prepared as battlefields & agricultural land became airfields & army camps. Some of these changes were violent: houses were blasted into bombsites burning aircraft tumbled out of the sky & the seas around Britain became a graveyard for sunken ships. Many physical signs of the war have survived
- a vast array of sites & artefacts that archaeologists can explore
- & Gabriel Moshenska's new book is an essential introduction to them. He shows how archaeology can bring the ruins relics & historic sites of the war to life especially when it is combined with interviews & archival research in order to build up a clear picture of Britain & its people during the conflict. His work provides for the first time a broad & inclusive overview of the main themes of Second World War archaeology & a guide to many of the different types of sites in Britain. It will open up the subject for readers who have a general interest in the war & it will be necessary reading & reference for those who are already fascinated by wartime archaeology
- they will find something new & unexpected within the wide range of sites featured in the book.


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This fascinating new account of what happened in Greece from c.800 to 323 bc shows how sculptors & painters responded to the challenges they faced in the extremely formidable & ambitious world of the Greek city-state. The numerous symbols & images employed by their eastern Mediterranean neighbours on the one hand & the explorations of what it was to be human embodied in the narratives with which Greek poets worked on the other helped produce the rich diversity of forms apparent in Greek art. The drawings & sculptures of this period referred so intimately to the human form as to lead both ancient & modern theorists to talk in terms of the mimetic role of art. The importance of what occurred still affects the way we see today. Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture vase painting & the minor arts this book provides a clear introduction to the art of archaic & classical Greece. By looking closely at the context in which & for which sculptures & paintings were produced Robin Osborne demonstrates how artistic developments were both a product of & contributed to the intensely competitive life of the Greek city. brilliantly illustrates the purpose of this new series by focusing on the social & political context of Greek art.. .a different approach suggesting new perspectives & original connections.. .eye-opening & thought-provoking Professor Francois Lissarrague Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Paris brings all that is best in the new Classical art history to this exciting interpretation.. . No reader of Osbornes stimulating & engaging book will come away with their vision of Greek art unchanged Jeremy Tanner Institute of Archaeology University of London ...

When historian Fluke Kelso learns of the existence of a secret notebook belonging to Josef Stalin he is determined to track it down whatever the consequences. From the violent political intrigue & decadence of modern Moscow he heads north
- to the vast forests surrounding the White Sea port of Archangel & a terrifying encounter with Russia's unburied past.
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Now you can give yourself & others accurate loving & helpful readings about health & healing with these beautiful oracle cards each featuring a gorgeous painting of Archangel Raphael. Archangel Raphael is the angel most associated with healing known throughout the world for his miraculous powers & ability to help those in need. Whether you wish to protect & heal yourself your family your clients or your friends Raphael will always be close by once you seek him out using Doreen's exceptional guidance. With Doreen's expert advice in the enclosed guidebook you will learn the specific meanings of each card helping you provide safe & powerful readings for your loved ones & clients. Whether you're seeking a healing for yourself or for someone else or you want to awaken your own natural healing abilities Archangel Raphael brings you miracles & trustworthy guidance. ...

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh is back in the shadows of a deadly beautiful world where angels rule vampires serve & one female hunter must crawl out of the darkness to survive.. . The severed head marked by a distinctive tattoo on its cheek should have been a Guild case but dark instincts honed over hundreds of years of life compel the vampire Dmitri to take control. There is something twisted about this death something that whispers of centuries long past.. .but Dmitri's need to discover the truth is nothing to the vicious strength of his response to the hunter assigned to decipher the tattoo. Savaged in a brutal attack that almost killed her Honor is nowhere near ready to come face to face with the seductive vampire who is an archangel's right hand & who wears his cruelty as boldly as his lethal sensuality.. .the same vampire who has been her secret obsession since the day she was old enough to understand the inexplicable violent emotions he aroused in her. As desire turns into a dangerous compulsion that might destroy them both it becomes clear the past will not stay buried. Something is hunting & it will not stop until it brings a blood-soaked nightmare to life once more.. . ...

Nalini Singh steps back into the shadows of her heartbreakingly original world where angels rule vampires serve & the innocent can pay the greatest price of all.. . Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux & her lover the lethally beautiful archangel Raphael have returned home to New York only to face an uncompromising new evil.. .A vampire has attacked a girls' school
- the assault one of sheer vicious madness
- & it is only the first act. Rampant bloodlust takes vampire after vampire threatening to make the streets run with blood. Then Raphael himself begins to show signs of an uncontrolled rage as inexplicable storms darken the city skyline & the earth itself shudders. The omens are suddenly terrifyingly clear. An ancient & malevolent immortal is rising. The violent winds whisper her name: Caliane. She has returned to reclaim her son Raphael. Only one thing stands in her way: Elena the consort who must be destroyed.. .

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Welcome to a dark new world where lethal beautiful archangels hold sway over immortals & mortals both with the Guild Hunters caught in between tasked with retrieving those vampires who break their contracts with their angelic masters. Elena Deveraux is a Guild Hunter. She was hired to do the impossible
- to hunt down a rogue Archangel
- & she suceeded where none had believed she could. But in the process she fell in love. & not just with anyone: with the Archangel Raphael. It a love that's as powerful entrancing & incredible as it is terrifying & dangerous. But the world won't stand still while Elena & Raphael enjoy their new-found love. Vampires & angels still go rogue & it's still Elena's job to hunt them down & return them to their angelic masters. For all that she is exceptional Elena isn't invulnerable
- & the more obvious her talents become the bigger a target she could fins herself.. .


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This is a guide to working & healing with divinities & deities. Archangels & Ascended Masters" is a thoroughly researched book in a lively encyclopedia format listing 77 divinities from Greek Roman Egyptian Asian Babylonian Tibetan Buddhist Celtic Theosophical New Age Catholic Cabalistic Jewish & Christian roots. Doreen Virtue carefully studied & wrote about the history of each of the deities what role they serve today how they can help us with specific life problems & how to call upon each one." ...