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A Cultural History of Death

A period-by-period overview of death from the ancient period to the present day.

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The Black Douglas

I. M. Davis

First Published in 1974, The Black Douglas is both exciting and informative, is based on fourteenth century chronicles and documents, and is the first full account of Douglas's eventful and…

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The Carcosa Conspiracy

Douglas M Davis

Carcosa. Yhtill. Hali. Hastur the Unspeakable. The King in Yellow, a terrible, faceless being bent on revenge. A mysterious city on the shore of a cloud-covered lake. A world with…

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The Ahern Home of Texarkana

Doris Douglas Davis, Thomas W. Cutrer

Focused on an early twentieth-century home in Texarkana, Arkansas, Doris Douglas Davis's The Ahern Home of Texarkana offers not only a discussion of the architecture of a Classical Revival dwelling…

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42: The Wildly Improbably Ideas of Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard drives and even poems…Welcome to the incredible archive of Douglas Adams.

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The Go-between

L.P. Hartley

The haunting story of a young boy’s awakening into the secrets of the adult world, The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian society.

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The Davis Parallel Gospels

Edward Douglas Davis

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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The Davis Parallel Gospels

Edward Douglas Davis

The Davis Parallel Gospels This book, The Davis Parallel Gospels, by Edward Douglas Davis, is a replication of a book originally published before 1902. It has been restored by human…

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The Long Walk Back Home A Quest For Freedom

Douglas Davis

Become involved in Hunter’s westward quest for freedom during the Civil War, when the forced Long Walk and tragic enslavement threatened the destruction of his proud people. This Navajo youth…

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For God’s Sake, Stop the Bickering!

PEACE: “For God’s sake, stop the bickering.” The title of this book has attempted to capture the essence of its contents. This effort is about the things that matter on…

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Private Passions: Discipleship and Betrayal on the Journey to Jerusalem

Douglas Davies

The Archbishop of Wales’s Lent Book 2001. Foreword by Rowan Williams. Reflects on the betrayals of Jesus and the way in which betrayal damages those who inflict as well as…

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Anthropology and Theology

Douglas Davies

Anthropology and Christian Theology have traditionally interpreted religion in quite different ways and have often been thought of as hostile to one another.

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Anthropology and Theology

Douglas Davies

Anthropology and Christian Theology have traditionally interpreted religion in quite different ways and have often been thought of as hostile to one another.

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Yoga, A Love Story

Douglas Davis

John Yogacara Asanga, a descendant of the saint Asanga, navigates his identity as a part-Indian in America. From Kokomo to Chicago's dark world, prison, and an Indian ashram where he…

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A Brief History of Death

Douglas Davies

The act of death itself and the rituals surrounding it vary enormously and shed a fascinating light on the cultures of which they are a part.

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Creative Strategy and the Business of Design

Douglas Davis

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Death, Life and Laughter: Essays on religion in honour of Douglas Davies

Birth, death and the rituals that take us from one to the other tell us a lot about humanity and our quest to understand ourselves. It is cross-disciplinary analyses of…

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Death, Life and Laughter: Essays on religion in honour of Douglas Davies

Birth, death and the rituals that take us from one to the other tell us a lot about humanity and our quest to understand ourselves. It is cross-disciplinary analyses of…

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The Davis Parallel Gospels

Edward Douglas Davis

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public…

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The Museum Transformed: Design and Culture in the Post-Pompidou Age

Douglas Davis

Analyzes the collision of architecture and culture in the controversial realm of contemporary museum design since the opening of the Pompidou Centre in 1977. The author assesses the extent to…

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The Luminous Eggs of Aryll-8

Douglas a Davy

Arian invaders attack the planet Aryll-8, enslaving and torturing the winged natives that communicate in thoughtspeak. Now, after generations of servitude, the tribeflock is near its end, with only an…

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The Davis Parallel Gospels: Being the Three Synoptic Gospels and Some Portions of John (1902)

Edward Douglas Davis

The Davis Parallel Gospels is a book published in 1902 by Edward Douglas Davis. It contains the three synoptic gospels - Matthew, Mark, and Luke - as well as some…

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The Davis Parallel Gospels: Being the Three Synoptic Gospels and Some Portions of John (1902)

Edward Douglas Davis

The Davis Parallel Gospels is a comprehensive book that presents the three synoptic gospels, namely Matthew, Mark, and Luke, alongside some portions of the gospel of John. The book was…

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Mormon Identities in Transition

Exploring the relation between knowledge and spirituality in Mormonism, this collection of essays considers themes such as the expansion of Mormonism, the emotional and social contexts of its historic and…

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Cremation Today and Tomorrow

J. Douglas Davies

This booklet considers the implications of cremation, both theological and pastoral aspects. Clerical and lay points of view are presented.

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God Made Me Beautiful, But I Didn’t Know It

Monica Douglas Davis

Do you know how beautiful you are? Beauty is much more than an outward physical appearance. Beauty is an inner reflection of yourself. It is what draws people to you…

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Grain Value Tables (REV.) Formerly Published Under the Title of Tables for Wheat and Other Grain

Edward Douglas Davis

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

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Death, Ritual, and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites

Professor Douglas Davies (Durham University, UK)

Describing a great variety of funeral rituals from major world religions and from local traditions, this book shows how cultures not only cope with corpses but also create an added…

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The Theology of Death

Professor Douglas Davies (Durham University, UK)

Seeks to establish several schemes of death theology related, for example, to early Christianity’s Jewish cultural milieu, to belief in Christ’s resurrection and to Christology, to issues of millennial belief…

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Death, Ritual, and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites

Professor Douglas Davies (Durham University, UK)

Describing a great variety of funeral rituals from major world religions and from local traditions, this book shows how cultures not only cope with corpses but also create an added…

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The Theology of Death

Professor Douglas Davies (Durham University, UK)

Seeks to establish several schemes of death theology related, for example, to early Christianity’s Jewish cultural milieu, to belief in Christ’s resurrection and to Christology, to issues of millennial belief…

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The Davis Parallel Gospels: Being the Three Synoptic Gospels and Some Portions of John (1902)

Edward Douglas Davis

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

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The Davis Parallel Gospels: Being the Three Synoptic Gospels and Some Portions of John (1902)

Edward Douglas Davis

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

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Jane Davies

Douglas Nordfors

When he is introduced to Jeremy Davies at a party in the summer of 2000, Edward Larson has no idea what lies in store for him: a tentative but ever-deepening…

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Jane Davies

Douglas Nordfors

When he is introduced to Jeremy Davies at a party in the summer of 2000, Edward Larson has no idea what lies in store for him: a tentative but ever-deepening…

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Death, Ritual and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites

Professor Douglas Davies (Durham University, UK)

Death, Ritual and Belief, now in its third edition, explores many important issues related to death and dying, from a religious studies perspective, including anthropology and sociology. Using the motif…

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Death, Ritual and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites

Professor Douglas Davies (Durham University, UK)

Death, Ritual and Belief, now in its third edition, explores many important issues related to death and dying, from a religious studies perspective, including anthropology and sociology. Using the motif…

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The Mormon Culture of Salvation: Force, Grace and Glory

Douglas J. Davies

This interdisciplinary study of Mormon culture and religious life offers theories of Mormonism’s success. Describing aspects of Morman belief, ritual, family life and history, it examines how Mormans see the…

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The Snowy Snout Gang

Douglas Morgan Davis

When Pickles and her fun-loving friends leave their Hoomans behind at the Bark Park, their curiosity leads them on a wild romp through the woods. By the end, every member…

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Fielding, Dickens, Gosse, Iris Murdoch and Oedipal Hamlet

Douglas Brooks-Davies

In this work, the author uses literary theory to offer re-readings of various major texts. Hamlet is used as the key to understanding the psychological and narrative structures in the…

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Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil and the Mormon Vision

Douglas J. Davies

Explores Mormon theology in different ways from a scholarly non-Mormon perspective. Bringing Jesus and Satan into relationship with Joseph Smith the founding prophet, this book shows how the Mormon ‘Plan…

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Arguing until Doomsday: Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle for American Democracy

Michael E. Woods

Weaving together biography and political history, Michael Woods restores Jefferson Davis and Stephen Douglas’s fatefully entwined lives and careers to the centre of the Civil War era. Operating on personal…

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An Introduction to Mormonism

Douglas J. Davies (University of Durham)

An introduction to the core beliefs and theological structure of the Mormon church.

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An Introduction to Mormonism

Douglas J. Davies (University of Durham)

An introduction to the core beliefs and theological structure of the Mormon church.

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Adolescence In A Moroccan Town

Susan Schaefer Davis,Douglas A. Davis

Adolescence is in many ways a culturally constructed category, with different meanings for different societies. Susan Schaefer Davis and Douglas A. Davis have studied adolescence in Zawiya, a town in…

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