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    The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think

    Richard Buxton

    A fresh and revealing look at the stories at the heart of Greek mythology, exploring their cultural impact throughout history up to the present day.

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    Fine Margins: How Manchester City and Liverpool Forged Football’s Ultimate Rivalry

    Richard Buxton

    Fine Margins is the definitive story of how Manchester City and Liverpool became rivals across English and world football. For over 50 years, these two clubs from opposite ends of…

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    A Botanical Guide to the Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses and Algae Found Indigenous Within Sixteen Miles of Manchester (1849)

    Richard Buxton

    With Some Information As To Their Agricultural, Medicinal, And Other Uses.

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    Oxford Readings in Greek Religion

    This volume gathers together papers on Greek religion which have been revised by their authors and/or provided with addenda, to take account of the most recent scholarship at the turn…

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    Oxford Readings in Greek Religion

    This volume covers various areas of interest in the study of Greek religion. The topics covered include: the relationship between religion and politics; new perspectives opened up by archaeological finds…

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    A Botanical Guide To The Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses, And Algae, Found Indigenous Within Sixteen Miles Of Manchester; With Some Information As To Their Agricultural, Medicinal, And Other Uses

    Richard Buxton

    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…

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    A Botanical Guide to the Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses and Algae Found Indigenous Within Sixteen Miles of Manchester (1849)

    Richard Buxton

    With Some Information As To Their Agricultural, Medicinal, And Other Uses.

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    From Myth to Reason?: Studies in the Development of Greek Thought

    It is commonly thought that Greek civilization underwent a transition from myth to reason. But what does this mean and how much truth is there in it? This text reconsiders…

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    From Myth to Reason?: Studies in the Development of Greek Thought

    It is commonly thought that Greek civilization underwent a transition from myth to reason. But what does this mean and how much truth is there in it? In this text…

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    Whirligig: Keeping the Promise

    Richard Buxton

    The first novel from multi-award winning short-story writer Richard Buxton, Whirligig is at once an outsider’s odyssey through the battle for Tennessee, a touching story of impossible love, and a…

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    Imaginary Greece: The Contexts of Mythology

    Richard Buxton

    This is a study of Greek myths in relation to the society in which they were originally told. It does not re-tell the myths: rather it offers an analysis of…

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    The Complete World of Greek Mythology

    Richard Buxton

    A retelling of Greek myths is combined here with a comprehensive account of the world in which the myths developed - their themes, their relevance to Greek religion and society…

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    Greek Myths & Tales: Epic Tales

    A potent pantheon of gods, heroes engaged in epic battles, fearsome mythical creatures and supernatural transformations - such fantastical elements infuse Greek myths with a wonder and excitement that’s hard…

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    El imaginario griego: Los contextos de mitologia

    Richard Buxton

    A study of Greek mythology in relation to its original contexts.

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    A Botanical Guide to the Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses and Algae Found Indigenous Within Sixteen Miles of Manchester (1849)

    Richard Buxton

    With Some Information As To Their Agricultural, Medicinal, And Other Uses.

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    The Copper Road: Beyond The Promise

    Richard Buxton

    Shire is far from home, his old life in Victorian England a fading memory. He’s battled through war-torn America to keep a cherished promise to his childhood companion. Now she’s…

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    Tigers In Blue

    Richard Buxton

    Two brutal years in America's civil war have made a veteran of Shire; his younger English self buried beneath scars and unwanted memories. Unable to help, he watches as Tuck…

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    A Botanical Guide to the Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses and Algae, Found Indigenous Within Sixteen Miles of Manchester

    Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature Richard Buxton (University of Bristol)

    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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    Forms of Astonishment: Greek Myths of Metamorphosis

    Richard Buxton (Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Bristol)

    An illustrated study of a number of Greek myths about the transformations of humans and gods. Richard Buxton poses the question of how seriously the Greeks took these tales, and…

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    Forms of Astonishment: Greek Myths of Metamorphosis

    Richard Buxton (Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Bristol)

    An illustrated study of a number of Greek myths about the transformations of humans and gods. Richard Buxton poses the question of how seriously the Greeks took these tales, and…

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    Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles and Techniques

    Richard B. Buxton (University of California, San Diego)

    Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) has become a standard tool for mapping the working brain’s activation patterns, both in health and in disease. In this second edition, Richard Buxton provides…

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    Myths and Tragedies in their Ancient Greek Contexts

    Richard Buxton (Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Bristol)

    This work brings together Richard Buxton’s studies of Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, focusing especially on the interrelationship between the two. Situating and contextualising topics and themes within the world…

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    Religion, Society and God: Public Theology in Action

    This text is divided into two sections. Section one tackles issues of ultimate concern and the place of God in the modern world, whilst section two considers the role of…

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    Myths and Tragedies in their Ancient Greek Contexts

    Richard Buxton (Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Bristol)

    This work brings together Richard Buxton’s studies of Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, focusing especially on the interrelationship between the two. Situating and contextualizing topics and themes within the world…

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    The Great Peace-Maker: A Sub-Marine Dialogue … with a Preface by the Author of Our Living Poets, Etc. (H. B. Forman).

    Richard Hengist Horne,Harry Buxton Forman

    Title: The Great Peace-Maker: a sub-marine dialogue … With a preface by the author of Our Living Poets, etc. (H. B. Forman).Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is…

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    Cyclops: The Myth and its Cultural History

    Mercedes Aguirre (Profesora Contratada Doctora, Profesora Contratada Doctora, Universidad Complutense),Richard Buxton (Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Bristol)

    A Cyclops is popularly assumed to be nothing more than a flesh-eating, one-eyed monster. In an accessible and academically authoritative investigation, this book explores the depth and subtlety of their…

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    The Great Peace-Maker: A Submarine Dialogue

    Richard Henry Horne,H Buxton 1842-1917 Forman

    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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    A Practical Approach to Environmental Law

    Dr Paul Stookes (Solicitor-Advocate, Richard Buxton; Part-time lecturer, School of Law, University of Hertfordshire)

    A Practical Approach to Environmental Law provides comprehensive coverage of the full range of law and legislation relating to the environment. It is structured into three parts in a clear…

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    Primers Volume Four

    Lewis Buxton,Amelia Loulli,Victoria Richards

    In 2018, the Poetry School and Nine Arches Press launched their nationwide Primers scheme for a fourth time, in search of exciting new voices in poetry, with Kim Moore and…

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    Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion

    Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion is a ground-breaking volume dedicated to a thorough examination of the well known empirical categories of light and darkness as it…

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