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    The Lucid Veil: Poetic Truth in the Victorian Age

    W. David Shaw

    The Lucid Veil is conceived as a sequel to The Mirror and the Lamp by M.H. Abrams. It gives a comprehensive account of the philosophic background of Victorian poetics. It…

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    Babel and the Ivory Tower: The Scholar in the Age of Science

    W. David Shaw

    This is a fascinating and illuminating discussion of liberal and contemplative scholarship and adds significantly to the growing body of contemporary philosophical literature.

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    Secrets of the Oracle: A History of Wisdom from Zeno to Yeats

    W. David Shaw

    What is wisdom? Where does it come from? Where can we find it? And what does it mean in our lives?Shaw explores these questions by turning to the works of…

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    The Ghost behind the Masks: The Victorian Poets and Shakespeare

    W. David Shaw

    He explores such topics as man-made law versus natural right, Stoic fatalism versus self-reliance, and the sanity of lunatics, lovers, and poets versus the madness of commonplace minds.

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    Alfred Tennyson Revisited

    W. David Shaw (Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada)

    This study covers the whole of Tennyson’s work, from the early poems, through the public poems of his mid-career, to the well-known later poems. The book’s approach provides an awareness…

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    America’s Victory: The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans – And how they Won the Greatest Yacht Race Ever

    David W. Shaw

    The America’s Cup is the oldest international trophy in competitive sports, yet few know the inspirational story of the dedicated seamen behind the original historic race. In 1850, a brilliant…

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    Sea Wolf of the Confederacy: The Daring Civil War Raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read

    David W. Shaw

    In June 1862, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a devastating series of raids on the New England coast. At…

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    The Sea Shall Embrace Them: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic

    David W. Shaw

    The gripping story of one of the world’s worst maritime disasters, the sinking of the liner THE ARCTIC which resulted in the loss of more than 400 lives.

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    Flying Cloud

    David W Shaw

    In 1851, Elanor Creesy, in a position almost unheard of for a woman in the mid-nineteenth century, served as the navigator on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying…

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    For the Beauty of the Church - Casting a Vision for the Arts

    W. David O. Taylor,Luci Shaw

    Written by pastors and church leaders, this book inspires pastor-leaders with a vision of the church and the arts that is compelling and profoundly transformative.

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    Structural Masonry Designers’ Manual

    W. G. Curtin,Gerry Shaw,J. K. Beck,W. A. Bray,David Easterbrook

    This major handbook covers the structural use of brick and blockwork. A major feature is a series of step-by-step design examples of typical elements and buildings. The book has been…

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    Archaeological Investigations at Yaxuna 1986-1996: Results of the Selz Foundation Yaxuna Project

    James N Ambrosino,Traci Ardren,Sharon Bennett,David A Freidel,Justine M Shaw

    This volume represents the final report of the Selz Foundation Yaxuna Archaeological Project at the Precolumbian Maya center of Yaxuna, Yucatan, Mexico from 1986 to 1996. This volume contains summaries…

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