Mieszkańcy osiemnastowiecznej Wirginii, brytyjskiej kolonii w Ameryce Północnej, słynęli z upodobania do zabawy, rozrywki i wypoczynku. Festyny, bale, wyścigi konne, walki kogutów, pijackie biesiady, ...
Najpopularniejszy podręcznik do nauki gry na gitarze. Na początku uczeń poznaje instrument: jego części składowe, sposoby trzymania gitary, oznaczenia palców i strun. We wstępie Powroźniak przedstawia...
The importance of clay minerals and their origin is crucial to an understanding of the physico-chemical functions of the interface at the Earth soil interface. Clays are the product of slow transforma...
This book, whose slashed part of the title refers to Allen Tate?s idea of poetic tension, ?derived from lopping the prefixes off the logical terms extension and intension? (Tate 1938: 283; italics in ...
Rozprawa pani Agaty Zarzyckiej jest udaną próbą wprzęgnięcia post strukturalistycznych narzędzi badawczych w analizę zjawiska narracyjnych gier fabularnych. Choć same gry są obecne w kulturze już dobr...
Passion and reason collide with explosive force in the newest installment of Nalini Singh’s “mesmerizing”* Psy/Changeling series. As a conflict with Pure Psy looms on the horizon, two powerful wolves ...
Life can change in an instant. A cold February morning ...a snowy road ...and suddenly all of Mia's choices are gone. Except one. As alone as she'll ever be, Mia must make the most difficult choice of...
Three words that resound in the heart of the warrior, but what is duty when country is gone? Where does honour lie when allies are revealed as enemies, when friends are not who they seem and when ene...
Review of the first edition"a fine and refreshing collection of articlesĹź Each chapter is integrated closely with the others, [making] The Excellence of Play easy to dip into as well as presenting re...
Here is a story told inside out and back to front Five Dunbar brothers are living – fighting, loving, grieving – in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. Today, the father who left them has ...
In 1915, forty years after the original Ku Klux Klan disbanded, a former farmer, circuit preacher, and university lecturer named Colonel William Joseph Simmons revived the secret society. By the early...
Becoming the Lord of Pandemonium Rikuo grew up in a house full of yokai, so he always thought they were cool. But the kids in his class talk about yokai like they're bad! When his grandfather announc...
The Nura Clan Assembly Rikuo's confrontation with the mutinous Gyuki reveals a schism within the Nura clan. Nurarihyon convenes an assembly to formally name Rikuo as the next leader. But Rikuo's will...
Rikuo vs. Gyuki When the Kyuso yokai clan kidnaps Rikuo's classmates Kana and Yura, Rikuo transforms into his yokai form to save them. But the plot is far from over. It turns out Gyuki, a top officer...
88 Demons of Shikoku The Nura clan’s turf has been invaded! A mysterious set of travelers arrives in Ukiyoe Town to wreak havoc and challenge Rikuo in his position as the leader of Japan’s most power...
A Yokai with Wings Darker than Night Rikuo has successfully defended his classmates from the vicious Inugami’s mad-dog attack. But that battle is just a hint of what’s to come. The sinister Tamazuki ...
The House Where Jyami Wanders Yokai rumble! Rikuo leads his Night Parade of a Hundred Demons in a street fight against the 88 Demons of Shikoku. But Rikuo doesn’t know that the maniacal leader of the...
In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution, the brain, behavioral ...
Internationally bestselling author Julia Navarro riveted readers around the world with her provocative novel The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud. Now she goes even further, in this electrifying thrille...
The year is 1434, and preparations are under way for the Corpus Christi festival in Oxford, England. Plays are a traditional part of the celebration, and Joliffe and the rest of his troupe are to perf...
In the spring of 1435, Joliffe and his fellow players are sent to the village of Ashewell not only to stage plays, but to uncover some dark secrets about the town’s three wealthy families: the Ashewel...
Joliffe and company play spies amongst the British aristocracy as lords and clergymen vie for the coveted position of regent to the young King Henry VI. But when men who know too much begin to die in ...
At the behest of his powerful patron, Joliffe journeys to France to act as a servant to the widowed duchess Jacquetta of Bedford - while actually training in spycraft. But when a member of the duchess...
In harvest time of 1436, Joliffe's troupe leader falls, leaving his players to find what work they can while he recovers. Joliffe finds work in a hospital where he unfortunately has to deal with Mistr...
From the pages of the national bestselling Dame Frevisse mysteries. While performing in the theatrical and religious festival of Corpus Christi Day in Coventry, Joliffe is summoned by Bishop Beaufort ...
International justice has become a crucial part of the ongoing political debates about the future of shattered societies like Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Cambodia, and Chile. Why do our governments someti...
Innovative formal structures challenge readers to reconsider their assumptions and beliefs about social issues.
Presents the story of Ayla that begins when, as a 5-year-old orphan, she is adopted by the Clan, a group of Neanderthals. Initially, she inspires surprise, then wariness and finally acceptance by the ...
This volume presents the text of a play that focuses on two gay lovers, one in an exhausting battle with AIDS, and two friends who join together to help the man with AIDS end his life.
Performing at the wedding of Sir Edmund Deneby's daughter, the player Joliffe has another task to perform—as a spy. As he uncovers the secrets of the Denebys' sordid history, it becomes clear that thi...