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This vintage book contains William Morris's 1867 poem, "The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem". It was originally intended as a story to accompany "The Earthly Paradise", a work presented as a poetic collection recounted by Greek travellers who encountered each other whilst seeking out immortality. It is the longest poem on Jason ever written and is the second longest work on the subject after Robert Graves' "Hercules, My Shipmate" (1945). This volume...
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Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by William Morris: Child Christopher And Goldilind, The Faira Dream Of John Ball, The Hollow Land, Hopes And Fears For Art, The House Of The Wolfing, Sold French Romances Done Into English, The Sundering Flood, The Tables Turned, The Water Of The Wondrous Isles, The Well At The World's End, and The World Of Romance.
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Forty beautiful designs by one of Victorian era's most influential designers. Modestly priced, royalty-free collection of richly detailed patterns, faithfully reproduced from rare 1890s publication. Superb designs for wallpapers, chintzes, velveteens, tapestries, tiles, carpets, more.
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Originally published in 1868, 'The Earthly Paradise' is considered William Morris's most popular poem. An epic poem that features legends, myths and stories from Europe, sectioned into the twelve months of the year. Usually sold in parts, Ragged Hand is publishing 'The Earthly Paradise' in one complete volume with a specially commissioned new biography of the author. Highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of anyone with a passion for poetry....
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This is the remarkable true story of a white Mississippi businessman with a lifelong passion for R&B/Doo-Wop music, who in a "Magic Moment" encounter with one of his favorite groups, discovers his talent for singing this style of music. He also discovered that his passion for music held a higher purpose, one that led to a three-decade, deep friendship with Prentiss Barnes and Harvey Fuqua of The Moonglows, Bill Pinkney of The Original Drifters and...
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In his book, "In Defense of the Nation: Black Iowans at War", William chronicles the contributions and trials of black soldiers from the Civil War to the Persian Gulf War . In his unique storytelling style, Morris shares the personal accounts and heroic actions of Black soldiers, along with an impressive set of photographs and documentation. Morris says every soldier he interviewed said essentially the same thing; "We didn't fight for America as...
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Utopia. A community or society possessing highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities. It may be a dream, but it's a dream that has inspired writers for thousands of years. Plato's Republic may be the very first utopia presented to a mass audience, but Thomas More coined the term with his 1516 book Utopia (included here), which describes a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean. The term (and its antonym, dystopia) quickly
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Dos jóvenes californianas combinan para ir de campamento con un joven que han conocido en un bar. El muchacho posee un talento especial...y la esperanza de vida de las jóvenes se ve reducida.
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Reiki: Hands That Heal is a perfect introduction to Reiki and a useful workbook for practitioners at all levels. As an introduction, Joyce Morris outlines the history and general principles of Reiki, and her lineage to the tradition. For the practitioner and those who want to learn more about specific aspects of Reiki, further chapters delve into the legal and ethical considerations of treatment, current research, and examples of Reiki healing "miracles."Particularly...