Margaret: 4917 books

Basil is rich in history, benefits, lore, and magic.  It is from the Greek meaning king or royal. Europeans placed basil in the hand of the dead to ensure safe passage to the next plain of existence. It has strong ties to money, love, flying, and protection and is said to bring lovers together...

The almost simultaneous abolition of the slave trade and the cessation of convict transportation to the colony of New South Walesnow eastern mainland Australiastarted a quest by the squatter pastoralists for alternative sources of cheap labor for their vast sheep runs. Over a period of five years,...

Marys poems capture the essence of the changing of the seasons and focuses on the beautiful nature enveloping our surroundings. Marys writing invokes feelings of joyfulness and sometimes reflects our fleeting moods of sadness. Her poems are like ocean waves in which we can surf from the peak of feeling...

Broken Cup brings breathtaking eloquence to what Margaret Gibson describes as "traveling the Way of Alzheimer's" with her husband, poet David McKain. After his initial and tentative diagnosis, Gibson suspended her writing for two years; but then poetry returned, and the creative process became the...

'Kidnie's study presents original, sophisticated, and profoundly intelligent answers to important questions.' - Lukas Erne, University of Geneva 'This is a fine and productive book, one that will surely draw significant attention and commentary well beyond the precincts of Shakespeare studies.'...

Two totally different worlds collide when a prim heiress reconnects with a proud cattle baron and a royal falls for an ordinary girl! Master of Mallarinka by Margaret Way Haddon's on his way to the city to bring back stubborn heiress and childhood friend Victoria. A hard day's work on his cattle...

*Explores the best acknowledged ways to maintain and improve school education in the UK *Highlights ways for achieving required standards (such as DfEE standards) *Explores the need to find the right balance between external inspection and internal self-examination as methods for identifying sustainable...

The nature of further education (FE) in England and the role of FE colleges is changing in response to a new age of austerity, diminishing public resources and views on the role of the State in allocating them. Our economies and the FE market are becoming increasingly globalised. There is no better...

Discendente dell’illustre dinastia Giulio-Claudia, Nerone è ancora bambino quando capisce che la Roma imperiale è un ­coacervo di rivalità e ferocia. Il solo fatto di essere destinato alla successione al trono mette a rischio la sua vita fin dai tre anni, quando lo zio Caligola tenta di annegarlo....

Margaret Alice Murray (Calcutta, 13 juli 1863 – Welwyn, 13 november 1963) was een vooraanstaand Brits egyptoloog en antropoloog. Zij is vooral bekend geworden door haar werk in egyptologie, "de kern van haar academische carrière".Haar naam is ook verbonden aan haar Heksencultus-hypothese,...

Margaret Conrad's history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment? And who are its people? Drawing on her many years of experience as a scholar, writer and teacher of Canadian...

The late 1970s and 1980s saw a process of mass factory closures in cities and regions across the Midwest of the United States. What happened next as leaders reacted to the news of each plant closure and to the broader deindustrialization trend that emerged during this time period is the main subject...

In this fourth edition of the best-selling core introductory textbook, Pete Alcock and Margaret May provide an essential up-to-date guide on social policy. Continuing with the unbeaten narrative style and accessible approach of the previous editions, the authors explore the major topics of social...

From legendary barbecue to famous blues, soak up the best of Bluff City with Moon Memphis. Explore the City: Navigate by neighborhood or by activity with color-coded maps See the Sites: Immerse yourself in history at the National Civil Rights Museum or the Stax Museum of American Soul Music....