Professor Hooke shows how mythology can play a role in ritual, how it can explain the origin of a custom or cult and glorify a hero, tribe or city. All of these functions are relevant to the strange and haunting myths of the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Canaanites and Hittites, slowly revealed by decades of archaeological research and retold here. Yet it is also these early religious traditions that underlie the familiar stories of Genesis, Noah's flood and the Garden of Eden. Even the Nativity and Resurrection narratives, whatever their basis in fact, can be paralleled elsewhere. We ought, in other words, to consider the Middle East as a single unit and to look at the Bible in that context.

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Laboratory experiments, field study projects, and research findings supplement a study of the scientific principles which govern freshwater ecosystems and the effect of human intervention on natural balances.

Outlines investigations and experiments that demonstrate major environmental problems in the United States.

The impending downfall of the Shah of Iran brings into play various Eastern and Western undercover operations in a drama involving men and women around the world

Newly married, lovely young Meg Kendricks journeys to the Florida Keys in answer to her mother's desperate pleas and finds herself trapped in a nightmarish web of madness and terror

This study is an exploration of the collective values and activities of lay society in Western Europe between the tenth century and the thirteenth. Arguing that medieval attitudes and behaviour have been too readily defined in terms of hierarchical structures of government, clerical thought, or a narrow notion of kinship, the author instead places new emphasis on the horizontal bonds of collective association which permeated society in medieval England, France and Burgundy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy. By refocusing attention on the social and political values that characterized lay collective activity, this book offers a stimulating new approach to the history of medieval Europe. The second edition of this important study incorporates a substantial new introduction, which amplifies the arguments of the original edition and takes account of recent research. ON THE FIRST EDITION `all students of the Middle Ages and of collective organization will be indebted to Reynolds for this rich and original book. It will be a starting-point for discussion and the reference point for information', Times Literary Supplement This book is intended for students of medieval history.

For Ryan Swan, who'd learned never to give her trust, master illusionist Pierce Atkins was the last man to whom she should give her heart. Especially since he was planning a death-defying stunt he might not escape from. But in Pierce's enthralling presence, all Ryan's defenses seemed to vanish…like magic.

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Introductory text provides broad coverage of criminal law through a practical and applied approach. Numerous summarized cases are interspersed throughout each chapter with factual examples that illustrate and summarize principles of criminal law. Questions at the end of each chapter, many based on real cases, help clarify intricate legal problems and answer the questions persons working in criminal justice-law enforcement officers, parole and probation officers, paralegals, drug and alcohol counselors, and others-will face. The outline format and index provide easy access to the text and help this text also serve as a great reference for students.

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Product Description: Textbook on physiological plant ecology. Includes superb illustrations and tables. Completely revised and enlarged edition. DLC: Plant ecophysiology.

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