Showing results for "brian bates"

by

Brian Bates

In The Real Middle-Earth, explore the magically enchanting early-English civilization on which Tolkien based his world of The Lord of the Rings.Tolkien readily admitted that the concept of Middle-earth was not his own invention. An Old English term for the Dark Age world, it was always assumed that the importance of magic in this world existed only in Tolkien’s works; now Professor Brian Bates reveals the vivid truth about this historical culture....

by

Brian Bates

This compelling spiritual classic about an Anglo-Saxon sorcerer and mystic “deserves a spot on our bookshelves along with Carlos Castaneda” (Time Out)Charged with the difficult task of converting the ‘heathens’ of Anglo-Saxon England to Christianity, Christian scribe Wat Brand begins to doubt his mission when he learns more about the pagan ways of his neighbors. Guided by a shaman named Wulf, Brand is introduced to a world unlike anything he has ever known...

by

Brian R Bates

Series -

The History of the Book

Wordsworth’s process of revision, his organization of poetic volumes and his supplementary writings are often seen as distinct from his poetic composition. Bates asserts that an analysis of these supplementary writings and paratexts are necessary to a full understanding of Wordsworth’s poetry.

by

Alyce-Faye Cleese, Brian Bates

This book explores how different people have dealt with the issues related to getting on with their mothers. Psychotherapist Alyce-Faye Cleese interviewed a wide range of people to get an in-depth understanding of the different questions that arise in our relationships with our mother. From a New York taxi driver to her former husband John Cleese, and a computer consultant to General Colin Powell, the interviews show a remarkable similarity between the problems different people have with t...

by

Scott Gable, C. Dombrowski, Remy Nakamura, Lucy A. Snyder, J.E. Bates, Gord Sellar, Brian Evenson, Heather Hatch, Desirina Boskovich, DaVaun Sanders, D.W. Baldwin, J. Edward Tremlett, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Tom Dullemond, Premee Mohamed, Wendy N. Wagner, Kara Dennison, Brandon O'Brien, Heather Terry, Wendy Nikel, Robert White, Ingrid Garcia, Richard Lee Byers, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Tim Curran, Angus McIntyre, Ada Hoffmann, Bogi Takács, Wendi Dunlap, Cody Goodfellow, Nadia Bulkin

The newly hybridized Mirai seeks to bring her newfound salvation in Leng to her home world. Space marines Bea and Joe find themselves with incredible new powers to take to the front lines. Students make an amazing discovery on an alien asteroid but are forced to leave one of their own behind. Chydi must find their own path, no matter the wishes of their admiral father. A richly storied comet returns on its 1,000-year orbit, bringing both hope and doom.Explore the fringes of the kno...

by

Susan J. Wolfson, Mark A. McCutcheon, Lisa Crafton, Siobhan Watters, Lisbeth Chapin, L. Adam Mekler, Brian Bates, Robin Hammerman

Charles E. Robinson, Professor Emeritus of English at The University of Delaware, definitively transformed study of the novel Frankenstein with his foundational volume The Frankenstein Notebooks and, in nineteenth century studies more broadly, brought heightened attention to the nuances of writing and editing. Frankenstein and STEAM consolidates the generative legacy of his later work on the novel's broad relation to topics in science, technology, engineering, ar...

by

Niles Newton, Michael Newton, Wenda R. Trevathan, James J. McKenna, Sheila Cosminsky (Rutgers University, Brian Bates, Allison Newman Turner, Elaine Jones & Margarita A. Kay, Thomas R. Forbes, Lenore Manderson, Arthur Niehoff, Natalie Meister, Cecil Slome, Ruth Benedict, Daniel G. Freedman

This essential collection on maternal and child health focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. The distinguished list of contributors describe the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, highlighting a wide range of variation in practices across cultures. They discuss attitudes and techniques in childbirth, the interaction between human evolutionary form and birthing procedures, the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-We...

by

Robin A M Bate

Nessie was pondering his long sojourn at Loch Ness. He had seen many historical events unfold over the centuries and witness thousands of tourists and visitors from all over the world eager to catch a glimpse of the legend 'Nessie'. But in all that time Nessie had never left the loch , never been on a vacation in all those many many wind swept, interesting and turbulent years.

by

Seanan McGuire, Weston Ochse, Chesya Burke, J. C. Koch, Premee Mohammed, Josh Vogt, Lucy A. Snyder, Stephen Ross, Tim Waggoner, Lisa Morton, Douglas Wynne, Wendy N. Wagner, Jonathan Maberry

NEW WARRIORS IN AN ANCIENT BATTLE…The ongoing battle against the immortal Elder Gods enters the modern age. Magic, mayhem, and murder no longer reign in dusty books discovered in decrepit libraries. Today's monsters can be called by more than uncanny rituals in candlelit basements. Madness lurks on the internet and lives in the locker room. It breeds in the mall and ambushes its victims outside the club.But those who fight this vast evil have also moved int...

by

Premee Mohamed

Series -

Beneath the Rising Trilogy

* WINNER OF THE AURORA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL *'Lushly described and often unforgettably creepy' - Publishers Weekly'Thematically-resonant explorations of trust, forgiveness, and justice' - Reactor'A wonderfully tense reading experience' - Strange Horizons'So freaking good' - Book RiotSURVIVAL HAS CONSEQUENCESSe...

by

Premee Mohamed

Series -

Beneath the Rising Trilogy

* THE LOCUS, BRITISH FANTASY AND AURORA AWARD-NOMINATED SEQUEL TO BENEATH THE RISING *'A worthy entry to the sprawling genre of cosmic fiction' - Aurealis'An astounding examination of a shattered friendship' - Publishers Weekly'Kind and bloody-toothed, frantic and exhausted' - The Full Lid'We really believe the pain of losing somebody they deeply love...

by

Barbara Krasnoff

"This is storytelling at the top of the heap."—Jane Yolen, winner of the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement"Powerful and dreamlike, this intergenerational meditation on family, mortality, and hope is far more than the sum of its parts."—Publishers Weekly, starred review"Achingly familiar and wonderfully strange."—Samuel R. Delany, Hugo and Nebula Award winner"Plunge into T...