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Michael Hunter

Hugely popular outdoorsman, hunter, and chef Michael Hunter shares a stunning and indispensable guide to cooking wild food outdoors with 80+ recipes, techniques, and stories of hunting and fishing in the wild.Seasoned outdoorsman, hunter, and angler Michael Hunter takes readers on his adventures in the wild across North America. In this highly anticipated book, Hunter shares his passion for nature, hunting wild food, and takes cooking outside in over 80 recipes—fre...

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Michael Hunter

A new history that overturns the received wisdom that science displaced magic in Enlightenment Britain—named a Best Book of 2020 by the Financial TimesIn early modern Britain, belief in prophecies, omens, ghosts, apparitions and fairies was commonplace. Among both educated and ordinary people the absolute existence of a spiritual world was taken for granted. Yet in the eighteenth century such certainties were swept away. Credit for this great change is usua...

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Michael Hunter

A new history that overturns the received wisdom that science displaced magic in Enlightenment Britain—named a Best Book of 2020 by the Financial TimesIn early modern Britain, belief in prophecies, omens, ghosts, apparitions and fairies was commonplace. Among both educated and ordinary people the absolute existence of a spiritual world was taken for granted. Yet in the eighteenth century such certainties were swept away. Credit for this great change is usu...

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Michael Hunter

Anxiety about the threat of atheism was rampant in the early modern period, yet fully documented examples of openly expressed irreligious opinion are surprisingly rare. England and Scotland saw only a handful of such cases before 1750, and this book offers a detailed analysis of three of them. Thomas Aikenhead was executed for his atheistic opinions at Edinburgh in 1697; Tinkler Ducket was convicted of atheism by the Vice-Chancellor's court at the University of Cambridge in 1739; whereas Ar...

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Michael Hunter

"I recognized that Michael Hunter knows what he is talking about the minute I opened this book. Hunter is the kind of guy--and the kind of work--that you get when you combine passion, creativity, inventiveness, and elbow grease. This book makes me hungry, and Michael Hunter makes me proud to be a hunter and angler."--Steven Rinella, outdoorsman, host of the TV series and podcast MeatEater, and author The MeatEater Fish and Game CookbookWell...

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Michael Hunter

Discover the pomodoro technique—a time-tested method for maximizing focus, efficiency, and accomplishment. Dive into the history, principles, and science behind the technique, gaining invaluable insights into how to work smarter, not harder. From setting up your workspace to choosing tasks suitable for pomodoro sessions, you'll learn practical strategies for integrating pomodoro seamlessly into your daily routine.With step-by-step instructions, actionable tips, and...

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Archie Hunter

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan was the key figure in an extraordinary, controversial and ultimately tragic episode during the Peninsula War. He was the commanding officer held responsible for the dramatic night escape of the French garrison from Almeida over a vital bridge. For this disaster he incurred the extreme wrath of the Duke of Wellington but whether this was fair remains highly debatable.

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Michael Hunter

This is the story of the illegitimate son of a young immigrant woman who was on the run from her abusive husband. It’s the story of a child whose father died when the boy was only four. It’s about growing up with PTSD and alcoholism and abuse and family dysfunction. It’s about a man who thought he knew what God and Christianity is all about and yet he fell so far into sin that it destroyed everything in his life and he ended up in prison. It’s also the story of how this same man finally re...

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Michael Hunter

Did you know that God did not kill Adam and Eve? Is death a natural and normal part of human existence? Why does everything die? Will there always be death? What happens when we die? Where do we go? Is there life after death? Will there be a “Rapture” for Christians? Did you know that the teaching of Evolution is the third oldest lie in the whole world? Which two lies are even older? Is there intelligent alien life in outer space? Is there a Devil? Did you know that God is not the One who ...

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Michael Hunter

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was a genius whose wide-ranging achievements are at last receiving the recognition that they deserve. Long overshadowed by such eminent contemporaries as Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Christopher Wren, Hooke's own seminal contributions to science, architecture and technology are now being acclaimed in their own right. Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society when it was chartered in 1662 and author of the famous Micrographia (1665), Hooke also showed unparalleled ing...

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Michael Hunter

Robert Boyle (1627-91) was the most influential British scientist of the late seventeenth century. His huge archive, which has been at the Royal Society since 1769, has only recently been explored, leading to a new understanding of many aspects of Boyle's thought. This volume brings together the essential materials for understanding the Boyle Papers. It includes a revised version of Michael Hunter's fundamental study of the archive, first published in 1992, which elucidates its history and...

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Summer Hunter

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Zee Dahna, Michael Hudson

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Magic Island

A weekend trip, a sexy billionaire, and my fragile heart.Chance Easton shields me when my dress rips off during an elevator ride.It’s heated in the garden between us later.I think it’s over until...He offers me a PA job and tells his brother I’m his girlfriend.I don’t refuse either.Three weeks couldn’t hurt.Then I discover he’s mega-rich and his family runs the entire Island.I’m growing attached to my fake boyfriend who is als...