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Michael D. Bailey

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Magic in History Sourcebooks

While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages.The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy ...

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Michael George Bailey

The hunters wear hoodies, long sleeves, and high boots, leaving no skin exposed. They take aggressive precautions to prevent mosquito bites. After slathering copious amounts of repellent onto the backs of their hands and face, willingly, in lousy conditions, they embarked into a notoriously hostile environment whose occupants pay zero attention to human security or comfort. The reward of returning home before daybreak with a sack of toads makes it all worthwhile.

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Michael A. Bailey

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Methodological Tools in the Social Sciences

Survey research is in a state of crisis. People have become less willing to respond to polls and recent misses in critical elections have undermined the field's credibility. Pollsters have developed many tools for dealing with the new environment, an increasing number of which rely on risky opt-in samples. Virtually all of these tools require that respondents in each demographic category are a representative sample of all people in each demographic category, something that is unlikely to b...

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Michael C. Bailey

Innsmouth Look Publishing invites you to explore the worlds of author Michael C. Bailey in this collection of short stories and a previously unreleased novelette-length story.Action Figures - An Adventure in BabysittingProtecting the innocent? That's easy. Taking down crazed super-villains? No problem. Babysitting the youngest member of the super-team the Quantum Quintet, a little boy whose temper tantrums can level a city block? That could prove t...

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Sarah A. Bailey

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Yvonne Roberts, Curtis Michael Holland

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Pacific Shores

Then:Leo Graham knows nothing new ever happens in the small town of Pacific Shores. That is, until he runs into his new neighbor. Golden haired, honey-eyed, and sharp-tongued, Darby Andrews. As Leo and Darby's budding friendship turns into a burning love that neither of them could've expected, Leo is determined to protect it at all costs. Until he finds the girl of his teenage dreams ran away in the middle of the night without so much as a goodbye.Now:Darby Andrews ...

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Michael Bailey

Knee arthritis exercises can help you relieve knee pains, if you have knee problems, you can as well enhance your range of movement by engaging in these exercises. Engaging in some of these knee exercises will help you to move and feel better during your daily activities. Low-impact exercises for knee arthritis can help to relieve knee pains and also improve knee flexibility. If you are experiencing knee osteoarthritis, these exercises can also enhance your mobility as well as range of mot...

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Michael C. Bailey

One war is over but a new war is beginning, and Lightstorm is once again caught in the crossfire.After eight months in space fighting alongside the Vanguard against the Black End, Carrie “Lightstorm” Hauser comes home to rejoin her friends and family — but do they even need her anymore?Carrie returns to Earth and finds herself a stranger in her own life. Matt has taken over as leader of the Hero Squad, her secret identity has been revealed to the world, and...

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Professor Michael D. Bailey

The only comprehensive, single-volume survey of magic available, this compelling book traces the history of magic, witchcraft, and superstitious practices such as popular spells or charms from antiquity to the present day. Focusing especially on Europe in the medieval and early modern eras, Michael Bailey also explores the ancient Near East, classical Greece and Rome, and the spread of magical systems_particularly modern witchcraft or Wicca_from Europe to the United States. He examines how...

For fans of Out There Screaming and Never Whistle at Night, a chilling anthology of tales centered around the longest nights of the year, with modern horror authors like Alma Katsu and Josh Malerman paying homage to the time-honored Victorian tradition of ghost stories, edited by Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey.Great writers of centuries past like Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, and Bram Stoker understood that darkness is always hiding amid the...

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Michael R Bailey, Peter H. Davidson

In 1825 the Stockton & Darlington Railway began operations as the world's first public railway to be operated by steam. The first train, which opened the railway on 27 September, was drawn by the locomotive that became known as LOCOMOTION No.1.It is from this origin that all public railways the world over developed to become the driving force behind economic progress. The brief history that accompanied the locomotive's preservation in 1857 was both inadequ...

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Clare Bailey Mosley, Dr Sarah Schenker

**AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4**In this best-selling cookbook, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, GP and wife of Michael Mosley, has teamed up with renowned nutritionist Dr Sarah Schenker to create a collection of low-calorie, low-carb recipes, all expertly balanced and easy to make. Ranging from quick breakfasts to deliciously satisfying suppers, these simple meals will help you to revolutionise your health.Whether you are embarking on the full 8-week diet plan to reverse yo...

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Michael Bailey

Use the power of behavioral finance to make smarter, better-informed decisions through every step of the investing processIn an economy where markets are more unpredictable than ever, emotions can derail the efforts of even the most experienced investors and wreak havoc on portfolio returns.Applying powerful behavioral finance concepts, Stop. Think. Invest. provides a framework for identifying personal biases and avoiding mistakes that can cost big...