The essays collected here celebrate mark the distinguished career of Professor W. Mark Ormrod, reflecting the vibrancy and range of his scholarship on the structures, personalities and culture of ruling late medieval England. Encompassing political, administrative, Church and social history, the volume focusses on three main themes: monarchy, state and political culture. For the first, it explores Edward III's reactions to the deaths of his kinfolk and cases of political defamation across ...

There is no doubt Margaret Biggs newest work Visions will touch many. I am sure her book is the answer to many prayers out there as she has documented well her unique journey towards wholeness, which is very important for all who are in need of the inner peace found by loving themselves, embracing their gifts and honoring their heart. This book is beautiful!--Michael Brant DeMaria, Ph. D., Psychologist, Author, Speaker and Four-Time Grammy Nominated Recording ArtistThere is...

When does becoming part of the team go too far?For decades, young men and women endured degrading and dangerous rituals in order to join sororities and fraternities while college administrators blindly accepted their consequences. In recent years, these practices have spilled over into the mainstream, polluting military organizations, sports teams, and even secondary schools. In Destroying Young Lives: Hazing in Schools and the Military, Hank Nuwer assembles an extraordina...

Dieses kleine aber feine Büchlein stammt von dem Begründer der sog. Orthopraxie, die von Bigg als Behandlung deformierter Teile des Körpers mittels mechanischer Vorrichtungen bekannt gemacht wurde. Ihn bezeichnet einer der Gründerväter der Osteopathie, J.M. Littlejohn als einen der legitimen Vorläufer der Osteopathie.