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Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean (Studies In Latin America & Car)
pdf | 2.43 MB | English |978-1592137350 | Peter Manuel (Ed.) | 2011 | Temple University Press; Pap/Com edition | Page: 288
About Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean (Studies In Latin America & Car) :
The contradance and the quadrille, in their diverse forms, were the most popular and important genres of creole Caribbean music and dance in the nineteenth century. Throughout the region, they were sites of interaction for musicians and musical elements of different racial, social, and ethnic origins, and they became crucibles for the evolution of genres like the Cuban danzon and son, the Dominican merengue, and the Haitian mereng. Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean, the first book to explore this phenomenon in detail and with a pan-regional perspective, includes chapters on the Spanish-, French-, and English-speaking Caribbean. Each covers the musical and choreographic features, social dynamics, historical development, and significance of the genres and discusses them in relation to the broader Caribbean historical context.
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Just My Luck
epub | 488.18 KB | English | Parks, Adele | 2020 | HarperCollins | Page: 245
About Just My Luck :
What if winning means losing everything?
It's the stuff dreams are made of - a lottery win so big, it changes everything. For fifteen years, Lexi and Jake have played the same six numbers with their friends, the Pearsons and the Heathcotes. Over dinner parties, fish & chip suppers and summer barbecues, they've discussed the important stuff - the kids, marriages, jobs and houses - and they've laughed off their disappointment when they failed to win anything more than a tenner.
But then, one Saturday night, the unthinkable happens. There's a rift in the group. Someone doesn't tell the truth. And soon after, six numbers come up which change everything forever. Lexi and Jake have a ticket worth £18 million. And their friends are determined to claim a share of it.
Sunday Times Number One bestseller Adele Parks returns with a riveting look at the dark side of wealth in this gripping take on friendship, money and betrayal, and good luck gone bad...
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The Political Force of Musical Beauty
pdf | 1.66 MB | English | Shank, Barry; | 2014 | Duke University Press Books | Page: 341
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In The Political Force of Musical Beauty, Barry Shank sho how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. Rather than focusing on the ways in which music enables the circulation of political messages, he argues that communities grounded in the act and experience of listening can give rise to new political ideas and expression. Analyzing a wide range of "beautiful music" within popular and avant-garde genres-including the Japanese traditions in the music of Takemitsu Toru and Yoko Ono, the drone of the Velvet Underground, and the insistence of hardcore punk and Riot grrrl post-punk-Shank finds that when it fulfills the promise of combining sonic and lyrical differences into a cohesive whole, musical beauty has the power to reorganize the basis of social relations and produce communities that recognize meaningful difference.
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In Plenty and in Time of Need Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity
pdf | 33.57 MB | English | Lia T. Bascomb; | 2019 | Rutgers University Press; None edition | Page: 307
About In Plenty and in Time of Need Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity :
In Plenty and in Time of Need demonstrates how the unique history of Barbados has contributed to complex relations of national, gendered, and sexual identities, and how these identities are represented and interpreted on a global stage. As the most widespread manifestation of social commentary, the book uses music and performance to analyze the competing ideals and realities of the national culture. It details the histories of prominent musical artists, including the prolific Pan-Africanist calypsonian the Mighty Gabby, the world-renowned Merrymen, Soca Queen Alison Hinds, artist/activist Rupee, and international superstar Rihanna. Using these artists, the project analyzes how femininity, masculinity, and sexuality are put in service of Barbadian nationalism. By examining websites, blogs, and digital products of these artists in conversation with Barbadian tourism, the book re-examines the ways in which commodity, sexuality, gender performance, and diasporic consciousness undergird individual careers and national representations.
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The Classics in Modernist Translation
pdf | 2.52 MB | English | Kozak, Lynn; Hickman, Miranda; | 2019 | Bloomsbury Academic; 1 edition | Page: 289
About The Classics in Modernist Translation :
This volume sheds new light on a wealth of early 20th-century engagement with literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity that significantly shaped the work of anglophone literary modernism. The essays spotlight 'translation,' a concept the modernists themselves used to reckon with the Classics and to denote a range of different kinds of reception - from more literal to more liberal translation work, as well as forms of what contemporary reception studies would term 'adaptation', 'refiguration' and 'intervention.'
As the volume's essays reveal, modernist 'translations' of Classical texts crucially informed the innovations of many modernists and often themselves constituted modernist literary projects. Thus the volume responds to gaps in both Classical reception and Modernist studies: essays treat a comparatively understudied area in Classical reception by reviving work in a subfield of Modernist studies relatively inactive in recent decades but enjoying renewed attention through the recent work of contributors to this volume.
The volume's essays address work significantly informed by Classical materials, including Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Sappho, Ovid, and Propertius, and approach a range of modernist writers: Pound and H.D., among the modernists best known for work engaging the Classics, as well as Cummings, Eliot, Joyce, Laura Riding, and Yeats.
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The Fifth Suspect
epub | 519.13 KB | English | Robert McNeil | 2020 | Bloodhound Books - crime, thriller and mystery | Page: 384
About The Fifth Suspect :
[b]Meet DCI Alex Fleming. A man on a mission. [/b]
Alex Fleming is a newly promoted DCI with a troubled past who becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue when investigating a murder. A London nightclub owner is found dead on his boat on the River Thames. Fleming is keen to prove his worth with his first murder case after joining the Major Crime Unit of Thames Valley security officer.
But Bill Watson, a belligerent DCI, gives Fleming a hostile reception and, as internal politics come into play, Fleming finds himself up against his colleagues and a troubling case.
During the course of the investigation Fleming and his sergeant, DS Logan, identify there are five suspects. But is he looking in the right place?
[b]The Fifth Suspect is the first book in an electrifying new crime series. If you enjoy reading authors like D.S. Butler, Robert Bryndza and Charlie Gallagher, you'll love this gripping new thriller.[/b]
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Women Readers and Writers in Medieval Iberia
pdf | 6.42 MB | English |978-9004400375 | Piera, Montserrat; | 2019 | BRILL | Page: 507
About Women Readers and Writers in Medieval Iberia :
A study of the cultural practices and paradigms of reading and textual composition among medieval Iberian women readers and writers (specifically Violant of Bar, Leonor López de Córdoba, Constanza de Castilla, Teresa de Cartagena and Isabel de Villena).
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Black Operations
epub | 1.51 MB | English | Eric Meyer | 2020 | Swordworks & Miro Books | Page: 254
About Black Operations :
7 Full Length Books - Bargain Price
They are the military elite, the Special Forces trained to carry out the toughest operations in the most hostile environments around the world. Eric Meyer, the bestselling author of Black-Ops fiction, has put together seven of his top full-length novels to make a thrilling Spec-Ops BOX SET collection. The set contains the full text of seven full-length Eric Meyer novels. That's right, seven great books! Buy the set today and read this unmissable ACTION PACK collection from start to finish:
Echo Six: Black Ops - Assault on Iran
A raid on a drug trafficker's factory uncovers a secret that sends a chill through the heart of NATO. An Iranian cleric, captured in the raid, tells of a conspiracy at the heart of the Ahmadinejad's Iranian government. A terrorist group, part of the Revolutionary Guard is on a mission to acquire nuclear warheads. Weapons which will enable them to launch a conflict that would threaten the peace and...
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Shorefall
epub | 1.65 MB | English | Robert Jackson Bennett | 2020 | Random House Publishing Group | Page: 493
About Shorefall :
As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant new novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy
Having narrowly saved the metropolis of Tevanne from destruction, Sancia Grado and her allies have turned to their next task: sowing the seeds of a full-on magical-industrial revolution. If they succeed, the secrets behind scriving-the art of imbuing everyday objects with sentience-will be accessible to all of Tevanne's citizens, much to the displeasure of the robber-barons who've hoarded this knowledge for themselves.
But one of Sancia's enemies has embarked on a desperate gambit, an attempt to resurrect a figure straight out of legend-an immortal being known as a heirophant. Long ago, the heirophant was an ordinary man, but he's used scriving to transform himself into something closer to a god. Once awakened, he'll stop at nothing to remake the world in his...
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The Henna Artist
epub | 351.06 KB | English | Alka Joshi | 2020 | MIRA Books | Page: 368
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Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist-and confidante-most in demand to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own.
Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation and her livelihood. As she pursues her dream of an independent life, she is startled one day when she is confronted by her husband, who has tracked her down these many years later with a high-spirited young girl in tow-a sister Lakshmi never knew she had. Suddenly the caution that she has carefully cultivated as protection is threatened. Still she perseveres, applying her talents and lifting up those that surround her as she does.
Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman's struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel.
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Eyewitness Companions Astrology
pdf | 41.55 MB | English |978-0789460448 | Derek Parker | 2000 | DK ADULT; 1st edition | Page: 353
About Eyewitness Companions Astrology :
Explores the history of astrology and the key characteristics of each sun sign, explains how to draw up and interpret a birth chart, and use astrology to maximize one's strengths.
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Gurdjieff and Music The Gurdjieffde Hartmann Piano Music and Its Esoteric Significance
pdf | 2.71 MB | German |978-3795797270 | Petsche, Johanna | 1996 | Schott Music | Page: 296
About Gurdjieff and Music The Gurdjieffde Hartmann Piano Music and Its Esoteric Significance :
Instrumentation: PianoPublisher: Schott MusicBinding: Paperback/Soft CoverLanguage: English - FrenchEditor: Daniel-Spitz, Linda / Ketcham, Charles / Rosenthal, LaurencePages: 152
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Handbook on Religion in China
pdf | 3.88 MB | English |978-1786437952 | Stephan Feuchtwang | 2020 | Edward Elgar Pub | Page: 497
About Handbook on Religion in China :
Informative and eye-opening, the Handbook on Religion in China provides a uniquely broad insight into the contemporary Chinese variations of Buddhism, ., and Christianity. In turn, China's own religions of Daoism, of filial piety and transmissions of rites have spread beyond China, a progression that is explored in detail across 19 chapters, written by leading experts in the field. Utilising a historical focus to emphasize developments and highlight the transformations of ritual practices, festivals, divination and traditions, this Handbook deals with the emergence of new attitudes to selfhood and the great diversity of civic and other rituals. Traditional ways of forming relationships and conducting life-cycle rituals are also considered. This comprehensive Handbook investigates the ways in which all of these changes are affected by governmental controls that have intriguing unintended consequences.
Providing a solid introduction for both newcomers and informed readers, this Handbook will be a key resource for sociologists and anthropologists of ritual and religion as well as students of religious studies, contemporary Chinese studies and the sociology of religion. With extensive references to assist readers wishing to further deepen their understanding this Handbook will also be of interest to historians and individuals interested in contemporary China.
Contributors include: I. Beller-Hann, S. Billioud, D. Campo, A.Y. Chau, B. Chen, S. Feuchtwang, G. Ha, A. Iskra, S. Jones, J. Kang, R. Madsen, W. Matthe, E. Oxfeld, D.A. Palmer, P.G. Ran, M. Schumann, R.G. Tiedemann, R.P. Weller, F. Winiger, K. Wu, Y. Zhu
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The Magical Adventures of Mary Parish The Occult World of Seventeenth-Century London
pdf | 12.03 MB | English |978-1612481432 | Frances Timbers | 2016 | Truman State University; 1 edition | Page: 225
About The Magical Adventures of Mary Parish The Occult World of Seventeenth-Century London :
Mary Parish wasn't your ordinary seventeenth-century woman. She was a "cunning woman," who spent her time in the realm of magic, interacting with fairies, hunting for buried treasures, and communicating with the spirit world, along with her partner, the young aristocrat Goodwin Wharton. Drawing largely from Goodwin's personal journals, Frances Timbers reconstructs Mary's life in this microhistory, and explores themes of class, gender, and relationships in seventeenth-century England. Mary's story provides insight into magical beliefs and practices of early modern history, and sheds light on how class and gender affected everyday life.
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The Rule of St Benedict
epub | 1.69 MB | English | Benedict, St | 2016 | Penguin Books Ltd | Page: 100
About The Rule of St Benedict :
For fifteen centuries Benedictine monasticism has been governed by a Rule that is at once strong enough to instill order and yet flexible enough to have relevance fifteen-hundred years later. This pocket-sized, English-only edition is perfect for individual or group study.
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The Secret History of Lucifer And the Meaning of the True Da Vinci Code
epub | 2.24 MB | English |0786717610 | Lynn Picknett | 2012 | Da Capo Press | Page: 332
About The Secret History of Lucifer And the Meaning of the True Da Vinci Code :
From Publishers Weekly
Though dense with research, readers interested in religious conspiracies, particularly those for which Christianity is held responsible, will find Picknett's redemption of Lucifer as "Light-bringer" and "enlightener" fascinating. Picknett, author of many conspiracy-oriented books about topics like the Turin shroud, the Templars and most recently Mary Magdalene, sets out to correct misconceptions about Lucifer, who she claims is not synonymous with the devil or Satan. Lucifer, she writes, "is emphatically not the Evil One, but the spirit of human progress, the fight to learn and grow, to be independent and proud." Divided into two parts, the first is dedicated to Lucifer's relationship with the feminine and his subsequent "fall" from morning star to bringer of hell as a result of his feminization, while the second traces Lucifer's emergence in history as Satan. Filled with ironic undertones, Picknett's exploration of Lucifer's association with womanhood is the more interesting of the two sections, offering well-researched interpretations of the Judeo-Christian creation myth, ancient goddess traditions, and pagan rituals. Picknett's depth and range of knowledge is impressive and if readers can forgive the annoying and repeated self-references to her many other works, they will encounter a thick, interesting and alternative view of an intriguing topic. *(Aug.) *
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"'A thought-provoking book that considers many issues, not least the role and image of women in Christianity.' Good Book Guide 'Lynn Picknett... presents the Magdalene in a fresh and disconcerting way.' Washington Post Book World 'Picknett's book... puts Mary Magdalene back on top of her pedestal.' Nexus"
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The Photographers Guide to Image Sharpening in Lightroom
pdf | 5.81 MB | English | Robin Whalley | 2017 | Page: 102
About The Photographers Guide to Image Sharpening in Lightroom :
Powerful techniques to sharpen your photos like a professional.
Includes FREE access to 1.5-hour online training video.
In this comprehensive book, Landscape Photographer Robin Whalley explains the tools and techniques you can use to sharpen your photography in Lightroom. Every element of the sharpening and noise reduction process is covered, from the basics through to advanced techniques. Packed with advice and following a no-nonsense approach, you will quickly learn an effect method to sharpening and noise reduction. A methodology that can dramatically improve the quality of your images. Nothing is withheld.
Robin explains clearly and concisely the practical steps necessary to: - Balance noise reduction and sharpening.
- Produce a dramatic three-dimensional appearance in images, using a little-known brush technique.
- Assess images to identify the type and levels of sharpening required.
- Apply a simple sharpening workflow around which Lightroom has been developed.
- Optimise images for screen or print output.
- Recognise and avoid common sharpening problems.
This book takes you far beyond simple sharpening by numbers. You will learn how to optimise each image, achieving results comparable with the professionals.
As well as easy to follow instructions, the book contains three full length examples. The reader can follow these on their own computer, using the photo RAW files provided. Every aspect of sharpening and noise reduction is explained, step by step.
At the end of the book is a code giving free access to a 1.5-hour video course. The course was developed by the author, specifically to support photographers with sharpening and noise reduction in Lightroom.
Learn the professional approach to noise reduction and sharpening in Lightroom.
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Worm Farming - Creating Compost At Home With Vermiculture
epub | 371.85 KB | English | Johns, Jason | 2015 | Page: 64
About Worm Farming - Creating Compost At Home With Vermiculture :
"Worm Farming - Creating Compost At Home With Vermiculture" is for anyone who wants to know more about worm farming and creating high quality compost at home from their kitchen waste.
Worm farming is seeing a massive increase in popularity as people seek natural and organic methods of farming and producing fruit, vegetables and flowers at home. This book is your complete guide to worm farming, taking you step-by-step through the entire process from selecting worms to building your worm farm to breeding your worms and much, much more.
As you read this book you will get an in-depth insight into worm farming so you are able to build your own at home cheaply and easily and look after it so you get a regular supply of super nutritious worm compost for your plants!
In "Worm Farming - Creating Compost At Home With Vermiculture" you will discover:
- Vermiculture: What It Is and Why It Matters - find out why vermiculture is such a great way of producing high quality compost and why so many people are doing it at home
- What You Need To Setup a Worm Farm - learn exactly what you need to build your own worm farm at home, it's cheaper and easier than you thought!
- The Different Types of Worm - understand the different types of worms used in worm composting both in Europe and the USA so you can choose the right worm for your specific requirements
- A Simple Worm Farm Plan - a guide to building your own worm farm that is cheap to make and easy to maintain
- Feeding Your Worms for Excellent Compost - discover exactly what you should, and should not, be feeding your worms if you want high quality compost
- Where to Locate Your Worm Bin - find out exactly where to position your worm bin so the worms are safe, happy and productive
- The Best Bedding for Your Worms - learn what bedding you need to provide your worms so they can move around and break down the waste material efficiently
- The Right Environment for Your Worms to Thrive - create the best environment for your worms so that they can thrive
- Keeping Your Worm Population Under Control - worms can quickly multiply so you will learn how to keep your worm population from getting out of control
- Harvesting Your Compost - learn how to harvest your compost without losing worms or valuable compost!
- Making Worm Compost Tea - a beneficial by-product of worm farming which you will learn how to produce and use safely
- Propagating Your Worms - find out more about helping your worms to multiply, how they mate and more so you can produce as many worms as you want
- Pests, Enemies and Potential Problems - discover some of the potential pests and problems that will face your worms and how to overcome them
- Creating a Worm Farming Business - a complete guide to creating your own profitable business farming and selling worms and their compost
- Worm Farming Tips and Advice - some practical tips and advice helping you to run your worm farm properly and with as few problems as possible
- Disaster Management - in case the worst happens, this chapter will guide you through recovering from a number of potential disasters
- Worm Farming Jargon Explained - understand all of the jargon associated with worm farming including common Latin terms and other words used by worm farmers around the world
Worm farming is a really fun hobby and a great way to produce a high quality compost you can use on your plants. The resulting compost is highly beneficial to your plants and is often the secret sauce for prize winning gardeners.
Enjoy your adventure into worm farming as "Worm Farming - Creating Compost At Home With Vermiculture" explains all about this exciting method of composting. Discover today how you can produce your own high quality compost from kitchen waste!
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Be Very Afraid The Cultural Response To Terror, Pandemics, Environmental Devastation, Nuclear Annihilation, And Other Threats
pdf | 3.3 MB | English | Robert Wuthnow | 2010 | Oxford University Press; Reprint edition | Page: 305
About Be Very Afraid The Cultural Response To Terror, Pandemics, Environmental Devastation, Nuclear Annihilation, And Other Threats :
Robert Wuthnow has been praised as one of "the country's best social scientists" by columnist David Brooks, who hails his writing as "tremendously valuable." The New York Times calls him "temperate, balanced, compassionate," adding, "one can't but admire Mr. Wuthnow's vie." A leading authority on religion, he now addresses one of the most profound subjects: the end of the world.
In Be Very Afraid, Wuthnow examines the human response to existential threats--once a matter for theology, but now looming before us in multiple forms. Nuclear weapons, pandemics, global warming: each threatens to destroy the planet, or at least to annihilate our species. Freud, he notes, famously taught that the standard psychological response to an overwhelming danger is denial. In fact, Wuthnow writes, the opposite is true: we seek ways of positively meeting the threat, of doing something-- anything--even if it's wasteful and time-consuming. The atomic era that began with the bombing of Hiroshima sparked a flurry of activity, ranging from duck-and-cover drills, basement bomb shelters, and marches for a nuclear freeze. All were arguably ineffectual, yet each sprang from an innate desire to take action. It would be one thing if our responses were merely pointless, Wuthnow observes, but they can actually be harmful. Both the public and policymakers tend to model reactions to grave threats on how we met previous ones. The response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, for example, echoed the Cold War--citizens went out to buy duct tape, mimicking 1950s-era civil defense measures, and the administration launched two costly conflicts overseas.
Offering insight into our responses to everything from An Inconvenient Truth to the bird and swine flu epidemics, Robert Wuthnow provides a profound new understanding of the human reaction to existential vulnerability.
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Iroquois Supernatural Talking Animals and Medicine People
epub | 729.27 KB | English |1591431271 | Michael Bastine | 2011 | Bear & Company | Page: 386
About Iroquois Supernatural Talking Animals and Medicine People :
Brings the paranormal beings and places of the Iroquois folklore tradition to life through historic and contemporary accounts of otherworldly encounters
• Recounts stories of shapeshifting witches, giant flying heads, enchanted masks, ethereal lights, talking animals, Little People, spirit-choirs, potent curses, and haunted hills, roads, and battlefields
• Includes accounts of miraculous healings by shamans and medicine people such as Mad Bear and Ted Williams
• Sho how these traditions can help one see the richness of the world and help those who have lost the chants of their own ancestors
With a rich history reaching back more than one thousand years, the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy--the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, the Seneca, and the Tuscarora--are considered to be the most avid storytellers on earth with a collection of tales so vast it would dwarf those of any other society. Covering nearly the whole of New York State from the Hudson and Mohawk River Valleys westward across the Finger Lakes region to Niagara Falls and Salamanca, this mystical culture's supernatural tradition is the psychic bedrock of the Northeast, yet their treasury of tales and beliefs is largely unknown and their most powerful sacred sites unrecognized.
Assembling the lore and beliefs of this guarded spiritual legacy, Michael Bastine and Mason Winfield share the stories they have collected of both historic and contemporary encounters with beings and places of Iroquois legend: shapeshifting witches, strange forest creatures, ethereal lights, vampire zombies, cursed areas, dark magicians, talking animals, enchanted masks, and haunted hills, roads, and battlefields as well as accounts of miraculous healings by medicine people such as Mad Bear and Ted Williams. Grounding their tales with a history of the Haundenosaunee, the People of the Long House, the authors show how the supernatural beings, places, and customs of the Iroquois live on in contemporary paranormal experience, still surfacing as startling and sometimes inspiring reports of otherworldly creatures, haunted sites, after-death messages, and mystical visions. Providing a link with America's oldest spiritual roots, these stories help us more deeply know the nature and super-nature around us as well as offer spiritual insights for those who can no longer hear the chants of their own ancestors.
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