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A series of contiguous sketches detail one young man's trip .,." over fool's hill." Beginning with his first sexual encounter the story progresses through his early adolescence in the war years of World War Two, where he and his friends indulge in a riotous rebellion against authority and the morality of the time. His High School years start his "Trip" in earnest as he and his associates find the joys of booze, cigarettes, and sex and the thrill of bawdy parties.

Our young hero's adolescence continues into his twenties when he encounters the freedom of Southern California, all of its...

Available in all the major languages of western europe as well as the original latin, this book contains over 200 images precisely recreated from the psalter from the Nonnberg convent with additional cover symbols from the Polling psalter (both circa 1250AD). It is both a practical Book of Pslams and a preservation of historic artwork. Feel the joy of illumination with real 13th century artwork and fonts created by bavarian monks at the heart of the holy roman empire, restored to their former glory, extended and translated into the languages of the 21st century.

Illuminated medieval...

The Contours of American Politics takes a fresh look at the political culture of the United States. In its complexity and diversity, America fascinates. Its politics are brash and exciting, and its political impact upon the wider world is profound. This book examines not simply the mechanics of America's political system but also the ideas and principles that shape its values.

Drawing on a diverse range of interdisciplinary material, the book maps the landscape of contemporary American political culture and identity. It surveys the nation's past as a critical and formative...

L.H. Roper's innovative study provides a transatlantic analysis of the origins of American colonial societies through the instructive case of South Carolina. The work provides the clearest examination of the early history of this important colony yet available. In addition, it features exhaustive primary research that sheds new light on how the colony's particular dependence on race-based slavery evolved, demonstrating the volatile tension between the political culture inherited from the "Old World" and local interests in the Indian slave trade. Conceiving Carolina is an important scholarly...

Available in all the major languages of western europe as well as the original latin, this book contains over 200 images precisely recreated from the psalter from the Nonnberg convent with additional cover symbols from the Polling psalter (both circa 1250AD). It is both a practical Book of Pslams and a preservation of historic artwork. Feel the joy of illumination with real 13th century artwork and fonts created by bavarian monks at the heart of the holy roman empire, restored to their former glory, extended and translated into the languages of the 21st century.

Illuminated medieval...

Uh, oh - Rat Bear decides to help the Easter Bunny hide eggs. Can the family find them all?

Vietnam precipitated a crisis in national self-confidence and a breakdown in political consensus out of which new ideological perspectives emerged. This book offers fresh perspectives on a defining event in 'the American Century', examining its historical and political significance and also its continuing cultural relevance.

Bringing together many of today's key scholars of verbal charming, these essays cover vernacular magical texts and practice from Malaysia to Madagascar, and from England to Estonia. As the most comprehensive collection of research on charms, charmers and charming available in the English language, it forms an essential reader on the topic.

"Alma Winklegrin's Lower Denture Is Missing" is an eclectic collection of short stories and prose works covering a wide variety of humorous and serious subjects as illustrated by titles such as: Adversity University
A Ride With Grandma
Return Of The Warrior
Apology To A Dead Enemy
Spillane Revisited

An excerpt from the short story "A Moment In The Sun" portrays the author's poetic style--"He had come to think, to be alone, and let his mind wander, to heal a recent hurt, to feel the bleak disconsolation of a momentary despair..."

R. R. Roper experiments with unusual...

This is the story of Sledge. A man that has survived the great collapse and the wars that followed. Now an old man, he shares his knowlege with the new generations. He teaches how the government breed racism for their own nefarious purposes. After the collapse he explains how the races learned to co-exist and learn respect for one another. With no government to interfer with the lives of men, they learn to unite and yet still be seperate unto their own cultures if they so choose.

This is a fascinating study of the impact of the Reformation idea of "civic righteousness" on the position of women in Augsburg. Roper argues that its development, both as a religious credo and as a social movement, must be understood in terms of gender. Until now the effects of the Reformation on women have been viewed as largely beneficial--Protestantism being linked with the forces of progressivism, individualism, and modernization. Roper here argues that such a view of the Reformation's legacy is a profound misreading, and that the status of women was, in fact, worsened by the...