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From Roman burial rites to the horrors of the plague, from the founding of the great Victorian cemeteries to the development of cremation and the current approach of metropolitan society towards death and bereavement -- including more recent trends to displays of collective grief and the cult of mourning, such as that surrounding the death of...

With the same clarity and assurance Covey's fans have come to appreciate, this workbook teaches readers to fully internalize the seven habits through in-depth exercises, whether they are already familiar with the principles or not. Following the same step-by-step approach as "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," this reference offers solutions...

Amateur-sleuth Alvirah Meehan and private-investigator Regan Reilly have arrived in Branscombe, New Hampshire, for the Festival of Joy. They are just the people to find out what is amiss. As they dig beneath the surface, they find that life in Branscombe is not as tranquil as it appears....

Voici des récits dont certains comptent parmi les plus anciens des Jours Anciens. Tolkien venait de participer agrave; la bataille de la Somme, il était ébranlé, malade, quand il composa "La Chute de Gondolin ", ougrave; Morgoth, le Sombre Seigneur, trouve le chemin du royaume caché et se présente avec toute son armée devant la cité forte; de...

Framed for a crime he didn't commit and sentenced to seven years' transportation, former stable lad Seb Cornish returns to his native Dorset with old scores to settle. Above all, he seeks revenge against the young girl who unwittingly betrayed him all those years before. Amanda Lapsly is now a beautiful young woman and Seb can't help but desire...

A fundraising sale at Sunnydale High gets out of control when shoppers suddenly begin to be bewitched by their purchases. After the school is quarantined in hopes it will contain the creepy outbreak, Giles discovers that the items from the sale, which had been stored in the school basement, have been infested with a sort of demonic vermin that...