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A Land Fit for Criminals
Can we expect criminals to receive just punishment for their crimes? Or are they treated as the victims in this Land Fit for Criminals- given short sentences or sometimes none at all. even for the most serious crimes? With re-offence rates alarmingly high. David Fraser, former probation officer and criminal intelligence analyst, reveals the blatant…
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The Spirit in Man, Art and Literature
There are different wats of looking at the achievements of outstanding personalities. Each can be studied in the light of his individual development, of the historical influences that played upon him, or of the more intangible collective influences expressed by the word Zeitgeist. Jung’s attention was directed mainly to the great cultural movements- alchemy in…
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Sacred House
Weaving together profound stories, original source materials and lyrical texts, this extraordinary book travels a spiralling route around the hearth fire of a sacred ceremonial house, gathering up the words that are fed into the ancient flames. Drawing on over 30 years of being absorbed in women’s work, and decades spent as a workshop creator,…
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Harewood End Agricultural Society
This book shows how agriculture has changed in South Herefordshire in the past 125 years as seen in part through the valuable archives of the Harewood End Agricultural Society. Since its establishment in 1980 the Society has thrived under its mission to establish, maintain and conduct the Society for the association and advancement of persons…
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Spore Flora of Taiwan
Few parts of the globe harbour so many species of pteridophytes in as restricted an area as Taiwan. This is partly due to location, partly to ecological diversity, partly also to geological-climatological history. The history of the vegetation and flora of Taiwan is becoming increasingly known through paleobotanical studies, but so far it was difficult…
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War Crimes
War Crimes and Crimes against humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Each crime is discussed from its origins in treaty or customary international law, through developments as a result of the jurisprudence of modern ad hoc or internationalised tribunals, to modifications introduced by the Rome Statute and the Elements of Crimes.…
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Psychology and Religion: West and East
Religion is a major theme- it could almost be said to be the predominant theme- throughout Jung’s writings, and many of the works included in the present volume are among his most important. Part One of the book is on western religion, and opens with a chapter entitled Psychology and Religion which Jung first presented…
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Volcanic Studies
Very few branches of Science still remain available for the amateur of limited leisure. Electricity, Chemistry, Bacteriology, most branches of Geology and Mineralogy, have led to results of the highest economic value, and they are cultivated by a large body of professional men subsidised by Colleges or by the Government. They are in a position…
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Lectures on the Blood
It would be inaccurate to say, that the reign of the humoral pathology is restored; but the well-read and observing physician may safely allege, that it is impossible for us to take cognisance of the reciprocal action of the organs, in the play of their functions, on each other, or of the operation of either…