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  • A Fiery & Furious People

    A History of Violence in England

    by James Sharpe ...
    *Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, History Today and the Sunday Telegraph*‘Wonderfully entertaining, comprehensive and astute.’ The Times‘Genuinely hard to put down.’ BBC History MagazineFrom murder to duelling, highway robbery to mugging: the darker side of English life explored.Spanning some seven centuries, A Fiery & Furious People... ... Read more

    $23.49 USD

  • Witchcraft in Early Modern England

    by James Sharpe ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    Witchcraft in Early Modern England provides a fascinating introduction to the history of witches and witchcraft in England from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.Witchcraft was a crime punishable by death in England during this period and this book charts the witch panics and legal persecution of witches that followed, exploring topics such as elite attitudes to witchcraft in England, the ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • English Witchcraft, 1560-1736, vol 6

    This chronological collection charts the change in attitudes to witchcraft during the period 1560-1736, which culminates in the educated debate on the reality of witchcraft and the gradual decline in belief in witches and associated phenomena. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • English Witchcraft, 1560-1736, vol 4

    This chronological collection charts the change in attitudes to witchcraft during the period 1560-1736, which culminates in the educated debate on the reality of witchcraft and the gradual decline in belief in witches and associated phenomena. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • English Witchcraft, 1560-1736, vol 1

    This chronological collection charts the change in attitudes to witchcraft during the period 1560-1736, which culminates in the educated debate on the reality of witchcraft and the gradual decline in belief in witches and associated phenomena. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • A Mayor for All the People

    Kenneth Gibson's Newark

    In 1970, Kenneth Gibson was elected as Newark, New Jersey’s first African-American mayor, a position he held for an impressive sixteen years. Yet even as Gibson served as a trailblazer for black politicians, he presided over a troubled time in the city’s history, as Newark’s industries declined and its crime and unemployment rates soared.This book offers a balanced assessment of Gibson’s ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Bewitching of Anne Gunter

    A Horrible and True Story of Deception, Witchcraft, Murder, and the King of England

    by James Sharpe ...
    In 1604, 20-year-old Anne Gunter was bewitched: she foamed at the mouth, contorted wildly in her bedchamber, went into trances. Her garters and bodices were perpetually unlacing themselves. Her signature symptom was to vomit pins and "she voided some pins downwards as well by her water or otherwise.." Popular history at its best, "The Bewitching of Anne Gunter" opens a fascinating window onto the ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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    Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite.St. Alphonsus de Liguori was a Catholic Bishop and theologian in the 18th century. The Glories of Mary is a classic book on the Blessed Virgin Mary and explains how God gave Mary to mankind as the Gate of Heaven. ... Read more

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  • The Life and Revelations of Saint Gertrude the Great

    OUR LORD revealed that the place on earth where He most delighted to be, after the Blessed Sacrament, was "in the heart and soul of Gertrude, My beloved." Therefore, we do not wonder that among all the most remarkable women Saints of the Church, St. Gertrude is the one who carries the extraordinary title The Great. The Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great form one of the classics of Catholic ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Divine Favors Granted to St. Joseph

    by Père Binet ...
    Chosen by God for the incomparable vocation of spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster father of Our Lord Jesus Christ; St. Joseph received magnificent divine graces and favors not granted even to the Old Testament Patriarchs. Known as the most humble of men; St. Joseph received from Almighty God the authority to command both Our Lady and the Son of God Himself; and in Heaven he continues to ... Read more

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  • An Exposition of the Last Psalme (Start Classics)

    by John Boys ...
    "An Exposition of the Last Psalme", published in 1613, was delievered as a sermon by John Boys. ... Read more

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  • A defence of witchcraft belief

    A sixteenth-century response to Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft

    Edited by Eric Pudney ...
    This is the first published edition of a fascinating manuscript on witchcraft in the collection of the British Library, written by an unknown sixteenth-century scholar. Responding to a pre-publication draft of Reginald Scot’s sceptical Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), the treatise represents the most detailed defence of witchcraft belief to be written in the early modern period in England. It ... Read more

    $21.59 USD