Author: Anne Gumley
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466964634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
What had a toadstone ring got to do with the homicides that Detective Sergeant Lisa Pharies found herself investigating? With the help of her mentor, the now-retired detective inspector Heath, her journey leads back to the curse Beth Simkins uttered on the Ravenscroft family as she was being burnt at the stake, accused of witchcraft, four hundred years ago by England's witch-finder general, Mathew Hopkins. Has a descendant of the witch, the frail Jenny Simkins, anything to do with the burnt body of a Ravenscroft or the murder of an Oxford professor who wore a toadstone ring? Detective Sergeant Pharies is confronted by dark secrets of land ownership alongside the river in Danesbury that spans four centuries to the present day.
The Toadstone
Author: Anne Gumley
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466964634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
What had a toadstone ring got to do with the homicides that Detective Sergeant Lisa Pharies found herself investigating? With the help of her mentor, the now-retired detective inspector Heath, her journey leads back to the curse Beth Simkins uttered on the Ravenscroft family as she was being burnt at the stake, accused of witchcraft, four hundred years ago by England's witch-finder general, Mathew Hopkins. Has a descendant of the witch, the frail Jenny Simkins, anything to do with the burnt body of a Ravenscroft or the murder of an Oxford professor who wore a toadstone ring? Detective Sergeant Pharies is confronted by dark secrets of land ownership alongside the river in Danesbury that spans four centuries to the present day.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466964634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
What had a toadstone ring got to do with the homicides that Detective Sergeant Lisa Pharies found herself investigating? With the help of her mentor, the now-retired detective inspector Heath, her journey leads back to the curse Beth Simkins uttered on the Ravenscroft family as she was being burnt at the stake, accused of witchcraft, four hundred years ago by England's witch-finder general, Mathew Hopkins. Has a descendant of the witch, the frail Jenny Simkins, anything to do with the burnt body of a Ravenscroft or the murder of an Oxford professor who wore a toadstone ring? Detective Sergeant Pharies is confronted by dark secrets of land ownership alongside the river in Danesbury that spans four centuries to the present day.
First Lessons in Geology; with a special article on the toadstones of Derbyshire, and a glossary ... sections, etc
An Introduction to Geology
Author: Robert Bakewell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances
Author: Richard Rudgley
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466886005
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
For all those who might like to believe that drug use has been relegated to the suburban rec rooms and ghetto crack houses of the late twentieth century, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances offers shocking, yet thoroughly enlightening evidence to the contrary. In fact, from Neolithic man to Queen Victoria, humans have abused all sorts of drugs in the name of religion, tradition, and recreation, including such "controlled substances" as chocolate, lettuce, and toads. From glue-sniffing to LSD to kava, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances provides the first reliable, comprehensive exploration of this fascinating and controversial topic. With over one hundred entries, acclaimed author Richard Rudgley covers not only the chemical and botanical background of each substance, but its physiological and psychological effect on the user. Of particular value is Rudgley's emphasis on the historical and cultural role of these mind-altering substances. Impeccably researched and hugely entertaining, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances will appeal to anyone interested in one of the most misunderstood and yet also most widespread of human activities - the chemical quest for an altered state of consciousness.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466886005
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
For all those who might like to believe that drug use has been relegated to the suburban rec rooms and ghetto crack houses of the late twentieth century, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances offers shocking, yet thoroughly enlightening evidence to the contrary. In fact, from Neolithic man to Queen Victoria, humans have abused all sorts of drugs in the name of religion, tradition, and recreation, including such "controlled substances" as chocolate, lettuce, and toads. From glue-sniffing to LSD to kava, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances provides the first reliable, comprehensive exploration of this fascinating and controversial topic. With over one hundred entries, acclaimed author Richard Rudgley covers not only the chemical and botanical background of each substance, but its physiological and psychological effect on the user. Of particular value is Rudgley's emphasis on the historical and cultural role of these mind-altering substances. Impeccably researched and hugely entertaining, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances will appeal to anyone interested in one of the most misunderstood and yet also most widespread of human activities - the chemical quest for an altered state of consciousness.
Outlines of mineralogy, geology, and mineral analysis
Author: Thomas Thomson (Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology, and Mineral Analysis
Author: Thomas Thomson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Covery a Practical Knowledge of the Science, and Comprising the Most Important Recent Discoveries; with Explanations of the Facts and Phenomena Wich Serve to Confirm Or Invalidate Various Geological Theories
An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England. The Fourth Edition, Greatly Enlarged
Author: Robert BAKEWELL (Geologist)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Analyst
Geological Magazine
Author: Henry Woodward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description