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  Dark History of Penn's Woods -...

  Jennifer L. Green

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  Eight chilling stories of crime, disaster and unusual deaths from southeastern Pennsylvania.
  
  A sequel to the first Dark History book, Murder, Madness, and Misadventure in Southeastern Pennsylvania, this book features more true tales of the region's disasters, deaths and tragedies – offering readers a window into a macabre slice of history.
  
  From the “coffin ships” that brought desperate European immigrants to American shores, to an explosion that took the lives of nineteen people, the Greater Philadelphia area has experienced its fair share of tragedy. Learn about the catastrophic fire that took the lives of nine ballerinas, investigate gruesome cases of murder for life insurance, and ponder the possibility that a Pennsylvania businessman appeared in ghostly form on a busy street the day before he died. Finally, one of the most puzzling cold cases in Pennsylvania history is finally solved after more than sixty years using forensic genealogy, while another unidentified little girl still waits for her own justice.
  
  Praise for Darkest History Vol. I
  “..the perfect book to keep you up all night."
  Philadelphia Magazine 
  
  "Throughout the book, [Green] iterates that she is writing about history that has been largely forgotten and ignored due to its dark nature. By bringing these stories to the light again, she has given her readers a great gift...”
  Broad Street Review 
  
  “….a tribute to suburban Philadelphia weirdness, evildoing, and death.”
  Montco Today

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  The Healing Power of...

  Stephanie Rose Bird

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  The essential resource and guide to African American spirituality and traditions.This is a fabulous resource for anyone who wants to understand African American spirituality, shamanism, and indigenous spiritual practices and beliefs. It is designed to be informative while providing hands-on recipes, rituals, projects, and resources to help you become an active participant in its wonderfully soulful traditions.Inside you will find:1. A celebration of healing, magic, and the divination traditions of ancient African earth-based spirituality2. An explanation of how these practices have evolved in contemporary African American culture3. A potpourri of recipes, rituals, and resources that you can use to heal your lifeAmong the topics covered:African spiritual practices of Santeria, Obeah, Lucumi, Orisa, and QuimboisHoodoo—and how to use it to improve your healthAncient healing rituals and magical recipes of DaliluwTalking drums, spiritual dancing, clapping, tapping, singing, and changingPower objects, tricks and mojo bags, and herbal remedies Previously published as The Big Book of Soul.

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  Where Stands a Wingèd Sentry

  Margaret Kennedy

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  Margaret Kennedy was an acclaimed novelist and playwright best-known for The Constant Nymph. In this autobiographical account, taken from her war diaries, she conveys the tension, frustration, and bewilderment of the progression of the war, and the terror of knowing that the worst is to come, but not yet knowing what the worst will be. 
   
   
   
  English bravery, confusion, stubbornness, and dark humor provide the positive, more hopeful side of her experiences, in which she and her children move from Surrey to Cornwall, to sit out the war amidst a quietly efficient Home Guard and the most scandalous rumors. 
   
   
   
  "Most people knew in their hearts that the lid had been taken off hell, and that what had been done in Guernica would one day be done in London, Paris and Berlin." Margaret Kennedy's prophetic words, written about the pre-war mood in Europe, give the tone of this riveting 1941 wartime memoir: it is Mrs. Miniver with the gloves off. 
   
   
   
  Where Stands A Wingèd Sentry, the title comes from a seventeenth-century poem by Henry Vaughan, was only published in the USA in 1942, and was never published in the UK, until now.

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  Agrarian Crossings - Reformers...

  Tore C. Olsson

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  In the 1930s and 1940s, rural reformers in the United States and Mexico waged unprecedented campaigns to remake their countrysides in the name of agrarian justice and agricultural productivity. Agrarian Crossings tells the story of how these campaigns were conducted in dialogue with one another as reformers in each nation came to exchange models, plans, and strategies with their equivalents across the border.Dismantling the artificial boundaries that can divide American and Latin American history, Tore Olsson shows how the agrarian histories of both regions share far more than we realize. He traces the connections between the US South and the plantation zones of Mexico, places that suffered parallel problems of environmental decline, rural poverty, and gross inequities in land tenure. Bringing this tumultuous era vividly to life, he describes how Roosevelt’s New Deal drew on Mexican revolutionary agrarianism to shape its program for the rural South. Olsson also looks at how the US South served as the domestic laboratory for the Rockefeller Foundation’s “green revolution” in Mexico—which would become the most important Third World development campaign of the twentieth century—and how the Mexican government attempted to replicate the hydraulic development of the Tennessee Valley Authority after World War II.Rather than a comparative history, Agrarian Crossings is an innovative history of comparisons and the ways they affected policy, moved people, and reshaped the landscape.

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  Aakhri Hadi e Kainat - Imam...

  Irshad Alasar Jafferi

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  "Aakhri Hadi e Kainat" by Irshad Alasar Jafferi is a captivating exploration of the life and imminent arrival of Imam Mehdi, a central figure in Islamic eschatology. Through meticulous research and profound insight, Jafferi presents a vivid portrayal of Imam Mehdi's birth, upbringing, and spiritual journey. Delving into historical events and prophetic traditions, the book offers readers a nuanced understanding of the environment in which Imam Mehdi emerged. 
  Beyond mere biographical documentation, "Aakhri Hadi e Kainat" delves into the theological and spiritual dimensions associated with Imam Mehdi's awaited manifestation. It explores his role as a guide, a reformer, and a harbinger of justice in the prophesied end times, providing profound insights into his teachings and the transformative power of his imminent return. 
  This book serves as a beacon of enlightenment for believers seeking a deeper understanding of Imam Mehdi's mission and its relevance in contemporary times. Jafferi's meticulous attention to detail and insightful interpretation of Islamic texts make "Aakhri Hadi e Kainat" an indispensable resource for scholars, students, and spiritual seekers alike. 
  In essence, "Aakhri Hadi e Kainat" offers a profound insight into the life, teachings, and imminent arrival of Imam Mehdi, making it a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the spiritual dimensions of Islamic eschatology and the enduring significance of Imam Mehdi in the Islamic tradition.

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  Fighting for Jerusalem: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  When Israel captured East Jerusalem during the Six Day War in 1967, it established Jewish control over the city for the first time in nearly 2,000 years, and in many ways it brought a story full circle, as Jerusalem has witnessed some of history’s most important battles over the past 3,000 years. 
  	Over 2,500 years before the Six Day War, the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II oversaw the expansion of the Neo-Babylonian Empire during the 7th and 6th centuries BCE, which placed him in conflict with Egypt and the ancient kingdom of Judah. His ruthless conquest of Judah resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the entire kingdom, and it ultimately earned him notoriety in the Old Testament, where he is mentioned in the books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel. The Assyrians also exiled the Jews.  
  The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE is arguably the most important event in Jewish history. First, it was the central battle in the First Jewish-Roman war. Second, the failure of the siege on the Jewish side resulted in the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, a disaster that would eventually prove both permanent and catastrophic, since it was never rebuilt. 
  Of the many campaigns during the Middle Ages, few are as remarkable or seemingly impossible to win at the start as the First Crusade (1095-99), and the true crowning achievement of that crusade, which resulted in two centuries of Western European Christian states in the Middle East and the permanent firing of the European imagination, was the conquest of Jerusalem on July 15, 1099 after three weeks of siege.  
  	In the wake of the Crusades, Jerusalem’s status would change fairly frequently until the establishment of the Ottoman Empire, but that would make the region a flashpoint during World War I. When the Ottoman Empire dissolved following the Great War, Jerusalem became one of the 20th century’s most important political issues.

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