Law in Common: Legal Cultures in Late-Medieval England

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There were tens of thousands of different local law-courts in late-medieval England, providing the most common forums for the working out of disputes and the making of decisions about local governance. While historians have long studied these institutions, there have been very few attempts to 
understand this complex institutional form of 'legal pluralism'.\nLaw in Common provides a way of understanding this complexity by drawing out broader patterns of legal engagement. Tom Johnson first explores four 'local legal cultures' - in the countryside, in forests, in towns and cities, and in the maritime world- that grew up around legal institutions, 
landscapes, and forms of socio-economic practice in these places, and produced distinctive senses of law.\nJohnson then turns to examine 'common legalities', widespread forms of social practice that emerge across these different localities, through which people aimed to invoke the power of law. Through studies of the physical landscape, the production of legitimate knowledge, the emergence of English as 
a legal vernacular, and the proliferation of legal documents, the volume offers a new way to understand how common people engaged with law in the course of their everyday lives.\nDrawing on a huge body of archival research from the plenitude of different local institutions, 
Law in Common offers a new social history of law that aims to explain how common people negotiated the transformational changes of the long fifteenth century with, and through legality.\nReview 
"In freeing medieval law and legality from the confines of conventional legal history, 
Law in Common offers an astonishingly inventive and stimulating new perspective on the social, political, and material world of fifteenth-century England. It is a major achievement." -- Rowan Dorin, 
The Medieval

History

Johnson, Tom

Europe

Oxford University Press

Get hooked on the Bible? Well, you've tried but just couldn't see how you and your world fit into its pages. And there certainly are lots of pages . . . Which you might expect since God has lots of important things to say to you. Things that won't just help you live right . . . But help you really live. In Hooked on the Book, Tom Johnson helps you find out what the Bible has to say to teens. You'll be amazed at how pointedly it addresses the things you face daily. You'll be still more amazed at the difference it makes in your life. And the good news is, it's not that hard to figure out what the Bible is saying. In fact, it's interesting and fun -- especially with Tom's stories, humor, and insights paving the way to understanding. Hooked on the Book takes you straight to the Bible everyday for discoveries you never dreamed were there. You'll see how you and your world fit exactly into the Bible's pages. You'll want to learn more and more -- and before you know it, you'll be hooked! Better still, you'll begin to hear God speaking to you through his Word -- and you'll understand what he's saying to you.

Hooked on the Book

Zondervan

Two of the greatest of the Greek heroes were Hercules and Atalanta, and both have survived in their own identities, as well as being the patterns for many other heroes of print, song, and screen. But no hero has ever achieved the strength of the mighty Hercules. Nor has any arrow ever flown as swift and true as one shot from the bow of Atalanta! Monsters from the land, sea, and moon face our heroes in these exciting pulp adventures!

Heroes of Ancient Greece

Literature & Fiction

Night to Dawn

Threaded Journeys is a compilation of fly fishing and bow hunting stories 'interwoven' with discussions on various issues regarding conservation, preservation, and healthy living. The author, Tom Johnson, delves into topics about our blue-green planet and its resources that we must preserve. He argues that employing the use of our natural resources while mitigating damage to the environment is our great challenge going forward. Johnson also weaves in a dialogue about physical fitness and awareness and how a proper diet should be emphasized in our schools and implemented into our culture if we are to succeed and prosper. "In order to grow, work and play at our fullest potential we need to educate at a new, higher level that requires taking better care of our physical and consumption needs," notes Johnson. "Our mental, psychological and physiological foundations will improve when we teach these bodily basics along with the ABCs." In addition, Threaded Journeys takes its readers to Quebec to fish and hunt, onward to Montana, Wyoming, and Wisconsin to fly fish and finally travels into the wilds of Maine, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Each journey rewards the reader with the anticipation and fulfillment of adventure found in remote parts of North America. Tom Johnson writes, "Sportsmen tend to have a unique lens on life. They recognize the importance of laws and regulations to preserve fish and game, while also being challenged with the hunt that may reward them with a hearty, healthy meal. Most of all they enjoy their experience in the freedom and independence that the great outdoor frontier affords them." We find this with the author and his friends as they travel to Quebec to hunt on Anticosti Island and to fish on the Gaspe Peninsula. They immerse themselves under the vast Montana sky fly casting over the rills of the Bitterroot River. Next they tackle the likes of the Big Hole, the Madison, the Lamar and Soda Creeks found in the majestic Yellowstone National Park. Lastly, they are met with match-the-hatch challenges on the Henry's Fork. Successes and follies follow them as they jumble triumph and failure, laugher and pain with sweat dripping down their foreheads as they prod up and down trails, rocks and river bends. We learn what the Heart of the Hunter means, the treasure of Healing Waters and Getting Back Outdoors. We share what true friends are and how they have helped shape our lives and opened greater windows for us to see through--making us a better people and stewards of our land.

Threaded Journeys: Fishing, Hunting, Conservation, Adventure...and America's Future

Arts & Photography

Tom Johnson

From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history.

South Carolina Postcards Vol. 3 (SC) (Postcard History Series)

Woody, Howard

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

As 'Dracula' ushered in the golden age of horror films in America, studios and distributors were faced with a problem in their number one overseas market; the British Board of Film Censors was demanding extensive cuts, enforcing age restrictions and banning films. This work examines how and why the films were censored or banned and its effect.

Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

McFarland Publishing

The career of towering, handsome actor Christopher Lee has stretched over half a century in every sort of film from comedy to horror. He has assumed such diverse roles as the Man With the Golden Gun, Frankenstein’s monster, Fu Manchu, Sherlock Holmes, and Dr. Catheter (from Gremlins 2). 
 From Corridor of Mirrors in 1948 to Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones in 2002, this reference book covers 166 of Lee’s theatrical feature films in detail. Each entry provides all production information (including year of release, studio, running time, and location), full credits for cast and crew, a synopsis of the film, and a critical analysis of the film and Lee’s involvement, with a detailed account of its making and commentary drawn from some thirty hours of interviews with Lee himself. Each entry also places the film within the context of Lee’s career and discusses the director and other significant figures. Two appendices list Lee’s television feature films and miniseries and Lee’s short films, with brief credits and Lee’s role in each. The work concludes with an afterword by Christopher Lee. Photographs from the actor’s private collection are included.

The Christopher Lee Filmography: All Theatrical Releases, 1948-2003

Miller, Mark A.

As Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931) ushered in the golden age of horror films in the United States, studios and distributors were faced with a major problem in their number one overseas market: the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) were demanding extensive cuts, enforcing age restrictions, and banning outright many of Hollywood’s horror movies. The issue most often used to limit the showing of horror films was their “unsuitability” to children. With that in mind, the BBFC developed specific film codes—the “A” (for adults) and the “H” (for horrific), both of which restricted viewing to those 16 or older—and then applied them liberally. This work examines how and why horror films were censored or banned in the United Kingdom, and the part these actions played in ending Hollywood’s golden age of horror.

McFarland

In 1922, when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, much of what was then known about mummies came from the writing of Greek historian Herodotus and from the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs. Even before 1922, the mummy had been the subject of fiction, with such writers as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tackling the subject, and early films dating back to 1901. In this work, the authors present the religious, social and scientific aspects of mummies as well as an in-depth discussion of facts about them (largely Egyptian, but including other kinds of mummies). Then, how mummies are portrayed in fiction and in the movies is discussed. Stories and films in which the mummy is a focal character are listed.

The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film

Cowie, Susan D.

Reference

McFarland Company

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Law in Common: Legal Cultures in Late-Medieval England

Law in Common: Legal Cultures in Late-Medieval England

Hooked on the Book

Heroes of Ancient Greece

Threaded Journeys: Fishing, Hunting, Conservation, Adventure...and America's Future

South Carolina Postcards Vol. 3 (SC) (Postcard History Series)

Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties

The Christopher Lee Filmography: All Theatrical Releases, 1948-2003

Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties

The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film