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  • Megrahi: You Are My Jury

    The Lockerbie Evidence

    by John Ashton ...
    "Casts grave doubt on the validity of Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi's conviction as the Libyan terrorist responsible for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103." — Arab News"You know me as the Lockerbie bomber. I know that I'm innocent. Here, for the first time, is my true story: how I came to be blamed for Britain's worst mass murder, my nightmare decade in prison and the truth about my controversial release. ... Read more

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  • The Great Book of Witchcraft

    30+ Books on Magic, History of Witchcraft, Demonization of Witches & Modern Spiritualism

    by Bram Stoker, Charles Mackay, William Godwin, Walter Scott, Charles Wentworth Upham, Jules Michelet, John Ashton, Howard Williams, Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, Allen Putnam, George Moir, Frederick George Lee, James Thacher, M. V. B. Perley, Wilhelm Meinhold, John M. Taylor, E. Lynn Linton, William P. Upham, W. H. Davenport Adams, M. Schele de Vere, St. John D. Seymour, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Samuel Roberts Wells, Margaret Murray ...
    Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...
    The Great Book of Witchcraft weaves together a tapestry of narratives, historical accounts, and folklore, exploring the multifaceted concept of witchcraft across cultures and eras. This anthology traverses through gothic fiction, scholarly essays, and historical treatises, presenting a diverse range of literary styles that echo the depth and breadth of the witchcraft phenomenon. From chilling ... Read more

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  • A Righte Merrie Christmasse

    The Story of Christ-Tide

    by John Ashton ...
    How England kept Christmas before the Victorians reinvented it: the boar's head, the mummers, the misrule, the carols and the food, taken from old accounts and parish records. Ashton wrote social history out of ephemera and this is his most cheerful book. This edition adds sixty plates of paintings by William Shayer, Andrew MacCallum, Robert Hills and John William North, ranging from cottage and ... Read more

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  • Curious Creatures in Zoology

    Beasts Believed In and Never Found

    by John Ashton ...
    The unicorn, the barnacle goose, the mermaid, the basilisk and the rest - what learned men believed about animals before anybody checked, with the old woodcuts. Ashton assembled it from the bestiaries and the early natural histories. Its 103 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition. ... Read more

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  • The Devil in Britain and America

    Witchcraft, Possession and the Trials

    by John Ashton ...
    The devil as the English and Americans have pictured him - the compacts, the witch trials, the possessions and the appearances in court records. Ashton quotes the documents and lets the century convict itself. This edition is bound with a gallery of 21 plates after painters including Jeremiah Davison, Coenraet Roepel and Gerard de Lairesse, and 39 illustrations restored and coloured for this ... Read more

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  • When the Nightingale Sings

    by John Ashton Williams ...
    Rudy, a boy disabled by polio, is condemned to be kitchen help in Adolf Hitler's Berlin bunker during the last eleven days of World War II. With Karoline, a servant girl, he struggles to survive the insanity of the Nazis and the collapse of the Third Reich. When the Nightingale Sings will Rudy find the courage to never give up? ... Read more

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  • The Mythology and History of Witchcraft

    25 Books of Sorcery, Demonology & Supernatural: The Wonders of the Invisible World, Salem Witchcraft, Lives of the Necromancers, Modern Magic, Witch Stories…

    by Frederick George Lee, E. Lynn Linton, Howard Williams, Walter Scott, Jules Michelet, M. Schele de Vere, John Ashton, William Godwin, W. H. Davenport Adams, Charles Mackay, George Moir, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Bram Stoker, Wilhelm Meinhold, Cotton Mather, Increase Mather, Charles Wentworth Upham, M. V. B. Perley, James Thacher, William P. Upham, Samuel Roberts Wells, John M. Taylor, Allen Putnam ...
    Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...
    This meticulously edited collection on witchcraft is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Introduction to Witchcraft: The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Howard Williams The Devil in Britain and America by John Ashton Witchcraft in Europe: History of Magic and Witchcraft: Magic and Witchcraft Lives of the Necromancers Witch, Warlock, and Magician ... Read more

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  • The History of Bread (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. From Pre-historic to Modern Times

    by John Ashton, Imogen Brackenwell ...
    John Ashton's The History of Bread is a compact yet richly illustrative survey of one of civilization's most fundamental foods, tracing bread from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome through medieval regulation, early modern baking, adulteration, famine, and changing domestic habits. Written in the antiquarian mode of late Victorian social history, it combines anecdote, documentary quotation, and ... Read more

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  • The History of Witchcraft in Europe Throughout the Ages

    Trials, Folklore, Demonology, and the Cultural Memory of European Persecution

    by John Ashton, William Godwin, Howard Williams, Frederick George Lee, Walter Scott, Jules Michelet, M. Schele de Vere, W. H. Davenport Adams, Charles Mackay, George Moir, Margaret Murray, St. John D. Seymour, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Bram Stoker, E. Lynn Linton, Wilhelm Meinhold ...
    Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...
    The History of Witchcraft in Europe Throughout the Ages surveys the changing meanings of witchcraft from medieval demonology and judicial persecution to folklore, superstition, and modern historical inquiry. Its selections range across antiquarian narrative, legal and ecclesiastical history, ethnographic observation, Gothic-inflected prose, and skeptical social commentary. Accounts of trials, ... Read more

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  • Blinded by Corona

    Excellent.' Jon Snow

    by John Ashton ...
    A gripping view of our fight against corona Professor Ashton has deep practical understanding of the science of public health - a discipline invented in Britain - as a former Director of Public Health. In this jargon-free fly-on-the-wall tale he sets the UK government's measures to deal with COVID-19 from January against two centuries of home-grown knowledge. How do the government's experts and ... Read more

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  • WITCHCRAFT & MAGIC - Ultimate Collection

    Salem Trials, European Folklore, Demonology, and Gothic Tales of the Supernatural

    by Cotton Mather, William Godwin, Howard Williams, Frederick George Lee, Walter Scott, Jules Michelet, M. Schele de Vere, John Ashton, W. H. Davenport Adams, Charles Mackay, George Moir, Margaret Murray, St. John D. Seymour, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Bram Stoker, E. Lynn Linton, Wilhelm Meinhold, Increase Mather, Charles Wentworth Upham, M. V. B. Perley, James Thacher, William P. Upham, Samuel Roberts Wells, John M. Taylor, Allen Putnam ...
    Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...
    WITCHCRAFT & MAGIC - Ultimate Collection surveys the shifting meanings of sorcery, superstition, demonology, folk belief, and occult inquiry across several centuries. Combining trial narratives, historical studies, theological polemic, antiquarian scholarship, fiction, and cultural commentary, it reveals witchcraft as both a social accusation and a durable imaginative resource. Accounts of Salem ... Read more

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  • The History of Bread: From Pre-historic to Modern Times

    The Evolution of a Culinary Staple: Unraveling Bread's Cultural Impact

    by John Ashton ...
    In "The History of Bread: From Pre-historic to Modern Times," John Ashton crafts a compelling narrative that explores the evolution of bread, a fundamental element of human civilization. The book is meticulously structured, chronologically tracing the journey of bread from its origins in prehistoric societies through various cultures, including Ancient Egypt, Medieval Europe, and contemporary ... Read more

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