Crowley advocated the practice of magick and encouraged his followers to create their own life styles and develop a keen self knowledge. He wrote many books on his subject and is still revered as the master of the dark arts with books and websites and followers all over the world...more details Format:paperback (A format) Pages:384
"Crisp yet lyrical, simple yet intelligent...haunting, shocking, and tense."--"Booklist" The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly--for he appears to be a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. But as inconspicuous as Farfalla tries to make himself...more details Format:Paperback Pages:274
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9781409084891
Charts the history of cannabis from the Neolithic period. This title chronicles the process through which cannabis, a relatively harmless substance...more details Format:Electronic book text Pages:480
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780312424947
To some it's the classic "gateway drug," to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provide relief from pain. Some fear it is dangerous and addictive...more details Format:Paperback Pages:446
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780553814187
To some it's antisocial anathema, to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provides relief from crippling pain. Some fear it is a dangerous drug that leads to 'reefer madness' and addiction; to others still it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint...more details Format:Paperback Pages:480
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780385603058
An in-depth study of the most widely-used and controversial drug in the world today. To some it’ s anathema, to others it provides relief from crippling pain; to others still...more details Format:Book
When 12-year-old Daniel appears at Dark Creek ranch, the owner, Matt, takes him in. But this is Texas, 1861, the Civil War is raging and soon Matt leaves to join up. Accompanied by an elderly Mexican cowhand...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:272
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780141310374
Doctor Illuminatus begins with brother and sister, Pip and Tim, moving into an ancient manor house where they hear strange tapping noises at night. When they tap back - a panel in the wall opens and out comes a strange boy dressed like a 50s schoolboy. His name is Sebastian...more details Format:Paperback Pages:192
A "Boys Own"-type character, Arthur Conan Doyle glorified manliness and heroically took part in the Boer War. However he also believed in fairies and was a supporter of women's suffrage...more details Format:Paperback Pages:382
An exploration of the history and mythology of the Triad, from the ancients to today. Booth seeks to provide an insight into this world of corruption and power...more details
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780312426262
At seven years old, Martin Booth found himself with all of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in 1952. This is his memoir of that youth...more details Format:Paperback Pages:342
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780312348175
At seven years old, Martin Booth found himself with all of Hong Kong at his feet. His father was posted there in 1952, and this memoir is his telling of that youth...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:342
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9781409084563
An inquisitive seven-year-old, Martin Booth found himself with the whole of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in the early 1950s...more details Format:Electronic book text
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780385607766
Martin's adventures are thrown into relief by the volatile backdrop of his warring parents. Martin's mother, like her son, was open to the Chinese culture which she embraced along with its people...more details Format:Hardback
Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother who, like her son, was keen to embrace all things Chinese, and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native'...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:384
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780312268053
One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 Captured by Hirohito's soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima...more details Format:Paperback Pages:304
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780312423322
In the summer of 1914 Alec Marquand has just graduated from college and has been hired by the lord of a remote country estate in the Scottish Highlands to survey the ancient Iron Age brochs that lie on his property. Once there Alec comes upon a small island which is called Eileen Tosdach--the Island of Silence. Just as Alec makes his amazing find...more details Format:Paperback Pages:304
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780340718056
Crowley advocated the practice of magick and encouraged his followers to create their own life styles and develop a keen self knowledge. He wrote many books on his subject and is still revered as the master of the dark arts with books and websites and followers all over the world...more details Format:Hardback Pages:384
Nicholas, separated from his parents during the capture of Hong Kong in World War II, is smuggled to the mainland disguised as a Chinese boy...more details Pages:144
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9781417706747
Known to mankind since prehistoric times, opium is arguably the oldest and most widely used narcotic. "Opium: A History" traces the drug's astounding impact on world culture-from its religious use by prehistoric peoples to its influence on the imaginations of the Romantic writers; from the earliest medical science to the Sino-British opium wars. And...more details
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780312206673
Known to mankind since prehistoric times, opium is arguably the oldest and most widely used narcotic. "Opium: A History" traces the drug's astounding impact on world culture-from its religious use by prehistoric peoples to its influence on the imaginations of the Romantic writers; from the earliest medical science to the Sino-British opium wars. And...more details Format:Paperback Pages:396
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780141304212
Fourteen-year-old Ted joins the Royal Navy in 1914 as a cabin boy. His duties include carrying ammunition to the guns. Ted takes part in the Battle of Jutland...more details Format:Paperback Pages:160
Two children on a family caravan holiday on the edge of Dartmoor see something black hunting sheep. Convinced it's a panther, they set off to track it across the moors. As they hunt the panther...more details Format:Paperback Pages:128
Two children on a family caravan holiday on the edge of Dartmoor see something black hunting sheep. Convinced it's a panther, they set off to track it across the moors. As they hunt the panther...more details Format:Paperback Pages:128
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780141310381
Evil has returned to Rawne Barton, this time in the form of a malevolent chemistry teacher, Yoland, whose aim is to gain power by stealing souls. Pip and Tim...more details Format:Paperback Pages:256
The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla - Mr Butterfly. He is a discreet gentleman who spends his time studying rare butterflies. But Farfalla's real profession is deadly. He considers himself an artisan...more details Format:Electronic book text
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9781441773289
Signor Farfalla "Mr. Butterfly" is a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies but whose real profession is deadly. With growing feelings for a prostitute...more details Format:CD
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Martin Booth
ISBN:9780312430016
The locals in the southern Italian town where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly: for he is a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. His life is inconspicuous--mornings spent brushing at a canvas...more details Format:Paperback Pages:274
Jet is trained by her master to be a poacher's dog. When her master is sent to prison Jet is taken into the army - it is early 1939 - to be a military dog. Jet survives Dunkirk...more details Pages:144
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Booth Martin
ISBN:9780553825725
The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla - Mr. Butterfly. He is a discreet gentleman who spends his time quietly painting rare butterflies. He has few friends and is constantly on the move. But as inconspicuous as Farfalla tries to make himself...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Martin Barnes Mark Haworth-Booth Malcolm Daniel
ISBN:9781851773350
Many of Turner's prints and negatives are reproduced here for the first time as full-page plates, using state-of-the-art technology to reproduce the subtle tones...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:112