He was simply the greatest psychic of all time. He was also the first - before him, the word psychic did not even exist. The feats he performed were so extraordinary that Victorian scientists had to invent the term in order to explain them. The man who became the world s first psychic was Daniel Dunglas Home. Now almost entirely forgotten...more details Format:Hardback Pages:336
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Peter Lamont
ISBN:9780349118253
He was simply the greatest psychic of all time. He was also the first - before him, the word psychic did not even exist. The feats he performed were so extraordinary that Victorian scientists had to invent the term in order to explain them. The man who became the world s first psychic was Daniel Dunglas Home. Now almost entirely forgotten...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:336
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Peter Lamont
ISBN:9780316724302
We assume that the Indian rope trick is a piece of ancient Hindu magic. But think again: it is actually the product of a hoax which appeared in the Chicago Tribune in 1890. This wonderfully researched...more details Format:Hardback Pages:224
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Peter Lamont
ISBN:9780349118246
We assume that the Indian rope trick is a piece of ancient Hindu magic. But think again: it is actually the product of a hoax which appeared in the Chicago Tribune in 1890. This wonderfully researched...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:288
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Peter Lamont
ISBN:9781560256618
A rope rises up into the air. A boy climbs up the rope and when the boy gets to the top he vanishes into thin air, explains Peter Lamont, winner of the Jeremy Dalziel prize in British History...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:265
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Peter Lamont;Richard Wiseman
ISBN:9781902806501
A useful manual for any magician or curious spectator who wonders why the tricks seem so real, this guide examines the psychological aspects of a magician's work. Exploring the ways in which human psychology plays into the methods of conjuring rather than focusing on the individual tricks alone...more details Format:Game Pages:175
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Peter Robert Lamont Brown
ISBN:9780521499040
The Christianisation of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe, yet at the time it was a tentative and piecemeal process. Peter Brown's study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible...more details Format:Paperback
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Peter Robert Lamont Brown
ISBN:9780521495578
The Christianisation of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe, yet at the time it was a tentative and piecemeal process. Peter Brown's study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible...more details Format:Hardback
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G W Bowersock;Oleg Brown Peter Robert LamontGrabar
ISBN:9780674511736
The first book of its kind, this richly informative and comprehensive guide to the world of late antiquity offers the latest scholarship to the researcher along with great reading pleasure to the browser. In eleven comprehensive essays and in over 500 encyclopedic entries...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:802
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Peter Robert Lamont Brown
ISBN:9780231144063
First published in 1988, Peter Brown's "The Body and Society" was a groundbreaking study of the marriage and sexual practices of early Christians in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence...more details Format:Hardback Pages:504