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Salem Witchcraft: Volumes I-II by Charles Wentworth Upham
epub |eng | 2006-02-24 | Author:Charles Wentworth Upham [Upham, Charles Wentworth]

The presence of Ann Putnam, the mother, on this occasion; the statement from her, read by Mr. Parris; and the terrible sufferings she exhibited, produced, no doubt, a deep effect ...
( Category: Colonial Period July 31,2023 )
Speak of the Devil: How the Satanic Temple Is Changing the Way We Talk About Religion by Joseph P. Laycock
epub |eng | 2019-01-15 | Author:Joseph P. Laycock [Laycock, Joseph P.]

Becoming “Official” While I was researching this book, TST began achieving small victories toward receiving official recognition as a religion. Donny of TST-Springfield described an incident where a chapter member ...
( Category: Religion, Politics & State July 31,2023 )
Eve of Destruction: The Inside Story of Our Dangerous Nuclear War by John Hughes Wilson
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John Hughes Wilson [Wilson, John Hughes]

• The cause was human error. • Technicians mistakenly overheated Windscale Pile No. 1. • Poorly placed temperature sensors indicated the reactor was cooling rather than heating. • The excess ...
( Category: Nuclear July 31,2023 )
Need to Know: UFOs, the Military, and Intelligence by Timothy Good
epub |eng | 2014-08-25 | Author:Timothy Good [Good, Timothy]

REFERENCES 1. Michigan MUFON Newsletter (date not known). 2. Lorenzen, Coral E., The Great Flying Saucer Hoax, William-Frederick, New York, 1962, p. 146–7. 3. Ibid., p. 147–8. 4. Fontes, Dr ...
( Category: Intelligence & Espionage July 31,2023 )
Spaceport Earth: The Reinvention of Spaceflight by Joe Pappalardo
epub |eng | 2017-11-21 | Author:Joe Pappalardo [Pappalardo, Joe]

A view of an Ariane 5 rocket approaching the launch pad in French Guiana. The crawler painstakingly delivers the upright rocket from its assembly building to the launch pad. It ...
( Category: 21st Century July 31,2023 )
Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles G. Leland
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Charles G. Leland [Leland, Charles G.]

The Mischief Maker. A Tradition of the Origin of the Mythology of the Senecas. A Lox Legend. (Seneca.) An Indian mischief maker was once roving about. He saw that he ...
( Category: Native American July 31,2023 )
The Cult of Relics in Early Medieval Ireland by Niamh Wycherley
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Niamh Wycherley [Wycherley, Niamh]

Chapter 5 it still merits discussion here in order to place it within the wider context of the cult of relics as a whole in early Irish history. Relics and ...
( Category: Belgium July 31,2023 )
Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars by Susan Milbrath
epub |eng | 2008-09-11 | Author:Susan Milbrath [Milbrath, Susan]

180 VENUS AND MERCURY: THE BODY DOUBLES Water-lily Serpent, and Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl are all them. As Xolotl dances, the skeletal Morning Star, related by an association with Venus and the wind. ...
( Category: Mayan July 31,2023 )
Zecharia Sitchin and the Extraterrestrial Origins of Humanity by M.J. Evans
epub |eng | 2016-05-10 | Author:M.J. Evans [Evans, M.J.]

A long tale relates how Enki, seeking a male son by his half-sister … forced his attentions on her when she was alone and “poured the semen in the womb.” ...
( Category: Assyria, Babylonia & Sumer July 31,2023 )
American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence by Pauline Maier
epub |eng | 2012-02-15 | Author:Pauline Maier [Maier, Pauline]

CHAPTER IV American Scripture RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTING the Declaration of Independence fell to Congress’s president, John Hancock. He executed that job with none of the anxiety that had gripped him ...
( Category: Colonial Period July 31,2023 )
The Problem of the Ohio Mounds by Cyrus Thomas
epub |eng | 2003-07-01 | Author:Cyrus Thomas [Thomas, Cyrus]

CHAPTER IV. THE CHEROKEES AS MOUND BUILDERS. As the evidence on this point has to a large extent been presented in my article on “Burial Mounds of the Northern Section,” ...
( Category: Americas July 31,2023 )
Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz
epub |eng | 2007-03-21 | Author:Barbara Mertz [Mertz, Barbara]

THE HATSHEPSUT PROBLEM Scholarly feuds are a lot of fun for laymen, and even for the scholarly world itself, with the possible exception of the combatants. The spectacle of two ...
( Category: Egypt July 31,2023 )
Curiosities of the Sky: A Popular Presentation of the Great Riddles and Mysteries of Astronomy by Garrett Putman Serviss
epub |eng | 2004-10-02 | Author:Garrett Putman Serviss [Serviss, Garrett Putman]

IX Marvels of the Aurora One of the most vivid recollections of my early boyhood is that of seeing my father return hastily into the house one evening and call ...
( Category: History July 31,2023 )
Pirates: A New History, From Vikings to Somali Raiders by Peter Lehr
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Peter Lehr [Lehr, Peter]

The Apparent Demise of Piracy As Britain’s unsuccessful efforts to form a combined Anglo-Dutch-Spanish alliance against Algiers show, the fight against piracy was not just a tactical problem – it ...
( Category: Maritime History & Piracy July 31,2023 )
A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by James Horn
epub |eng | 2010-05-11 | Author:James Horn [Horn, James]

BY MID AUGUST, much of the repair and building work at the colonists’ settlement was completed. The men and boys probably moved into Lane’s old houses, and the Archards, Dares, ...
( Category: Colonial Period July 31,2023 )

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