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  • The Truth About the Tobacco Habit
    E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius / T. Swann (Thomas Swann) Harding
    T. Swann Harding’s seminal work, 'The truth about the tobacco habit,' offers an incisive exploration into the pervasive world of tobacco use. This meticulously prepared print edition presents Harding’s original insights into the complexities of smoking, nicotine addiction, and the array of health risks associated with these habits.Delving into the profound challenges of smoking...
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    15,76 €

  • For a Greater Good
    Thomas A. Swann
    I wrote this book because you and I both need some inspiration from time to time in a tough world. I came out of the closet in 1992 as a gay Marine Corps veteran and civilian worker with a secret clearance for the Department of the Navy. I was assaulted and faced discrimination and retaliation from Navy officials. I was living with advanced AIDS. I suffered and persevered while...
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    14,75 €

  • The Goat Without Horns
    Thomas Burnett Swann
    The Goat Without Horns was Thomas Burnett Swann’s first book-length work -- a strange tale of a remote island, an island which should be a paradise, but quickly becomes a nightmare in which all known rules of behaviour seem reversed. There, a young man brought up amidst the proprieties of Victorian England finds that his only friend is one small, lonely dolphin...and his enemie...
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    14,44 €

  • The Minikins of Yam
    Thomas Burnett Swann
    'The Minikins of Yam offers us an outre ancient world -- in this case Egypt -- where the creatures of myth ... exist alongside true historical characters and settings. The 12-year-old Pharoah, Pepy II (whom Swann tells us really existed), is a humanitarian soul, sneaking out of the palace at night in disguise to distribute largesse among the poor and downtrodden. But Pepy is t...
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    15,53 €

  • Queens Walk in the Dusk
    Thomas Burnett Swann
    Thomas Burnett Swann was a brilliant fantasy writer who died in 1976. He wrote primarily about the ancient Greek and Roman world, blending myth with romance and adventure. A reviewer in the Village Voice sums his work up well: 'Swann’s neo-romantic fantasies of the past are unique. He uses the stuff of myth but with twists and inventions of his own.' Swann’s last published nove...
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    14,48 €

  • Green Phoenix
    Thomas Burnett Swann
    Thomas Burnett Swann (1928-1976) earned a distinguished reputation among writers of science fiction, one that caused his enthusiastic following to nominate him again and again for awards. Unique in his talent, his novels dealt not with the far future, but with the enigma of the past. Prior to the dawn of human history, the Earth did not belong solely to humanity -- there were o...
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    14,41 €

  • Day of the Minotaur
    Thomas Burnett Swann
    In DAY OF THE MINOTAUR, modern readers at last have an opportunity to rediscover the imaginative genius of Thomas Burnett Swann, a writer whose works have been compared with the marvel-packed sagas of J.R.R. Tolkien, the sweeping adventure-tales of Mary Renault, and the sheer story-telling magic of Jack Vance and Edgar Rice Burroughs. This is the novel of Eunostos, the last of ...
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    14,45 €

  • Moondust
    Thomas Burnett Swann
    Thomas Burnett Swann won a special place in the world of fantasy and science fiction for his marvelous evocations of forgotten ages and lost peoples. For he has taken the infinite range of the past for his province, and, bringing toit the learning of a scholar and the talent of a poet, he wove wonders.In MOONDUST, he takes as his setting the city of Jericho under the siege; yet...
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    14,48 €

  • The Forest of Forever
    Thomas Burnett Swann
    Here in THE FOREST OF FOREVER dwells the last Minotaur, and here too are the other lingering dwellers in that folk-whispered country where dwell the beasts that are human and the humans that are beasts...Also in this series: DAY OF THE MINOTAURThomas Burnett Swann (1928 - 1976) was an American poet, critic and fantasy author. The bulk of Swann’s fantasy fits into a rough chrono...
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    14,33 €

  • Anarchist Cybernetics
    Thomas Swann
    From Occupy, to the Indignados and the Arab Spring, the uprisings that marked the last decade ignited a re-emergence of participatory democracy as a political ideal within organizations.This pioneering book introduces cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies to explore the continuing development of this radical idea. With a focus on communication and how alter...
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    52,12 €

  • The Imago Dei
    John T. Swann / John Thomas Swann
    The creation of humankind in the Image of God is perhaps the most foundational tenet of theological anthropology, yet it is rarely understood in the fullness of what it represents. Too often, focus is placed on the divine image as a condition. A study of the Scriptures suggests that it is better understood not as a condition, but rather as a commission of humanity to a role, sp...
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    25,79 €

  • Address Of Thomas Swann, Esq., President Of The Baltimore And Ohio Rail Road Company
    Thomas Swann
    This historical address by Thomas Swann, Esq., President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, delivered to stockholders on May 1st, details critical developments concerning the Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed March 21, 1850. The address focuses on providing a settlement beneficial to the company and its stakeholders. 'Address Of Thomas Swann, Esq., Presid...
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    17,33 €

  • Message of the Governor to the General Assembly, Extra Session, 1866.; Volume 1866
    Swann Thomas 1805-1883.
    This is the 'Message of the Governor to the General Assembly, Extra Session, 1866', delivered by Thomas Swann, then Governor of Maryland. Assembled during the tumultuous period following the American Civil War, the General Assembly faced critical decisions regarding the state’s role in Reconstruction and its relationship with the federal government. Swann’s message offers valua...
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    15,66 €

  • The Spirit Of Sport In Nature
    Thomas Swann
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    26,92 €