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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2024

        The Malleus Maleficarum

        by Peter Maxwell-Stuart

        A shocking glimpse into the mind of a medieval witch hunter. In 1487, the zealous Dominican inquisitor Heinrich Kramer wrote a treatise that would have a remarkable influence on European history. Blaming women for his own lust, and frustrated by official complacency before what he saw as a monstrous spiritual menace, Kramer penned a practical guide to aid law officers in the identification and prosecution of witches. Fusing theology, lurid anecdotes and advice for those engaged in combating sorcery, The Malleus Maleficarum transports the reader into the dark heart of medieval belief - where fear of the supernatural provokes a gripping struggle for understanding and control. Kramer's book led to the burning of numerous innocents and had a lasting impact on the popular image of witchcraft. It remains a sinister symbol of fanaticism and cruelty to this day.

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        Medicine
        July 2024

        On trial

        Testing new drugs in psychiatry, 1940–1980

        by Marietta Meier, Magaly Tornay, Mario König

        The heroic story of the invention of antidepressants is a key part of the psychopharmaceutical turn. On Trial revolves around one of its pioneers, psychiatrist Roland Kuhn, who practiced in Münsterlingen, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Switzerland. Kuhn became famous for the 'discovery' of the first antidepressant, Tofranil, and more recently notorious for his numerous trials on often unsuspecting patients. Largely based on the extensive and previously inaccessible sources of Kuhn's private archive, the book delves into the early days of industry-sponsored clinical research in psychiatry. It examines how the clinic, patients, doctors, nursing staff, corporations, and authorities interacted in the trials. Conducted from the 1940s to 1980s, the Münsterlingen drug trials are historicised and situated in the period's evolving landscape of experimentation.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2002

        The Scottish witch-hunt in context

        by Julian Goodare

        A collection of essays on Scottish witchcraft and witch-hunting, which covers the whole period of the Scottish witch-hunt, from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth. Includes studies of particular witchcraft panics such as a reassessment of the role of King James VI. Covers a wide range of topics concerned with Scottish witch-hunting and places it in the context of other topics such as gender relations, folklore, magic and healing, and moral regulation by the church and state. Provides a comparative dimension of witch-hunting beyond Scotland - one on the global context, and one comparing Scotland with England. It is a showcase for the latest thinking on the subject and will be of interest to all scholars studying witchcraft in early modern Europe, as well as the general reader wanting to move beyond shallow and sensational accounts of a subject of compelling in. ;

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        February 2024

        Experimental Design and Analysis for Tree Improvement

        by Emlyn Williams, Chris Harwood, Colin Matheson

        This third edition of Experimental Design and Analysis for Tree Improvement provides a set of practical procedures to follow when planning, designing and analysing tree improvement trials. Using many fully worked examples, it outlines how to: design field, glasshouse and laboratory trials; efficiently collect and construct electronic data files; pre-process data, screening for data quality and outliers; analyse data from single and across-site trials; and interpret the results from statistical analyses. The authors address the many practical issues often faced in forest tree improvement trials and describe techniques that will efficiently give conclusive results. The techniques provided are applicable to the improvement of not only trees, but to crops in general. Building on the success of the second edition, this new edition has been fully revised to include the construction of p-rep and spatial designs using the commercially available software package for design generation (CycDesigN). For analysis of the examples, it provides online Genstat and SAS programs and a link to R programs.

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        Picture storybooks
        March 2017

        Tina Tadole

        Witch in Training

        by Bourke, David

        Tina is a different kind of witch, especially being green and all. Going to school has always seen Tina being the odd one out, and she doesn't mind one bit. But, that means choosing her pet isn't quite so easy as her classmates find it. Which magical beast will Tina choose? Tina Tadpole is a hilarious read with lots fun running from beginning to end. Prepare for nose snorting, hair pulling, belly aching, and eye watering laughs! Don't say we didn't warn you...

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2018

        Witchcraft narratives in Germany

        Rothenburg, 1561–1652

        by Joseph Bergin, Alison Rowlands, Penny Roberts, William G. Naphy

        Looks at why witch-trials failed to gain momentum and escalate into 'witch-crazes' in certain parts of early modern Europe. Exames the rich legal records of the German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a city which experienced a very restrained pattern of witch-trials and just one execution for witchcraft between 1561 and 1652. Explores the social and psychological conflicts that lay behind the making of accusations and confessions of witchcraft. Offers insights into other areas of early modern life, such as experiences of and beliefs about communal conflict, magic, motherhood, childhood and illness. Offers a critique of existing explanations for the gender bias of witch-trials, and a new explanation as to why most witches were women.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 1999

        The Witch of Edmonton

        by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker and John Ford

        by Peter Corbin, David Bevington, Douglas Sedge

        The Witch of Edmonton has received considerable attention recently both from scholars and critics interested in witchcraft practices and also from the directors in the theatre. The play, based on a sensational witchcraft trial of 1621, presents Mother Sawyer and her local community in the grip of a witch-mania reflecting popular belief and superstition of the time. This edition offers a thorough reconsideration of the text with a complete transcription of the original pamphlet by Henry Goodcole. This edition will be of particular interest not only to students of Renaissance Drama but also of the cultural history of the seventeenth century.. Open University adopted text (for their new Renaissance Drama module). ;

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        Children's & YA

        The Little Owl Witch (2). Full Moon Magic at Midnight

        by Katja Alves/ Marta Balmaseda

        Exciting new adventures in the Enchanted Forest. The mighty tree witches send out invitations to take part in the great Witch Competition, which is only held once every hundred years. The prize is a superb extra magical power. Just the thing for a young owl witch like Petunia, think the seven litte owls, and so they secretly enter their witch for the competition. There is just one catch: whoever comes last in solving the extremely difficult magic problems must hand over her witch’s broomstick. Oh dear! The trouble is, all the other witches are very old and are real experts in the art of magic… Fortunately, and as always, Petunia can rely on her little owls!

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        November 2019

        Field Trials in Oil Palm Breeding

        A Manual

        by Baihaqi Sitepu, Umi Setiawati, Fazrin Nur, Nur D Laksono, Yassier Anwar, Pujo Widodo, Brian P Forster, Dan Dwarko, Brian P Forster, Peter D. S. Caligari

        This is a hands-on, practical guide to describe field trials in oil palm. The location for field trials is key, as is land preparation. Other logistics include the germination of seeds from crossing programmes, planting in a nursery and well-grown seedlings for field planting. The trial design needs to be translated into field lay out. Field planting is a critical point requiring plant care, good labelling, field lining and a system of checks, and must be timed to the rainy season. Recording of trials starts 1 year after planting for crown disease assessment and continues for yield approximately 30 months after field planting. Growth measurements also begin 30 months after planting. Tests for oil yield and quality are carried out one year after yield recording.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2020

        Jews on trial

        The Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598–1638

        by Joseph Bergin, Katherine Aron-Beller, Penny Roberts, William G. Naphy

        Jews on trial concentrates on Inquisitorial activity during the period which historians have argued was the most active in the Inquisition's history: the first forty years of the tribunal in Modena, from 1598 to 1638, the year of the Jews' enclosure in the ghetto. Scholars have in the past tended to group trials of Jews and conversos in Italy together. This book emphasises the fundamental disparity in Inquisitorial procedure, as well as the evidence examined, and argues that this was especially true in Modena where the secular authority did not have the power during the period in question to reject, or even significantly monitor, Inquisitorial trial procedure. It draws upon the detailed testimony to be found in trial transcripts to analyse Jewish interaction with Christian society in an early modern community. This book will appeal to scholars of inquisitorial studies, social and cultural interaction in early modern Europe, Jewish Italian social history and anti-Semitism.

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        Children's & YA

        Lilo of Dark Castle. No Magic Allowed! (3). Party at Highhorror Castle

        by Anna Lott/ Sabine Sauter

        The Dark Castle family receives an invitation to a party at Highhorror Castle. Lilo and Miss Rüdiger are immediately eager to go. And of course Luisa should go with them. But humans are strictly forbidden to set foot in Castle Highhorror. “Who cares?”, say Lilo and Luisa, and at first everything seems fine: Luisa gets in as a perfect witch. But then the girls learn about a protective magic spell which covers the whole of the castle: unauthorized beings will be turned for ever into stone… Only a secret book of magic spells can save Luisa now!

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        Children's & YA

        Eldéric et le Livres des Mondes 2 (Eldéric and the Book of Worlds 2)

        by Marie Desvignes

        Eldéric continues his journey to the continent of Onirix to find the manuscripts of the Book of Worlds. This is the only way to restore freedom to the Menz people, kept in slavery by the spell of the witch Theuz. With the help of his friends Souleyman and Alderia, he breaks down the doors of this world of horror designed by the witch and confronts her in her own palace. Will we finally, after many decades, witness the fall of the cruel and despicable Theuz? Will Eldéric be able to take the treasure back to the White Queen and return home?

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2017

        Heresy and inquisition in France, 1200–1300

        by John H. Arnold, Peter Biller

        Heresy and inquisition in France, 1200-1300 is an invaluable collection of primary sources in translation, aimed at students and academics alike. It provides a wide array of materials on both heresy (Cathars and Waldensians) and the persecution of heresy in medieval France. The book is divided into eight sections, each devoted to a different genre of source material. It contains substantial material pertaining to the setting up and practice of inquisitions into heretical wickedness, and a large number of translations from the registers of inquisition trials. Each source is introduced fully and is accompanied by references to useful modern commentaries. The study of heresy and inquisition has always aroused considerable scholarly debate; with this book, students and scholars can form their own interpretations of the key issues, from the texts written in the period itself.

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        Children's & YA

        The Magical Pharmacy (4). The Contest of a Thousand Talents

        by Anna Ruhe/ Claudia Carls

        A world full of scents – and an adventure full of magic, racing hearts and dangers! Luzie Alvenstein can sense it right down to her fingertips: there is something wrong with the invitation she is holding in her hand. Her rival Elodie de Richemont has invited her to enter the “Contest of a thousand talents” – a competition for the world’s finest scent pharmacists. Of course the only thing Elodie is interested in is finding new talents to run her scent pharmacies. But Luzie has no choice. Together with Mats, Leon and Daan de Bruijn she goes to England in order to take part in the competition. What begins as a great game soon develops into a fight for survival – and this threatens to rob Luzie of everything she has ever loved… This is the fourth volume in the bestselling series of children’s books for boys and girls aged 10+. Written by the highly successful author Anna Ruhe and with atmospheric and beautifully detailed black-and-white illustrations by Claudia Carls.

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        December 2024

        Livestock Handling and Transport

        by Temple Grandin, John Abizaid, Faith Reyes, Adrian Barber, Donald M Broom, Michelle S. Calvo-Lorenzo, Dana L. M. Campbell, John Church, Michael Cockram, Lorna Coppinger, Raymond Coppinger, Roger Ewbank, Luigi Faucitano, Robert B. Freeman, Wendy K Fulwider, Carmen Gallo, Arlene Garcia-Marquez, Peter J Goddard, Temple Grandin, Paul H Hemsworth, Katherine A. Houpt, Stella Maris Huertas Canén, Geoffrey D. Hutson, Anna Johnson, Meagan King, Bert Lambooij, Pol Llonch Obiols, Edmond A. Pajor, Mateus J.R. Paranhos da Costa, Genaro C. Miranda-de la Lama, Miriam Parker, Clive J C Phillips, Matthew J. Ritter, Emma Fabreger I Romans, Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, Antonio Velarde, Kurt Vogel, Claire A Weeks, Carissa L. Wickens, S. Wilhelmsson, Trevor DeVries, Gabriel Dallago, Ashlyn Scott, Juliana Ribas, J. Gooding, S. Carr, C. Yoder, C. Jones, A. K. Johnson, A. Garcia, Jayson Galbraith

        Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Dr Temple Grandin, this book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing animal stress. Reviewing the latest research on transport systems, restraint methods and facilities for farms and slaughterhouses, this new edition expands on new developments in the field, as well as covering the integration of and potential welfare benefits and costs of technological advances such as virtual fencing. An important read for animal scientists, animal welfare researchers and practitioners, and veterinarians, this straightforward text is also a valuable resource for stock-people and farmers.

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        Children's & YA

        Eldéric et le Livres des Mondes (Eldéric and the Book of Worlds)

        by Marie Desvignes

        On an autumn evening, a fire broke out in the only school in the province of Saint-Andre and completely destroyed it. Johann, a thirteen-year-old boy who was still inside, was reported missing. It is a shock. There is no trace of the boy, whom everyone thinks is dead. Transported to another world, on the continent of Onirix, among the Menz people, Johann, now endowed with great powers, is entrusted with a great mission: to find the manuscripts of the Book of Worlds stolen for two centuries by the witch Theuz.

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        March 2024

        Witches of New London 2. Moonblessed

        by Isabel Clivia, Moon Notes

        Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit In einem Netz aus Lügen … Obwohl Reva einer Verschwörung innerhalb der Elite von New London auf die Spur gekommen ist, konnte sie den wahren Verantwortlichen für die Mordserie in der Menschenwelt nicht finden. Weil die Unruhen in der Hexengesellschaft immer größer werden, kehrt sie auf der Suche nach Antworten in ihre magische Heimat zurück. Inmitten rauschender Feste muss sie erkennen, wer Freund und wer Feind ist. Dabei sind ihre heimlichen Gefühle für Gabriel alles andere als hilfreich. Insbesondere, da er fest davon überzeugt ist, seine Pflichten als Frühlingserbe erfüllen zu müssen. Doch nicht nur ihre verbotene Sehnsucht erschwert die Ermittlungen, sondern auch die wachsende Dunkelheit in ihr selbst. Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt, bei dem sie alles verlieren könnte … Moonblessed: Eine New-Adult-Romantasy mit einer Prise Crime Einzigartig: Eine fesselnde Kombination aus Urban Romantasy und Crime, die Leser*innen ab 16 Jahren in ihren Bann zieht. Spannend und magisch: Band 2 der erfolgreichen „Witches of New London“-Reihe von Isabel Clivia. Gegen alle Widerstände: Die junge Hexe Reva kämpft in dieser einzigartigen Second Chance-Liebesgeschichte gegen alle Regeln und für ihre Liebe zu Gabriel. Voll im Trend: Moonblessed vereint meisterhaft die faszinierenden Themen Hexen, Crime und Liebe in einer packenden Geschichte, die ihre Leser*innen nicht mehr loslassen wird. Genial ausgestattet: Softcover mit Klappen, einem trendig illustrierten Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage und einem abtrennbaren Lesezeichen. Band 2 der „Witches of New London“-Reihe von Isabel Clivia ist eine Urban Romantasy, die die Trendthemen Hexen und Crime vereint. Eine mitreißende Second-Chance-Liebesgeschichte für New-Adult-Leser*innen ab 16 Jahren!

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