Colley Cibber (Twayne's English Authors Series)

Literature & Fiction

Ashley, Leonard R.N.

History & Criticism

Twayne Pub

Discusses forenames, surnames, nicknames, place names, naming patterns, and pet names, and offers advice on naming a child

What's in a Name?--Everything You Wanted to Know

Parenting & Relationships

Reference

Genealogical Pub. Co

Suhrab and Rustam: A Poem from the Shah Namah of Firdausi

Poetry

Scholars' Facsimilies & Reprint

Mirrors for Man: 26 Plays of the World Drama

Winthrop College

Leonard R. N. Ashley delights readers with a collection of facts and folklore of the people of Queen Elizabeth I’s era. He describes sports and pastimes, religion and superstition, cooking, life in town and country, and the rising bourgeois class. In chapters titled as "Cakes and Ale," "The Playhouse and the Bearbaiting Pit," and "Hey nonny nonny," Ashley paints an enlightening portrait of a time made memorable by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Elizabethan Popular Culture

History

Europe

Popular Press 1

Leonard R. N. Ashley delights readers with a collection of facts and folklore of the people of Queen Elizabeth I’s era. He describes sports and pastimes, religion and superstition, cooking, life in town and country, and the rising bourgeois class. In chapters titled as "Cakes and Ale," "The Playhouse and the Bearbaiting Pit," and "Hey nonny nonny," Ashley paints an enlightening portrait of a time made memorable by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Popular Press 3

Gathers anecdotes about predictions, prophecies, astrology, fortune-telling, luck, and dreams, and describes superstitions about people, places, animals, plants, and events

The Wonderful World of Superstition, Prophecy, and Luck

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Professor Leonard Ashley offers an overview of the rites and rituals of cultures from ancient times to today. Just by casually flipping through its pages, you can learn how to turn yourself into a hare, walk on water, commune with the dead, or kill someone from a distance.

The Complete Book of Magic and Witchcraft

Barricade Books

Strange beliefs and even stranger omens have liferated through the ages. Here is a ripe collection which might change minds about broken mirrors,black cats and other ingrained beliefs.

The Complete Book of Superstition, Prophecy, and Luck

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

UNKNO

Here is the story of how evil has been conceived embraced, and combatted over time, including the rise and fall of black magicians, astrology, spiritualism and more.

The Complete Book of Devils and Demons

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