Matthews: 1354 books

This evocative guide to Shamanism takes you on a journey from its origins in Europe, North America, Siberia and the Arctic Circle through to contemporary rituals to try today. Illustrated with cultural images, totems and people, shaman John Matthews reveals the rich animistic traditions of this ancient...

From insidious murder weapons to blaze-igniting crinolines, clothing has been the cause of death, disease and madness throughout history, by accident and design. Clothing is designed to protect, shield and comfort us, yet lurking amongst seemingly innocuous garments we find hats laced with mercury,...

This is volume 1 (A-D) of the second edition of the four-volume encyclopedia, Naples: Life, Death & Miracles. The entire set contains 690 separate essays, anecdotes and observations about Naples, Italy and cover history, music, literature, architecture, mythology, biography and general culture...

DARK LIBERATION is a cycle of 16 novels written over a period of forty years, from 1970 to 2010. The fundamental theme of the cycle – which only became clear as the novels were written – is that the key to the future of mankind lies within each individual, and not in some external salvator, be...

Naamiwan’s Drum follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson, and remarkable water drum. This drum, and forty other artefacts, were given away by a Canadian museum to an American Anishinaabe group that had no family or community connections to the collection. Many years...

This BookClub edition includes the first two Sunspinners novels. Demonspell, or Curse of the Everlasting Relatives. Book 1. Along with a big house and income, Elaine inherits five immortal relatives who need constant attention. Try keeping a husband with that set of in-laws. Yes, she has tried. Twice....

Lady Amelia Cameron had been doing a bit of "spying" for her brother. Really, giving just enough encouragement to would-be French agents that they confided in her. Along came Lord Verwood, who seemed highly suspicious himself with his fake limp and the fact that no one in society knew him, to convince...

Glenna Forbes played the harp exquisitely. Which was the major reason Philip Hobart had asked her to marry him. And reassuring her aging father was Glenna's real reason for accepting. Everything changed when the naval captain became a viscount--who expected a different kind of wife than independent Miss Forbes. Regency Romance by Laura Matthews; originally published by Fawcett Coventry

Lady Olivia Fullerton had three ne'er-do-well brothers who refused to stand by her when she tried to rescue Sir Noah Lawrence from a scrape. Instead they allowed her good name to be bandied about, and she was forced, in the end, to marry Sir Noah. Her courage and innocence intrigued Noah, but he was...

Trelenny Storwood's parents want her to marry their neighbor, Cranford Ashwicke. But the young and vivacious Trelenny finds Cranford dull--and positively old (at twenty-eight). When Cranford takes her and her mother to Bath, her view of him changes dramatically, but he, alas, now seems attached to Lady Jane Reedness.  Regency Romance by Laura Matthews; originally published by Warner

Sir John Meddows was a rake, so he was delightfully amused when he came upon Miss Catherine Ryder swimming naked in her hidden pond. Sir John had heard intriguing tales of Catherine's London Season, and he seemed taken with her. So why did he pay so much attention to her beautiful sister Amanda, and...

Elizabeth Bennet is finalizing her master’s degree in psychology, volunteering, and planning her wedding to the charming and sophisticated Mr. William Darcy. Granville Ackerman, handsome banker and past rival of her fiancé, instantly takes to Elizabeth and reveals a secret about Darcy that leaves...

Wondering what happened that night with Elibel and Arthur? This short story reveals intimate details of that romantic rendezvous between a king and his bride's lady in waiting. If you haven't read the series, the first in the series, Betrothal, is free.

A nice girl doesn't bite. Unless she's me. Last fall I found a kindly vampire to turn me. It was that or die of an incurable heart defect at eighteen. Personally, I thought death at eighteen was premature and unacceptable. What I wanted was a long life. What I got was immortality, unless somebody...