GRAVE

space excavated in the earth or rock for the burial of a corpse. When a grave is marked by a protective or memorial structure it is often referred to as a tomb. See burial; funeral customs.

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books on: Grave  - 48905 results

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Blake's Grave: A Prophetic Book, Being William Blake's Illustrations for Robert Blair's the Grave, Arranged as Blake Directed
Book by S. Foster Damon, William Blake; Brown University Press, 1963
Subjects: Blair, Robert--1699-1746
BLAKES GRAVE BROWN UNIVERSITY BICENTENNIAL PUBLICATIONS...the Fields of General Scholarship BLAKES GRAVE A PROPHETIC BOOK Being William Blake illustrations for Robert Blair The Grave , arranged as Blake directed. WITH A COMMENTARY...
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Scottish Customs: From the Cradle to the Grave
Book by Margaret Bennett; Birlinn, 2004
Subjects: Rites And Ceremonies--Scotland, Scotland--Social Life And Customs
...SCOTTISH CUSTOMS FROMTHE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE MARGARET BENNETT Birlinn This new...Glasgow 302 May Anderson 302 Grave-markers, Cairns and Memorials J.J. Dixon...afterwards be taken ill, this would give rise to grave suspicions of evil influence being at...
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Biting at the Grave: The Irish Hunger Strikes and the Politics of Despair
Book by Padraig O'Malley; Beacon Press, 1990
BITING AT THE GRAVE -ii- BITING AT THE GRAVE The Irish Hunger Strikes and the Politics of Despair...Cataloging-in-Publication Data OMalley, Padraig. Biting at the grave: the Irish hunger strikes and the politics of despair/ Padraig...
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A Clown in a Grave: Complexities and Tensions in the Works of Gregory Corso
Book by Michael Skau; Southern Illinois University Press, 1999
Subjects: Beat Generation, Corso, Gregory--Criticism And Interpretation
"A Clown in a Grave" "A Clown in a Grave" Complexities and Tensions in the Works of Gregory Corso...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Skau, Michael, 1944 A clown in a grave: complexities and tensions in the works of Gregory Corso / Michael...
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Life Cycles in England, 1560-1720: Cradle to Grave
Book by Mary Abbott; Routledge, 1996
Subjects: England--Social Life And Customs--16th Century, England--Social Life And Customs--17th Century, England--Social Life And Customs--18th Century, Life Cycle, Human
...CYCLES IN ENGLAND 1560-1720 Cradle to Grave Mary Abbott London and New York First...cycles in England 1560-1720: cradle to grave/Mary Abbott. p. cm. 1. England-Social...could be inclined to define as little and grave offences. Young men like Newton, whose...
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The Grave
Journal article by Rosie Kerin; Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Vol. 45, 2001
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The Grave (Book)--Reviews
The Grave by Rosie Kerin James Heneghan...0-374-32765-3 US$17.00. The Boxer and The Grave are two historical novels that deal with...his siblings, and himself. The Grave centres on the adventures, insights, and...
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Abbott and Costello Meet ... John Hawkes: The Goose on the Grave, Affect, and Tomkins's Script Theory
Journal article by John S. Bak; Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. 29, 2006
Subjects: Abbott, Bud--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Abbott, Bud--Performances, Comedians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Comedians--Performances, Costello, Lou--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Costello, Lou--Performances, Hawkes, John--Criticism and interpretation, Hawkes, John--Works, Novelists--Criticism and interpretation, Novelists--Works, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, The Goose on the Grave (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Tomkins, Silvan--Works
...Meet ... John Hawkes: The Goose on the Grave, Affect, and Tomkinss Script Theory...oft-misunderstood gothic novella, The Goose on the Grave, which reviewers and critics have repeatedly...Greiner concluding that "The Goose on the Grave is an extremely difficult novel to read...
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Last Grave at Dimbaza
Journal article by Robert Cancel; African Arts, Vol. 40, 2007
Subjects: Last Grave at Dimbaza (Motion picture)--Movie reviews, Motion pictures--Movie reviews
Last Grave at Dimbaza. by Robert Cancel ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Last Grave at Dimbaza 55 minutes/color Morena Films, 1974; Closed...soundtrack, the camera pans a series of makeshift grave markers, thin, uneven slabs of wood with hand-painted...
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Chris LaLonde, Grave Concerns, Trickster Turns: The Novels of Louis Owens
Journal article by John K. Donaldson; American Studies International, Vol. 41, 2003
Subjects: Grave Concerns, Trickster Turns: The Novels of Louis Owens (Book)--Reviews
Chris LaLonde, Grave Concerns, Trickster Turns: the Novels of...Chris LaLonde a huge debt of gratitude. His Grave Concerns, Trickster Turns, the first full-length...one, underway at the time LaLonde wrote Grave Concerns (and presumably left unfinished...
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Nick Trujillo. in Search of Naunny's Grave: Age, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in an American Family
Journal article by Melanie Mills; Women and Language, Vol. 29, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, In Search of Naunny's Grave: Age, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in an American Family (Book)--Book reviews
Nick Trujillo. in Search of Naunnys Grave: Age, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in an...Nick Trujillo. In Search of Naunnys Grave: Age, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in an...and frail voice. In Search of Naunnys Grave is a primer for critical introspection...
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Grave Robbing
Magazine article by Sherwin B. Nuland; American Scholar, Vol. 70, Spring 2001
Subjects: Grave robbery--History, Human anatomy--History, Human dissection--History
Grave Robbing. by SHERWIN B. NULAND Her body stolen...old girl named Ruth Sprague. It had been stolen from its grave by a certain Roderick Clow on the night after she was buried...known to plunder cemeteries in the company of a notorious grave robber named Crouch. In one twice-told tale of Listons adventures...
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From the Grave to the Cradle
Magazine article; Security Management, Vol. 43, October 1999
Subjects: Grave robbery--Prevention, Memorial monuments--Crimes against, Metal castings, Sepulchral monuments--Crimes against
From the Grave to the Cradle. Grave markers become part of stone walls. Memorial angels adorn home fireplaces. Cemetery ironwork is recast as patio furniture. Todays grave robbers arent as much interested in cracking open coffins as in...
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Grave Commentary
Magazine article by Richard Bauman; World and I, Vol. 22, March 2007
Subjects: Dead persons--Appreciation, Dead--Appreciation, Epitaphs--Appreciation, Memorial monuments--Social aspects, Sepulchral monuments--Social aspects
Grave Commentary. by Richard Bauman Sometimes theyre...were carved or scrawled on a scrap piece of wood. Epitaphs--grave commentaries--are enduring statements about those buried...and infamous of the Old West. It has a plethora of wooden grave markers with out of the ordinary commentaries. One marks...
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Unearthing Grave Offenses
Magazine article by Douglas Mcgray; Foreign Policy, September 2001
Subjects: Connor, Melissa--Authorship, Forensic anthropology--Practice, Forensic scientists--Research, Haglund, William--Authorship, Massacres--Investigations, Scott, Douglas--Authorship
Unearthing Grave Offenses by Douglas McGray...instruction manual for exhuming a mass grave properly. "The most successful method...deceased. "Given a general location for a grave site, a trained archaeological eye can...
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Lasting Inspiration: Pay Memorial Day Respects at These Destination-Worthy Grave Sites of Our LGBT Forerunners
Magazine article by Ryan Weimer, Loann Halden; The Advocate, January 29, 2008
Subjects: Gay writers--Appreciation
...Day Respects at These Destination-Worthy Grave Sites of Our LGBT Forerunners. by...Only a few yards from Oscar Wilde is the grave of esteemed writer Gertrude Stein, who...rose is a rose," has a flower box at her grave marker where visitors are encouraged to...
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Grave Matter: A Very Grave Matter Breathing New Life into the Old Graveyard; A Letter from the Council Set off on a Journey of Discovery into a Leafy Cemetery
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 19, 2005
Grave Matter: A Very Grave Matter Breathing New Life into the Old Graveyard; A Letter from the Council...over, because I knew my great grandmother was buried here in a public grave, and I was just interested in seeing where she was. I walked in here...
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Grave Error at Funeral of Gran
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 15, 2004
Grave Error at Funeral of Gran. Byline: By Neil Gibson...funeral of a North-East woman were shocked to find the wrong grave had been opened. Lilian Watson, 83, of Camsey Close, Longbenton...a mix-up by Newcastle City Council staff meant the wrong grave had been opened, leaving grieving friends and relatives waiting...
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Family Fury over Wrong Grave Fiasco
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), September 15, 2004
Family Fury over Wrong Grave Fiasco. Byline: By Amy Cartmell...when a council blunder led to the wrong grave being opened. The fiasco unfolded yesterday...horrified when they realised a different grave had been dug up. Council staff had opened...
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EARL BARS WILLS FROM DIANA GRAVE; He Stops Boys' Visit
Newspaper article by Dean Rousewell, Cyril Dixon; The People (London, England), June 28, 1998
EARL BARS WILLS FROM DIANA GRAVE; He Stops Boys Visit. by Dean...would then place flowers on their mothers grave and spend a time of quiet reflection...did not want his nephews to visit the grave without him being there. The reason...
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Mother Who Grieved at the Wrong Grave for Twenty Years; Error Only Came to Light after a Second Family Tragedy
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 11, 2005
Mother Who Grieved at the Wrong Grave for Twenty Years; Error Only Came to Light...years, Jane Shepley lovingly tended the grave where she thought her baby daughter was...mother found she had been visiting the wrong grave. After asking for her son Adam to be...
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encyclopedia articles on: Grave  - 113 results

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Grave
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GRAVE space excavated in the earth or rock for the burial of a corpse. When a grave is marked by a protective or memorial structure it is often referred to as a tomb . See burial ; funeral customs...
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Tomb
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Although it is often used as a synonym for grave , the word is derived from the Greek tymbos...designate a memorial shrine erected above a grave. The concept of the tomb as a chamber or...often served by heaping stones above the grave. This may have been the initial structure...
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Excommunication
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...EXCOMMUNICATION formal expulsion from a religious body, the most grave of all ecclesiastical censures. Where religious and social communities...equivalent to damnation. Excommunications vary in gravity, and in grave cases readmission may be possible only by action of the Holy...
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Colombey-Les-Deux-Églises
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...koloNba -la-doz-aglez , town (1993 est. pop. 664), Haute-Marne dept., NE France. The home and grave site of Charles de Gaulle are there. His grave is marked by a 164 ft (50 m) high Croix de Lorraine. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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GrÉvy, Jules
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GREVY, JULES zhul grave , 1807 91, French statesman, president of France (1879 87). As a republican deputy after the February Revolution (1848), he sought...
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