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There are many twists and turns in Cora's long, treacherous journey towards freedom and while \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e is at times brutal and disturbing, it's also hopeful and \u003cb\u003ean addictive, compulsive read\u003c\/b\u003e. After reading it, a corner of your heart will always belong to Cora. \u003cb\u003eAn instant classic\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarra Manning * Red *\u003cbr\u003eReaches the marrow of your bones, settles in and stays forever . . . \u003cb\u003ea tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e -- Oprah Winfrey\u003cbr\u003eThis bravura novel reimagines that same network as a real subterranean railway, upon which a girl named Cora flees the slave-catcher Ridgeway. 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Diana and Virbius\u003cbr\u003e2. Artemis and Hippolytus\u003cbr\u003e3. Recapitulation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Priestly Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Sympathetic Magic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Principles of Magic\u003cbr\u003e2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic\u003cbr\u003e3. Contagious Magic\u003cbr\u003e4. The Magician's Progress\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Magic and Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. The Magical Control of the Weather\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Public Magician\u003cbr\u003e2. The Magical Control of Rain\u003cbr\u003e3. The Magical Control of the Sun\u003cbr\u003e4. The Magical Control of the Wind\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. Magicians as Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII. Incarnate Human Gods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIII. Departmental Kings of Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIX. The Worship of Trees\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Tree-spirits\u003cbr\u003e2. Beneficent Powers of Tree-spirits\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eX. Relics of Tree-worship in Modern Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXI. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXII. The Sacred Marriage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility\u003cbr\u003e2. The Marriage of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIII. The Kings of Rome and Alba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Numa and Egeria\u003cbr\u003e2. The King as Jupiter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIV. The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXV. The Worship of the Oak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXVI.Dianus and Diana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXVII. The Burden of Royalty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Royal and Priestly Taboos\u003cbr\u003e2. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXVIII. The Perils of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Soul as a Mannikin\u003cbr\u003e2. Absence and Recall of the Soul\u003cbr\u003e3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIX. Tabooed Acts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers\u003cbr\u003e2. Taboos on Eating and Drinking\u003cbr\u003e3. Taboos on Showing the Face\u003cbr\u003e4. Taboos on Quitting the House\u003cbr\u003e5. Taboos on Leaving Food Over\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXX. Tabooed Persons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Chiefs and Kings Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e2. Mourners Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e3. Women Tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth\u003cbr\u003e4. Warriors Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e5. Manslayers Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e6. Hunters and Fishers Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXI. Tabooed Things\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Meaning of Taboo\u003cbr\u003e2. Iron Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e3. Sharp Weapons Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e4. Blood Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e5. The Head Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e6. Hair Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e7. Ceremonies at Hair-cutting\u003cbr\u003e8. Disposal of Cut Hair and Nails\u003cbr\u003e9. Spittle Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e10. Foods Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e11. Knots and Rings Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXII. Tabooed Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Personal Names Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e2. Names of Relations Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e3. Names of the Dead Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e4. Names of Kings and Other Sacred Persons Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e5. Names of Gods Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXIII. Our Debt to the Savage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXIV. The Killing of the Divine King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Mortality of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e2. Kings Killed When Their Strength Fails\u003cbr\u003e3. Kings Killed at the End of a Fixed Term\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXV. Temporary Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXVI. Sacrifice of the King's Son\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXVII. Succession to the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-spirit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Whitsuntide Mummers\u003cbr\u003e2. 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Attis as a God of Vegetation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXVI. Human Representatives of Attis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXVII. Oriental Religions in the West\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXVIII. The Myth of Osiris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXIX. The Ritual of Osiris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Popular Rites\u003cbr\u003e2. The Official Rites\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXL. The Nature of Osiris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Osiris a Corn-god\u003cbr\u003e2. Osiris a Tree-spirit\u003cbr\u003e3. Osiris a God of Fertility\u003cbr\u003e4. Osiris a God of the Dead\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLI. Isis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLII. Osiris and the Sun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLIII. Dionysus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLIV. Demeter and Persephone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLV. The Corn-mother and the Corn-maiden in Northern Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLVI. The Corn-mother in Many Lands\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Corn-mother in America\u003cbr\u003e2. The Rice-mother in the East Indies\u003cbr\u003e3. The Spirit of the Corn Embodied in Human Beings\u003cbr\u003e4. The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLVII. Lityerses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Songs of the Corn-reapers\u003cbr\u003e2. Killing the Corn-spirit\u003cbr\u003e3. Human Sacrifices for the Crops\u003cbr\u003e4. The Corn-spirit Slain in his Human Representatives\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLVIII. The Corn-spirit as an Animal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit\u003cbr\u003e2. The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog\u003cbr\u003e3. The Corn-spirit as a Cock\u003cbr\u003e4. The Corn-spirit as a Hare\u003cbr\u003e5. The Corn-spirit as a Cat\u003cbr\u003e6. The Corn-spirit as a Goat\u003cbr\u003e7. The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox\u003cbr\u003e8. The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare\u003cbr\u003e9. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow)\u003cbr\u003e10. On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Dionysus, the Goat and the Bull\u003cbr\u003e2. Demeter, the Pig and the Horse\u003cbr\u003e3. Attis, Adonis, and the Pig\u003cbr\u003e4. Osiris, the Pig and the Bull\u003cbr\u003e5. Virbius and the Horse\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. Eating the God\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Sacrament of First-fruits\u003cbr\u003e2. Eating the God among the Aztecs\u003cbr\u003e3. Many Manii at Aricia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLI. Homoeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLII. Killing the Divine Animal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Killing the Sacred Buzzard\u003cbr\u003e2. Killing the Sacred Ram\u003cbr\u003e3. Killing the Sacred Serpent\u003cbr\u003e4. Killing the Sacred Turtles\u003cbr\u003e5. Killing the Sacred Bear\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIII. The Propitiation of Wild Animals by Hunters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIV. Types of Animal Sacrament\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament\u003cbr\u003e2. 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