In this definitive collection of essays spanning fifteen years, R. Stephen Warner traces the development of the “new paradigm” interpretation of American religion. Originally formulated in the 1990s in response to prevailing theories of secularization that focused on the waning plausibility of relig..
This second volume in the Limits and Renewals trilogy is an attempt to restate a traditional philosophy of mind, drawing on philosophical and poetical resources that are often neglected in modern and postmodern thought, and emphasizing the moral and political implications of differing philosophies o..
This book represents a major new statement on the issue of property rights. It argues for the justification of some rights of private property while showing why unequal distributions of private property are indefensible. Author: Munzer, Stephen R. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Binding: Paper..
Achieving Excellence: Educating The Gifted and Talented, provides foundational information relating to the field of gifted education (i.e. history, laws, etc.), details characteristics of gifted students from various populations, describes how such students are identifiedand assessed, and presents u..
Country school teacher, birth control pioneer, socialist journalist, freedom fighter, writer-Agnes Smedley (1892-1950) was on the battlefront of American politics, the Indian struggle for independence, and the Chinese Communist revolution. In this coherent, intelligible, and engaging book, the MacKi..
Updated in its 16th edition, American Constitutional Law: Introductory Essays and Selected Cases is a classic collection of carefully selected and edited Supreme Court case excerpts and comprehensive background essays that explores constitutional law and the role of the Supreme Court in its developm..
This innovative work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife is the result of Stephen Bokenkamp's groundbreaking study of Chinese scripture and the incorporation of Indic concepts into the Chinese worldview. Here, he explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists and non-Buddhists, received and deploy..
In a forgotten age of darkness, a magnificent king arose to light the landThey called him unfit to rule, a lowborn, callow boy, Uther’s bastard. But his coming had been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. And he had learned powerful secrets at the knee of the mystical sage Merlin.He was ARTH..
A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles-a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped t..
Between Craft and Science brings together leading scholars from sociology, anthropology, industrial relations, management, and engineering to consider issues surrounding technical work, the most rapidly expanding sector of the labor force. Part craft and part science, part blue-collar and part white..
Drawing on such primary sources as manuscript collections, interviews, and congressional hearings, the author builds a history of American organized crime from the 1920s to the 1980s Author: Fox, Stephen R. Publisher: William Morrow & Co Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 068804350X ISBN-..
Broadcast Announcing Worktext, Fourth Edition provides you with the skills, techniques, and procedures necessary to enter the highly competitive field of broadcast performance. In addition to the principles of good performance, this book addresses the importance of audience and how to communicate ef..
This book covers everything you need to begin programming in C# as painlessly as possible. C# For Dummies introduces the new language, covers the syntax of the language, explains expert programming techniques and jumps right into writing applications. The class libraries are also covered in detail. ..
This fifth edition of THE POCKET WADSWORTH HANDBOOK provides up-to-date, realistic advice for today's digital-age students. You will find it clearly written, thorough, easy to navigate, and indispensable for use in college courses and beyond. Author: Mandell, Stephen R. Publisher: Wadsworth Publishi..
Can animals be taught a human language and use it to communicate Or is human language unique to human beings, just as many complex behaviors of other species are uniquely theirs This engrossing book explores communication and cognition in animals and humans from a linguistic point of view and asse..
How resilient is the human spirit in the face of merciless oppression What values in life stand up to certain death In the second and concluding Empyrion book, Orion Treet determines to return to Dome after his brief respite among the peaceable, graceful Fieri. No one but Orion and a handful of re..
Focus on Writing: Paragraphs and Essays, new from best-selling authors Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, is their most accessible writing text yet. Focus on Writing engages students visually, demonstrates concepts with color and highlighting, and offers students more grammar support than any comp..
Focus on Writing: Paragraphs and Essays is a clear, inviting text that engages students visually, demonstrates concepts with color and highlighting, and offers students the support and coverage they need to write well in college. Focus on Writing offers the unique self-assessment tool TEST (Topic se..
Foundations First guides students through the process of writing sentences and paragraphs with simple explanations, appealing visuals, and student-friendly examples. Kirszner and Mandell's compelling approach lets students practice grammar in the context of their own writing and helps prepare them f..
From Athens to Jerusalem: The Love of Wisdom and the Love of God Author: Clark, Stephen R. L. Publisher: Oxford University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0198246978 ISBN-13: 9780198246978..
From the PublisherFocused and rich with interpretation, this clearly written introductory text introduces students to the basic principles of analysis and design with advanced composite materials, emphasizing the fundamentals with an up-to-date presentation of more advanced topics.From the Back Cove..
This book will be immensely helpful to those who wish to orient themselves to what has become a very large body of literature on medieval Islamic history. Combining a bibliographic study with an inquiry into method, it opens with a survey of the principal reference tools available to historians of I..
In one fulsome volume Stephen R. Graves and Thomas G. Addington-- the cofounders of the popular magazine Life@Work-- include contributions from the best and brightest minds currently writing on the topic of business leadership and spirituality. Life@Work on Leadership includes meaningful reflections..
Shows what listening to the tradition of the church involves and how it can be used to aid theological work today. Author: Holmes, Stephen R. Publisher: Baker Pub Group Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0801026423 ISBN-13: 9780801026423..
Combining the broadest selection of readings with time-proven and class-tested instruction, 2009 MLA UPDATE EDITION - LITERATURE: READING, REACTING, WRITING, Seventh Edition, remains the most useful and student-friendly introduction to literature text available. The text includes a comprehensive gui..