Contemporary social theorist Alain Touraine offers a more far-reaching hermeneutical dimension than either Giddens or Habermas, argues Ballantyne (sociology, Swinburne U. of Technology, Australia), bu
An eight-year-old boy is found dead in a playground . . . and his eleven-year-old neighbor is accused of the crime. Leading the defense is London solicitor Daniel Hunter, a champion of lost causes.A d
Saved from a near-fatal car accident by a stranger, Margaret Holloway begins suffering chilling flashbacks from her childhood about the man who rescued her. By the internationally best-selling author
John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the most prominent art and architecture critic of his day. His books, pamphlets, and letters to the press had an influence on all classes of society, from road-menders to r
The first Protestant mission was established in New Zealand in 1814, initiating complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Maori. Tony Ballantyne shows how interest in missionary Chr
The first Protestant mission was established in New Zealand in 1814, initiating complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Maori. Tony Ballantyne shows how interest in missionary Chr
