The evolution of the annual cycle of feasts, fasts, and other commemorations in Christianity after its establishment by Roman emperors has been studied in Rome and Jerusalem but not in Cappadocia, an
Foreword by Bruce McCormackFor many students of Scripture and Christian theology, Karl Barth's break with liberalism is the most important event that has occurred in theology in over 200 years. I
This illustrated book presents definitions and descriptions of many terms relating to Greek and Roman sculpture encountered in museum exhibitions and publications on ancient stone sculpture.
While sailing alone one night in the shipping lanes across one of the busiest waterways in the world, John Burnett was attacked by pirates. Through sheer ingenuity and a little bit of luck, he surviv
The population genetics and speciation of fungi is a rapidly developing field, heavily dependent upon the use of molecular markers. No basic text exists which describes the methods employed or the fi
By the time Shakespeare represented monstrosity on stage, says Burnett (English, Queen's U., Belfast) the monstrous had attained an established place in the early modern psyche. He looks at the interp
Burnett's conviction that love conquers all is memorably embodied in this tale of an American boy who is transported from the mean streets of 19th-century New York to the splendor of his titled grandf
When Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett answered his jury duty summons, he expected to spend a few days catching up on his reading in the court waiting room. Instead, he finds himself thrust into a
Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. Now penniless and banished to
Six heartwarming tales, including the title story, which concerns the fate of some shabby inhabitants of a castaway dollhouse; "Behind the White Brick," a fantasy about a hidden world in a chimney top
It is a sad fact that most of the sculpture created in ancient Greece has vanished. Of that which has survived, a majority is funerary sculpture. These highly visible markers commemorating the dead we
Chronicling the British pursuit of the legendary El Dorado, Masters of All They Surveyed tells the fascinating story of geography, cartography, and scientific exploration in Britain's unique South Ame
Written by British-born author Frances Hodgson Burnett and first published in 1905, A Little Princess tells the story of young Sara Crewe, privileged daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant. All the ot
Chronicling the British pursuit of the legendary El Dorado, Masters of All They Surveyed tells the fascinating story of geography, cartography, and scientific exploration in Britain's unique South Ame
A spoiled and sickly orphan blossoms into a creature of loving kindness in this unforgettable classic of childhood. At her uncle's forbidding Yorkshire estate, Mary joins with new friends in the resto
Part coming-of-age story and part slice of life, this is a literary novel about African-Americans in the rural South.Set in rural Virginia during 1948, Miss Ophelia is a remarkable debut novel that ex
Modern readings of ancient Athenian drama tend to view it as a presentation of social or moral problems, as if ancient drama showed the same realism seen on the present-day stage. Such views are belie
-- Full of essays dealing with Florida's history in Gene Burnett's easygoing style-- Careful research and eclectic choice of topics make history good reading that educates and entertains-- Each volume
Guatemala has undergone an unprecedented conversion to Protestantism since the 1970s, so that thirty percent of its people now belong to Protestant churches, more than in any other Latin American nati
-- Full of essays dealing with Florida's history in Gene Burnett's easygoing style-- Careful research and eclectic choice of topics make history good reading that educates and entertains-- Each volume
This book examines how Johannes Buxtorf's works helped to transform seventeenth-century Hebrew studies from the hobby of a few experts into a recognized academic discipline.The first two chapters exam
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho PressOctavia Bassett, a beautiful young heiress from Bloody Gulch, Nevada, unexpectedly descends upon her aunt in the sleepy
Originally published as a serial in the children's monthly magazine ST NICHOLAS, LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY was Frances Hodgson Burnett's first children's novel and on its publication in book form in Octo
Useful Toil engages freshly and directly with the `ordinary' people of the nineteenth century. John Burnett has assembled twenty seven telling extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working
Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became 'show pupil' - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappear
