This is the first comprehensive account of the life and work of the distinguished scholar and public figure Gilbert Murray (1866-1957). Sixteen contributors survey his childhood, his work in the thea
Winch (educational philosophy and policy, Kings College) presents a detailed philosophical examination of the nature of expertise and vocational knowledge. The work of Gilbert Ryle and the debates it
In this groundbreaking work, Paul A. Djupe and Christopher Gilbert analyze national data from a survey of over 2,400 Episcopal and Evangelical Lutheran Church of America clergy, looking deeper into th
David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers
The life of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, one half of Gilbert & Sullivan?The author of The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, W. S. Gilbert?a witty, caustic, and disrespectful man?was
A milestone publication of the late Christopher Gilbert's poetry, with an introduction by the National Book Award winner Terrance HayesLord, the anguish of my Black block rises up in melike a grief. M
"Titled after a line from Henry James, The Abyss of Human Illusion consists of fifty narrative set pieces full of savage humor and cathartic passion - an elegiac paean to the grimly comic, unsentiment
What is zarzuela? It has been said that it means to Spain what operatta means to Vienna, Offenbach to Paris, Gilbert and Sullivan to London, and the musical to Broadway. It is all these things and mo
A renowned toymaker shares his conjuring secrets in this single-volume compilation of two vintage books, Gilbert Coin Tricks and Gilbert Handkerchief Magic. Alfred C. Gilbert, a manufacturer of magic
The mining industry faces distinct challenges. Mines have long lives, companies have little control over the prices at which they sell, prices are volatile, and the environmental impacts of mining are
