Leo Howe

The glossy guide book image of Bali is of a timeless paradise whose people are devoutly religious and artistically gifted. However, a hundred years of colonialism, war and Indonesian independence, and

Auguries, oracles, omens … and software simulation. From antiquity to the electronic age, Predicting the Future examines humankind's obsessive urge to look beyond the present in the hope of controlling events in the days to come. Opening with Stephen Hawking's predictions about the billion year future of the universe, closing with Don Cupitt's insights into the Last Judgement, the book examines both the history of prediction and the ways we set about foretelling the future today. In the past soothsayers, diviners, holy men and astrologers made prophecies on the basis of religious ideology and traditional authority. Today accredited experts predict the future, of the economy, of medicine's place in society, of the entire universe, on the basis of empirical observation and scientific theory. Yet as all the contributors admit, prediction remains an uncertain business even in the computer age, steering a hazardous course between scaremongering and complacency, liable always to be thrown dr

In the context of Dutch colonialism, world war, the incorporation of Bali into the Indonesian state and the tourist boom, this book examines the complex relationships between the changing nature and c

Ethnographers of religion have created a vast record of religious behavior from small-scale non-literate societies to globally distributed religions in urban settings. So a theory that claims to expla

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Marriages and Families in the 21st Century provides an in-depth exploration of a traditional field of study using a new and engaging approach. Tasha R. Howe covers all the important issues - including

Professor Peterson examines these questions in relation to Hitler's government with its reputedly unlimited internal power; he traces the flow of power throughout the Nazi state from 1933 to 1945, fro

The quality of the American character, the structure of American society, and the meaning of America's historical experience all had important implications for John Adams' political thought. Professor

In this comprehensive study of Voltaire's intellectual development, he provides the first full treatment of the effect of the English experience on Voltaire, the diversity of activity at Cirey, and th

In tracing the history of the anti-mercantilist movement, the author shows that many of the ideas and attitudes associated with eighteenth centuryphilosophes were first formulated in the anti-mercanti

The description for this book, Intellectual Development of Voltaire, will be forthcoming.

The description for this book, Opposition to Louis XIV: The Political and Social Origins of French, will be forthcoming.

The description for this book, Limits of Hitler's Power, will be forthcoming.

The description for this book, Changing Political Thought of John Adams, will be forthcoming.

100 years before Kim Keller’s adventures on Aldebaran, Betelgeuse and Antares, a few humans already faced the dangers of an unknown planet. Another chapter of the Worlds of Aldebaran saga!

The three current cycles of "The Worlds of Aldebaran" undoubtedly make up one of the most captivating science-fiction series of recent years.

On a distant alien world, a race against time and human stupidity. Kim’s group, still stranded halfway across Antares, must get back to the base camp through a journey filled with deadly encounters. M

Principles of Water Treatment has been developed from the best selling reference work Water Treatment, 3rd edition by the same author team. It maintains the same quality writing, illustrations, and wo

the definitive guide to the theory and practice of water treatment engineeringThis newly revised edition of the classic reference provides complete, up-to-date coverage of both theory and practice of

In this conclusion to the second cycle, Kim, Inge, Mai Lan and Hector have been camping for weeks in Betelgeuse's canyons, waiting for Hector's ankle to heal. As they prepare to return to the settleme