What's if Plato's Symposium took place in present-day America rather than ancient Athens? The Thanksgiving Symposium imagines this, and makes it happen. Like Plato's dialogue, The Thanksgiving Symposi
Nwabunnia (environmental microbiology, Anambra State U., Nigeria) and Ebisi, a linguistic consultant, provide a guide to records related to winners of the Nobel Prize from the twentieth century. Indiv
An independent Japanese scholar introduces English-speaking readers to his ideas on metamethodology first presented in 1988 to a Japanese audience. Arguing that scientists often engage in analysis and
Knoblet (Greek, Hebrew, theology, Bible and archeology, Appalachian Bible College) examines a superior politician whose life touched, if just barely, that of Jesus Christ. Herod's skills lay in manipu
After reviewing case studies of people who have entered therapy because they were distressed by same-sex attraction, clinical psychologist Yarhouse and Burkett (both psychology, Regent U., Virginia Be
Kikuchi's (Georgia Institute of Technology) textbook is the first published work resulting from materials which were field-tested and refined during the past seven years in GIT's language instruction
This most helpful manual complements A la Française- - Correct French for English Speakers. The textbook, together with Manuel d'exercices, serves as an invaluable tool for the intermediate and advanc
This study is a strategic assessment of the power of nations in the world of the 1990s and recommendations as to the U.S. strategic role appropriate to that world.
This distinguished constitutional theorist takes a hard look at current criminal law and the Supreme Court's most recent decisions regarding the legality of capital punishment. Examining the penal sys
Useful for early and intermediate level college economics classes, this book introduces those with some knowledge of economics to the larger scientific background of the subject. Specifically, it focu
One World Currency presents a serious study about the need for a single stable currency with timely, historical references and skillful economic analysis by noted economist Jose Rafael Abinader. This
Venice is perceived to be in peril due to rising sea levels, tourism, and modern development. This book is based on interviews with Venetian environmentalists about Venice’s environmental risks, espec
Historians and other scholars often use first-hand accounts, including contemporary observations, as sources for study of the past. These types of sources are valuable, especially when used in conjun
This book applies modern psychological understanding to a historical person. This work focuses on one aspect — Francis' imagination — and an analysis of Francis' writings builds on a survey of modern
"There are many approaches to the study of acting. Vaughn's approach strikes me as incisive, thorough, thoughtful, and eminently usefuluespecially for the younger actor. Vaughn puts to rest the notion
This book examines 'eternal colonialism,' which describes policies designed by the Western world and United States to keep most of the world in a permanently subordinate political, economic, social, a
This book provides a comprehensive guide for the planning, operation, and monitoring of business enterprises to realize maximum profit. The information provided in this text is devoid of verbose fille
This revised edition was developed after teaching statistics to undergraduate and graduate social work students for over ten years. The statistical concepts that are necessary for students to know are
This work of 'systematic parapsychology' aims to construct a framework and system of parapsychology, taking a comprehensive approach to the field. The book states that parapsychology has a different p
This book reevaluates the Bush Administration, transferring the blame for eight years of failures and atrocities squarely to the American voters. Redd includes chapters on the Supreme Court's role in
This book introduces profound reflections of Xavier Zubiri (1898-1983) on the history of philosophy to English-speaking audiences. The book discusses the transcendental in Western philosophy and how a
In Linus or Peter? The Question of Papal Infallibility, Geis argues that the Vatican I proclamation on papal infallibility is directly rendered uncertain, if not outright discredited and disproved, by
The Geography of Genocide offers a unique analysis of over sixty genocides in world history, explaining why genocides only occur in territorial interiors and never originate from cosmopolitan urban ce
Goyal, an evaluator at the University of Arkansans, looks critically at the adjustment problems experienced by African students at public universities in the US, and provides them with information tha
Yu (testing, evaluation, assessment and research, Arizona State U.) follows through with his commitment to a "detective mentality" in his commentary on the meanings of quantitative methods in the pers
Panken (rabbinic and second temple literature, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York City) does not address directly the ongoing debate over whether Jewish law should be updated
Applying social control theory, Price (sociology, Pasadena City College) presents on ethnographic study of the concerns of residents and frontline staff at a community-based group home for male juveni
Japanese Christian leader Takakura Tokutaro, 1885-1934, is the focus of this exhaustive historical and theological study. Takakura's life spanned a critical period in developing Japan, a new member of
In Coaching for Performance Improvement, authors Jack Ramsay and Jim Lynch link successful coaching in the athletic arena to effective business management. In sports, as in business, the management of
This book represents an attempt to restore a new-classical aspiration towards a philosophical system able to provide some certainties. Using the distinctive feature of presenting an original and compl
Explores four periods of bureaucracy reform in the United States and examines why they manifested themselves as legislative reforms or administrative responses. The four reforms the post-Civil War Pen
The Black Report is a multifaceted statistical examination of contemporary Black America. The Report grew out of the mounting concerns about the present character of African-American life and anxiety
This study establishes a fresh approach to understanding liturgical texts in other than strictly historical terms, and paves the way for understanding the essential link between the celebration of lit
Understanding War divides war material into eighteen overarching themes of analysis and fifty seminal topics. In the process, it gives the reader access to the broadest possible array of material acro
This book explores questions raised during a seminar discussion amongst a group of outstanding scholars. The result may be seen as a readable concentration of basic and meaningful insights that often
This book explores questions raised during a seminar discussion amongst a group of outstanding scholars. The result may be seen as a readable concentration of basic and meaningful insights that often
"The ... triumphalist tale that begins with a weary seamstress in Montgomery and ends on a bloody balcony in Memphis takes a telling blow in Charles McKinney's Greater Freedom ... McKinney's deep insi
The canonical documents of Rabbinic Judaism impose upon most of their components fixed patterns of rhetoric, recurrent logic of coherent discourse, and a well-defined topic or program, for example, a
This book is an authoritative, comprehensive and current resource of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo faith from its early Biblical beginnings to the present. It provides up-to-date information on a myriad
Die Schwarze Spinne is a religious allegory about morals and religious living in the mid-ninteenth century, written by Jeremios Gotthelf. This work is an interlinear translation of Gotthelf's Die Schw
