Many students and members of the public who follow news reports on science and religion may think that Protestantism and science are in conflict. But while evangelical attacks on evolution may make t
" Needle and Walker have taken on a complex, profound and essential task -- equipping therapists and abortion counselors with the knowledge and skills needed to help their clients. Readers of this bo
Based on a pioneering research programme on the evolution of top incomes, this volume brings together studies from 10 OECD countries. This rapidly growing field of economic research investigates the
Tragedy in the Church: The Missing Gifts is a compilation of sermons of A.W. Tozer compiled by Gerald B. Smith. These sermons are a compendium that deals directly with the subjects of the Christian
Consultant Lipsey charts the course of what used to be an equipment-based industry that has grown to include apparel, footwear and "lifestyle" products that are amongst the most recognizable in the gl
This superbly illustrated book provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of regional anaesthesia for the trainee and practising anaesthetist alike. Written by a team of experts who are well kno
This reprint of a 1914 publication provides an introduction for the serious student of alchemy via the works of Count Michael Maier (1568- 1622), one of the giants of the Alchemical renaissance. The c
Key Benefit: This book presents a sound mathematical treatment that increases smoothly in sophistication. Key Topics: The book presents utility-grade discrete math tools so that any reader can underst
The history of electroshock in the United States in three historic stages is chronicled as it alternated from an enthusiastic reception in 1940, to a period of crisis in the 1960s, to its resurgence a
In the small "Fly Room" at Columbia University, T.H. Morgan and his students, A.H. Sturtevant, C.B. Bridges, and H.J. Muller, carried out the work that laid the foundations of modern, chromosomal gen
Distributional issues may not have always been among the main concerns of the economic profession. Today, in the beginning of the 2000s, the position is different. During the last quarter of a century
This poignant and eloquent book is a memoir of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic in the Bronx, a physician’s firsthand account of the emergence of an epidemic and the lives that it touched. it is
Often overlooked by ragtime historians, John William "Blind" Boone had a remarkably successful and influential music career that endured for almost fifty years. Blind Boone: Missouri's Ragtime Pioneer
The proceedings of the August 1997 congress collects 48 contributions, beginning with keynote addresses, frontline lectures, updates, and reports on new technology. The plenary papers include discuss
In the whole of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, there is no single treatise more deeply revered or widely practiced than A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. Composed in the eighth century by the I
By piecing together diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and rare privately printed memoirs, the author has created a story which tells how America's ragtag navy--composed mainly of converted yachts, steame
Commonplace use of non-metallic materials and composites in vehicles and other environments has led to a need to compute scattering and other electromagnetic phenonema in their presence. This book pro
Merleau-Ponty's essays on aesthetics are some of the major accomplishments of his philosophical career, and rank even today among the most sophisticated reflections on art in all of twentieth-century
Translated and annotated by R.A.B. Mynors (who died in 1990), this is one of seven projected volumes of Erasmus's 4,000 collected adages with commentaries, delightful in their exposition of the resona
The first volume of a new series bringing together papers on the computational abilities of connectionist, neural, and "neurally inspired" systems. Most of the chapters in the present volume resulted
‘A knowledge of proverbs contributes to a number of things,’ wrote Erasmus in his Introduction to the Adages, ‘but to four especially: philosophy, persuasiveness, grace and charm in speaking, and the
A painful time in Erasmus' life is reflected in this volume of letters. As the two volumes immediately previous to this one indicated, Erasmus' first two years in Louvain were agreeable, productive, a
In the bright morning of his youth Lewis H. Garrard traveled into the wild and free Rocky Mountain West and left us this fresh and vigorous account, which, says A. B. Guthrie, Jr., contains in its pag
The aim of this book is to provide practical advice and awareness of health management and disease control in sea bass and sea bream, the most widely-farmed fish in the Mediterranean region. The preve
From his earliest days on Long Island and in New York City to his last years in Camden, New Jersey, Walt Whitman lived close to the sea he knew and loved. The “liquid-flowing syllables” of Whitman’s p
South China Sea (SCS) issues are complex and dynamic, ranging from historic claims to present day military occupation, from military security to regional stability, from rhetorical appeasements to nat
