an unpublished essay of edwards on the trinity with remarks

Faith & Freedom: The Scots-Irish in the United States

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kennedy, Billy, PUBLISHER: Ambassador-Emerald International, Absorbing stories ong>ofong> a race ong>ofong> people who created the civilization in the Americong>anong> wilderness ong>anong>d helped lay the solid foundations for the greatest nation on earth. The Scots-Irish Presbyteriong>anong>s settled in the Americong>anong> frontier during with the 18th century were a unique breed ong>ofong> people with ong>anong> independent spirit which boldly challenged the arbitrary powers ong>ofong> monarchs ong>anong>d established the church. Faith ong>anong>d Freedom were the consuming watch-words ong>ofong> the Scots-Irish Presbyteriong>anong>s who settled on the Americong>anong> frontier in the 18th century. The noble high minded ideals ong>ofong> one ong>ofong> the most influential ethnic strains in Americong>anong> life became the cornerstone ong>ofong> the United States ong>anong>d was indelibly enshrined in its libertariong>anong> all-inclusive constitution.

Cultural Theory and Cultural Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Featherstone, Mike, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Recent years have seen a significong>anong>t reappraisal ong>ofong> the idea ong>ofong> culture within the social sciences, ong>anong>d a growing integration ong>ofong> theoretical concerns between the social sciences ong>anong>d the humong>anong>ities. Debates over concepts such as postmodernism ong>anong>d cultural globalization have been symptomatic ong>ofong> a broader interdisciplinary interest in the social context ong>ofong> cultural practice. In this book ong>anong> international cast ong>ofong> eminent theorists examines a series ong>ofong> key questions on the borders ong>ofong> the cultural ong>anong>d the social. Rong>anong>ging across a broad cong>anong>vas, the contributors focus on different elements ong>ofong> cultural theory ong>anong>d cultural process: discourse, lifestyle, the emotions, the intelligentsia, social movements, postmodernism. Linking the chapters is a concern with the central role ong>ofong> Europeong>anong> social theory in the current reappraisal ong>ofong> culture, ong>anong>d ong>anong> assessment ong>ofong> its relation to other international traditions. This book, for ong>anong> interdisciplinary readership, will serve as ong>anong> outline ong>ofong> key concerns in cultural theory ong>anong>d ong>anong> insight into the central insights ong>ofong> Theory, Culture ong>anong>d Society. The book is also published as issue 9.1 ong>ofong> Theory, Culture ong>anong>d Society.

Hakluyt's Promise: An Elizabethan's Obsession for an English

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mong>anong>call, Peter C., PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, Richard Hakluyt the younger, a contemporary ong>ofong> William Shakespeare, advocated the creation ong>ofong> English colonies in the New World at a time when the advong>anong>tages ong>ofong> this idea were far from self-evident. This book describes in detail the life ong>anong>d times ong>ofong> Hakluyt, a trained minister who became ong>anong> editor ong>ofong> travel accounts. "Hakluyt's Promise" demonstrates his prominent role in the establishment ong>ofong> English America as well as his interests in English opportunities in the East Indies. The volume presents nearly 50 illustrations--mong>anong>y ong>unpublishedong> since the sixteenth century--ong>anong>d ong>ofong>fers a fresh view ong>ofong> Hakluyt's milieu ong>anong>d the central concerns ong>ofong> the Elizabethong>anong> age. Though he never traveled farther thong>anong> Paris, young Hakluyt spent much ong>ofong> the s recording information about the western hemisphere ong>anong>d became ong>anong> international authority on overseas exploration. The book traces his rise to prominence as a source ong>ofong> information ong>anong>d inspiration for Englong>anong>d's policy makers, including the queen, ong>anong>d his advocacy for colonies in Roong>anong>oke ong>anong>d Jamestown. Hakluyt's thought was shaped by debates that stretched across Europe, ong>anong>d his interests rong>anong>ged just as widely, encompassing such topics as peaceful coexistence with Native Americong>anong>s, the New World as a Protestong>anong>t Holy Long>anong>d, ong>anong>d in, his later life, trade with the Spice Islong>anong>ds.

Dambuster: A Life of Guy Gibson VC

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ottaway, Susong>anong>, PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Books, At the time ong>ofong> his death in Guy Gibson was one ong>ofong> the RAF's most decorated ong>ofong>ficers, ong>anong>d had won the Victoria Cross for his precision bombing raid on the Roer River dams. World War II gave Gibson the opportunity to rise above a troubled background ong>anong>d personal life. Having joined the RAF in , he participated in the first bombing raid ong>ofong> the war, attacking Germong>anong>y's Kiel Cong>anong>al in ong>anong> outmoded s bomber. By Gibson was flying the RAF's modern Long>anong>caster bomber ong>anong>d had assembled a hong>anong>dpicked team ong>ofong> airmen, most notably from Britain ong>anong>d New Zealong>anong>d, to carry out the precision bombing ong>ofong> the Mohne ong>anong>d Eder dams with the famous "bouncing bomb" invented by Barnes Wallace. After his spectacular feat, Gibson was ong>ofong>fered a post with RAF Public Relations, but chose to stay on active operations, which eventually cost him his life. This cong>anong>did biography has the co-operation ong>ofong> Gibson's family ong>anong>d features ong>unpublishedong> family photographs.

Marriages & Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Olson, David / DeFrain, John / Skogrong>anong>d, Linda, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Humong>anong>ities/Social Sciences/Long>anong>gua, ong>Anong> introductory text, "Marriages ong>anong>d Families" accentuates the positive aspects ong>ofong> relationships ong>anong>d focuses on enriching students' knowledge ong>anong>d experience in building strong, successful couple ong>anong>d family relationships. The authors, seasoned family scholars ong>anong>d therapists, integrate research, theory, ong>anong>d practical applications with ong>anong> interdisciplinary perspective on marriage ong>anong>d family. To enhong>anong>ce teaching ong>anong>d student learning, ong>anong> updated AWARE (Awareness ong>ofong> Attitudes ong>anong>d Relationships Expectations) Online computerized assessment contains 15 categories that match the chapters ong>ofong> the book.

Nature's Workshop: Renoirs Writings on the Decorative Arts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Herbert, Robert L., PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, This book shows Auguste Renoir in ong>anong> entirely new light, revealing ong>anong> artist far more complex ong>anong>d thoughtful thong>anong> previously believed. Seven unknown ong>anong>d ong>unpublishedong> texts written by Renoir, along with four other writings once published but now largely forgotten, are presented here in both French ong>anong>d English. They identify Renoir as ong>anong> impassioned critic ong>ofong> architecture, architectural decoration, ong>anong>d the education ong>ofong> artists. These surprising texts were written in , when Renoir hoped to found ong>anong> exhibition society grouping all the crafts, ong>anong>d around , when he prepared several drafts ong>ofong> a preface to a French trong>anong>slation ong>ofong> Cennino Cennini's medieval treatise on the arts. Robert L. Herbert has uncovered Renoir's "Grammar ong>ofong> Art", long believed lost, ong>anong>d has disproved the idea that his reading ong>ofong> Cennini was related to his trip to Italy in . Renoir provides a walking tour ong>ofong> Paris with abundong>anong>t references to specific buildings exhibiting the Second Empire architecture he found so despicable. He examines academic art, modern industry, ong>anong>d how together they undermine the values ong>ofong> craft ong>anong>d individuality. ong>Anong>d he insists that good art like nature never achieves perfect geometry or symmetry but is unregimented, "natural". Herbert discusses Renoir's aesthetic in the context ong>ofong> the flow ong>ofong> ideas on the decorative arts at the time ong>anong>d reassesses the artist in the light ong>ofong> these lively rediscovered writings.

Farther Along

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harington, Donald, PUBLISHER: Toby Press, He wong>anong>ts to get away from it all. Despite a satisfying career as chief curator ong>ofong> a museum devoted to the vong>anong>ished Americong>anong> past, he finds he himself wong>anong>ts to vong>anong>ish. So with the help ong>ofong> a book on the life ong>anong>d culture ong>ofong> a vong>anong>ished tribe ong>ofong> Indiong>anong>s known as Bluffdwellers, he takes up residence in the wilderness ong>ofong> the Ozark mountiong>anong>s, with only a dog for compong>anong>y ong>anong>d only ong>anong> atlatl - a primative spear thrower - to provide him with his supper. His few amusements are the playing ong>ofong> tunes on a hair-comb-ong>anong>d-tissue ong>anong>d writing what he intends to be ong>anong> indictment ong>ofong> modern civilization in his journals. He makes the aquaintong>anong>ce ong>ofong> a young moonshiner who keeps him supplied abundong>anong>tly with corn liquor. But after six years ong>ofong> this life he realizes that what he is trying to get away from is himself.

Kim Jong Il on the Juche Philosophy Pyongyang, Korea

Kim Jong Il on the Juche Philosophy; Binding: Song>ofong>tcover; Pages:190; Dimensions: 21x15cm Weight:140 grams; Brong>anong>d: Foreign Long>anong>guages Publishing House, Pyongyong>anong>g, Korea . Collection ong>ofong> 6 Works ong>ofong> Kim Jong Il On The Juche Philosophy. Includes: - On Some Questions In Understong>anong>ding The Juche Philosophy - On Correctly Understong>anong>ding The Originality ong>Ofong> Kimilsungism - On The Juche Idea - On Some Problems On The Ideological Foundations ong>Ofong> Socialism - On Having A Correct Viewpoint ong>Anong>d Understong>anong>ding ong>Ofong> The Juche Philosophy - The Juche Philosophy Is ong>Anong> Original Revolutionary Philosophy. Le tariffe postali sono: - Raccomong>anong>data.........€. 5,10 - Piego libri ordinario.........€. 2,10

Materials Production in Open and Distance Learning

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lockwood, Fred, PUBLISHER: Paul Chapmong>anong> Publishing, The process ong>ofong> materials production in open ong>anong>d distong>anong>ce learning is seen both as a daunting prospect ong>anong>d as ong>anong> exciting opportunity. This book is intended to dispel some ong>ofong> the apprehension ong>anong>d yet temper some ong>ofong> the enthusiasm. The chapters are grouped into three accepted stages ong>ofong> materials production - plong>anong>ning, production ong>anong>d presentation - with each chapter having ong>anong> underlying theme: the desire to produce materials ong>ofong> the highest academic ong>anong>d technical quality that are also the most effective teaching materials for its learners. The authors, mong>anong>y with national ong>anong>d international reputations, focus on those facets ong>ofong> open ong>anong>d distong>anong>ce learning which reflect current thinking, research ong>anong>d practice. This book will provide educators ong>anong>d trainers with insight into materials production ong>anong>d with ong>anong> essential foundation upon which to build their own work.

Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fiadjoe, Albert, PUBLISHER: Routledge Cavendish, Taking a critical look at the major areas ong>ofong> constitutional ong>anong>d administrative law, Commonwealth Caribbeong>anong> Public Law places a firm emphasis on the protection ong>ofong> citizens' rights ong>anong>d good governong>anong>ce. The third edition ong>ofong> this book builds on the success ong>ofong> the previous two editions, setting-out the established legal principles through Caribbeong>anong> cases, along with critique ong>anong>d commentary ong>ofong> the law where appropriate. Contemporary issues ong>anong>d chong>anong>ges in Caribbeong>anong> public law are addressed including: the refining ong>ofong> the rules governing judicial review; recent cases dealing with the death penalty; ong>anong>d the likely impact on CARICOM initiatives on the rights ong>ofong> citizens.

Living in Ordinary Time: The Letters of Agatha Rosetti

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Brein, Maryellen, PUBLISHER: ACTA Publications, Most spiritual memoirs are written by religious prong>ofong>essionals. The Americong>anong> Catholic Experience series is ong>anong> innovative new collection ong>ofong> books exploring the stories ong>ofong> individual Catholics in the United States as they reflect on what it has meong>anong>t as Catholic laity to live out their faith amidst the joys ong>anong>d challenges ong>ofong> their daily lives?on their jobs, with their families ong>anong>d friends, ong>anong>d in their communities ong>anong>d churches. In Living in Ordinary Time, a historically significong>anong>t reflection on the letters ong>ofong> Agatha Rosetti Hessley, ong>anong> ordinary Catholic laywomong>anong> who wrote about her experiences with the post-Vaticong>anong> II church faithfully each week, MaryEllen O?Brien uncovers the lived experience ong>ofong> laypeople in the U.S. from to ong>anong>d its relevong>anong>ce to our lives today.

Re-Inventing China: A Generation and Its Films

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clark, Paul, PUBLISHER: Chinese University Press, A pioneering study ong>ofong> the genesis ong>ofong> the Fifth Generation ong>ofong> Chinese filmmakers, who emerged in the s with films ong>ofong> startling originality. Through ong>anong> ong>anong>alysis ong>ofong> this generation ong>anong>d its films, Clark brings several decades ong>ofong> trong>anong>sformation in Chinese society into vivid relief. The book focuses on the making ong>anong>d meong>anong>ing ong>ofong> films such as "Judou," "Raise the Red Long>anong>tern," ong>anong>d "Farewell My Concubine." Clark also draws heavily on interviews with directors, including Zhong>anong>g Yimou, Chen Kaige ong>anong>d Tiong>anong> Zhuong>anong>gzhuong>anong>g, as well as other less well-known figures. Acquista Ora

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Solomon, ong>Anong>drew, PUBLISHER: Scribner Book Compong>anong>y, "The Noonday Demon" examines depression in personal, cultural, ong>anong>d scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness ong>anong>d interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors ong>anong>d scientists, policy makers ong>anong>d politiciong>anong>s, drug designers ong>anong>d philosophers, ong>Anong>drew Solomon reveals the subtle complexities ong>anong>d sheer agony ong>ofong> the disease. He confronts the challenge ong>ofong> defining the illness ong>anong>d describes the vast rong>anong>ge ong>ofong> available medications, the efficacy ong>ofong> alternative treatments, ong>anong>d the impact the malady has on various demographic populations -- around the world ong>anong>d throughout history. He also explores the thorny patch ong>ofong> moral ong>anong>d ethical questions posed by emerging biological explong>anong>ations for mental illness. With uncommon humong>anong>ity, cong>anong>dor, wit, ong>anong>d erudition, award-winning author Solomon takes readers on a journey ong>ofong> incom-parable rong>anong>ge ong>anong>d resonong>anong>ce into the most pervasive ong>ofong> family secrets. His contribution to our understong>anong>ding not only ong>ofong> mental illness but also ong>ofong> the humong>anong> condition is truly stunning.

Passages: Hollyhocks on the Garden Wall

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Netherton, Louise, PUBLISHER: Wheatmark, "To say "death is a part ong>ofong> life" does nothing to ease the reality, coming home to a house, no one there to come home to, having experiences but no one to share them with. ong>Anong> empty chair at the table, the empty side ong>ofong> the bed, everywhere -- empty. No razor on his side ong>ofong> the sink (or cosmetics on her side), the empty hole in your heart." Louise Netherton had been married almost fifty-seven years when her husbong>anong>d lost his battle with cong>anong>cer. Advised in grief counseling to keep a journal, ong>anong> overwhelming torrent ong>ofong> emotions flowed into words. In sharing her experiences ong>ofong> loss through journal excerpts ong>anong>d poetry, Louise hopes to provide comfort to others who are grieving.

The Water Hole

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Base, Graeme, PUBLISHER: Puffin Books, In the tradition ong>ofong> his best-selling alphabet book, ong>Anong>imalia, author ong>anong>d illustrator Graeme Base takes young readers on ong>anong> exhilarating journey ong>ofong> discovery with ong>anong> ingenious fusion ong>ofong> counting book, puzzle book, storybook, ong>anong>d art book. From the plains ong>ofong> Africa ong>anong>d the jungles ong>ofong> the Amazon to the woodlong>anong>ds ong>ofong> North America ong>anong>d the deserts ong>ofong> outback Australia, the ong>anong>imals come together to drink from the water hole. But their water supply is diminishing. Whatas going on? Each sumptuous long>anong>dscape illustration conceals hidden ong>anong>imal pictures for readers to find as they count the ong>anong>imals that visit the water hole ong>anong>d try to solve the mystery: will the ong>anong>imals come back or is their water source gone forever?

Hands-On Bible-NLT-Children

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tyndale House Publishers, PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, Jesus taught with hong>anong>ds-on lessons ong>anong>d illustrations. The "Hong>anong>ds-On Bible" uses the same experience-based learning to communicate God's Word in ong>anong> active, understong>anong>dable way. This new edition features updated tip-ins, a more portable size for kids, ong>anong> attractive cover, ong>anong>d online parenting helps. With hundreds ong>ofong> fun, memorable activities (A "Do-It" activity in EVERY feature) ong>anong>d the full New Living Trong>anong>slation text, the "Hong>anong>ds-On Bible" is packed with activities ong>anong>d experiences that invite kids to crawl inside the Scriptures ong>anong>d "do" God's Word

In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Packer, J. I. / Dever, Mark / Duncong>anong>, J. Ligon, III, PUBLISHER: Crossway Books, ong>Anong> importong>anong>t ong>anong>thology that reaffirms the classic doctrine ong>ofong> substitutionary atonement ong>anong>d counters the ongoing attacks against it. If ever there was a time ong>anong>d a need for ong>anong> enthusiastic reaffirmation ong>ofong> the biblical doctrine ong>ofong> substitutionary atonement, it is now. With this foundational tenet under widespread attack, J. I. Packer ong>anong>d Mark Dever's ong>anong>thology plays ong>anong> importong>anong>t role, issuing a clarion call to readers to stong>anong>d firm in the truth. In My Place Condemned He Stood combines three classic articles by Packer-"The Heart ong>ofong> the Gospel"; his Tyndale Biblical Theology Lecture, "What Did the Cross Achieve"; ong>anong>d his introductory ong>essayong> to John Owen's The Death ong>ofong> Death in the Death ong>ofong> Christ-with Dever's recent article, "Nothing but the Blood." It also features a foreword by the four principals ong>ofong> Together for the Gospel: Dever, Ligon Duncong>anong>, C. J. Mahong>anong>ey, ong>anong>d Al Mohler. Thoughtful readers looking for a compact classic on this increasingly controversial doctrine need look no farther thong>anong> this penetrating volume.

Regional Politics: America in a Post-City Age

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Savitch, H. V. / Vogel, Ronald K., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Bringing together the thoughts ong>ofong> outstong>anong>ding contributors, Regional Politics presents a comparative study on the emerging regional nature ong>ofong> local ong>anong>d urbong>anong> politics. Recent studies tend to focus on the politics ong>anong>d power ong>ofong> internal cities or on suburbong>anong> areas that have gained incredible strength in the past decade. However, this importong>anong>t volume explores how politics work in the extended metropolis or "functional city"--which includes ong>anong>d surrounds the urbong>anong> core ong>anong>d whose economy, society, ong>anong>d politics are integrally joined. Contributors center on detailed case studies ong>ofong> 10 cities with a look at the development ong>ofong> regional patterns, ong>anong> ong>anong>alysis ong>ofong> the impact regionalism has on urbong>anong> politics, ong>anong>d ong>anong> outline for ong>anong> overall approach. The comprehensive ong>anong>d state-ong>ofong>-the-art expertise presented in this volume makes Regional Politics ideal for plong>anong>ners, policymakers, academics, researchers, ong>anong>d students in the areas ong>ofong> urbong>anong> politics, state ong>anong>d local government, ong>anong>d public policy.

American Jewry and the Civil War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Korn, Bertram Wallace, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society ong>ofong> America, War has long been considered a classic text on the Jewish role in early Americong>anong> history -- on the Jewish community as a whole during the tumultuous years ong>ofong> the war, ong>anong>d on its effort to raise the concept ong>ofong> humong>anong> rights ong>anong>d equality above restrictions based on race or religion. This extensive volume features a new foreword ong>anong>d new afterword, as well as ong>anong> author's preface to the original edition, ong>anong> author's preface to the first paperback edition (), ong>anong> epilogue, four appendixes, notes, a bibliography, ong>anong>d ong>anong> index.

White Star: A Dog on the Titanic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marty Crisp, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc, Sam Harris is on the trip ong>ofong> a lifetime. He's traveling from Englong>anong>d to New York on the first voyage ong>ofong> the greatest oceong>anong> liner in history--the Titong>anong>ic. Here is a story ong>ofong> cowardice ong>anong>d courage, ong>ofong> despair ong>anong>d determination, ong>anong>d ong>ofong> ong>anong> unbreakable bond between a boy ong>anong>d a dog on one terrifying night.

An Essay on Contraction

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fuhrmong>anong>n, ong>Anong>dre / Fuhrmong>anong>n, A., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The book generalises earlier theories ong>ofong> belief chong>anong>ge to cover all kinds ong>ofong> chong>anong>ges ong>ofong> sets by sets. The principal focus is still on chong>anong>ges ong>ofong> belief sets in response to new evidence, but the formal theory extends to all domains with a closure operation ong>anong>d a preference structure including, for example, systems ong>ofong> action. Contraction is the key notion; all other chong>anong>ges cong>anong> be defined. Various new applications ong>ofong> the theory are outlined. A sentential version ong>ofong> contraction, subtraction, is proposed as a formal counterpart to 'except'-locutions in natural long>anong>guage. Connections are emphasised with other areas at the interface between philosophical logic ong>anong>d artificial intelligence such as reasoning from default assumptions or from inconsistent premises. A relation ong>ofong> merge inference is proposed as a meong>anong>s ong>ofong> retrieving maximal but nontrivial information from inconsistent premises. Merge inference respects certain ong>anong>ti-Booleong>anong> intuitions while avoiding a revision ong>ofong> classical logic.

Kantai Collection Akatsuki Anime Ver. 20 cm - Statua 1/8 PVC

Kotobukiya,s line ong>ofong> statues based on the characters ong>ofong> the popular Kong>anong>Colle continues with the ong>Anong>ime version ong>ofong> Hibiki.Dressed in her sailor suit, Hibiki hold on to her hat as her clothing flows in ong>anong> unseen breeze, with her armaments at the ready all the while.Hibiki stong>anong>ds 20 cm (nearly 8 inches) tall in 1/8 scale.Display alone or alongside other Kong>anong>Colle statues ong>anong>d figures from Kotobukiya.

The Roundtable Talks and the Breakdown of Communism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elster, Jon, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Chicago Press, In ong>anong>d , Eastern Europeong>anong> Communist regimes ong>anong>d opposition groups conducted a series ong>ofong> roundtable talks to peacefully negotiate the abolition ong>ofong> authoritariong>anong> rule ong>anong>d the trong>anong>sition to democratic governong>anong>ce. This volume documents that unprecedented process ong>ofong> national reinvention ong>anong>d constitution making. These ong>essayong>s capture the historical circumstong>anong>ces ong>ofong> these countries--their traditions, customs, ong>anong>d the balong>anong>ce ong>ofong> influence between competing factions--that ong>ofong>ten took precedence over constitutional ideals. In five country-specific reports, senior scholars provide detailed accounts ong>ofong> the talks in Bulgaria, Polong>anong>d, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, ong>anong>d the Germong>anong> Democratic Republic. Also included is ong>anong> ong>essayong> on the political factors underlying the failure ong>ofong> negotiations between reform groups ong>anong>d the Chinese regime, providing ong>anong> illuminating counterpoint to the path taken in Eastern Europe. This book is ong>anong> invaluable resource for scholars ong>ofong> constitutional design ong>anong>d democratization ong>anong>d for specialists in Eastern Europe.

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Huxley, Aldous, PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, Half ong>anong> hour after swallowing the drug I became aware ong>ofong> a slow dong>anong>ce ong>ofong> golden lights... Among the most prong>ofong>ound explorations ong>ofong> the effects ong>ofong> mind-expong>anong>ding drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books--"The Doors ong>ofong> Perception" ong>anong>d "Heaven ong>anong>d Hell"--in which Aldous Huxley, author ong>ofong> the bestselling "Brave New World," reveals the mind's remote frontiers ong>anong>d the unmapped areas ong>ofong> humong>anong> consciousness. This new edition also features ong>anong> additional ong>essayong>, "Drugs That Shape Men's Minds," which is now included for the first time.

Stories with a Moral

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Price, Michael E., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Georgia Press, Stories with a Moral is the first comprehensive study ong>ofong> the effects ong>ofong> plong>anong>tation society on literature ong>anong>d the influences ong>ofong> literature on social practices in nineteenth-century Georgia. During the years ong>ofong> frontier settlement, the Civil War, ong>anong>d Reconstruction, Georgia authors voiced their support for the slave system, the plong>anong>ter class, ong>anong>d the ideals ong>ofong> the Confederacy, presenting a humorous, passionate, ong>anong>d at times tragic view ong>ofong> a rapidly chong>anong>ging world. Michael E. Price examines works ong>ofong> fiction, travel accounts, diaries, ong>anong>d personal letters in this thorough survey ong>ofong> King Cotton's literary influence, showing how Georgia authors romong>anong>ticized agrariong>anong> themes to present ong>anong> appealing image ong>ofong> plong>anong>tation economy ong>anong>d social structure. Stories with a Moral focuses on the importong>anong>ce ong>ofong> literature as a mode ong>ofong> ideological communication. Even more significong>anong>t, the book shows how the writing ong>ofong> one century shaped the development ong>ofong> social practices ong>anong>d beliefs that persist, in legend ong>anong>d memory, to this day.

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