the vitality of mormonism brief essays on distinctive

The Vitality of Mormonism Brief Essays on Distinctive

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: James E Talmage, PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing LLC, NA

The Compact Reader: Short Essays by Method and Theme

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aaron, Jane E. / Repetto, Ellen Kuhl, PUBLISHER: Bedford Books, From its well-chosen ong>essaysong> to its thorough editorial apparatus to its distinctive organization, "ong>Theong>" "Compact Reader" provides ong>theong> fundamental support students need to become confident writers. ong>Theong> innovative dual organization -- rhetorical and ong>theong>matic -- introduces essential strategies ong>ofong> writing while engaging students with ong>briefong> readings on captivating topics. For instructors who want a concise, affordable, effective resource for teaching ong>theong> connection between form and content, "ong>Theong> Compact" "Reader" is ong>theong> perfect choice. Acquista Ora

Marxism in Dark Times: Select Essays for the New Century

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Datta Gupta, Sobhanlal, PUBLISHER: Anong>theong>m Press, This volume is a collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> on an alternative understanding ong>ofong> Marxism, anchored in ong>theong> ideas ong>ofong> humanism, democracy and pluralism. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> question ong>theong> stereotyped, positivist notion ong>ofong> Marxism as practised by ong>theong> exponents ong>ofong> ong>ofong>ficial Marxism. ong>Theong>y highlight ong>theong> legacy ong>ofong> ong>theong> suppressed voices in ong>theong> Marxist tradition, and provide new insights in ong>theong> reading ong>ofong> Marxism in ong>theong> twenty-first century. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> provide a new reading ong>ofong> Antonio Gramsci, Rosa Luxemburg, Nikolai Bukharin, David Ryazanov and ong>theong> Frankfurt School; review ong>theong> phenomenon ong>ofong> Perestroika; explore ong>theong> new historiography on Comintern; and examine ong>theong> relation between Marxism and postmodernism. Acquista Ora

English Drama: Forms and Development: Essays in Honour of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bradbrook, M. C. / Axton, M. / Axton, Marie, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se ten original ong>essaysong> on English drama from Tudor times onwards were first published in . Each is written by a former member ong>ofong> ong>theong> Cambridge English Faculty. Each author has an individual approach and makes a fresh contribution to ong>theong> study ong>ofong> dramatic form seen in a changing historical setting. ong>Theong>re are ong>essaysong> on genres, on individual playwrights and on social conditions affecting ong>theong> development ong>ofong> ong>theong> drama. Togeong>theong>r, ong>theong> ong>essaysong> make a valuable contribution to ong>theong> study ong>ofong> drama.

The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berry, Wendell / Wirzba, Norman, PUBLISHER: Shoemaker & Hoard, Essential ong>essaysong> from Wendell Berry's writings on agrarianism, agriculture, and community.

Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harrison, Lawrence E. / Kagan, Jerome / Harrison, Harrison E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Developing Cultures: ong>Essaysong> on Cultural Change "is a collection ong>ofong> 21 expert ong>essaysong> on ong>theong> institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> are an outgrowth ong>ofong> a research project begun by Samuel Huntington and Larry Harrison in ong>theong>ir widely discussed book Culture Matters ong>theong> goal ong>ofong> which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in ong>theong> Third World. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume cover child rearing, several aspects ong>ofong> education, ong>theong> world's major religions, ong>theong> media, political leadership, and development projects. ong>Theong> book is companion volume to "Developing Cultures: Case Studies."().

Essays Politic and Moral, and Essays Moral and Theological

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tuvill, Daniel, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Virginia Press, ong>Theong>se two sets ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> by ong>theong> seventeenth-century clegyman Tuvil illustrate literary tastes and fashions ong>ofong> ong>theong> time and ong>ofong>fer examples ong>ofong> such popular genres as ong>theong> sermon, ong>theong> resolve, and ong>theong> meditation.

Charles Kuralt's American Moments

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kuralt, Charles / Freundlich, Peter, PUBLISHER: Thorndike Press, To generations ong>ofong> Americans, Charles Kuralt was ong>theong> wanderer transfixed by ong>theong> richness he found in every corner ong>ofong> ong>theong> country. ong>Theong> project he was working on before he died was An American Moment with Charles Kuralt, a series ong>ofong> TV ong>essaysong> about ong>theong> people, places and ideas that define ong>theong> national spirit. Kuralt's longtime friend Peter Freundlich has edited and collected ong>theong>se ong>essaysong>. ong>Theong> result is an enchanting and touching book that brings back Charles Kuralt's distinctive voice and celebrates ong>theong> American character and traditions he so loved.

Churchill and Hitler

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jablonsky, David / Jablonsky, D. / Jablonsky David, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> examines ong>theong> development ong>ofong> Churchill and Hitler as strategic leaders and analyzes in particular ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir formative years on ong>theong>ir leadership styles, "operational codes," views on civil-military relations, and approaches to ong>theong> conduct ong>ofong> war at strategic, operational and tactical levels. Ultimately, victory depended on ong>theong> calculated use ong>ofong> all ong>theong> means ong>ofong> national power - military, political, psychological and economic - to achieve ong>theong> national end. ong>Theong>se ong>essaysong> demonstrate that it was Churchill who best understood that calculation.

Varieties of Southern History: New Essays on a Region and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salmond, John A. / Clayton, Bruce / Salmond, John, PUBLISHER: Praeger, This is a unique collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> by some ong>ofong> ong>theong> world's leading historians ong>ofong> ong>theong> South, togeong>theong>r with work by younger scholars. All contributors, however, are working at ong>theong> cutting edge ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir particular methodological approaches. ong>Theong> book, for example, includes both an essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Rhys Isaac, and one by Rutgers University graduate student Beth Hale. Yet, both have a common concern to explore ong>theong> reaches ong>ofong> ong>theong> Souong>theong>rn past through ong>theong> dimension ong>ofong> ethnography. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in ong>theong> book are grouped according to ong>theong>me. ong>Theong> largest section, ong>theong> social sciences and Souong>theong>rn history, includes ong>essaysong> drawing heavily on ong>theong> insights ong>ofong> anthropology ong>ofong> ethnography and ong>ofong> statistical analysis. Each essay in ong>theong> second section is designed to illustrate how life history can be used to illuminate much larger histoical ong>theong>mes and processes. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in ong>theong> last section on labor in ong>theong> "new" South all illustrate, among oong>theong>r things, ong>theong> importance ong>ofong> drawing on ong>theong> insights ong>ofong> historians ong>ofong> women in order to redress ong>theong> masculinist presuppositons ong>ofong> labor historians. All ong>theong> ong>essaysong> in ong>theong> book, in fact, reflect current concerns with gender and race in ong>theong> re-interpretation ong>ofong> ong>theong> Souong>theong>rn past.

Prayers for the Breaking of Bread: Meditations on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Driscoll, Herbert, PUBLISHER: Cowley Publications, In this volume O'Driscoll presents all ong>ofong> ong>theong> collects ong>ofong> ong>theong> church year according to ong>Theong> Book ong>ofong> Common Prayer, and ong>ofong>fers a ong>briefong> meditation on each. Recommended for daily devotions, study groups, and as a clergy resource.

Marx Today: Selected Works and Recent Debates

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sitton, John F., PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, This book provides, in one volume, primary sources by Marx and critical commentary which relates Marxism to contemporary social and political topics. It includes six ong>briefong> works by Marx and ten articles by scholars sympaong>theong>tic to but critical ong>ofong> Marxism. For example, ong>theong> author includes ong>theong> classic essay by Heidi Hartmann which criticizes Marxism for misunderstanding gender oppression, "ong>Theong> Unhappy Marriage ong>ofong> Marxism and Feminism." No previous anthology ong>ofong> Marx has combined both ong>briefong> works by Marx and multiple critical ong>essaysong> elaborating on his ong>theong>mes or engaging ong>theong> shortcomings ong>ofong> his arguments.

New Essays on the Country of the Pointed Firs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howard, June / Elliot, Emory / June, Howard, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong> Country ong>ofong> ong>theong> Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett is one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most important works ong>ofong> New England local color fiction. This collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> builds on feminist literary scholarship that affirms ong>theong> value ong>ofong> Jewett's work, but goes beyond previously published studies by ong>ofong>fering an analysis ong>ofong> how race, nationalism, and ong>theong> literary marketplace shape her narrative. ong>Theong> volume constitutes a major rethinking ong>ofong> Jewett's contribution to American literature, and will be ong>ofong> interest to ong>theong> fields ong>ofong> American literary studies, feminist cultural criticism, and American studies.

The Cambridge Companion to Brecht

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomson, Peter / Sacks, Glendyr, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This Companion ong>ofong>fers students crucial guidance on Brecht's ong>theong>atrical career from beginning to end, bringing togeong>theong>r ong>theong> contrasting views ong>ofong> major critics and active practitioners to ong>ofong>fer a provocative overview. ong>Theong> nineteen newly-commissioned ong>essaysong> place Brecht's creative work in its historical and biographical context, with separate ong>essaysong> on seven major plays, on ong>theong> poetry, ong>theong> ong>theong>atrical ong>theong>ories, ong>theong> use ong>ofong> music, ong>theong> innovations in stage design, ong>theong> ways ong>ofong> working with actors and his hugely influential career with ong>theong> Berliner Ensemble.

Celtic Gift Labels: 8 Pressure-Sensitive Designs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilson / Wilson, Stewart J., PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Based on auong>theong>ntic Celtic motifs, ong>theong> striking designs that border each ong>ofong> 8 labels depict ong>theong> complex abstract interlacings typical ong>ofong> Celtic art. Framed in bright bands ong>ofong> contrasting colors, labels have spaces for names or ong>briefong> notes or can serve just as easily as distinctive bookplates.

Selected Essays of Wilson Harris: The Unfinished Genesis of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harris, Wilson / Bundy, Andrew / Bundy, A. F. M., PUBLISHER: Routledge, Wilson Harris is one ong>ofong> ong>theong> outstanding literary innovators ong>ofong> ong>theong> century. His novels date from ong>Theong> Palace ong>ofong> ong>theong> Peacock to Jonestown. This long-awaited volume matches Harris's career with his critical writings, from to ong>theong> present day. Selected ong>Essaysong> ong>ofong> Wilson Harris brings togeong>theong>r twenty-one lectures, addresses and ong>essaysong> to make available Harris's full range ong>ofong> writings on subjects including: * ong>theong> literate imagination * traditions ong>ofong> myth and fable in Central and South America * ong>theong> North American literary imagination, from Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville and Ralph Ellison, to William Faulkner and Jean Rhys * inheritances and legacies ong>ofong> writers ong>ofong> ong>theong> postcolonial diaspora This comprehensive collection also comes complete with: * an extensive editorial introduction, providing valuable historical and ong>theong>oretical context for ong>theong> ong>essaysong> * a map ong>ofong> Guyana * bibliographies ong>ofong> Harris's fiction and non-fiction * appendices on ong>theong> legends ong>ofong> El Dorado and ong>theong> Holy Grail.

The Path of the Buddha: Writings on Contemporary Buddhism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Singh, Renuka, PUBLISHER: Penguin Books, Giving Buddha's spiritual journey a contemporary dimension, this anthology contains ong>essaysong> by spiritual leaders like His Holiness ong>theong> Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Thubten Yeshe on ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> Buddhist philosophy on ong>theong>m. Equally poignant are ong>theong> accounts ong>ofong> oong>theong>rs who, dissatisfied with ong>theong> present world, embark on a search for salvation. Varied and meaningful, ong>Theong> Path ong>ofong> ong>theong> Buddha provides a rare glimpse into Buddhism.

New Essays on Uncle Tom's Cabin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sundquist, Eric J. / Elliott, Emory, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Increased interest in ong>theong> role ong>ofong> women and minorities in establishing ong>theong> canon ong>ofong> American literature has led to renewed interest in Uncle Tom's Cabin. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume set out to provide contemporary readers with a critical and historical interpretation ong>ofong> ong>theong> novel that reflects ong>theong> best ong>ofong> recent scholarship. In his introduction Eric J. Sundquist attempts to show that Uncle Tom's Cabin boldly takes issue with both proslavery arguments and prevailing prejudices among abolitionists, employing ong>theong> forms ong>ofong> popular melodrama and heated rhetoric to carry its complex argument. ong>Theong> individual ong>essaysong> examine ong>theong> influence ong>ofong> Stowe's novel on ong>theong> characterization ong>ofong> women in ong>theong> American novel and on later women writers, ong>theong> role ong>ofong> women in ong>theong> antislavery movement, ong>theong> literary exchanges between Stowe and her contemporaries; Uncle Tom's Cabin and ong>theong> tradition ong>ofong> ong>theong> Gothic novel, and ong>theong> characterizations ong>ofong> blacks in this novel and in later works.

Homer's the Odyssey

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Homer, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical ong>essaysong> reflect a variety ong>ofong> schools ong>ofong> criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology ong>ofong> ong>theong> author's life, and an index

Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Freud, Sigmund, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical ong>essaysong> reflect a variety ong>ofong> schools ong>ofong> criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology ong>ofong> ong>theong> author's life, and an index

The Cambridge Companion to Kafka

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Preece, Julian / Julian, Preece, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This Companion ong>ofong> specially-commissioned ong>essaysong> ong>ofong>fers a comprehensive account ong>ofong> his life and work, providing a rounded contemporary appraisal ong>ofong> Central Europe's most distinctive Modernist. Contributions cover all ong>theong> key texts, and discuss Kafka's writing in a variety ong>ofong> critical contexts such as feminism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, Marxism, and Jewish studies. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> are enhanced by supplementary material including a chronology ong>ofong> ong>theong> period and detailed guides to furong>theong>r reading. ong>Theong>y will be ong>ofong> interest to students ong>ofong> German, European and Comparative Literature, and Jewish Studies.

William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Faulkner, William, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical ong>essaysong> reflect a variety ong>ofong> schools ong>ofong> criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology ong>ofong> ong>theong> author's life, and an index

Principles of the Constitutional Order

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Utley, Robert L., PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> America, ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume consider ong>theong> writings ong>ofong> those who drafted ong>theong> Constitution, as well as ong>theong> arguments pro and con presented during ong>theong> ratification debates. ong>Theong> first ong>ofong> ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> examine ong>theong> founding principles from historical, political and philosophical perspectives. ong>Theong> second group outlines ong>theong> main Anti-Federalist arguments. A discussion ong>ofong> ong>theong> nature and implications ong>ofong> ong>theong> doctrine ong>ofong> separated powers follows and ong>theong> volume closes with psycho-historical portraits ong>ofong> Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. ong>Theong> volume focuses attention on ong>theong> Founding period so that ong>theong> original character and principles ong>ofong> our political order may be seen clearly, in spite ong>ofong> ong>theong> glory and veneration with which age and custom have draped our constitution.

Considering Cultural Difference (a Longman Topics Reader)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Uchmanowicz, Pauline, PUBLISHER: Longman, Part ong>ofong> ong>theong> "Longman Topics" reader series, "Considering Cultural Difference "features multiethnic writing from contemporary U.S. authors centered around issues ong>ofong> ritual, representation, and rights. This ong>briefong> collection ong>ofong> readings examines cultural identity and difference with respect to race, class, gender, and nationality. Thought-provoking selections ask students to think about timely and relevant issues: integration in schools; affirmative action in ong>theong> workplace, women in sports; living in a multilingual society. Three main sites ong>ofong> cultural difference are addressed: Ritual, Representation, and Rights, each divided into two chapters ong>ofong> five or six ong>essaysong> apiece. ong>Briefong> apparatus helps students write more thoughtfully in response to ong>theong> selections. "Longman Topics" are ong>briefong>, attractive readers on a single complex, but compelling, topic. Featuring about 30 full-length selections, ong>theong>se volumes are generally half ong>theong> size and half ong>theong> cost ong>ofong> standard composition readers.

Scientific Growth: Essays on the Social Organization and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ben-David, Joseph, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> California Press, A pioneer and major thinker in ong>theong> sociology ong>ofong> science, Joseph Ben-David wrote with refreshing directness on questions central to ong>theong> history and sociology ong>ofong> science. As ong>theong>y are combined here, Ben-David's ong>essaysong> reveal ong>theong> richness and synong>theong>tic power ong>ofong> his intellect in a way his separate publications never did. Two ong>theong>mes form ong>theong> heart ong>ofong> Ben-David's ground-breaking work: ong>theong> emergence, existence, and growth ong>ofong> science as a distinctive activity within society, governed by a specific "scientific ethos"; and ong>theong> social construction both ong>ofong> new objects ong>ofong> scientific study and ong>ofong> new scientific disciplines. Ben-David argues that only where ong>theong> scientist's social role is institutionalized (i.e., recognized as legitimate by society at large), can science as a sustained and continuous activity exist and thrive. By ong>theong> same token, new scientific objects and disciplines emerge where social circumstances encourage and sustain new ("hybridized") social roles. Ben-David's is a distinctly historical sociology ong>ofong> science, providing a ong>theong>oretical framework capable ong>ofong> integrating both ong>theong> historical and ong>theong> synchronic approaches; it is also complementary to ong>theong> perspective ong>ofong> ong>theong> sociology ong>ofong> scientific knowledge.

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