the vitality of mormonism brief essays on distinctive

On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gall, PUBLISHER: General Books, Title: On ong>theong> Functions ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brain and ong>ofong> Each ong>ofong> Its Parts: With Observations on ong>theong> Possibility ong>ofong> Determining ong>theong> Instincts, Propensities, and Talents, or ong>theong> Moral and Intellectual Dispositions ong>ofong> Men and Animals, by ong>theong> Configuration ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brain and Head Volume: 5-6 Publisher: Boston, Marsh, Capen

Reader Of The Purple Sage: Essays On Western Writers And

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ann Ronald, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Nevada Press, NA Acquista Ora

The Presidency and the Political System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nelson, Michael, PUBLISHER: CQ-Roll Call Group Books, ong>Theong> Presidency & ong>theong> Political System, now in an updated sixth edition, incorporates ong>theong> most recent research and scholarship on ong>theong> presidency. Each ong>ofong> ong>theong> 20 thought-provoking original ong>essaysong>, written by some ong>ofong> ong>theong> field's most prominent scholars, explores an important aspect ong>ofong> ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> presidency and our political system.

Healing the Wounds Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marie Claire Foblets Trutz von Trotha, PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing Ltd, NA

The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stokes, Eric / Stokes, E. T., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se twelve ong>essaysong> explore ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> south Asian agrarian society and examine ong>theong> extent to which it changed during ong>theong> period ong>ofong> British rule. ong>Theong> central focus ong>ofong> ong>theong> book is directed to peasant agitation and violence and four ong>ofong> ong>theong> studies look at ong>theong> agrarian explosion that formed ong>theong> background to ong>theong> Mutiny. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> give a coherent historical treatment ong>ofong> ong>theong> Indian peasant world, and ong>theong> paperback edition ong>ofong> this successful book will be ong>ofong> interest to ong>theong> student ong>ofong> peasant studies and to ong>theong> sociologist as well as to development economists and agronomists generally.

Class and Social Development: A New Theory of the Middle

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Johnson, Dale L., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume expound a new ong>theong>oretical perspective on ong>theong> formation and function ong>ofong> ong>theong> middle class. Drawing on currents within Marxism, particularly Marxist structuralism, ong>theong> ong>essaysong> first re-examine ong>theong> basic tenets ong>ofong> class structure ong>theong>ory, ong>theong>n develop ong>theong>ir own approach and methodology. This approach is ong>theong>n applied to ong>theong> study ong>ofong> ong>theong> North American intermediate class. Why is it sometimes liberal and progressive, sometimes a social basis for right-wing reaction?...specialists in Marxist class ong>theong>ory will find it covers most recent developments in analysis and is constructively self-critical.' -- "Reviewing Sociology, Vol 3, Issue

The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Magee, Bryan, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, ong>Theong> most comprehensive treatment in English ong>ofong> Schopenhauer's philosophy, this book presents a ong>briefong> biography ong>ofong> Schopenhauer, a systematic exposition ong>ofong> his thought, and a critical discussion ong>ofong> ong>theong> problems to which it gives rise and its influence on a wide range ong>ofong> philosophers and artists, particularly Wagner and Wittgenstein.

Rome and Constantinople: Essays in the Dialogue of Love

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barringer, Robert, PUBLISHER: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, A collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> from ong>theong> exchange between Orthodox and Roman Catholic ong>theong>ologians in Canada.

The Poetics of Derek Walcott: Intertextual Perspectives

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davis, Gregson, PUBLISHER: Duke University Press, ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> collected in this issue ong>ofong>fer complementary critical perspectives on ong>theong> mature lyric work ong>ofong> Derek Walcott, ong>theong> acclaimed Nobel laureate from ong>theong> Caribbean island ong>ofong> St. Lucia. ong>Theong> centerpiece ong>ofong> ong>theong> ensemble is a previously unpublished essay in which Walcott's reflections on poetics illuminate his project in ong>theong> masterpiece, "Omeros." Oong>theong>r contributions by literary scholars in North America and ong>theong> Caribbean focus on fundamental dimensions ong>ofong> Walcott's craft and on such ong>theong>matic preoccupations as ong>theong> intersection ong>ofong> pictorial and verbal modes ong>ofong> representation, ong>theong> deployment ong>ofong> nuanced intertextual strategies (especially in relation to ong>theong> Greco-Roman canon), ong>theong> invention ong>ofong> a viable artistic identity in a postcolonial intercultural milieu, and ong>theong> psychosocial modeling ong>ofong> ong>theong> process ong>ofong> literary apprenticeship. "Contributors. "Edward Baugh, Peter Burian, Gregson Davis, Carol Dougherty, Joseph Farrell, Judith Harris, Timothy Hong>ofong>meister, Derek Walcott

L'amore fatale

Ian McEwan A ong>briefong> meeting on ong>theong> afternoon ong>ofong> a ballooning accident changes ong>theong> lives ong>ofong> two men, threatening one man's rationalism, relationship with his wife, and his own life. (cod. I_)

Critical Essays, Volume I: Ancient Orators. Lysias.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus / Dionysius / Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus, ong>Ofong> Halicarnassus, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus had migrated to Rome by 30 BCE, where he lived until his death some time after 8 BCE, writing his "Roman Antiquities" and teaching ong>theong> art ong>ofong> rhetoric and literary composition. Dionysius's purpose, both in his own work and in his teaching, was to re-establish ong>theong> classical Attic standards ong>ofong> purity, invention and taste in order to reassert ong>theong> primacy ong>ofong> Greek as ong>theong> literary language ong>ofong> ong>theong> Mediterranean world. He advocated ong>theong> minute study ong>ofong> ong>theong> styles ong>ofong> ong>theong> finest prose authors ong>ofong> ong>theong> fifth and fourth century BCE, especially ong>theong> Attic orators. His critical ong>essaysong> on ong>theong>se and on ong>theong> historian Thucydides represent an important development from ong>theong> somewhat mechanical techniques ong>ofong> rhetorical handbooks to a more sensitive criticism ong>ofong> individual authors. Illustrating his analysis with well-chosen examples, Dionysius preserves a number ong>ofong> important fragments ong>ofong> Lysias and Isaeus. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> on those two orators and on Isocrates, Demosong>theong>nes and Thucydides comprise Volume I ong>ofong> this edition. Volume II contains three letters to his students; a short essay on ong>theong> orator Dinarchus; and his finest work, ong>theong> essay "On Literary Composition, " which combines rhetoric, grammar and criticism in a manner unique in ancient literature. ong>Theong> Loeb Classical Library also publishes a seven volume edition ong>ofong> "Roman Antiquities, " by Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus, a history from earliest times to 264 BCE.

New Essays on Wise Blood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kreyling, Michael / Elliot, Emory / Kreyling, Michael, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se new critical ong>essaysong> on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel, not only question our understanding ong>ofong> ong>theong> "Souong>theong>rn Gothic," but launch a new inquiry into ong>theong> nature and history ong>ofong> O'Connor's critical reputation. Perceived as a "classic" American writer despite ong>theong> double setbacks ong>ofong> being a woman and a twentieth-century author, O'Connor continues to speak with striking clarity and disturbing vision to successive generations.

Public Life and Propertied Englishmen, : The Ford

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Langford, Paul, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, ong>Theong> common view ong>ofong> eighteenth-century politics is one ong>ofong> aristocratic dominance coexisting with plebeian ong>vitalityong>. Langford explores ong>theong> terrain which lay between ong>theong> high ground ong>ofong> elite rule and ong>theong> low ground ong>ofong> popular politics, ong>ofong>fering a major reassessment ong>ofong> ong>theong> place ong>ofong> ong>theong> propertied class.

The Church in Colonial Latin America

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schwaller, John F. / Schwaller, John Frederick, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ong>Theong> Church in Colonial Latin America is a collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> that include classic articles and pieces based on more modern research. Containing ong>essaysong> that explore ong>theong> Catholic Church's active social and political influence, this volume provides ong>theong> background necessary for students to grasp ong>theong> importance ong>ofong> ong>theong> Catholic Church in Latin America. This text also presents a comprehensive, analytic, and descriptive history ong>ofong> ong>theong> Church and its development during ong>theong> colonial period. From ong>theong> evangelization ong>ofong> ong>theong> New World by Spanish missionaries to ong>theong> active influence ong>ofong> ong>theong> Catholic Church on Latin American culture, this book ong>ofong>fers a complete picture ong>ofong> ong>theong> Church in colonial Latin America. ong>Theong> Church in Colonial Latin America is ideal for courses in ong>theong> colonial period in Latin American history, as well as courses in religion, church history, and missionary history.

The Century of Bach and Mozart: Perspectives on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallagher, Sean / Kelly, Thomas Forrest, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Department ong>ofong> Music, For many today Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stand as towering representatives ong>ofong> European music ong>ofong> ong>theong> eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, and aesong>theong>tic trends ong>ofong> ong>theong> period. Research on ong>theong>ir compositions continues in many ways to shape our broader understanding ong>ofong> eighteenth-century musical thought and its contexts. This collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> by leading authorities in ong>theong> field ong>ofong>fers a variety ong>ofong> new perspectives on ong>theong> two composers, as well as some ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir important contemporaries, Haydn in particular. Addressing topics as diverse as ong>theong> historiography ong>ofong> eighteenth-century music, concepts ong>ofong> time and musical form, ong>theong> idea ong>ofong> ong>theong> musical work and its relation to publishing practices, compositional process, and performance practice, ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> togeong>theong>r constitute a major contribution to eighteenth-century studies. This book had its origin in a conference that took place at ong>theong> Music Department ong>ofong> Harvard University on September , to honor Prong>ofong>essor Christoph Wolff, Adams University Prong>ofong>essor at Harvard University.

World System Structure: Continuity and Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hollist, W. Ladd, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume highlight ong>theong> different views taken ong>ofong> ong>theong> world economic system. ong>Theong> first two ong>essaysong> are firmly grounded in ong>theong> world system ong>ofong> Immanuel Wallerstein. Oong>theong>r ong>essaysong> ong>ofong>fer alternative concepts and discuss ong>theong>m in ong>theong> light ong>ofong> contemporary events -- newly industrializing nations and Third World coalitions. In ong>theong> final section, Hollist and Rosenau reach conflicting conclusions as to where ong>theong> world system, and ong>theong> study ong>ofong> it, are proceding. '...ong>theong> collection captures a wide range ong>ofong> alternative approaches that international relations and world-system scholars might prong>ofong>itably be jointly aware ong>ofong>. This heightened awareness surely will stimulate even greater dialogue, ong>theong> goal ong>ofong> ong>theong> editors.' -- Contemporary Sociology, Vol 12 No 6, November

All I Know (Sort Of): Essays on Everything

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rosenberg, David, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, ong>Theong>se ong>essaysong> and articles, written in ong>theong> 70s and early 80s, contain thousands ong>ofong> little tidbits that can contribute to a total understanding ong>ofong> both U.S. and world history and culture. ong>Theong> author draws on his unique experience to think about ong>theong> serious problems we face, and, in very direct and clear language, shares his view ong>ofong> ong>theong> world. Wheong>theong>r you are just beginning to understand politics and history, or a veteran who's seen it all, "All I Know" can be a great basis for helping to shape your world view.

An Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tucker, Dennis / Ballard, Wayne / Ballard, Jr. H. Wayne, PUBLISHER: Mercer University Press, Introduction to Wisdom Literature and ong>theong> Psalms ong>ofong>fers a unique approach to studying this material in ong>theong> classroom. This book is a collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> that explore ong>theong>mes and background issues intended for ong>theong> student ong>ofong> ong>theong> Old Testament. Divided into two sections on ong>theong> Psalms and Wisdom Literature, each section ong>ofong>fers an in-depth essay on history ong>ofong> interpretation, forms ong>ofong> poetry, ong>theong> text's relationship to ong>theong> ancient Near East, ong>theong> canonical shape ong>ofong> ong>theong> material, ong>theong> ong>theong>ology ong>ofong> ong>theong> texts, and contemporary issues currently under scholarly investigation.

Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reid Thomas, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

On the Clients Path A Manual for the Practice of Brief

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: A J Chevalier Ajakai Chevalier, PUBLISHER: New Harbinger Publications, NA

Film and the End of Empire

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grieveson, Lee / Maccabe, Colin, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, In ong>theong>se two volumes ong>ofong> original ong>essaysong>, scholars from around ong>theong> world address ong>theong> history ong>ofong> British colonial cinema stretching from ong>theong> emergence ong>ofong> cinema at ong>theong> height ong>ofong> imperalism, to moments ong>ofong> decolonization andong>theong> ending ong>ofong> formal imperialism in ong>theong> post-Second World War.

Religion, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fletcher, Anthony / Roberts, Peter, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In this volume seventeen distinguished historians ong>ofong> early modern Britain pay tribute to an outstanding scholar and teacher. Several present reviews ong>ofong> major areas ong>ofong> debate: ong>ofong> ong>theong> significance ong>ofong> ong>theong> regulations which determined ong>theong> social and legal status ong>ofong> prong>ofong>essional actors in Elizabethan England, ong>ofong> Protestant ideas about marriage, ong>ofong> ong>theong> political significance ong>ofong> ong>theong> Anglo-Scottish Union, ong>ofong> relations between ong>theong> Churches ong>ofong> England, Scotland and Ireland under ong>theong> early Stuarts, and ong>ofong> ong>theong> riddle ong>ofong> ong>theong> inner dynamic ong>ofong> ong>theong> experience ong>ofong> emigration ong>ofong> New England. Case-studies in ong>theong> social and religious history ong>ofong> ong>theong> period include ong>theong> relationship between ideas ong>ofong> cleanliness and godliness, ong>theong> flowering ong>ofong> ong>theong> notion ong>ofong> unitive Protestantism in two declarations on behalf ong>ofong> ong>theong> National Church and provincial preaching at a moment ong>ofong> political crisis in ong>theong> north ong>ofong> England. Three ong>essaysong> draw on literary evidence to explore attitudes to men ong>ofong> war, ong>theong> use ong>ofong> ong>theong> murder pamphlet as a Puritan conversion narrative and ong>theong> service provided by scholarly readers for politically influential public figures. Two ong>essaysong> make impressive use ong>ofong> fieldwork to reveal how ong>theong> churches ong>ofong> James I and VI's two kingdoms were furnished and how ong>theong> gardens ong>ofong> Sir Nicholas and Sir Francis Bacon illuminate ong>theong>ir minds and attitudes. ong>Theong> European dimension is represented by an essay on Nicolas Pithou's history ong>ofong> ong>theong> Reformation in ong>theong> city ong>ofong> Troyes. This very wide-ranging and fascinating collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> will appeal both to specialists in ong>theong> period and to those interested in ong>theong> social and cultural history ong>ofong> early modern Britain.

Renaissance Essays

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wiener, Philip P. / Kristeller, Paul Oskar, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Rochester Press, ong>Theong> Journal ong>ofong> ong>theong> History ong>ofong> Ideashas, over ong>theong> years, published many important articles on ong>theong> Renaissance; this selection provides a significant index ong>ofong> American scholarship in ong>theong> field in ong>theong> first twenty-five years ong>ofong> ong>theong> journal's publication. Apart from ong>theong> quality ong>ofong> ong>theong> papers, ong>theong> main criterion ong>ofong> selection has been ong>theong>ir diversity. ong>Theong> editors aimed to present a broad cross-section ong>ofong> ong>theong> intellectual history ong>ofong> ong>theong> Renaissance, and have on ong>theong> whole preferred comprehensive raong>theong>r than monographic studies. ong>Theong> so-called problem ong>ofong> ong>theong> Renaissance is represented by FERGUSON; ong>theong> historical thought ong>ofong> ong>theong> period by WEISINGER, BARON, and REYNOLDS; its social, moral and religious thought by ADAMS, RICE and TRINKAUS; humanism by GRAY; philsophy and science by CASSIRER, RANDALL and BOUWSMA; literature by TUVE; ong>theong> visual arts by SCHAPIRO; and music by LOWINSKY. First published .

The Contents of Experience Essays on Perception

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tim Crane, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, NA

Critical Survey of Poetry V06

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jason, Philip K., PUBLISHER: Salem Press, This series contains in-depth analytical reference guides to major writers ong>ofong> world literature. ong>Theong> series has an accessible style and format that allow readers to zero in on precise characteristics ong>ofong> a poet's work. ong>Theong> Critical Survey ong>ofong> Poetry presents 698 poets in 697 ong>essaysong>. Each essay includes full birth and death data and is broken down into principal poetry, oong>theong>r literary forms, achievements, biography, and analysis. ong>Essaysong> also include several sections on discrete poems or poetry collections, oong>theong>r major works, and bibliography.

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