Christopher Smith: 135 books

Understanding the Books of the Bible

In his Gospel, Mark doesn't tell us much about himself. Scholars have managed to glean information about him from the text—like the fact that he was a good friend of Simon Peter's—but Mark himself is not very forthcoming about where he's writing from or even the audience he's writing his Gospel...

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This edited volume highlights the work of ten forgotten and neglected social theorists in the hope of reinvigorating interest in their work and their potential contributions to the analysis of contemporary social issues. Each chapter includes a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected...

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005 with devastating consequences. Almost all analyses of the disaster have been dedicated to the way the hurricane affected New Orleans. This volume examines the impact of Katrina on southern Mississippi. While communities along Mississippi's...

Narrating Midlife: Crisis, Transition, and Transformation is rooted in a discussion about why it is important to address the midlife years in ways that challenge and interrogate the myths that surround this phase of life. Although readers are free to construct their own meaning after reading each...

The use of friction stir processing to locally modify the microstructure to enhanced formability has the potential to alter the manufacturing of structural shapes. There is enough research to put together a short monograph detailing the fundamentals and key findings. One example of conventional manufacturing...

Indexed in Clarivate Analytics Book Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection)

Chris has retired in his middle years to a village where young Maoris are abundant. Accommodation is scarce and Chris has room for a boarder. Addiction? Bullshit? Humour? Beauty of body? Will his interest in Literature sustain Chris through all his dilemmas? Will he at last finish Book, small though it is?