Higgins: 1069 books

Nietzsche's Zarathustra takes an interdisciplinary approach to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, focusing on the philosophical function of its literary techniques and its fictional mode of presentation. It argues that the fictional format is essential to Nietzsche's philosophical message in his...

The essence of Geneva lies in the city's distinctive hometown quality and relaxed atmosphere. Visitors sense a slower pace and tender ambience that flourished even before Geneva was platted on May 3, 1837. Geneva, Illinois presents a remarkable portrait of the community's earliest beginnings and present-day...

Inspired by the ancient and medieval genre, A Nietzschean Bestiary gathers essays treating the most vivid and lively animal images in one of the philosophic tradition's greatest bodies of work. Leading scholars treat specific animals—such as the prowling beast of prey, Zarathustra's laughing lions,...

La reina indiscutible del suspense ha escrito un nuevo clásico para su biblioteca: una periodista va en busca de su madre biológica mientras debe cubrir el juicio de una mujer acusada de matar a su rico marido. La reportera de televisión Delaney Wright está a punto de saltar a la fama por...

The Mothers' Group tells the story of six very different women who agree to reguilarly meet soon after the birth of their babies. Set during the first crucial year of their babies' lives, the story tracks the women's individual journeys—and the group's collective one—as they navigate birth and...

Christianity 101 is an introductory text for college level courses in Christian theology. The text provides a history of Christian thought in each of the key areas of Christian theology and discusses the major debates and thinkers in the tradition.

An introduction to twentieth-century theology that focuses on nine of the most influential thinkers whose work has charted the course of Christian theology into the twenty-first century.

A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch—and he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed of—a safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who trades...

Examines the particulars behind eight crucial moral issues of the day and challenges the reader to take a personal stand on them.

This book tells a true story of a young woman trying to get through a tragic event that rocked the very foundation of her family. Her youngest son was involved in an explosion that almost took his life. Her journey is one of sadness and dismay that is accompanied by the sting of past events. This...

This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States. The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research...

Most people know that there are two types of reading: that which we do for knowledge and that which we do for fun and entertainment. This book is one that is dealing with the former. This is a guide to learning how the mind works during the learning process and then using that knowledge to optimize...

A collection of presentations from the Vatican II Conference, A Universal Call to Holiness, held at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT. Seven of the presentations are based on the seven speeches given by several cardinals at the conclusion of the council on December 8, 1965.

An intimate look at this important spiritual writers life, enriched with the personal accounts of some of the people closest to him: friends, family, and colleagues. A twelve-page photo section is included.