Jeffrey Lawrence: 13 books
How to Travel without Seeing
Dispatches from the New Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
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A dizzying, fast-paced tour of Latin America from one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most outstanding writers. Lamenting not having more time to get to know each of the nineteen countries he visits after winning the prestigious Premio Alfaguara, Andrés Neuman concludes that...
by Jeffrey Lawrence Moss
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2011
With the evil empire under siege, Athuro Nava calls the Assembly of the Confederation to gather in the newly liberated city of Gemeno. There, he races against time to align the political interests of the nobles and clerics who have gathered, struggling to balance ideals with compromises to prevent...
by Jeffrey Lawrence Moss
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Athuro finally discovers the conspiracy that has destroyed all he has hoped to achieve. Having lost everything, he must decide to either hide or fight back. The odds are stacked against him, but a desire for retribution, and the hope that it is not too late, fuel him forward. Will it be enough to save the Confederation? This is the third and final chapter of the Pieces of the Empire saga.
by Jeffrey Lawrence Moss
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2010
When idealistic desert trader Athuro Nava helps to land deadly blows on the two men who built the evil Sarmissan Empire, he begins an unexpected journey to establish a Confederation designed to ensure that all lands become free. All the while, forces work secretly against the vision he is trying to realize. This is a fantasy novel set in an original world and is the first of three books.
Anxieties of Experience
The Literatures of the Americas from Whitman to Bolaño
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Anxieties of Experience: The Literatures of the Americas from Whitman to Bolaño offers a new interpretation of US and Latin American literature from the nineteenth century to the present. Revisiting longstanding debates in the hemisphere about whether the source of authority for New World literature...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
We Have Sinned
Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (Prayers of Awe)
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
A varied and fascinating look at sin, confession and pardon in Judaism.
Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, almost forty contributors—men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations—examine the history of confession in...
The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook
A Guide to Understanding, Exploring & Living a Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
What is “Jewish Spirituality”? How do I make it part of my life?
Today’s foremost spiritual leaders share their ideas and experience.
Whether you are just curious, intently searching for greater personal meaning, or actively seeking ideas, information, practices and inspiration to enrich...
by Lawrence E. Susskind;Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2006
Every day in communities across America hundreds of committees boards church groups and social clubs hold meetings where they spend their time engaged in shouting matches and acrimonious debate. Whether they are aware of it or not the procedures that most such groups rely on to reach decisions were first...
On the Border
Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of...
The Power of Convergence
Linking Business Strategies and Technology Decisions to Create Sustainable Success
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
From technology giants to major airlines to government agencies, the landscape is littered with the shells of once-promising enterprises that failed to partner technology and business. Their lost opportunities and billions wasted provide a much-needed wake-up call to businesses. In this forward-thinking...
In Search of Humanity
Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more...
Shrunk
Crime and Disorders of the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
SHRUNK: Crime and Disorders of the Mind is a collection of powerful stories by Canadian and international forensic psychologists and psychiatrists who write about the many complex mental health issues they face and the care involved in dealing with them.
Unlike any other book within the genre...