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The label of "Third World" covers half the land surface and three quarters of the population of the planet. The problems and potential of this region and its peoples are attracting increasing concern and interest. Fully revised and updated this edition includes: * a wealth of photographic...

Why have we humans always longed to connect with something larger than ourselves? Why does consciousness inevitably involve us in a spiritual quest? Why, in short, won't God go away? Theologians, philosophers, and psychologists have debated this question through the ages, arriving at a range of contradictory...

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...

Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...

This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and...

Upon the 100th anniversary of the most terrifying stretch of shark attacks in American history--a wave said to have been the inspiration for *Jaws--*comes a reissue of the classic Lyons Press account and investigation. In July 1916, a time when World War I loomed over America and New York City was...

When Lauren suddenly discovers that her beloved father owes a lot of money to ruthless debt collectors there is only one thing she can offer to appease them, and that is herself. What she does not realise is just how sadistic they can be and the terrible extremes of bondage that she will have no choice but to endure.

Jacob Good was a man who could expect to see many ghosts. Angry spirits, and the wraiths of men and women filled with hate for Jacob, parading their soured souls in front of him, surrounding Jacob with their rage.  After all, Jacob had killed a lot of people. As the Principal Hangman...

Essays in part one of Theatre History Studies, Vol. 35 address theatrical production in very specific historical contexts, among them German theatre “from the rubble of Berlin” and German nationalist mass spectacles. Essays in part two are devoted to the theme of “Rethinking the Maternal”...

Written two years after the commencement of the Second World War, the chapters in this book succinctly put forward the case for reorganizing the foundations of the social order, by rejecting capitalism and historical equilibrium, both in Europe and further afield in the British Empire, in favour of building a Socialist civilization.

This handsome little book is unique in that it is about practical spirituality and is written, like Dr. Jampolsky's other books, in very simple, down-to-eart, easy-to-understand language. It explains why many of us find it so difficult to fogive, why we shoudl fogive, how to forgive, and why we don't...

Teach Only Love explains the twelve principles developed at the Center, all of which are based on the healing power of love, forgiveness, and oneness. They provide a powerful guide that allows any of us to heal our relationships and bring peace and harmony to every aspect of our lives.

Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alco

“I was called incorrigible. Why not live up to it?” Whether it was teaching jungle warfare, a deep water cave or marriage to the woman of his dreams—Jerry has never stopped diving into life. Jerry is retired in Georgia, where he teaches his grandkids to be incorrigible too. Jerry Roberts has...