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Book cover of Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook

Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook

Annotated Translations of Greek and Latin Texts and Documents

by Andrew N. Sherwood, John W. Humphrey, John P. Oleson
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2003

In this volume the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient authors to provide a history and an analysis of the origins and development of technology. Among the topics covered are: * energy * basic mechanical devices * agriculture * food processing and diet * mining and metallurgy *...
Book cover of Liberal Democracy and Liberal Education
by John Agresto, James W. Ceaser, Daniel E. Cullen
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2016

The essays in this book reflect on the paradoxical relationship of liberal education and liberal democracy. Liberal education emphasizes knowledge for its own sake, detached from all instrumental purposes. It also aims at liberation from the manifold sources of unfreedom, including political sources....
Book cover of Spirit and Power
by William W. Menzies, Robert P. Menzies
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011

The times have long passed when Pentecostals were viewed as Protestantism’s untouchables. Today, the shock waves from Azusa Street have influenced countless Evangelicals worldwide. But if dialogue between Pentecostals and Evangelicals has awakened within the latter a thirst for the power of God’s...
Book cover of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
by Harry Allison, Karl Ameriks, Lewis White Beck
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 1998

The central project of the Critique of Pure Reason is to answer two sets of questions: what can we know and how can we know it? What can't we know and why can't we know it? The essays in this collection are intended to help students read the Critique of Pure Reason with a greater understanding of...
Book cover of Quantum Fields in Curved Space
by N. D. Birrell, P. C. W. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 1984

This book presents a comprehensive review of the subject of gravitational effects in quantum field theory. Although the treatment is general, special emphasis is given to the Hawking black hole evaporation effect, and to particle creation processes in the early universe. The last decade has witnessed...
Book cover of Ezra-Nehemiah, Volume 16
by H.G.M. Williamson, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018

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...
Book cover of Rapid Interpretation of Heart and Lung Sounds - E-Book

Rapid Interpretation of Heart and Lung Sounds - E-Book

A Guide to Cardiac and Respiratory Auscultation in Dogs and Cats

by Bernie Hansen, Bruce W. Keene, DVM
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014

Learn to properly identify, interpret, and differentiate a wide variety of canine and feline heart and lung sounds with Rapid Interpretation of Heart and Lung Sounds: A Guide to Cardiac and Respiratory Auscultation in Dogs and Cats, 3rd Edition. A brand new companion website features both simulated...
Book cover of The Novels of Daniel Defoe, Part I Vol 2
by W R Owens, N H Keeble, G A Starr
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017

Daniel Defoe is known as the father of the English novel. This is the modern critical edition of Defoe's novels. It brings together all three parts of "Robinson Crusoe" and examines their relationship. The editorial material includes an introduction to each novel, explanatory endnotes, textual notes, and a consolidated index in volume 10.
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Scripture and Social Justice

Catholic and Ecumenical Essays

by Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Harold W. Attridge, Corrine Carvalho
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018

The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling...
Book cover of Birds in Flight
by W. P. Pycraft
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014

THERE are hosts of people who have a genuine love of our native birds without yearning to possess their skins, or desiring to acquire the reputation of being "Ornithologists." They would call them all by name if they could, but seek, alas! In vain, for some book wherein they will find some magic phrase which will enable them to identify every bird they meet by the wayside.
Book cover of The Dundurn Arctic Culture and Sovereignty Library

The Dundurn Arctic Culture and Sovereignty Library

Pike's Portage/Death Wins in the Arctic/Arctic Naturalist/Arctic Obsession/Arctic Twilight/Arctic Front/Canoeing North Into the Unknown/Arctic Revolution/In the Shadow of the Pole/Voices From the Odeyak

by Michael Posluns, Bruce W. Hodgins, S.L. Osborne
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014

This special bundle is your essential guide to all things concerning Canada’s polar regions, which make up the majority of Canada’s territory but are places most of us will never visit. The Arctic has played a key role in Canada’s history and in the history of the indigenous peoples of this...
Book cover of Human Rights and the Arts

Human Rights and the Arts

Perspectives on Global Asia

by Michael Bodden, Lily Cho, Afsan Chowdhury
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014

Human Rights and the Arts: Perspectives on Global Asia approaches human rights issues from the perspective of writers, artists, filmmakers, and dramatists throughout global Asia. By shifting the discussion of human rights away from the binaries of cultural relativism and political sovereignty, this...
Book cover of Reinventing Rural

Reinventing Rural

New Realities in an Urbanizing World

by Leanne M. Avery, Stephanie Bennett, Matthew Clement
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016

Reinventing Rural is a collection of original research papers that examine the ways in which rural people and places are changing in the context of an urbanizing world. This includes exploring the role of the environment, the economy, and related issues such as tourism. While traditionally relying...
Book cover of Whither the Child?

Whither the Child?

Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility

by Eric P. Kaufmann, W. Bradford Wilcox
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015

Birth rates are falling and fertility rates are well below replacement levels. At the same time, the economic crisis has forced governments to scale back public spending, reduce child support, and raise the retirement age, causing immense social conflict. Taking a step outside the disciplinary comfort...
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