A Briggs: 22 books

A personal and journalistic inquiry into the Bible's disappearance from American life In The Invisible Bestseller veteran religion writer Kenneth Briggs asks how the Bible remains the best-selling book of all time, while fewer Americans than ever can correctly articulate what it says, much...

Standard narratives of early twentieth-century African American history credit the Great Migration of southern blacks to northern metropolises for the emergence of the New Negro, an educated, upwardly mobile sophisticate very different from his forebears. Yet this conventional history overlooks the...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Lustige Fakten über Drachen aus der ganzen Welt.Das Buch beinhaltet 26 farbige Illustrationen mit einer kurzen Beschreibung zu jedem gezeigten Drachen.Ein Teil der „Monster und Mythische Kreaturen“ Serie. Eine wachsende Anzahl an Büchern welche den Großteil aller fantastischen Kreaturen aus der Welt der Mythologie katalogisieren.

Un dossier mythique destiné aux enfants pour leur présenter les monstres de la Grèce Antique, avec Medusa, le Cerbère, un Sphinx, le Minotaure et bien d’autres.27 illustrations terrifiantes avec des descriptions faciles à lire.

Ein Fact-File voll mit mythischen Kreaturen, das Kindern einer Reihe an klassischen griechischen Monstern näher bringen soll, darunter Medusa, Cerberus, eine Sphinx, der Minotaurus und viele mehr.27 furchterregende Illustrationen mit kurzen, einfach geschriebenen Beschreibungen.Am Ende gibt es einen Test, also gut aufpassen.

Un livre amusant, décrivant des Dragons du monde entierAvec 26 illustrations en couleurs, légendées par une courte description des Dragons.Fait partie de la série "Monstres et Créatures Mythiques". Une collection grandissante de livres, répertoriant une grande sélection de créatures fantastiques de la mythologie mondiale.

Brookville photographer Frederick E. Knapp documented the events, people, and places of Brookville, the seat of Jefferson County, between 1898 and 1945. Teacher and amateur photographer Wrayanne L. Clapie revisited those sites in 2008. Now a federally registered historic district, Brookville�s Main...

Un archivo completo de bestias mitológicas diseñado para introducir a los nños una larga selección de monstruos de la grecia antigua, incluyendo Medusa, Cerberus, la Esfinge y el Minotauro, entre otros.27 ilustraciones tenebrosas con hechos y descripciones fáciles de leer. Hay un examen al final, así que preste atención.

Women, Girls, and Addiction is the first book on the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women, and the first publication of any kind to provide a feminist approach to understanding addiction from the female perspective. Part one provides an...

The American colleges have been gradually casting off the bonds of ecclesiasticism and dogmatism which enslaved them to denominationalism and made them the citadels and prisons of sectarianism. The elimination of the theological seminary from the college removed the chief difficulties in the way of...

Forty Acres was developed into a neighborhood in the 19th century from a 40-acre parcel of farmland. Just as many other neighborhoods have ethnic associations, many Irish Wilmingtonians have their roots in Forty Acres. Some Forty Acres families stayed for generations, and the neighborhood was popular...

Following on from their previous volume on Chocolate as Medicine, Philip K. Wilson and W. Jeffrey Hurst edit this companion volume, Chocolate and Health, providing a comprehensive overview of the chemistry, nutrition and bioavailability of cacao and chocolate. The book begins with a brief historical...

The 48 Folk-Tales in this book hail from the South East Asian land-locked country of Laos. Herein are stories like The Enchanted Mountain, The Spirit-Guarded Cave, The Monkeys and the Crabs, The Origin of Lightning (a tale which seems to be endemic amongst all the world’s cultures,) The Faithful...