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Political Augustinianism
Modern Interpretations of Augustine’s Political Thought
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Alongside Saint Thomas Aquinas, the thought of Saint Augustine stands as one of the central fountainheads of not only theology but Western social and political theory. In the twentieth century especially, Augustine has been pivotal to the development of modern and contemporary political and social...
by Bonnie J. Taylor, John S. Hatcher
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
One Reality: The Harmony of Science and Religion is a compilation of passages from the Bahai writings that explores the relationship between science and religion, and demonstrates the Bahai perspective that the two seemingly opposing forces can live in perfect harmony. As Abdul-Baha, the son of the Prophet...
by J.S. Clark
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Jesus was a Hebrew. He went to the Temple, often. He called it His Father's house. He went to synagogue on the Sabbath. He attended the feasts, even when people were waiting to kill him. He argued doctrine from Moses, the Prophets, and the Writings. He said the Shema (“the LORD our God, the...
Esoteric Egypt
The Sacred Science of the Land of Khem
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
A study of the 100,000-year-old spiritual science of ancient Egypt
• Examines the metaphysical structure of our universe as seen by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Celts, showing that each is based on the same central concepts from time immemorial
• Reveals that the ancient Egyptians...
The Methodology of Political Economy
Studying the Global Rural–Urban Matrix
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
The importance of the global rural-urban matrix is often overlooked due to urban-normativity. But sometimes agrarian populism and a pastoral rural imaginary result in the equally fallacy of a rural-normativity, as in Jeffersonian nostalgia for a lost way of life that never existed. The nature of rurality...
The American School Superintendent
2010 Decennial Study
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
This must-have study offers a definitive look at the state of school leadership in the United States. It provides a detailed picture of the men and women leading the nation's schools, based on a representative sample of school leaders nationwide. The American Association of School Administrators has...
Peripheral Visions
Politics, Society, and the Challenges of Modernity in Yucatan
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Yucatan has been called “a world apart”—cut off from the rest of Mexico by geography and culture. Yet, despite its peripheral location, the region experienced substantial change in the decades after independence. As elsewhere in Mexico, apostles of modernization introduced policies intended...
The Global President
International Media and the US Government
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
In The Global President: International Communication and the US Government, scholars Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter and Roland Schatz provide an expansive international examination of news coverage of US political communication, and the roles the US government and the Presidency play in...
The Mediated Presidency
Television News and Presidential Governance
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Including late-breaking data from the Iraq occupation and the disastrous CBS News reports on Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard Service, acclaimed media scholars Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter examine news coverage of military policy, economic policy, and scandals from the last four U.S....
by J.S. McInroy
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Mr. McInroy claims to be familiar with various addictions, Norse goddesses on motorcycles, and the allure of each. He adamantly asserts that the divine is always with us, whether riding a chariot across the sky, hanging from a cross, or driving the back roads of America in a Dodge Charger Hellcat....
by Clifford S. Deutschman, MS, MD
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care, 2nd Edition, presents objective data and expert guidance on managing critically ill patients in unique question-based chapters that focus on best practices. Now thoroughly updated by Drs. Clifford S. Deutschman, Patrick J. Neligan, and nearly 200 critical-care...
by W. L. Araújo, C. Nick, F. T. Delazari
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Tomatoes are the second most important vegetable crop in the world after potatoes. Originating in South America, they are now grown widely around the world. As the population continues to grow, there is a need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests...
by J.S. Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2013
“Don’t you love us anymore?” That’s what Gabriella kept chanting as she cried herself to sleep hearing her mother’s desperate words echo continuously in her mind.
Shame, guilt, and sorrow slowly disintegrated Gabriella’s soul into mist the night she was confronted by her mother...
Penn Clinical Manual of Urology E-Book
Expert Consult - Online
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2014
Concise and practical, the Penn Clinical Manual of Urology is an indispensable guide to the daily practice of urology. This one-volume medical reference book presents the key clinical information you need to diagnose and treat urologic disorders quickly and effectively, featuring brief, well-illustrated...