University Press of America - Böcker

This is above all a practical book. It discusses with a wealth of illustration and insight such subjects as the organization of the intellectual worker's time, materials, and his life; the integration of knowledge and the relation of one&apos...

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The chief aim of this primer is to give the student, within one year of study, the ability to read ecclesiastical Latin. Collins includes the Latin of Jerome's Bible, of canon law, of the liturgy and papal bulls, of scholastic philosophers, a...

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This collection of new studies in ethnomethodology addresses sociology's classical questions by developing that strand of ethnomethodological inquiry dealing with membership categorization. This book provides detailed studies of members'...

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Originally published in English in 1988, Joseph Ratzinger's Eschatology remains internationally recognized as a leading text on the ""last things""heaven and hell, purgatory and judgment, death and the immortality of the s...

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This book is a critical reposition of the study of military regimes in Africa. Documenting and delving deep into the reign and rule of General Mohamed Siad Barre regime in Somalia from 1969 up to 1991, the book puts emphasis on African agenciesost...

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This long-awaited volume provides an answer key to the drills and exercises contained in each of the units of John F. Collins's bestselling ""A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin"". Written for those charged with the responsib...

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Living the Good Life presents a brief introduction to virtue and vice, self-control and weakness, misery and happiness. The book contrasts the thought of Aquinas with popular views, such as moral relativism, values clarification, utilitarianism, K...

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Declared a Doctor of the Church in 2012, St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) is one of the most remarkable figures of medieval Latin Christianity. A visionary theologian and prophetic reformer, as well as composer, artist, and natural scientist, h...

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Written with the student and interested public in mind, Truth in Translation aims to explain what is involved and what is at stake in Bible translation. It begins with brief treatments of the background to the Bible and its translation, the variou...

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Angels occupy a significant space in contemporary popular spirituality. Yet, today more than ever, the belief in the existence of intermediary spirits between the human and divine realms needs to be evangelized and Christianized. Angels and Demons...

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In this work Jacob Yuroh Teshima juxtaposes two religions whose origins are completely different: Zen Buddhism and Hasidic Judaism. The purpose of this comparative study is not to determine which religion is superior, but rather to compare their f...

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The philosophical and practical aspects of the New Age religious movement pervade American culture. The New Age Movement in American Culture is a comprehensive cultural history that surveys the major developments of the movement and demonstrates t...

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The philosophical and practical aspects of the New Age religious movement pervade American culture. The New Age Movement in American Culture is a comprehensive cultural history that surveys the major developments of the movement and demonstrates t...

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Before the 1960's a group of women in southern Hunan, China, often gathered to do embroidery while listening to one of their members chant from a booklet or a piece of paper, a folktale, an autobiography, or a marriage congratulation text wri...

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Before the 1960's a group of women in southern Hunan, China, often gathered to do embroidery while listening to one of their members chant from a booklet or a piece of paper, a folktale, an autobiography, or a marriage congratulation text wri...

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Parents and teachers, working together, must assume the authority and responsibility for determining educational policies and practices in order to improve children's learning and personal-social competence. This book describes what steps mus...

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This book contains all global information necessary to conduct an export business worldwide. Instead of focusing on a specific segment in the field, Sam Yamamoto explains all areas of exporting, giving in-depth details of marketing, procedures, lo...

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Educators on all levels will benefit from this book that is dedicated to the importance of learning reasoning skills concurrently with subject matter. Habits of the Mind, written by a thirty-year veteran in the field of education, is ultimately co...

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Should we ever trust Germany to behave itself? This work attempts to answer such a question, treating familiar material in a fresh manner. The author explores the actual people, events and ideas behind this stream of disturbing images and distrust...

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This book goes beyond most studies of Yeats to probe the depths of this famous poet's visual imagination. In a thorough and decisive explanation, Nancy Watanabe covers Yeat's twenty-four major plays, analyzing the text for the poetic cin...

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This book is an analysis of the negotiating and analytical failures that were a result of decontrolling a wide variety of strategic technology technology that was capable of directly enhancing the military power of potential adversaries. The autho...

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This theology was written to help the average Christian clarify and organize the basic concepts of God's holiness and love. The author shows how God's holiness requires human holiness and how this combination is possible only in Jesus Ch...

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In Risking A Nation, Jerome McKinney analyzes the problems that must be tackled and how, and looks at the goals that must be reached in order to achieve and maintain competitiveness in the new international economic order. Particular focus is plac...

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This book discusses how the competitive environment of Latin America's social life has facilitated religious innovation in different regional and national settings. Pattnayak argues that organized religion has responded admirably to change an...

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This book discusses how the competitive environment of Latin America's social life has facilitated religious innovation in different regional and national settings. Pattnayak argues that organized religion has responded admirably to change an...

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Eight dialogues based on the Platonic model set in contemporary America. The text aims to complement current Plato scholarship and provide cultural commentary on the state of higher education.

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This book is a study of James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe, the two most prominent black writers of the twentieth century. Although other books have addressed their individual works, this is the first to make the connection between the two. The autho...

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This book is a study of James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe, the two most prominent black writers of the twentieth century. Although other books have addressed their individual works, this is the first to make the connection between the two. The autho...

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This second edition serves as an inspirational guide and a reference to understand the psychological and social challenges that emerge with aging. omprehensive in its scope, this edition of The Challenge of Maturity is an effective resource for th...

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This second edition serves as an inspirational guide and a reference to understand the psychological and social challenges that emerge with aging. omprehensive in its scope, this edition of The Challenge of Maturity is an effective resource for th...

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