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Homesteading the Plains
Toward a New History
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
2018 Nebraska Book Award
2018 Outstanding Academic Title, selected by Choice
Homesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public’s...
Called and Chosen
Toward a Spirituality for Lay Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2005
That lay women and men increasingly serve as leaders of institutional ministries in the Church is nothing new. Yet, until now, these lay leaders have longed for theological resources and formational training to help them in their vocation and ministry. Called and Chosen: Toward a Spirituality for...
Our Prince of Scribes
Writers Remember Pat Conroy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 23
Theatre and Youth
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
The curtain rises on Theatre and Youth, volume 23 of Theatre Symposium with keynote reflections by Suzan Zeder, the distinguished playwright of theatre for youth, and presents eleven original essays about theatre’s reflections of youth and the role of young people in making and performing theatre.
The...
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
by Winston S. Churchill, K.G.
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
In the making of this authoritative biography of his father’s life, Winston Churchill pored over every surviving letter his father had ever received as well as scrapbooks of newspaper accounts concerning the elder Churchill compiled by Randolph’s sister. With these and the invaluable input of his...
The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more
The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more
An All Time Favorite Collection from the Renowned Russian dramatists and Writers (Including Essays and Lectures on Russian Novelists)
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. It is said that if you haven't read the great Russian playwrights and authors...
The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Understanding Lisbeth Salander and Stieg Larssons Millennium Trilogy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Lisbeth Salander, heroine of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, is one of the most compelling, complex characters of our time. Is she an avenging angel? A dangerous outlaw? What makes Salander tick, and why is our response to her-and to Larsson’s Millennium trilogy-so...
by H.S.K
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Small of stature, simple and soft-spoken, Lal Bahadur proved to be one of the heroes of the history of India. A great general in Gandhij’s army of peaceful soldiers of freedom. He became the symbol of India's valor and self-respect.
Alien Audiences
Remembering and Evaluating a Classic Movie
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Released in 1979, Ridley Scott's Alien has come to be regarded as a classic film, and has been widely written about. But how have audiences engaged with it? This book presents the – sometimes very surprising – results of a major audience research project, exploring how people remember and continue to engage with the film.
Religious Freedom in America
Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
All Americans, liberal or conservative, religious or not, can agree that religious freedom, anchored in conscience rights, is foundational to the U.S. democratic experiment. But what freedom of conscience means, what its scope and limits are, according to the Constitution—these are matters for heated...
The Self as Muse
Narcissism and Creativity in the German Imagination 1750-1830
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
While there are countless philosophical and psychological studies that focus on sources of the self, narcissism has found relatively little attention in a pre-Freudian context. The Self as Muse fills this gap by examining various aspects of narcissism and their significance for the outpouring of creativity...
Continuity and Discontinuity (Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr.)
Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1988
Evangelicals agree that the Bible is God's inerrant word. But we sometimes differ on how to relate the messages of the Old and New Testaments. Without a basic understanding of this crucial matter, it is difficult to know how to use the Testaments to formulate either doctrine or practice.
For...
Encountering God Through Rosary
Joyful Mysteries I
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2014
This book is a collection of enlightening reflections on the 'JOYFUL' Rosary mysteries that help us discern their meaning and applications for our life situations and challenges, appreciate God’s graces and goodness that we have taken for granted and importantly, listen to God’s ‘still small...