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What's it like to live in a world where humor is banned or to work on a deep-space lighthouse? If you're lucky, you might even discover how to escape the Yawning Men! Curl up in your favorite rocket ship and set your coordinates for adventure in Volume Five of the Young Explorer's Adventure...

In an unprecedented interreligious conference in November 2014, Pope Francis and four hundred religious leaders and scholars from around the world met in Rome to explore what their diverse faiths teach about marriage and “the complementarity of man and woman.” This book contains the most...

This volume examines the school-to-prison pipeline, a concept that has received growing attention over the past 10–15 years in the United States. The “pipeline” refers to a number of interrelated concepts and activities that most often include the criminalization of students and student behavior,...

Throughout Minnesota, from Austin to International Falls, people flock every year to more festivals--county fairs, arts and craft shows, ice-fishing contests, and music festivals--than you can shake a stick at. Most come for the food and fun, but a few festival-goers have more devious intentions in...

Recent work on empathy theory, research, and applications, by scholars from disciplines ranging from neuroscience to psychoanalysis. There are many reasons for scholars to investigate empathy. Empathy plays a crucial role in human social interaction at all stages of life; it is thought to help...

1 Esdras is an alternative version of the book of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Septuagint. Most Eastern Orthodox churches accord the book canonical status. This is the first commentary on 1 Esdras based on the critical text of the Göttingen Septuagint edition. It understands 1 Esdras not simply as a fragment...

Due to the unprecedented interest which the announcement of the topic of epistemology evoked from contributors, two annual volumes will be devoted to it. This volume accordingly is entitled Epistemology I, and the next volume will be entitled Epistemology II. The Editor KNOWING IN THE STRONG SENSE...

Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers...

It has been estimated that more than three million political ads were televised leading up to the elections of 2004.  More than $800,000,000 was spent on TV ads in the race for the White House alone and presidential candidates, along with their party and interest group allies, broadcast over a million...

Oil palm is widely cultivated in tropical countries for use in food processing, personal care products and other applications such as biodiesel. Cultivation faces a range of challenges such as its environmental impact (e.g. in deforestation and biodiversity loss) as well threats from pests and diseases....

Kerzenschein, Plätzchenduft – und eine stimmungsvolle Weihnachtsgeschichte Leise deckt der Schnee die Wiesen und Wälder, die Städte und die Dörfer zu. Die Sterne funkeln, der Mond gießt sein helles Licht über das Land. Drinnen leuchten die Kerzen. Die Kinder sitzen schon vor dem Tannenbaum...

The woman was distraught."You've got to save this cat," she said. "But, ma'am, this is an ER." "I know--emergency.That's why I brought him here." "We only work on people, ma'am. This is a hospital for people. We don't treat animals," he said kindly. She started...

1 Esdras ist eine alternative Fassung zum Buch Esra-Nehemia in der Septuaginta. In den meisten Ostkirchen genießt es kanonischen Status, in der Vulgata und der King-James-Bibel wurde es in die Apokryphen aufgenommen. Dieser Kommentar ist seit Jahrzehnten der erste in deutscher Sprache, und überhaupt...

This sixtieth-anniversary edition of the 1943 classic returns to print the exciting story of a U.S. Navy fighter squadron during the invasion of French North Africa in World War II. Lieutenants Wordell and Seiler, with the help of journalist Keith Ayling, vividly recount the exploits of their fellow...