Victor: 3403 books
Warrior of God
Jan Zizka and the Hussite Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2009
Jan Zizka (1370–1424) was a formidable figure whose life and military career was set amidst the whirlwind of monumental revolutions – military, religious, political and social – that engulfed medieval Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. The leader of Bohemia's Hussite Revolution – the first...
Empire in Retreat
The Past, Present, and Future of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
A sweeping history of the United States through the lens of empire—and an incisive look forward as the nation retreats from the global stage
A respected authority on international relations and foreign policy, Victor Bulmer†‘Thomas offers a grand survey of the United States as an empire....
by Edith Turner, Victor Turner
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
First published in 1978, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture is a classic work examining the theological doctrines, popular notions, and corresponding symbols and images promoting and sustaining Christian pilgrimage. The book examines two major aspects of pilgrimage practice: the significance...
by Nora Weeks, Victor Bullen
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Flower healing is the simple and natural method of healing through personality by means of wild flowers, discovered by the late Dr Edward Bach, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, DPH. He was a great physician who combined compassion for all who suffer, with a deep love for Nature, her trees and plants.
Dr...
Essay on Exoticism
An Aesthetics of Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2002
The “Other”—source of fear and fascination; emblem of difference demonized and romanticized. Theories of alterity and cultural diversity abound in the contemporary academic landscape. Victor Segalen’s early attempt to theorize the exotic is a crucial reference point for all discussions of...
Understanding Bioanalytical Chemistry
Principles and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
"The title captures the ethos and content precisely. It brings basic chemistry into real life with examples that illustrate how chemical principals are inherent to bioanalytical procedures, making them accessible to readers with a background in life sciences." –Microbiology Today, July...
Handbook on the Pentateuch
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
In this introduction to the first five books of the Old Testament, Victor Hamilton moves chapter by chapter through the Pentateuch, examining the content, structure, and theology. Hamilton surveys each major thematic unit of the Pentateuch and offers useful commentary on overarching themes and connections between Old Testament texts.
Handbook on the Historical Books
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, Esther
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
From the tumbling walls of Jericho to a Jewish girl who became the queen of Persia, the historical books of the Bible are intriguing and unquestionably fascinating. In this comprehensive introduction, veteran Old Testament professor Victor Hamilton demonstrates the significance of the messages contained...
by Victor Garrod Th.M.
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006
This book is the first of its kind from a lifetime of research which started out during the bombing raids by the Germans in 1941 (During World War 2 in Plymouth, England,the second most heavily bombed city in England) Victor traces his remarkable journey over a period of 65 years!! The book offers...
Exodus
An Exegetical Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Victor Hamilton, a highly regarded Old Testament scholar with over thirty years' experience in the classroom, offers a comprehensive exegesis of the book of Exodus. Written in a clear and accessible style, this major, up-to-date, evangelical, exegetical commentary opens up the riches of the book of...
Taming the Unknown
A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y’s. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axiomatically defined constructs like groups, rings, and fields. Taming the Unknown considers how these two seemingly different types of algebra evolved...
Metroimperial Intimacies
Fantasy, Racial-Sexual Governance, and the Philippines in U.S. Imperialism, 1899–1913
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
In Metroimperial Intimacies Victor Román Mendoza combines historical, literary, and archival analysis with queer-of-color critique to show how U.S. imperial incursions into the Philippines enabled the growth of unprecedented social and sexual intimacies between native Philippine and U.S. subjects....
by Victor L. Brown, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
The search for intimacy is fundamental. It can be an exhilarating part of being human. Yet there is wide disagreement about its meanings, means, and ends.
In Human Intimacy, Victor L. Brown, Jr. provides evidence that modern social trends toward self-gratification and self-indulgence have produced...
by Erling Hoh, Victor H. Mair
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2009
A lively and beautifully illustrated history of one of the world's favorite beverages and its uses through the ages.
World-renowned sinologist Victor H. Mair teams up with journalist Erling Hoh to tell the story of this remarkable beverage and its uses, from ancient times to the present, from...