Academic Press imprint: 6422 books
by John M. Regan
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
When we read a history we believe ourselves to be reading cold, hard, facts of the events that took place and how they occurred. But there is no real, truthful way to know the approach our historian has taken with the historical sources. This book deals with the uncertainty in writing history in the...
Palestine Investigated
The Criminal Investigation Department of the Palestine Police Force, 1920–1948
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This book tells the story of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Palestine Police Force (PPF) in the historical context which impacted the CID's missions, methods, and composition. At first, the CID was engaged in providing technical assistance for criminal investigation. Following...
Herbs for Diabetes and Neurological Disease Management
Research and Advancements
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
This new volume provides a plethora of new information about potential medicinal herbs and their usefulness in treating diabetes and neurological diseases. Most large multinational companies are interested and engaged in the commercialization of herb-based formulations, and consumers continue to seek...
Spain Bleeds
The Development of Battlefield Blood Transfusion During the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Research into local aspects of the Spanish Civil War and of the International Brigades' Medical Service resulted in an informal trilogy of sorts. ¡Salud! British Volunteers in the Republican Medical Service during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 and Aristocrats, Adventurers and Ambulances: British...
Guerrilleros and Neighbours in Arms
Identities and Cultures of Anti-fascist Resistance in Spain
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The Spanish Civil War, fought between 1936 and 1939, was the first battle against fascism in Europe. Five months after the victory of dictator Francisco Franco in Spain the conflict moved to Europe with the outbreak of the Second World War. Fascism and anti-fascism again faced each other on the battlefield....
by Bjørn Ottesen
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Bjørn Ottesen provides us with an insight into the future of Christian mission in Northern Europe and beyond. He offers an honest account of the church's successes and failures. His analysis of the Danish Adventist context has relevance beyond Denmark and beyond Adventism. His assessment of the attitudes...
Europe
The Return of History
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
This anthology gives an overview and an in-depth description of Europe in historical terms, providing explanation for the current period of dramatic development and integration process that has led to the increased strength of the European Union. It also explores the simultaneous trend towards disintegration,...
'Goodbye, Spain?'
The Question of Independence for Catalonia
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
'Goodbye, Spain?' discusses the question of Catalan independence and is fully up-to-date with respect to the most recent elections. Support for independence in the autonomous community of Catalonia has risen significantly since 2005. Opinion polls confirm that the idea of holding a legally binding...
The Huguenots in Later Stuart Britain
Volume I Crisis, Renewal, and the Ministers' Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The Huguenots in Later Stuart Britain examines the history of the French communities in Britain from the Civil War, which plunged them into turmoil, to the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, after which there was no realistic possibility that the Huguenots would be readmitted to France. There is a particular...
On the Teaching of Literature
From Charismatic Secrecy to Joyful Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Drawing on the author’s teaching practice and experience, this book is based on the premise that reading and analyzing literary texts are rewarding pursuits. The target group is grammar school pupils and students at colleges of education and universities. Pedagogic theories are dealt with only in...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
A selection of essays and sermons on the matter of Christianity, spirituality and ethics to mark the retirement of Dr Michael Pearson. By demonstrating their impact on fellow sojourners, this Festschrift attempts to mirror the breadth and depth of Mike's thinking, teaching and writing.
Jacob L. Talmon
Mission and Testimony: Political Essays
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Talmon was chosen by an international committee of scholars as one of the twenty major historians of the twentieth century, declaring that “his historiography was a convincing apologia for human freedom.” He owes his fame primarily to his magnum opus, the trilogy that began with The Origins of...
The Poetic World of Emily Brontë
Poems from the Author of Wuthering Heights
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Bringing an unjustifiably marginalized poet out of the shadows, this book presents Emily Brontë’s poetry in a way that enables readers, even those who shy away from poetry, to appreciate her work. She is widely known as a novelist, but she was first and equally a poet. Her poems are varied, lyrical,...
Eliot's Objective Correlative
Tradition or Individual Talent? Contributions to the History of a Topos
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Eliot’s dictum about the objective correlative has often been quoted but rarely analysed. This book traces the maxim to some of its sources and places it in a contemporary context. Eliot agreed with Locke about the necessity of sensory input, but for a poet to be able to create poetry, the input...