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Third volume of the long-awaited translation of one of Augustines classics and a great work in Christian literature. Newly translated by Maria Boulding, O.S.B., whose masterful translation of Augustines Confessions in the same series has been praised as being of a different level of excellence from practically anything else in the market (Bishop Rowan Williams, Monmouth, England). As the psalms are a microcosm of the Old Testament, so the Expo...

Essays, performance scripts, and interviews by one of America's emerging art critics.

Nobel Prize -- winner Gunnar Myrdal was one of the century's leading social scientists, best known in American for the classic An American Dilemma, his study of America's racial problems. That book was chosen as one of the Modern Library's top one hundred nonfiction books of the century, and has probably influenced American thought as much as any since de Tocqueville's Democracy in America.The Essential Myrdal covers the full range of Myrdal's...

This is the largest collection of Thompson's historical work, with the full range of his scholarly output. A superb introduction for those new to his work and a valuable addition to existing fans.

Hauntingly beautiful short stories with strong affinities to Kafka and Borges, by one of the most enthralling voices to emerge from India.

The first study to compare police violence in the United States with that in Latin America and the Caribbean. Drawing on years of field research, Paul Chevigny investigates torture and the use of deadly force, in addition to less drastic forms of violence, in a broundbreaking examination of police brutality in New York, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Kingston, Jamaica.

One of the country's most celebrated social scientists contends that the war on terror served to shore up the Bush administration's political base and that politicians used the emotional fog of war to further their regressive social and economic agendas.

Contributors: Regis Armstrong, Margaret Carney, Lawrence S. Cunningham, Michael Cusato Jay Hammond, Marilyn Hammond, Wayne Hellmann, Timothy J. Johnson Daniel Michaels, Ingrid Peterson, William Short The four volume publication of Francis of Assisi: Early Documents (1999-2002) is an indispensable resource for all who study Saint Francis and the religious communities and traditions he engendered. To facilitate this study among scholars, student...

Ever since George Washington warned against "foreign entanglements" in his 1796 farewell speech, the United States has wrestled with how to act toward other countries. Consequently, the history of anti-Americanism is as long and varied as the history of the United States. In this multidisciplinary collection, seventeen leading thinkers provide substance and depth to the recent outburst of fast talk on the topic of anti-Americanism by analyzing...

This stunning new exploration of how our planet works, the latest theories of the origins of life on earth, and the possibility of life beyond, is a companion volume to the acclaimed American Museum of Natural History's new Hall of Planet Earth. Color photos & illustrations throughout.

- The movement of people and the security of states - Displacement, diaspora mobilization, and transnational cycles of political violence - The history of immigrants as threats to American security - The war against havens for terrorism - The relationship of globalization, low-intensity conflicts, and refugees - The impact of 9/11 on the Arab and Muslim community in the U.S.

a concise biography including pictures and wirtings

In several rarely discussed decisions, including one as recent as June 1995, the Supreme Court has opened the door for wide-scale abandonment of desegregation. With stinging profiles of school disctricts nationwide, the authors analyze this devastating trend, offering evidence and solutions guaranteed to stimulate national debate about the state of our schools today.

The Discipline of Hope" chronicles veteran educator Herb Kohl's love affair with teaching since his first encounter 40 years ago. Kohl has been an ardent advocate of the notion that every student can learn and every teacher must find creative ways to facilitate that learning. In this book he distills the major lessons of an attentive lifetime in the classroom.

The setting is France: our hero, a washed-up middle-aged British philosopher named Eddie Coffin. Broke and unsure as to his next meal, he meets Hubert, an incompetent, freshly-released, one-armed armed robber, and the "thought gang" is born. Applying philosophy to larceny, these unlikely bandits question the meaning of life, the value of money, and the role of banks as they wind their way from Montpellier to Toulon in search of the greatest he...

One of this century's foremost historians describes the complex culture from which working class institutions emerged in England.

The best collection of advanced and stimulating essays on the meaning of the technology now available".

This fun guide combines both art and a bargain as it maps out dozens of walking tours of free public art throughout the five boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. 26 maps.

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When Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at last firmly established. A world-class pitcher, a formidable manager, and a brilliant administrator, Rube Foster was arguably more influential in breaking down the color barrier in major league baseball than the venerable Jackie Robinson. Born in 1879, Rube Foster pitched for the legendary black ba...