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When Chrysler introduced the 350 and 361 "B" series of engines in 1958, they launched a legacy of performance that sparked the muscle car war of the sixties and early seventies. Within a few years, these engines evolved into the famed 426 Hemi, 413 Max Wedge and 440 Six-Pack. Dubbed "elephant motors" by enthusiasts, racers, and hot rodders alike, these big-blocks ruled the streets in Barracudas, Challengers, Furys, and Chargers. They were also...

In the year 2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golden age, an amateur astronomer points his telescope at just the right corner of the night sky and sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: a chunk of rock that could annihilate civilization. While a few fanatics welcome the apocalyptic destruction as a sign from God, the greatest scientific minds of Earth desperately search for a way to avoid the inevi...

A visually stunning fictional account of a young nineteenth-century Sioux warrior's quest for knowledge that takes him from the plains of his childhood to a far-off boarding school where he learns the ways of the white world--and the value of his own traditions.A hand-calligraphed tribute to the narrative pictographs recorded by Plains artists in the ruled ledgerbooks they acquired in trade, the weaving of Cvijanovic's richly detailed original...

Beginning with "Riot Act, " a monologue about the Los Angeles uprising in April 1992, Ai explored racial and sexual politics through the voices of diverse characters.

This lively reference book will delight anyone who's ever shuddered at a soliloquy or nodded off at the moment an actor said "doth". Crammed full of solid--but never simplistic--information, this browsing compendium includes the major plays, along with illustrations, sidebars, and photos that make learning about Shakespeare fun.

This ambitious work shows how national prosperity and government expansion in Mexico in the 1970's transformed a relatively closed peasant community into a more outwardly connected, socially differentiated society marked by dissension and conflict. 'This fascinating study is a fine example of the benefits of long-term research. Cancian ...has witnessed something near to a transformation of the community whose ethnography he first wrote some 25...

But this time the story is told by Sawa Oyama, the mother, whose moving story begins when she obediently leaves Japan for Hawaii as a picture bride. She plans to return from that 'rock' in five years, but encounters Odyssean obstacles. There is endless labor and little sleep, she gets up in the middle of the night to be initiated into tofu making, she wills pigs, she works as a seamstress to supplement the family income, and bears one child af...

Starting a new job always brings excitement, anticipation, and perhaps even a bit of apprehension. One thing is for sure, once you become the "new boss" you quickly discover that managing other people can be the most difficult task you face. Your new subordinates will have different personalities, and different ways of getting the job done. Some of them may have been former co-workers, and good personal friends. Many of them may not have the s...

THE FACTS ABOUT LUTHER examines the life, thought and work of Martin Luther (1483-1546) to correct the misperceptions that many have of him and his work. Msgr. Patrick O'Hare analyzes the available record, written mostly by Protestant writers, developing this masterful, popularly written critique to set the record straight. Because Luther is the "Father of Protestantism, " THE FACTS ABOUT LUTHER deserves the serious attention of every believin...

A leading Christian educator offers a practical guide for revisioning a church's educational program. After identifying the weaknesses in current education programs, Charles Foster offers an alternative vision that is more cooperative, more attentive to the congregation's life, and that helps people correlate the Bible and Christian tradition to their experience.

Published in 1845, this guidebook for pioneers is a reproduction of one of the most collectible books about California and the Western movement. It was the guidebook used by the Donner Party on their fateful journey. In addition, because Hastings' shortcut route through the Rockies produced such tragedy, the War Department commissioned The Prairie Traveler.

Along with Pound, Eliot, and Joyce, Edward Estlin Cummings is one of the leading American poets who revolutionized literary expression in the twentieth century. He was also a Cubist painter, a champion of the little man, a brilliant conversationalist, a romantic idealist, a famous irrational curmudgeon, and husband to three of the most beautiful women of his time. This critical biography merges these various selves into one fascinating life st...

The evasive and unsettling nature of family relationships threads consistently through the poems collected in Light years, the poet uncovers deepening emotional and psychological complexities.

No longer a test of classical knowledge, the modern crossword is a challenging labyrinth of clever clues, timely puns, and computer-age acronyms that baffle even veteran wordsmiths. Completely revised and expanded, The Dell Crossword Dictionary includes an extensive crossword definitions section, a thoroughly cross-referenced "Word-Finder" section, the most extensive "Name-Finder" in any dictionary, and every trivia fact a puzzle fan could eve...

With nearly 500, 000 copies sold of his previous collections, Deep Thoughts and Deeper Thoughts, philosophizing funnyman Jack Handey (of Saturday Night Live) once again combines soul searching with rib tickling. He offers pearls of wisdom, inspiration and observation in an odd and utterly original manner.

From myth to parable, Crossan identifies five types of stories. Among these types it is parable that subverts the world and undercuts the safe shelter we build. Using literary theory, philosophy, theology and biblical studies, he demonstrates the subversive power of the parable.

Working with the unpublished letters and diaries of Oneida's own members, Klaw has produced a fascinating study of religion, morals, and utopian idealism--"a sympathetic but shrewd account of one of America's most successful--and most sexually obsessed--religious cults" (Geoffrey C. Ward, co-author of The Civil War). 8 pages of photos.

Captivating. Krantz's latest tome . . . is her most erotic yet. Dazzle sizzles."-Los Angeles Daily News Now, Judith Krantz, best-selling author of Scruples, Mistral's Daughter, and Till We Meet Again, invites you into the luscious, monied world of Jazz Kilkullen, her most daring, provocative, impetuous heroine yet. Inside the fun-filled photographers' studio in California known as Dazzle, Jazz Kilkullen reigns supreme. At twenty-nine, this pla...

A rich compendium of wisdom from such distinguished and celebrated African Americans as Malcolm X, Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Alice Walker and others, designed to help you focus on the thoughts, attitudes, and deeds that will lead to the achievement of your true goals. Each lesson will last a lifetime!

Osiander Gesamtausgabe: Schriften und Briefe Andreas Osiander (1496/8-1552) stand immer im Schatten der großen Reformatoren Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli und Calvin. Erst die zehnbändige Gesamtausgabe seiner Schriften, Predigten, Gutachten und Korrespondenz hat seine vielfältige Bedeutung für die Reformationsgeschichte hervortreten lassen.