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These studies on the character of the Apostles form a complete series on the lives, times, and ministries of those men chosen by God to declare his message to the world.

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This is the first book which examines the nature and significance of a feminist critique in anthropology. It offers a clear introduction to, and balanced assessment of, the theoretical and practical issues raised by the development of a feminist anthropology.

The result of a major research project funded by the National Science Foundation, this book focuses on unionized grievance procedures in four major industries: steel manufacturing, retail department stores, nonprofit hospitals, and local public schools. Authors David Lewin and Richard B. Peterson identify the determinants and measures of grievance procedure effectiveness and examine the consequences of grievance procedure usage at the individu...

A poem is best read in the light of all the other poems ever written." So said Robert Frost in instructing readers on how to achieve poetic literacy. George Monteiro's newest book follows that dictum to enhance our understanding of Frost's most valuable poems by demonstrating the ways in which they circulate among the constellations of great poems and essays of the New England Renaissance.Monteiro reads Frost's own poetry not against "all the ...

Getrieben von Satz zu Satz, in vierundzwanzig Sätzen, gerät eine Filmjournalistin, indem sie den Auftrag annimmt, das Schicksal einer jungen Frau zu rekonstruieren, in Gefahr, das gleiche Schicksal zu erleiden, indem sie, bedroht vom Beobachter, den sie beobachtet, in einer Welt, wo alle alle beobachten, in die Falle geht, die sie sich selber gestellt hat.

Georg Polger hat seine Anwaltskanzlei in Karlsruhe mit dem Leben als freier Übersetzer in Südfrankreich vertauscht und schlägt sich mehr schlecht als recht durch. Bis zu dem Tag, als er durch merkwürdige Zufälle Inhaber eines Übersetzungsbüros wird - Spezialgebiet: Konstruktionspläne für Kampfhubschrauber. Polger gerät in einen Strudel von Ereignissen in dem Freund und Feind ununterscheidbar sind.

Die drei Geschichten aus dem Leben des Landstreichers Knulp, einem Nachfahren von Eichendorffs »Taugenichts«, zählen zu den reizvollsten Stücken der frühen Prosa Hermann Hesses. In der Folge seiner Werke gehören sie zum großen Zyklus seiner »Gerbersau«-Erzählungen, der uns das Leben in einer schwäbischen Kleinstadt um die Jahrhundertwende am Beispiel zahlreicher charakteristischer und größtenteils authentischer Einzelschicksale überliefert.

In der Meniskuschirurgie ergeben rezesierende Operationstechniken häufig schlechte Spätergebnisse. Zwangsläufig muß daher der Meniskuserhalt das ideale Behandlungsverfahren sein. In diesem Band werden nach einleitender Pathologie der gegenwärtige Stand der Meniskusdiagnostik und -therapie dargestellt. Dabei wurde tierexperimentell und klinisch nachgewiesen, daß ein Meniskus auch in seiner gefäßlosen Faserknorpelzone heilen kann, wenn die Vorau...

Tuck's work is an attempt at the rehabilitation of Karl Radek, a sidekick of Lenin's who fell victim to Stalin's vengeance in the 1930s. Though not a full-scale academic biography, it is satisfying and fast-moving without being superficial, and offers an intellectually intriguing thesis...Where others have seen betrayal, Tuck sees Radek the mischief maker. Although Radek implicated many guiltless people and testified to lies, Tuck argues Radek...

This comprehensive work reflects the renewed interest and recognition of Charles Ives's music, and it gathers into one volume previously scattered and hard-to-find material by and about the composer. The musical and historical significance of one of America's most famous twentieth-century composers is represented in a substantively annotated, discerning and critical bibliography that includes a foreword by the noted Ives scholar, J. Peter Burk...

This book examines the contribution of the military to the exploration, settlement, development, and defense of Alaska. The work covers the period of time from its purchase from Russia in 1867 to the present. During that time Alaska emerged from an obscure colonial dependency to a resource-rich state. This same period confirmed its strategic significance in hemispheric and continental defense, first during the second world war, when Japanese f...

This first scholarly book on Cecile Chaminade, a popular composer, pianist, and one of the few women to attain critical acclaim as a composer in the early twentieth century, contains an extensive biography drawn from a significant collection of primary sources. The study presents basic information, including facts not previously published, on this neglected composer and it offers a discussion of historical and aesthetic issues inherent in her ...

His systemized study and analysis of the major Bible doctrines provides, for readers, Dr. Lockyer's approach to understanding doctrines in logical sequence. This method of biblical presentation can and should lead to a valuable comprehension of the Christian faith.

This is a unique classification of all scripture designations of the three persons of the Trinity. In this exhaustive study one becomes acutely aware that the riches of God's self-revelation are inexhaustible.