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How is it that the small continent of Europe has exerted so profound an influence on the rest of the world? J. M. Robertss sweeping history traces the development of European identity over the course of thousands of years.

How is it that the small continent of Europe has exerted so profound an influence on the rest of the world? J. M. Robertss sweeping history traces the development of European identity over the course of thousands of years.

A vital look at the nature, destiny, and mission of the black family and the black church today.Roots of a Black Future: Family and Church seeks to continue a discussion revolving around families and church in the black experience, both to their symbolic and actual relationship. It explores the deeper meaning of church as family and family as church. Grounded in the context of black families and churches within American society, this book also...

Treasured for more than 30 years, "Come Away My Beloved" has drawn countless believers into God's presence and into richer relationships with Him.

This book, first published in 1991, describes how and why conflicts over environmental injustice are created and eventually resolved.

LEAD TITLE/Our National Conversation Series"Terrence Roberts is in the truest sense an upstander - an individual whose voice and actions compel us to explore difficult topics and challenge us to face our shared history, honestly. His words and reflections celebrate the notion of difference, model socially responsible behavior and promote tolerance in our daily lives. Reading this book, you will be inspired, in Dr. Roberts's words, to 'think be...

Now into its fourth decade and very much regarded as the definitive book on the subject, Fish Pathology, Fourth Edition, incorporates the most up-to-date information and in depth coverage across all major aspects of fish pathology. This new, fully updated and expanded fourth edition builds upon the success of the previous editions which have made Fish Pathology the best known and most respected book in the field, worldwide. Our knowledge of f...

Providing an overview of the making of paper from a chemical perspective, this book is an informative and entertaining overview for students and general readers.

Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in the small town of Angel's Gap, Maryland, as the proprietor of Remember When, an antique treasures and gift shop. At least, that's what everyone in Angel's Gap thinks. They have no idea that she used to be Elaine O'Hara, daughter of the notorious con man Big Jack O'Hara. Or that she grew up moving from place to place, one step ahead of the law... Laine's past has just caught up with ...

This commentary builds on the work of previous scholarship and addresses contemporary issues. It gives serious attention to questions of textual criticism, philology, history, and Near Eastern backgrounds and is sensitive to the literary conventions characteristic of the prophetic literature of the Old Testament. The book is an earnest attempt to hear the message of the ancient prophets, a message that remains relevant today. The Old Testament...

Roberts' great narrative of the human species has been updated with a final chapter addressing events as recent as the relationship between the Arab and Western worlds in the wake of the September 11 attack. 100 maps.

China to Chinatown "examines one of the most notable examples of the globalization of food. J.A.G. Roberts recounts how the West's attitudes to Chinese food have changed from the time of Marco Polo to now. Early travelers in China too often avoided the local food and chronicled the "disgusting" diet of dogs, cats, and snakes. Others, for example Jesuit mission-aries, were more enthusiastic about Chinese food. In the 20th-century with the sprea...

How is it that the small continent of Europe has exerted so profound an influence on the rest of the world? J.M. Roberts's sweeping and entertaining history traces the development of European identity over the course of thousands of years.

A captivating autobiography of a pioneering geologist who played a crucial role in locating a thirty million dollar ore body that led to a modern-day gold rush in Nevada.Ralph Roberts is not a household name in Nevada, but it should be -- it was he who discovered the Carlin Belt gold deposits that created a major mining boom in the state in the last four decades of the twentieth century. But this discovery was only one episode of his remarkabl...

pollution, NAFTA, toxic pollution in maquiladoras, headline grabbing environmental disasters, drug trafficking, and the 1992 Rio Earth Conference, this book will be a must read for anyone interested in the future of Latin America or world ecology.

This valuable resource from one of the founding fathers of the black theology movement discusses how to minister to the black community. Using an interdisciplinary approach, J. Deotis Toberts shows how theological concepts can be applied to education, pastoral care, and political and economic issues.

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Over the centuries, two important beliefs arose in Europe: a faith that man could order his own destiny, and the idea that progress was normal. But by 1900, doubts had arisen concerning traditional Western values. The continuing problems of world poverty, environmental deterioration, the inequality of women, and continued warfare pose real questions about the advancement of the human race. The Triumph of the West is noted historian J. M. Rober...

Detailed handbook to rare and common species to be found in Britain and Europe. Includes 1500 drawings and 383pp colour illustrations.

From the acclaimed author of "The Penguin History of the World" comes a "rich and remarkable tale of European history" ("The New York Times Book Review"). 45 maps and chronologies.