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The original stimulus which started KENNETH SPENCER on a study of the Agro­ myzid flies was an invitation, which he accepted, to translate from the German the monograph on Leaf Miners by Professor E. M. HERING. From this developed nearly 20 years of collaboration until Professor HERING's death in 1967. Dr. SPENCER has himself described over 600 new species in the family, many of which he collected and reared from known host plants during his e...

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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher, best known for his scientific writings. Together with Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley he was responsible for the acceptance of the theory of evolution. His well-known essay on Education, Intellectual, Moral and Physical was considered one of the most useful and profound books written on education. "During the years spent in writing various systematic works, there have from time to time a...

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This is the third in a series of final reports on the British Museum's excavations at Tell el-Balamun in the Nile Delta of Egypt. The exploration of the sacred area of the ancient city, continued from earlier seasons, has been concentrated since 1999 on the Ramesside enclosure wall of the temple of Amun. The surviving portions of this enclosure, the earliest temple architecture so far discovered at the site, are described in full. The volume a...

Designed for those involved in pre-school education, including nursery teachers, learning support assistants and helpers in a range of provisions, this handbook has been updated to enable carers to comply with the latest requirements of the Code of Practice and to prepare for an OFSTED inspection.

A pioneering and influential ethnography of Central Australian Aboriginal tribal customs and social structures, first published in 1899.

Pittsburgh Theological Monograph Series General Editor - Dikran Y. Hadidian

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Robert Spencer probes the Qur'an and other sacred documents, as well as Islamic traditions and history and the present-day situtation of the Muslim world, to find out why the world's fastest growing faith tends to arouse extremism. A student of the religion for the last twenty years, Spencer brings a knowledgeable and critical sensibility to this brave, searching work. Cutting through the touchy and sentimental relativism of so much current di...

Were Osama bin Laden and his followers perverting Islam when they claimed to find sanction in the Qur'an for their attack against the United States? Does the explanation for the grim human rights record of Islamic countries lie in basic Muslim beliefs? Perhaps most importantly, can Islam create successful, secularized societies that will coexist peacefully with the liberal, multicultural world of the West? In this important study, Robert Spenc...

British noir fiction, which has been widely acclaimed by some of the crime fiction genre's top authors "the tightest dialogue this side of Elmore Leonard" Ian Rankin. "One-part Leonard and one-part Ellroy, that goes right to the head" George P. Pelecanos

These sermons are preached by the author of the marvelous books, "A Pastor's Sketches." Spencer spoke directly to the heart and the mind of his hearers. These Doctrinal Sermons cover all the main areas of Christian Theology. His sermon on Election is extremely helpful to those who struggle with this great mystery revealed by God.

This volume contains a sketch of the author written by a close friend of many years, and twenty Practical/Experimental Sermons preached in his regular pulpit ministry in Brooklyn, NY. Those who have appreciated his volumes, "A Pastor's Sketches, " will not be disappointed when they read these marvelous sermons.

This gate guarded the entrance to the Rivers Ranch at the top of Mountain Avenue in Monrovia, California. It was built in France in 1862 and was shipped around the Horn to San Francisco. Soldering was unknown then so it was assembled with rivets. Since 1962, it has stood sentry at the JRK Ranch, JR's "Dream House" in Templeton. FOOTPRINTS is a must read about a doctor's dream which came to fruition with the support if his loving wife as they p...

With charm and vivid detail, the acclaimed novelist Elizabeth Spencer acquaints readers with the places and people, the pleasures and heartaches, she has known in her life. From her idyllic childhood in small-town Mississippi onward, a questioning spirit and voracity for reading and writing shape Spencer's course: her formal and informal educations at Vanderbilt and in Rome, Florence, New York, and Montreal, and her break with the culturally r...

This is the third and final volume of Dr. Spencer's marvelous sermons. Each of these messages was preached at the Lord's Table, and sets forth the glory and the majesty of "Christ and Him crucified." Gardiner Spring introduced this volume which was first published seven years after the death of Dr. Spencer.

Until the middle of the nineteenth century, English cuisine was known throughout Europe as extraordinarily stylish, tasteful, and contemporary, designed to satisfy sophisticated palates. So, as Colin Spencer asks, why did British food "decline so direly that it became a world-wide joke, and how is it now climbing back into eminence?" This delectable volume traces the rich variety of foods that are inescapably British -- and the thousand years ...

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