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Lupins have until recently remained wild or semi-domesticated species of minor interest to agriculture, although their value as a rotation crop was noted 2, 000 years ago. However, with the advent of the science of genetics in the early twentieth century, full domestication of Lupinus species for use as crops was begun, by the combination of favourable genes such as those for low alkaloid content, non-shattering pods and soft seeds. As a resul...

More than a hundred currently available filmset typefaces are presented here in large-format, double-page specimen settings, in various sizings and spacings.

In this family photo album filled with over 200 never-before-published images of Babe Ruth, the ballplayer's daughter shares for the first time a different side of her father's life--his private moments. Ranging from intimate moments at home to historic events at the ballpark, the photos in "Babe Ruth: A Family Portrait" provide a glimpse into Ruth's private life that few witnessed. Size D. 192 pp.

Commemorative Edition of The Notebook of a Colonial Clergyman marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania and celebrating the pioneer missionary spirit and work of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.Henry Melchior Muhlenberg arrived in the American colonies in 1742-a 31-year-old Lutheran pastor-to take up missionary work among the German immigrants who were coming to the New World in search of a new life. His minist...

Luke Johnson here issues a provocative call for a radically new direction in New Testament studies that can change the way we have viewed the entire phenomenon of early Christianity.Johnson is convinced that the dominant ways of studying early Christianity tend to miss its specifically religious character, because of a disjunction between formal religion and "popular" religion. He proposes in this book, by means of three case studies -- baptis...

What should be the Christian attitude toward money and possessions? Have our own possessions left us blind to the utopian vision of the first Christians? Is anything short of a complete renunciation of possessions a compromise with Christian teaching?In this brief and lucid study, esteemed New Testament scholar and historian Martin Hengel examines the views of property and riches to be found in the teachings of Jesus, the early Christian commu...

Explore the historical background of the region, the music scene, the surrounding countryside, and the local attractions.

Rarely exhibited and in superb condition, the watercolor collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is one of the finest in the world.

The resurgence of racial, ethnic and nationalist loyalties in the contemporary world are examined in this volume. Considered collectively, the contributors offer both a conceptual understanding of race and ethnicity and an empirical examination of their renewed importance in and implications for contemporary societies. With sections on the American experience with ethnoracial pluralism and on ethnonationalist movements in other parts of the wo...

Carl Braaten here issues an energetic call for a truly ecumenical church, including a Lutheran rationale for recovery of the historical episcopacy and papal primacy as servants of the gospel.Quoting Augustine's dictum that "You cannot have God for your father unless you have the church for your mother, " Braaten writes of the church's place in the divine scheme of things and of the various modernisms that distort or hide the classical Christia...

This careful examination of key strategies, events, and personalities in the conflict sheds fresh light on the high points of the Vietnam experience and punctures the enduring mythologies of the war. A model of lucid writing and fair judgement. Thomas Powers.

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From a Mystery Party with fingerprint activities and mystery foods to a Prehistoric Party with fossil digs and dinosaur crafts, this book contains creative ideas for 50 theme parties, including suggestions for invitations, decorations, costumes, games and other activities, food, and party favors.

A collection of pictures of the movie industry by Magnum photographers.

Marion's search for the father she never knew takes her to St Ives. Here she learns of a lifeboat tragedy which is intrinsically tied up with her father's life. To find out more, Marion must delve deep into the past where she has to confront the demons which have tortured her own adult life.

Helps set an agenda for the future of scientific applications in archaeology. Identifies, as well as refines, existing scientific techniques that have the potential to answer important questions about reconstructing the past in the short to medium term.

Spanning the careers of two of crime fiction's most esteemed police detectives, these four short mysteries are revelatory episodes in the complex relationship between Dalziel and Pascoe. In the opening tale, the chilling start of the Dalziel and Pascoe partnership--never before revealed--is cemented by a killer and his shotgun. In another, the duo investigates the fate of a woman no one has seen for a year, except her brother, who claims he is...

A beautiful and informative book, this is a remarkable social history of men and women at work during the Middle Ages.

The Renaissance, known primarily for the art and literature that it produced, was also a period in which philosophical thought flourished. This two-volume anthology, originally published in 1997, contains forty new translations of important works on moral and political philosophy written during the Renaissance and hitherto unavailable in English.