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The fruit of Dr. C. I. Scofield's decades of reflection on the Word of God have been augmented (not revised) in this edition to make the ideas underlying the ScofieldRG Study Bible's annotations clearer to modern readers. An abundance of factual information is presented in topical articles, charts and lists that add depth and richness to study time. Enhanced book introductions, accurate in-text maps, a section of authoritative full color maps ...

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In the wake of 9/11, the question of how much the government should tell the people has become a controversial one.

What did such contemporaries as Ernest Hemingway, Eudora Welty, and Walker Evans think of William Faulkner's work? How did his times affect and accept what he wrote? Faulkner and His Contemporaries explores the relationship between the Nobel laureate, ensconced in his "postage stamp of native soil, ” and the world of letters within which he created his masterpieces.

Provides a detailed description of European explorers' accounts of Tahiti in 1768 and shows that the romanticism surrounding that time was a result of the French people's misunderstanding of Tahitians' behavior.

New light is shed on everyday life in the Middle Ages in Great Britain and continental Europe through this unique survey of its food culture.

Expands the field of impression management to incorporate the evolving role of information technology.

The majority teachers of English to speakers of other languages around the world are nonnative speakers of English themselves. " Learning and Teaching from Experience" presents a wide range of views on NNES (nonnative English speaking) professionals in ESL and EFL settings at various academic levels-including K-12, adult education, community college, and university. This informative volume is divided into the sections focusing on theoretical u...

This book recounts a famous turf war raged during Prohibition. Charlie Birger's outsized ambitions brought him from New York to southern Illinois in search of fortune as a bootlegger. He soon found that his dream to be "even bigger than Al Capone" faced a few hurdles-including the vicious Shelton Brothers and Helen Holbrook, a beautiful, alcoholic socialite from Shawneetown, whose simultaneous affairs with Birger and Carl Shelton fueled a bloo...

The long-awaited companion volume to Gail Coffler's first book, Melville's Classical Allusions, has finally arrived. In this new volume, thousands of references to Judeo-Christian and other religions in Herman Melville's books are references. The index includes references to all of his novels, short stories, poetry, lectures, letters, and journals. With it, one can trace a given allusion through the entire canon, or research any individual wor...

- Comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces- Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work- "The Story Behind the Story" details the conditions under which the work was written- Each book includes a biographical sketch of the author, a descriptive list of characters, an extensive summary and analysis, and an annotated bibliography

Defining the United States as a people and a nation, the Civil War was the bloodiest war in its history. Clear, concise topical chapters are bolstered by 18 biographies, 16 annoted primary documents, maps, illustrations, and a thoughtfully annotated bibliography.

This volume deals with the history of organized labor in all of the countries of the English-speaking West Indies. It is the fourth in a series of histories of the organized labor movement in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alexander traces the countries' origins, early struggles, experiences with collective bargaining, and the key roles in the politics of their respective countries, particularly their participation in the struggle for self-g...

The year 2002 marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of General George Rogers Clark. In celebrating Clark's life, this book presents new information and new interpretations of his impact upon the settlement of Kentucky and his control of the Old Northwest Territories. The co-editors-- who include traditional historians, social historians, and revisionists--include new details not previously published or found within a single source to bring...

Examines the questions that divide conservatives today and reveals the variety of answers put forward by classical conservatives, libertarians, and neoconservatives. The contributors each bring a distinctive voice to bear, reinforcing the book's basic notion that conservatism in America represents a family of opinions and ideas.

Written over a month of fasting and inspired by the poetry of Rumi, these poems are all, ultimately, songs of love. When John Cleare generously agreed to contribute his photographs, these songs met their matching images of light and the Book of Songs finally became complete.

History will remember Desmond Tutu, who has been called South Africa's Martin Luther King, Jr., as a great leader in the struggle against apartheid. In this new biography, which includes original quotations from the author's interviews with Tutu, readers will follow the steady progress of a boy and man who has held an irrepressible faith in humankind and his God. They will learn about his family, schooling, important mentors, and extraordinary...