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The Folger Shakespeare Library publishing program branches our for the first time with this new collection of writings by Queen Elizabeth I. This trade paperback edition marks the beginning of the Folger's commitment to provide readers with a wider range of Elizabethan literature.

Compelling and complex . . . Strange and wonderful." --"The New York Times Book Review, " in praise of McIlvoy's previous fiction "I am going to write about the state of New Mexico and put in some maps and stuff from the encyclopedia. My theme is the Don Juan Onate trail and the Jornada Del Muerto. But I might write some other important things which as it turns out my stepmother got angry about and said she wouldn't type this until my Dad said...

The Star of Algiers powerfully depicts youth in distress, caught between the lure of the West and the mosque." --BIBA "We share his stage fright before each new gig. We are fired with his boundless energy. And once we've taken off, we come crashing down with him . . . Everything is human, alive and transparent." "--"Elle, " France Moussa Massy's ambitions extend far beyond the three-room apartment he shares with the other thirteen members of h...

Alabanza is a twenty-year collection charting the emergence of Martín Espada as the preeminent Latino lyric voice of his generation. "Alabanza" means "praise" in Spanish, and Espada praises the people Whitman called "them the others are down upon": the African slaves who brought their music to Puerto Rico, a prison inmate provoking brawls so he could write poetry in solitary confinement, a janitor and his solitary strike, Espada's own father, ...

The legendary Japanese master's Winter Sleep take you into the hardboiled world of art -- where ex-cons are philosophers, young lovers are combustible, and aesthetics is life. An artist's quest for growth from one of the world's greatest stylists. Nakagi, an ex-con painter who has sequestered hismself in a mountain cabin, is trying to elevate his art. The only thing breakin his solitude are the visits of two women: an art dealer who wants him ...

Writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Tom Wright helps us see the great sweep of this letter. Romans has long been viewed as the book above all in which Paul puts forth the basic doctrines of the faith, and the picture of God's life for us. It is the classic setting-out of the Gospel. Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament and to include in them his own translation of the ...

Draws upon 17th- and 18th-century sources to trace the history of African Americans, slave and free, in North Carolina through 1800. The documents are used to outline the arrival of Africans, mechanisms for maintaining the yoke of slavery, slave resistance, manumission, and the challenges facing free blacks. This book presents in an accessible format a variety of primary sources, which are suitable for classroom use and have appeal for histori...

The relationship between intellectual property and private international law is a fascinating and multi-faceted one. Both fields are inherently international, but it is the exponential increase in conflicts involving trans-border elements, in a world characterised by global trade and borderless communication structures, that has, in modern times, drawn the two disciplines close. The essays contained in this book, first presented at a Symposium...

Der Band versammelt Beiträge zur allmählichen Herausbildung kultureller Milieus von der völkischen Bewegung der Weimarer Republik bis zum formierten Nationalsozialismus. Den Fallstudien liegt die These zugrunde, daß die Vergesellschaftung durch Kultur, also durch gemeinsame Normen und ästhetisierte Praktiken, zu den Kennzeichen der Moderne gehört.

More than an art class, this book is also a course in thinking. Students learn how to create attractive designs using the techniques of unity, variety, repetition, movement, proportion, and more. Concise information is combined with unique projects that allow students to hone both their their thinking and artistic skills. Grades 5-9

There is no doubt that President George W. Bush and his administration have transformed US foreign policy and reshaped global international relations in a very profound way. Many American commentators continue to talk about 9-11 as the day the world changed, but increasingly analysts around the world are concluding that more important than 9-11 have been the ideas that the Bush leadership brought into office in January 2001. "Confronting the B...

You Can Pray the Way Jesus Prayed! Everyone who wants to pray effectively needs to read this book. Pastor Cleddie Keith is a living testimony of the power of prayer. Anyone can teach theory, but Praying the Lord's Prayer gives you all the secrets that Pastor Keith has discovered by experience over the years he has walked with God.

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Contained within this volume is the first part of "Abandonment to Divine Providence" by Jean-Pierre De Caussade, a treatise on the practice of total abandonment to Divine Providence, or in other words, completely giving yourself over to God's will. A spiritual classic, "Abandonment to Divine Providence" will delight readers of all faiths as they discover the spiritual guidance that this volume has to offer.

The Power of Concentration" is a book of lessons intended to help the reader increase their powers of concentration. Being able to concentrate effectively is a critical element of success, as the author writes, "Success is assured when you are able to concentrate for you are then able to utilize for your good all constructive thoughts and shut out all the destructive ones. It is of the greatest value to be able to think only that which will be...

Sadhana: The Realisation of Life" is Rabindranath Tagore's excellent collection of essays on the subject of Indian spirituality. Tagore's objective in this work was to give the reader an understanding not only of the scripture but as to the practice, as he writes, "So in these papers, it may be hoped, western readers will have an opportunity of coming into touch with the ancient spirit of India as revealed in our sacred texts and manifested in...

The book sets a new standard for the description and analysis of child rearing and development in a non-Western society. It gives English-speaking readers access - at last - to the fascinating systematic research Japanese psychologists have been doing on Japanese children in a wide variety of contemporary contexts: in families with working mothers, with video games and comic books, in school, and under conditions of disability. Its chapters co...

This book documents what works in distance learning (DL), as a set of design guidelines to support the next generation of DL training. It is targeted mainly toward the research and program management communities.

This book documents what works in distance learning (DL), as a set of design guidelines to support the next generation of DL training. It is targeted mainly toward the research and program management communities.

While most school leaders are basically adept at public relations, this book serves as a reminder of the importance of good public relations and provides ready access to tools necessary to hone and refine public relations skills. In addition to information about public relations, it is replete with examples of good public relations practices.