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This reader collects and introduces important work in linguistics, computer science, artificial intelligence, and computational linguistics on the use of linguistic devices in natural languages to situate events in time: whether they are past, present, or future, whether they are real or hypothetical, when an event might have occurred, and how long it could have lasted. Clear, self-contained editorial introductions to each area provide the nec...

The Romantic age in Britain formed one of the most celebrated moments in literary history, but it also witnessed the rise of 'political economy' as the most prestigious science of nineteenth-century capitalist society. Romanticism, Economics and the Question of 'Culture' investigates this historical conjunction, and challenges the influential idea that Romantic writers such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley were implacably opposed to the a...

A highly original, major contribution to one of the most important and hotly contested issues concerning the book of Isaiah: who wrote it. The author's provocative and important conclusions point to the key role from beginning to end of the so-called `Deutero-Isaiah', hitherto believed to have been merely the author of chapters 40-55. Professor Williamson's book, based upon a more rigorous methodology than ever used before, sheds much new ligh...

Pacific Rim Letters "is a never before seen collection of letters Roy Kiyooka wrote between 1975 and 1985 It presents a fascinating and highly valuable picture of the artistic and literary communities Kiyooka was actively involved with as well as Kiyooka as a man with an extraordinary intellect and passion for life and the arts Kiyooka takes the epistolary form into new and radical directions At once tenderly estranged and confessional attenti...

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The Structure and Evolution of Galaxies is a concise introduction to this fascinating subject providing the reader with the fundamentals in a clear and accessible style. This user-friendly text assumes some prerequisite knowledge of astronomy, with the necessary mathematics kept to a minimum. Beginning with an introduction to the existence of our own external galaxies, the book moves on to discuss how perceptions of galaxy development have cha...

Whether they leave out of preference for another ministry or due to serious conflict, pastors who relinquish parish ministry face misunderstanding and even hostility. "Pastors in Transition" brings clarity to this little-examined aspect of the pastorate by examining the main reasons why pastors in five Protestant denominations have left parish ministry.The fruit of careful sociological research, "Pastors in Transition" presents the findings of...

In an age of blackouts and overburdened highways, this book helps us understand and improve our relationships with our engineered and natural environments.

Bookkeeping for Nonprofits is a hands-on guide that offers nonprofit leaders, managers, and staff the tools they need to create and maintain a complete and accurate set of accounting records. This much-needed resource provides those with little or no bookkeeping experience with practical advice in a highly accessible format. Written by Murray Dropkin and Jim Halpin, "Bookkeeping for Nonprofits isa step-by-step introduction to keeping accountin...

From the bestselling author of "Knowing God" comes a sympathetic critique of the charismatic movement. Packer issues a radical call to personal and corporate revival.

Everything honorably discharged veterans need to know in order to maximize the receipt of veterans' benefits is included in this volume.

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Gaia Moore from Pascal's Fearless series is out of college and is now training for the FBI. When it comes to hunting down a serial killer, cracking the case may mean bending FBI rules. For Gaia, it means breaking them.

Can an anthropologist help us understand the world of business? Armed with this question, veteran anthropologist Brian Moeran embarks on an in-depth study of cultural production and creative industries in Japan. Moeran is able to shed light not only on social behavior and human relations in general but, more specifically, on the importance of strategic exchange to all business practices. Moeran's fieldwork, rooted in participant-observation of...

This book investigates the impact of USA patent activity on technical change in 35 industries given in the KLEM (Jorgenson, 1996) data set for the period 1958-1996. Four patent variables are introduced, namely total patent applications, total patents granted, unsuccessful patent applications and foreign patents granted.

It is generally assumed that anthropologists do their research in remote and uncomfortable parts of the world - places with monsoons, mud huts, and malaria. In this volume, social anthropologist Kate Fox has taken on an altogether more enjoyable assignment, the study of the arcane world of British horseracing. For Fox, field research meant wandering around racetracks in a pink hat and high heels (standard tribal costume) rather than braving ki...

The starter's gun explodes, and Hollis Grant excitedly begins her first marathon, only to stumble over a body lying in the road, the body of the Reverend Paul Robertson, her soon-to-be ex-husband. When the crush of runners passes and the medics arrive, it becomes clear that he has not collapsed but has been brutally stabbed.