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In this incisive work, Jordan shows how carefully selected ideals of Christian marriage have come to dominate recent debates over same-sex unions. Opponents of gay marriage, he reveals, too often confuse simplified ideals of matrimony with historical facts.

In "Last Fall" an older generation of artists, intellectuals, and arts professionals investigate an art theft, "something missing" from the Museum, but the transience of the collections makes it impossible to identify what's gone. Recovering the work means exposing the secret of the Museum's creation, a conspiracy of the "why" chromosome transforming all the suspects into an American family.

From diet and supplements to exercise and therapeutic massage, Dr. Mindell presents safe, easy-to-use strategies to help readers achieve optimum health and relief from the discomfort of arthritis.

Learn how supplements can reverse symptoms of hepatitis and improve your health.

Provides a account of the southern frontier is the first to give a detailed critical analysis of the 1733-49 period during which Georgia served as a British military buffer colony between Spanish-dominated Florida and British-held South Carolina. Primarily a military history, British Drums on the Southern Frontier also emphasizes frontier politics and Indian diplomacy.

Originally published in 1923, this is a facsimile edition of the definitive reference work on the Marine Chronometer with seventy additional photographs. This revised edition, including the author's later revisions and corrections, covers the chronometer's history from the earliest attempts to measure longitude while including

J. Allan Dunn -- one of the most popular writers for the pulp magazines of the early 20th Century -- wrote voluminously on every subject imaginable. Here are three of his swashbuckling tales of pirates, full of colorful action, beautiful women, and daring high-seas escapades! "The Golden Dolphin, " a complete novel, tells the story of an expedition to discover what happened to a ship lost in the South Seas. "The Marooner, " a novella, is the s...

The idea of "world religions" expresses a vague commitment to multiculturalism. Not merely a descriptive concept, "world religions" is actually a particular ethos, a pluralist ideology, a logic of classification, and a form of knowledge that has shaped the study of religion and infiltrated ordinary language.In this ambitious study, Tomoko Masuzawa examines the emergence of "world religions" in modern European thought. Devoting particular atten...

Societies today are increasingly characterized by their ethnic, racial, and religious diversity. One key question raised by the global migration of people is how they do or do not come to be incorporated into their new social environments. For over a century, assimilation has been the concept used in explaining the processes of immigrant incorporation into a new society. It has also been applied to indigenous peoples, to refugees, and to invol...

In Privatization in the City, E .S. Savas comprehensively examines the evolution and implementation of former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani&BAD, :rsquo, s aggressive privatization program in the face of a city council generally hostile to privatization. Savas identifies, examines, evaluates, and documents all forms of privatization employed, including contracting, competitive sourcing, divestment, leases, vouchers, franchises, default, wi...

Illuminating the role of the Korean peninsula in three modern historical periods, this volume offers a fresh appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the twenty-fifth century.

Filled with hundreds of photos of graffiti art and Bronx cityscapes, as well as first-hand accounts of the exploits of legendary graffiti artists, this is a guided tour of the uncharted Bronx and the author's wholly unsupervised childhood in the 1970s.

Preferring to dream away the days on his Caribbean island, little Junjun tries saying magic words to get the chores done.

Sport in South Asia has a long and varied history that is often dramatic, sometimes violent, and which always promises to reveal much about the broader currents that have shaped culture and society. Some 100 years ago, an Indian became the star of England's cricket team, an 'Untouchable' was offered a contract in the English domestic cricket league, and an Indian win in a football match against an English Regiment was celebrated by a crowd of ...

Offers some initial observations into the internetting of fires process abd a foundation for understanding its relationship to combat outcome.

Navigate the world of the powerful SQL procedure with Katherine Prairie's Essential PROC SQL Handbook for SAS Users. Written in an easy-to-use, logical format, this comprehensive reference focuses on the functionality of the procedure, as well as the accomplishment of common tasks using PROC SQL, enabling readers to quickly develop and enhance their SQL skills. Features include more than 300 examples of PROC SQL code, plus queries and diagrams...

The universal appeal of Charles Peguy (1873-1914) has made him one of France's best-loved poets. His influence has also caused a gentle but unmistakable shift in twentieth-century Catholic thought, leaving a legacy that continues in such writers as Bernanos, Marcel, Guardini, de Lubac, and Balthasar. In The Portal of the Mystery of Hope Peguy offers a comprehensive theology ordered around the often-neglected second theological virtue, which is...

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Our modern society is flooded with all sorts of devices: TV sets, automobiles, microwaves, mobile phones. How are all these things affecting us? How can their role in our lives be understood?

Die Reihe Einfach klassisch macht auch ungeübte Leserinnen und Leser mit klassischen Stoffen bekannt und weckt ihr Leseinteresse: Die Originaltexte sind behutsam gekürzt und sprachlich vereinfacht, ungebräuchliche Wörter durch geläufige ersetzt, schwer verständliche Satzkonstruktionen aufgelöst. Die Bearbeitung hält sich dabei so nah wie möglich an das Original, um literarische Eigenart und Intention der ursprünglichen Fassung zu erhalten....