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Of the many Catholic religious orders established in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, none was as influential--or as controversial--as the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuit Order. Beginning with key selections from Ignatius of Loyola's Autobiography and Spiritual Exercises , the documents collected here show how the Order grew, in its first hundred years, from a handful of companions to an international organization praised b...

In addition to Valerie Warrior's crisp, fluent translation of the first five books of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita , this edition features a general introduction to Livy and his work, extensive foot-of-the-page notes offering essential contextual information, and a chronology of events. Three appendices--on the genealogies of the most prominent political figures in the early Republic, Livy's relationship with Augustus, and Livy's treatment of religi...

In "Indo-European Sacred Space, Roger D. Woodard provides a careful examination of the sacred spaces of ancient Rome, finding them remarkably consistent with older Indo-European religious practices as seen in the Vedas of ancient India. Employing and expanding on the fundamental methods of Emile Benveniste, as well as Georges Dumezil's tripartite analysis of Proto-Indo-European society, Woodard discovers not only the spatial dynamics of the ar...

Aimed at both those who are on the point of taking up falconry as well as those who already have hawks, this guide examines all aspects of the sport and is packed with practical advice and information. The author's enthusiasm for his subject is infectious and the text is written in a clear, accessible style. His realistic approach to falconry is demonstrated by his assertion that we should "not let people over-complicate the theory" and that w...

March 29, 1900, is considered by many to be the day mathematical finance was born. On that day a French doctoral student, Louis Bachelier, successfully defended his thesis Theorie de la Speculation at the Sorbonne. This book provides a translation of Bachelier's seminal work.

The pages of this book have captured, distilled, and illuminated the wonders of the wild lands and the whitetails that haunt them, the other creatures that render the swamps magical and intriguing, and the quiet thump of a bow and hiss of an arrow. Midnight black raccoons, ghost-like piebalds, silent bobcats, antlered monarchs, charging hogs, moonlight adventures all add to the spice and excitement. Any aficionado of nature or whitetail deer, ...

The bestselling automotive technology book for students and professionals. Fourth edition.

To the very few women who were teaching in Ontario's universities at the time of the great expansion in the 1960s, Flora Roy is a legendary figure. To many others, academic colleagues and former students, she has continued to be just that through all the years since....Flora Roy is unique among Canadian academics. She shepherded her department through perilous times without compromising her standards or adjusting them to meet the noisy demands...

Published in France in 1987, this is the book in which Lecoq first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. Interviews with major theatre practitioners Ariane Mnouch...

Has there ever been good news?" Intrigued by that challenging question, father and son Scott and Pat Price undertake an inspiring nationwide odyssey in search of goodwill. They determine to interview people in all fifty states, selecting people at random and asking them about the good things in their lives. The result is a refreshingly original study of attitudes, ambitions, and the condition of the American heart. What they find in every pers...

How often do we tend to skip the houses without planets when looking at one's birth chart for the very first time? Interpreting Empty Houses provides a detailed account of these houses that are most often overlooked when delineating horoscopes as they, like houses holding planets, provide valuable insight pertaining to the department of life they each rule. The author explains the meanings of each of the twelve houses when empty as determined ...

The number of laptop computers in US schools is growing at a rapid rate. This book analyzes the types of learning that take place in one-to-one wireless classrooms where all students use laptop computers. It uses examples from urban, suburban, and rural areas, with children in classrooms as well as in ESL, gifted, and special education programs.

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Chasseur of 1914 - The first months of war through the eyes of a French regular cavalry officer. This is a fascinating and unusual book. Written in the early years of the Great War in Europe by a young professional officer of Chasseurs a Cheval, this is a lyrical work full of enthusiasm, idealism and conviction in the spirit of the Light Cavalry. In places the reader can easily imagine it is the account of a Napoleonic or 2nd Empire cavalryman...

From the reality TV show "Superstar" to Formula One ace Michael Schumacher, "Pop Culture Germany!" explores the exciting world of contemporary German popular culture.

An introduction to the legend of Adam Chase and Douglas Nelson

Systemische Strukturaufstellungen sind eine von Matthias Varga von Kibéd und Insa Sparrer entwickelte Form einer Gruppensimulation, die sowohl im psychosozialen als auch im Organisationskontext immer mehr an Bedeutung erlangt. Der Autor beschreibt im ersten Teil wesentliche Grundlagen des systemischen Denkens und Handelns. Im zweiten Teil schildert er einen vollständigen Prozess einer Systemischen Strukturaufstellung, beginnend beim Vorinterv...

Artists, travelers and truth-seekers learn about power, possession and freedom through nature and art, haunted houses and unburied treasures that unravel mysteries about love, the living and the dead.

Cometa-Last Queen of Sheba is a fiction work that takes human life in its entire complexity (mystery as many people would rather say) as the basis for creating a nebulous world where different dimensions rub shoulders: From biological, geographical and social realities we follow through the transcendental adventures of characters such as Pablo, the Portuguese master from Sorbonne Universitatis who in his forties travels from Paris to London an...