Presents knowledge you need to get through your pharmacology course and beyond. This book covers from a molecular understanding of receptors and drug actions to the clinical uses of the groups of drugs.[...]
For over one hundred years the International Critical Commentary has had a special place amongst works on the Bible. This new volume on James brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological - to enable the scholar to have [...]
Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller "The Great Reckoning" bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. "The Sovereign Individual" details strategies n[...]
The economy is heading for a wrenching adjustment that will push living standards down. Brazil, however, has already learned its inflation lesson and is reinstituting credit back into the society. This will provide outsized growth prospects for the next decade making Brazil what author James Dale Da[...]
Focusing on travel in Muslim societies from Malaysia to West Africa to Western Europe from the first centuries of Islam to the present, the contributors to this edition investigate the role of religious doctrine in motivating travel. While pilgrimage is usually seen as travel with a uniquely religio[...]
In this updated paperback edition, Dale Eickelman and James Piscatori explore how the politics of Islam play out in the lives of Muslims throughout the world. They discuss how recent events such as September 11 and the 2003 war in Iraq have contributed to reshaping the political and religious landsc[...]