Offers a glimpse of three of Jesus's most important followers, discussing what the writings of the New Testament reveal about each and separating historical fact from myth, and assessing their real roles in the early church.[...]

Provides step-by-step guidance to help you effectively manage the full range of cranial and spinal neurosurgical disorders. This title features the chapters covering the indications and contraindications, pitfalls, tips and tricks, and more for each procedure.[...]

Peter Paul Rubens and the Crisis of the Beati Moderni takes up the question of the issues involved in the formation of recent saints - or Beati moderni (modern Blesseds) as they were called - by the Jesuits and Oratorians in the new environment of increased strictures and censorship that developed a[...]

Peter Paul Rubens is a biography of the famous Flemish artist.

The difficulty that deaf and hard of hearing students have in attaining language and literacy skills has led to postulations that attribute their struggle to a developmental deficit. Recent research reveals, however, that deaf students acquire language structures, produce errors, and employ strategi[...]

This book presents a new psychological framework for understanding religious fundamentalism, one that distinguishes fundamentalist traditions from other faith-based groups and helps explain the thinking and behavior of believers. Steering clear of stereotypes, the highly regarded authors offer respe[...]

Garden of Love is a novel about the life of the famous baroque painter and diplomat P.P. Rubens from his stoicism to the late hedonism, with a fictional history of a painting after which the novel was named. The story begins in Antwerp in 1625, when the main character of this novel, Rubens[...]

Rosa Luxemburg (1871 - 1919) is widely regarded as one of the most creative writers of modern socialism and the foremost female theoretician of European radicalism. Her wide-ranging and incisive works, which include studies on capitalism's inherent drive for global expansion, the relation between sp[...]

Offers quick, fun tests that provide further practice in the core skills. Premier Quick Tests cover the essential topics for Key Stage 2 Maths. Each topic is introduced clearly before fun tests provide ten minutes of practice per topic. After the test is completed there is a colour-in testometer whi[...]