This classic biography was first published thirty years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching. The remarkable discovery recently of a considerable number of letters and sermons by Augustine has thrown fresh light on the first and last dec[...]

These works, as the sub-title makes clear, are unfinished sketches for "Philosophical Investigations," possibly the most important and influential philosophical work of modern times. The 'Blue Book' is a set of notes dictated to Witgenstein's Cambridge students in 1933-1934: the 'Brown Book' was a d[...]

Marking a departure in our understanding of Christian views of the afterlife from 250 to 650 CE, "The Ransom of the Soul" explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul that occurred around the time of Rome s fall. Peter Brown describes how this shift transformed the Church s [...]

This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown's vivid prose charts the compelling an[...]

In this Caldecott Honor winning picture book, "The Twilight Zone "comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him.Jasper Rabbit loves carrots especially Crackenhopper Field carrots.
He eats them on the way to school.
He eats them going to Little League.
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Bobby has a problem at school. It's his teacher, Miss Kirby. She stomps, she roars, and she won't even let him throw paper aeroplanes in class ...what a monster! One day the unthinkable happens when Bobby bumps into Miss Kirby outside school. However, he soon finds out there's more to her than meets[...]

Historien om en björn och hennes pojke

"Snälla, snälla, jag kan väl få behålla den?", vilket barn har inte kommit hem med en groda, fågelunge eller något annat litet djur och bönat om detta? I denna charmiga bilderbok blir det igenkänning med en ny humoristisk twist. När bjö[...]

West of Last Chance is a unique collaboration between celebrated photographer Peter Brown and award-winning author Kent Haruf. The result is a profound visual/verbal dialogue of short prose pieces and large-format color images that brings to life this sometimes brutal and incredibly beautiful part o[...]

The students studying valuation as a part of their Real Estate Management degree have to calculate the rating yield of properties they value. However, since the long history of this law dates back to 1601 it's complicated and can be difficult to understand. This textbook deals with this complex aspe[...]

The Hegel Lectures Series Series Editor: Peter C. Hodgson Hegel's lectures have had as great a historical impact as the works he himself published. Important elements of his system are elaborated only in the lectures, especially those given in Berlin during the last decade of his life. The original [...]

Menander was the founding father of European comedy. From Ralph Roister Doister to What the Butler Saw, from Henry Fielding to P. G. Wodehouse, the stock motifs and characters can be traced back to him. The greatest writer of Greek New Comedy, Menander (c.341-290 BC) wrote over one hundred play[...]