Gandhara, the ancient name for the region around modern Peshawar in northern Pakistan, was of pivotal importance in the production of Buddhist texts and art in the first centuries CE. Since the mid-nineteenth century, excavations of Gandharan monastery sites have revolutionized the study of early Bu[...]

The tortured face of a young killer, one of seven boys on trial for a brutal murder, started country preacher David Wilkerson on his lonely crusade to the most dangerous streets in the world.Violent gangs ruled by warlords, drug pushers and pimps held the streets of New York's ghettoes in an iron gr[...]

Few events in American politics over the past two decades have generated more attention than the increasing number of voters calling themselves Independent. By the early 1970s Independents outnumbered Republicans, according to many eminent experts on voting behavior. Yet the authors of this incisive[...]

This text provides an up-to-date introduction to computer concepts and Windows XP. Coverage of Microsoft Office XP is presented using detailed step-by-step, screen-by-screen instructions to ensure students stay on track.[...]

When ITALIAN FOOD was first published, the sort of ingredients that Elizabeth David was writing about were almost unobtainable in England and many of the dishes unknown. Since them, the English have undergone a revolution in their eating habits. This book conveys the richness, colour and variety of [...]

Understanding World Religions studies major religions and worldviews current in today's world in order to seek their assistance in work for justice and peace, and to discourage their promotion of selfish privilege and war. Worldviews studied include Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Marxis[...]

'If you get any closer' Nicky said in a tortured voice 'I will kill you'. 'Would you do it', I asked 'You can cut me in a thousand pieces and throw me in the street, but that will not change how I feel about you.'Some times they laughed at him, other times they threatened him. But one day there was [...]

"Life Is Short--Art Is Shorter" is not just the first anthology to gather both mini-essays and short-short stories; readers, writers, and teachers will get will get an anthology; a course's worth of writing exercises; a rally for compression, concision, and velocity in an increasingly digital, post-[...]

"Savor her book in a comfortable chair, with a glass of sherry."--"Bon Appetit" "Elizabeth David has the intelligence, subtlety, sensuality, courage and creative force of the true artist."--"Wine and Food""The best food writer of her time."--Jane Grigson, "Times Literary Supplement""An Omelette and [...]