Presents 25 challenging and important essays from diverse fields that address current global issues. This title helps readers attain the analytical skills necessary to become informed citizens.[...]
From the blistering jungles of Vietnam to the far-flung battlefields of the African Congo, they faced the turmoil of a new era. It was a different kind of war. But the courage and skill of these young fighting men were an American tradition. Like their fathers before them, they rose up to the ultima[...]
During the past thirty years the American religious landscape has undergone a dramatic change. More and more churches meet in converted warehouses, many have ministers who've never attended a seminary, and congregations are singing songs whose melodies might be heard in bars or nightclubs. Donald E.[...]
This volume examines the development and use of the Bible from late Antiquity to the Reformation, tracing both its geographical and its intellectual journeys from its homelands throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean and into northern Europe. Richard Marsden and Ann Matter's volume provides a b[...]
Being able to understand someone else's religious beliefs is crucial. READING THE NEW TESTAMENT takes the mystery out by introducing you to the five schools of interpretation and what they all mean. And because this introduction to the New Testament textbook is designed to launch conversations with [...]
A Nobel laureate reveals the often surprising rules that govern a vast array of activities both mundane and life-changing in which money may play little or no role.
If you ve ever sought a job or hired someone, applied to college or guided your child into a good kindergarten, asked someone out [...]
New Testament passages suggesting that early Christ-believers were violently persecuted (the 'stone throwing' passages from John, the 'persecuted from town to town' passages in Matthew, the stoning of Stephen in Acts, Paul's hardship catalogue in II Corinthians, etc.) are frequently read positivisti[...]
Every American wants to be in the know. In our fast-moving information age, however, who has time to sift through what's really important and what's just a passing fashion? Now, more than ever, we need a book that gathers together all of the critical information--the people, places, events, and term[...]
In a collection of essays on key events, works, themes, and other aspects of German literary history, the entries focus on particular literary works, events in the life of the authors, historical moments, pieces of music, technological innovations, and theatrical and cinematic premiers.[...]
Notes the pervasiveness of dyslexia among American children today, drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs to reveal the importance of early diagnosis and explaining how parents can work with their children and with educators throughout each grade level. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.[...]
This new edition of J. E. Gordon's classic introduction to the properties of materials used in engineering answers some fundamental and fascinating questions about how the material world around us functions. In particular, Gordon focuses on so-called strong materials, such as metals, wood, ceramics,[...]
In Authentic Happiness, the bestsellingauthor of Learned Optimism introduces the revolutionary, scientifically based idea of "Positive Psychology." Positive Psychology focuses on strengths rather than weaknesses, asserting that happines is not the result of good genes or luck. Happiness can be culti[...]
Whatever your company's sales revenue, chances are that at least half of it comes from a few crucial accounts. So what does it take to keep them going strong? "The New Successful Large Account Management" shows you how to protect those crucial accounts that you can't afford to lose. This hard-hittin[...]
"The New Conceptual Selling" has turned conventional sales thinking on its head by offering powerful, practical lessons that broke down the boundaries of traditional product-pitch selling. Based on the world-renowned Miller Heiman sales training programme, "The New Conceptual Selling" is a thoroughl[...]
One of the best books on selling ever published, The New Strategic Selling has changed sales and marketing for ever. Rejecting manipulative tactics and emphasizing "process", Strategic Selling[registered] presented the idea of selling as a joint venture and introduced the influential concept of 'Win[...]