Something about our modern way of life is making us sick. The antidepressants of old caused such painful and disabling side effects that the new sophisticated medications featuring fewer side effects seem to present an effortless solution to overcoming depression. Although depression requires physic[...]
Each edition includes:
- Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
- Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
- Scene-by-scene plot summaries
- A key to famous lines and phrases
- An introduction to reading[...]
In Praise of First Edition 'Levin does an excellent job presenting the principles, concepts, and techniques of cost analyses and demonstrates their application through the use of specific educational examples and meaningful exercises.' - Journal of Health Administration and Education This Second Edi[...]
Massive and scholarly, but written for scientific and theological lay persons, this book combines the findings of many disciplines.[...]
This work addresses a range of issues including theism, bibliology, theology, angelology, anthropology, soteriology, ecclesiology and eschatology.[...]
This meticulously researched yet engaging book traces The Salvation Army's history of service from its beginnings in Victorian England to its present-day mission in all parts of the world. A phenomenal religious movement, acclaimed for its compassionate service, The Salvation Army now works in no fe[...]
Winner, 1998 PEN Center USA West Award for Translation Josef Hirsal's experimental novel is a Dada-like romp through the life of a young man born into a Bohemian peasant family. Told in five parts, "A Bohemian Youth" begins with a word to the wise, moves on to the text, continues with notes and with[...]
An incisive introduction by Amy Bloom, a preface by the author, and new endnotes complement the classic novel of romantic suspense, about a young couple, Kate Croy and her lover, journalist Merton Densher, who plan to extort money from a naive and trusting American heiress who is terminally ill. Rep[...]
This book tells the gripping true story of the Orensteins, a Jewish family living in Poland during the Second World War. When Henry Orenstein and his siblings end up in a series of concentrations camps, Orenstein's bravery and quick thinking help him to save himself and his brothers from execution b[...]
The first English translation contains two essays by French Islamic scholar Henry Corbin: "Mundus Imaginalis, or the Imaginary and the Imaginal" and "Comparative Spiritual Hermeneutics." Corbin called Swedenborg "the prophet of the inter-nal sense of the Bible" and compared his biblical symbolism to[...]
How do we know the Bible is true? How will we spend eternity? Here is a complete resource to these and other tough questions facing every individual today.[...]
By the late fifteenth century the Great Wardrobe, the section of the royal household that supplied the king and his household with clothing and furnishings, was well established in the London parish of St Andrew by the Wardrobe (many of the suppliers of fabric to the Great Wardrobe and many of the i[...]
Mulla Nasreddin, as he is known the Persian speaking world, is a humorous witty character that goes by different names in different cultures. Iranians, Arabs and Turks still bicker about who he was and where he was from. Though Mulla Nasreddin originated in the Middle East half a millennia ago, the [...]
Five novels dramatize the interaction of Americans with more sophisticated Europeans
Entrepreneurs have long been drivers of innovation in developed countries. They start companies and create new industries that keep economies strong and prosperous. Today, however, in developing nations such as China, state-controlled economies are building robust industries at stunning speed and si[...]
This 1906 text examines Spain's historical development, from the period of reaction following Ferdinand VII's restoration through to the Spanish-American War.[...]
The first volume of this four-volume set of Latin chronicles, edited by Richard Howlett (1841-1917) and published between 1884 and 1889, contains the first four books of the Historia rerum Anglicarum by William of Newburgh (c.1136-c.1198). Newburgh's extensive history, in five books, chronicles even[...]
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.There are spooky surprises in store for Horrid Henry and Stuck-Up Steve in this hilarious story perfect[...]