This groundbreaking text has been augmented with new material and fully updated to prepare students for the new-style MLC exam.[...]

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The German theologian David Friedrich Strauss (1808-1874) published his highly controversial The Life of Jesus in three volumes between 1835 and 1836. This translation by George Eliot is based on the fourth German edition (1840). Strauss applied strict historical method to the gospel narratives and [...]

The German theologian David Friedrich Strauss (1808-1874) published his highly controversial The Life of Jesus in three volumes between 1835 and 1836. This translation, by George Eliot, is based on the fourth German edition (1840). In this work Strauss applied strict historical method to the New Tes[...]

Legal Life-Writing provides the first sustained treatmentof the implications of life-writing on legal biography,autobiography and the visual history of law in society through afocus on neglected sources, and on those usually marginalized orignored in legal biography and legal history, such as women [...]

"If you want to know what makes up the DNA of a Navy SEAL and have a behind-the-scenes look at the best sniper program in the world, then 'hold 1 right for wind' and read "The Red Circle.""--Chris Kyle, SEAL Team Three Chief and bestselling author of "American Sniper"?Brandon Webb's experiences in t[...]

""Every life is different, but every death is the same. We live with others. We die alone."""
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What would you do if you had only a few days to live? Or a few weeks or months? What if a loved one were in this situation -- how could you help that person decide how to spend the time that remained? Perhaps you lost a family member or dear friend to a terminal illness and were baffled by that pers[...]