F. E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work after twenty-five years. Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic The Children of Abraham for a new generation of readers - at a time when the understandin[...]

F.E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work after twenty-five years. Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic "The Children of Abraham" for a new generation of readers-at a time when the understanding[...]

From the first, specialization and coordination have presented governments with a conundrum: specialized program might be best for delivering one service to the public, but combining such programs for all public services inevitably produces costly redundancies and inefficiencies. In this long-awaite[...]

When Eva's uncle refuses to give her the cow he promised, her father takes him to court. Whoever can answer the judge's questions correctly will keep the cow. Eva comes up with the right answers, and they win the contest. Eva also wins the hand of the judge. But he soon discovers there's more to[...]

Institutionalism has become one of the dominant strands of theory within contemporary political science. Beginning with the challenge to behavioural and rational choice theory issued by March and Olsen, institutional analysis has developed into an important alternative to more individualistic approa[...]

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Uneasy Neighbors: Israel and the European Union presents a concise and thorough analysis of significant aspects of Israeli-European relations from the late 1950s to the present day. Its primary concern is to examine major facets of the troubled Israeli-European relations, which are characterized by [...]

This work comprises three tales of intrigue and treachery, featuring the monastic sleuth. The story of Cadfael's entry into the monastery at Shrewsbury has been known hitherto only to a few readers; now the reader can discover the chain of events that led him into the Benedictine Order.[...]

The Pilgrim of Hate: As the pilgrims gather at Shrewsbury, in distant Winchester a knight has been murdered. Among the throng of pilgrims, some strange customers indeed begin to puzzle Brother Cadfael, and as events unfold it becomes clear that the murder is a much less remote affair that it first s[...]

Set in 12th century Shrewsbury, this story features the further adventures of Brother Cadfael, as he investigates another mystery. Other titles featuring this character include "One Corpse Too Many", "The Potter's Field", and "The Sanctuary Sparrow".[...]