Praise for the First Edition: 'Totally reliable! the authors have produced a book urgently needed by all those charged with introducing students to the classics! quite indispensable' - Times Higher Education Supplement This is a fully updated and expanded new edition of the successful undergraduate [...]
From the team that brought you the bestselling Understanding Classical Sociology (SAGE Publications, 1995), we now have a companion volume dealing with the modern period of social theory. An introductory chapter situates the reader in the main changes in society and sociology following the classic p[...]
Spiritual warfare victory A biblical and theological rationale with practical tools for advancing God's Kingdom. "Supernatural Forces in Spiritual Warfare: Wrestling with Dark Angels" is a compilation of keynote speaker presentations in an important symposium that was a public legitimizing of acade[...]
For generations when Christians have engaged in spiritual warfare, most of the time they have focused on "satan" as the main opponent. However, C. Peter Wagner has gathered together a number of ministers who teach from personal experience that the "principalities and powers" are more than just satan[...]
Frederick W. Danker is deservedly recognized as one of today's foremost Greek lexicographers. Unique among contemporary biblical scholars, Danker has lived to see the publication of two major Greek dictionaries that he himself edited. While he was part of the editorial team that produced the second [...]
Tackles an issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. This book examines the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine.[...]
When the 1st Marine Division began its invasion of Peleliu in September 1944, the operation in the South Pacific was to take but four days. In fact, capturing this small coral island in the Palaus with its strategic airstrip took two months and involved some of the bloodiest fighting of the Second W[...]
Pastors and students of the Bible who seek deep and detailed engagement with the text of the New Testament have long relied on R. C. H. Lenski's classic text - now available again. Lenski's massive yet readable commentary has been deeply influential in pastoral circles that prize serious work with t[...]
Presents forty case studies featuring some of the most important human infectious diseases worldwide. Suitable for students of microbiology and medicine, this book describes the natural history of infection from point of entry of the pathogen through pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis an[...]
Because the Catholic Epistles focus on orthodox faith and morals, the Fathers drew on them as a means of defense against the rising challenge of heretics. This factor gave these letters a freshness and relevance to conditions in the fourth and fifth centuries that might otherwise seem surprising. Ma[...]
Focuses on making connections between biomechanics and other subdisciplines of Exercise Science. This title provides qualitative, conceptual explanation and then moves to a mathematical one, including both qualitative and some mathematical examples.[...]
Justly renowned as one of the finest printmakers of the eighteenth century, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is best known for his etched views of Rome and its antiquities, as well as for his highly influential suite of drawings entitled "Carceri," or "Imaginary Prisons." Trained as an archite[...]
In his acclaimed 2008 book "Systems Thinking in the Public Sector", John Seddon blew the whistle on public sector 'reform' and the flawed gospel of quasi-markets, competition, targets and inspection. He showed how thousands of people in the UK and elsewhere had been engaged at a cost of millions of [...]
The Catalan province of Lleida in Northeast Spain is a rock climber's dream, offering everything from bouldering and single-pitch routes, to multi pitch classics. This guide describes 120 separate sectors spread across 22 zones, offering 2,800 routes of between grade III (S) and 9b+ (hard!), and ran[...]
If it's Ancient Greece you're interested in, our authors will guide you from the Acropolis to the islands (the geographical and spiritual center of the Cyclades). In the 21st century, they'll point you toward the best resorts, hotels, nightlife and shopping in Athens and the islands."Greeks may not [...]