Wendy Doniger's foundational study is both modern in its engagement with a diverse range of religions and refreshingly classic in its transhistorical, cross-cultural approach. By responsibly analyzing patterns and themes across context, Doniger reinvigorates the comparative reading of religion, tapp[...]

This innovative sourcebook builds a dynamic understanding of China's early medieval period (220--589) through an original selection and arrangement of literary, historical, religious, and critical texts. A tumultuous and formative era, these centuries saw the longest stretch of political fragmentati[...]

We invoke the ideal of tolerance in response to conflict, but what does it mean to answer conflict with a call for tolerance? Is tolerance a way of resolving conflicts or a means of sustaining them? Does it transform conflicts into productive tensions, or does it perpetuate underlying power relation[...]

How has the Internet, a medium that thrives on control, been accepted as a medium of freedom? Why is freedom increasingly indistinguishable from paranoid control? In Control and Freedom, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun explores the current political and technological coupling of freedom with control by tracing[...]

This classic and comprehensive title is a strategic view of information systems, suitable for MBA students and Business students taking a BIS or a higher level strategy option.[...]

This text captures some of the Bible's most dramatic scenes and memorable characters, as depicted by artists such as Botticelli, Caravaggio, Durer, Leonardo, Raphael, Rembrandt and Van Gogh.[...]

Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) is one of the great figures of British painting. He is perhaps most famous for his depictions of the music hall, its artistes, audience and elaborate interiors; and for his vibrant views of Venice and Dieppe. In recent years his later works - portraits and scenes f[...]

This title offers 21 gorgeous sock patterns for men, women and children. Packed with written instructions, charts, schematics and expert advice, this title is the follow-up to the highly successful "Socks from the Toe Up". Socks are the perfect knitting project: they are quick, portable, and make gr[...]

A magical, heartwarming memoir from one of Hollywood's most beloved icons
Over the past four decades, the landmark NBC hit television series "I Dream of Jeannie "has delighted generations of audiences and inspired untold numbers of teenage crushes on its beautiful blond star, Barbara Eden. [...]