It is a commonplace that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a spellbinding orator, and it is evident that he honed these skills in the pulpit, in his capacity as a Baptist minister. Until now, however, there has been no full-scale study of King as a preacher. This long-awaited study, drawing on tape-[...]

Offers a discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. This text examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, Hinduism and Buddhism are taken for granted. He shows how religion needs to be redescribed along the lines of cultural stud[...]

Suitable for writers to engage with subjects, individuals and issues that color various corners of the pop music world, this book presents music writing of various sorts: ruminations and rhapsodies, reported investigations and critical essays, and pieces that range widely across time and genre scape[...]

Richard King's account of the several years he spent working in a Bristol independent record shop in the early 90s is destined to become a classic of music writing. We live in an age when the most beautiful of recording formats, vinyl, is back in vogue and thriving. In the early 90s, with the march [...]

A climactic battle of magic and steel from the "New York Times "best-selling author of "The Legend of Huma
"The Titans have gained the Fire Rose and seized the ogre realms from the Grand Khan Golgren. With the powerful artifact created by the god, Sirrion, they have literally recreated the capi[...]

The whole subject is brought up to date - Arthurian buffs will want this book - "Daily Telegraph". Who was the real Arthur? Why were his knights so famous? Was he buried at Glastonbury? Richard Barber takes the story from the anonymous 8th century chronicler who first listed his battles to the novel[...]

Billy Bremner remains, more than a decade on from his premature death at the age of just 54, one of football's most iconic figures. This title lets you discover the inside story on what from just how close Maradona once came to signing for Bremner to the ups and downs that characterised his truly ex[...]

#1 bestselling master of suspense...
King's other half can be even creepier.
They're tearing down Bart Dawes's home, leveling his memories, and destroying his past, all for a new highway extension. Funny what that kind of progress can do to a man. Scary, too.
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The design and functional complexity of medical devices and systems has increased during the past half century, evolving from the level of cardiac pacemakers to magnetic resonance imaging devices. Such life-saving advancements are monumentally advantageous, but with so much at stake, a step-by-step [...]