1945 was the most pivotal year in Germany's modern history. As World War II drew to a devastating and violent close, the German people were confronted simultaneously with making sense of the horrors just passed and finding the strength and hope to move forward and rebuild. Richard Bessel offers a pr[...]

John Wilder is in his mid-thirties, a successful salesman with a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son. But something is wrong. His family no longer interests him, his infidelities are leading him nowhere and he has begun to drink too much. Then one night, something inside Joh[...]

Richard Sorabji presents a study of ancient Greek views of the emotions and their influence on subsequent theories and attitudes, pagan and Christian. The debate also concerns the different roles of philosophy, music and the arts in calming stress.[...]

Updated through the first term of President George W. Bush, the latest edition of this classic work analyzes how each U.S. president since Lyndon Johnson has dealt with the complex challenge of Arab-Israeli peacemaking. Written especially for classroom use, Peace Process is also an invaluable resour[...]

When is war is the result of a nation's deliberate decision to advance its vital interests by force of arms? When is it brought about by miscalculation? What causes policy-makers to misjudge the consequences of their actions? This book takes up these and other questions in a comparative study of the[...]

This is a critical introduction to Dostoyevsky's work Professor of Peace concentrates on the four major novels, "Crime and Punishment," "The Idiot," "The Devils "and "The Brothers Karamazov. "He analyses them in detail, paying particular attention to theme, interprets complexities of structure and c[...]

A guide to leisure cycle routes south of the Loire Valley in France. It includes traffic-free routes and signed touring routes with a factifile, text description of what to see along the way and quality mapping at 1:200,000 for the routes.[...]

A spiral bound guidebook that describes touring routes north of the Loire. It details an additional 100 greenways, covering all the major off-road traffic-free trails in Northern France. It also includes supporting information for the featured touring routes such as directions, cycle-friendly accomm[...]

This Casebook is a collection of interpretations of Crime and Punishment. The selection not only reflects earlier work by major critics in the field, but also more recent studies. At the same time the choice of critical approaches has been made on the basis of covering the novel's various aspects: D[...]