Like many Christians today in the academic world, Dr. Steven Collins felt pulled in different directions when it came to apparent conflicts between the Bible and scholarly research and theory--an intellectual crisis that inspired him to lay it all on the line as he set off to locate the lost city of[...]
Practical Everyday English is a self-study book with audio CD that focuses on advanced vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idioms. It teaches students words and expressions which are often not learnt at schools or in other books. It is the first book in the Practical Everyday English series.[...]
Advanced Everyday English with audio CD is the second book in the Practical Everyday English series. It is written in exactly the same form as the first book and is also designed to improve the vocabulary of advanced students of English as a foreign language. Once again, the focus is on advanced voc[...]
High-level Everyday English is book 3 in the Practical Everyday English series, and is designed for students who have reached a very advanced stage in their English studies...but still need a little help with difficult everyday vocabulary.[...]
"The Czechoslovak New Wave" was originally published in 1985 and was quickly established as the world's leading authoritative English-language text. A study of the most significant movement in post-war Central and East European cinemas, it examines the origins of a movement against the political and[...]
This book is intended for modern students, inside or outside the classroom, as a work of reference rather than a "teach yourself" textbook. It presents an introductory sketch of Pali using both European and South Asian grammatical categories. In English-language works, Pali is standardly presented i[...]
"Residential Building Codes Illustrated" is an easy-to-use illustrated guide to building codes for residential structures based upon the latest edition of the International Residential Code. Part of the Building Codes Illustrated series, "Residential Building Codes Illustrated" features the code exp[...]
For decades the Mafia controlled the flow of heroin onto the streets of Harlem. Frank Lucas changed all that. Born in rural North Carolina, he came to New York and rose to power under notorious mobster Bumpy Johnson. When Bumpy died, Frank moved to take over the drug business. Caught in a squeeze pl[...]