“…Tells about the hardship, hunger, failure, and murder, the wild fun of gold rushes, the cow towns, and the peace officers who were cowards. Describes an army whose task it was to vanquish a people fighting for its homeland and worthless men who have become heroes on television…”

“…This book celebrates the pleasures of the sharp dressed man, from the discreet sophistication of the consummately elegant George Bryan Beau Brummell in the early 19th century to the diverse, highly personal flair of the tastemakers who color the landscape of menswear today. Since the word dandy came into vogue in London in 1813, it has at times been used to describe someone superficial, flamboyant, and self-indulgent. …”

“…Hegel's agonistic interpretation of these 'reflective philosophers of subjectivity', who he reads as settling for a form of reason that is 'no longer worthy of the name', and a version of faith that 'no longer seems worth the bother', not only demonstrates his growing facility with the dialectical method for which he is best known but it also anticipates his own speculative reconciliation of faith and reason. …”

“…The textile business funded the Italian Renaissance and the Mughal Empire; it left us double-entry bookkeeping and letters of credit, the David and the Taj Mahal. From the Minoans who exported woolen cloth colored with precious purple dye to Egypt, to the Romans who wore wildly expensive Chinese silk, the trade and production of textiles paved the economic and cultural crossroads of the ancient world. …”

“…It is essentially practical in its manifestation and uplifting in its content, but nevertheless, always evasive and arcane in its comprehension. Aimed both at those who are already students of theosis and at those who are looking for an introductory text, this book contains biblical and historical-theological essays that offer innovative approaches to the issue of theosis the transformation of believers into the likeness of God. …”

“…Historically speaking, most people who have done theological reflection have done so in intimate conversation with the images seen in sacred spaces. …”

“…However, we can also focus on some core aspects of our being, such as the core values, beliefs or attitudes I hold towards particular aspects of my life, i.e. who I REALLY am! To start, we would like to invite you to engage with the following activity"--…”

“…Beginning with Plato's extensive thinking about work's relationship to wisdom, Hanson covers the singularly powerful arguments of Augustine, who wrote the ancient world's only treatise dedicated to the topic of manual labor. …”

“…Corpus Christi tackles the viewpoints of the most eminent researchers worldwide who are working on the subject. Corpus Christi enables us to understand just how spectacular the distance is between what we know about Jesus - or what we think we know - and what is known by historians, linguists, bible scholars, and epigraphers who are endlessly analyzing and questioning the most fundamental Christian texts…”

“…Working from these accounts, Rapley is able to provide a far more complex picture of women who, as a whole, were much less otherworldly than the older convent literature would have us believe, much less thwarted and unhappy than their detractors have long maintained, and much less irrelevant than some historians have assumed. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…MOTHERHOOD AS A PERVERSION; Chapter 5. MOTHERS WHO COMMIT INCEST: The Surrogacy of the Child; Chapter 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Changing Nature of EU Energy Policy: Theory and Milestones 4. Who Does What? The Main Actors 5. Building a Common Internal Energy Market 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mademoiselle Fifi -- An Affair of State -- The Artist -- The Horla -- Miss Harriet -- The Hole -- Love : Three Pages from a Sportsman's Book -- The Inn -- A Family -- Bellflower -- Who Knows? -- The Devil -- Epiphany -- Simon's Papa -- Waiter, A "Bock" -- Sequel to a Divorce The Man Woman -- In Various Roles -- The False Gems -- Countess Satan -- The Colonel's Ideas -- Two Little Soldiers -- Ghosts -- Was It a Dream? …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Hebrew Bible and Jacob's Change of Name -- Jacob's Change of Name as Represented by the Septuagint Translators -- Days Without Number: Jacob, Israel, and Jesus ben Sira -- Jacob Becomes Israel: The Story as Told by the Book of Jubilees -- The One Who Sees God: Israel According to Philo of Alexandria -- The Name Israel, Philo, and the Prayer of Joseph -- Jacob Becomes Israel: The Account of Flavius Josephus -- Jacob's Change of Name Expounded in Rabbinic Texts -- New Testament Engagements -- Some Patristic Approaches to the Name Israel…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…What do we know about the archaeology of Qumran? -- chapter 3. Who lived at Qumran and what was their story? -- chapter 4. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Islamic Traditions and Muslim Youth in Norway; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Situating Islam in Norway: ethnographic context and theoretical perspectives; Chapter Two Envisioning unity, coping with difference; Chapter Three Who are 'we'? Social imaginaries; Chapter Four The politics of recognition: (re)Constructing identity/difference; Chapter Five The quest for knowledge: individualization and religious authority; Chapter Six Becoming Muslim: working on the self; Chapter Seven Tradition, authenticity and autonomy; Bibliography; Index…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Early Post-Biblical Literature: Gateways to Heaven and Hell; 3. The Mishnah: Who Will Merit the World to Come?; 4. The Talmud: What Happens in the Next World?…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who Is a Jew? What Is a Jew? : Jewish Identity, Jewish Status, and the Challenge of Conversion; 1. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 2 - Frameworks and issues for adult and skills learning; 3 - The place of skills training in the curriculum; 4 - Preparation for skills teaching; 5 - Building a learning group; 6 - Teaching the skills and competencies; 7 - Assessment; 8 - Who are you as a skills trainer?; APPENDIX 1 - Structures and techniques for teaching and practicing skills; APPENDIX 2 - Diploma in Integrative Psychosynthesis Competencies assessment forms; References; Index…”