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View book details for Shays's Rebellion
The American Revolution's Final Battle
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
During the bitter winter of 1786-87, Daniel Shays, a modest farmer and Revolutionary War veteran, and his compatriot Luke Day led an unsuccessful armed rebellion against the state of Massachusetts. Their desperate struggle was fueled by the injustice of a …
View book details for Books Without Borders in Enlightenment Europe
French Cosmopolitanism and German Literary Markets
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Though the field of book history has long been divided into discrete national histories, books have seldom been as respectful of national borders as the historians who study themleast of all in the age of Enlightenment when French books reached …
View book details for The Garden of Delights
Reform and Renaissance for Women in the Twelfth Century
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
In The Garden of Delights, Fiona J. Griffiths offers the first major study of the Hortus deliciarum, a magnificently illuminated manuscript of theology, biblical history, and canon law written both by and explicitly for women at the end of the …
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
The Samburu of northern Kenya struggle to maintain their pastoral way of life as drought and the side effects of globalization threaten both their livestock and their livelihood. Mirroring this divide between survival and ruin are the lines between the …
View book details for Die Kirche als Problem der SED
Strukturen kommunistischer Herrschaftsausubung gegenuber der evangelischen Kirche 1945 bis 1958
De Gruyter
View book details for Cassirer und Goethe
Neue Aspekte einer philosophisch-literarischen Wahlverwandtschaft
De Gruyter
Der Philosoph Ernst Cassirer liest Goethe als einen Autor von philosophischer Dignitat. Er bringt Goethes Texte auf eine individuelle Weise erneut zum Sprechen, indem er sie im Licht seiner eigenen Theorie liest und an ihnen exemplarisch werden lat, wie eine …
De Gruyter
Die Reihe Patristische Texte und Studien publiziert seit 1963 Forschungsergebnisse, die durch die Patristische Kommission, heute ein Gemeinschaftsunternehmen aller deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften, koordiniert werden. In ihr erscheinen Editionen, Kommentare und Monographien zu den Schriften und Lehren der Kirchenvater.
View book details for Die Geschichte von der Thronfolge Davids (2 Sam 920; 1 Kon 12)
Untersuchungen zur Literarkritik und Tendenz
De Gruyter
In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu samtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebraische Bibel, ihr Vor- und Nachleben im antiken Judentum sowie ihre vielfache Verzweigung in die benachbarten Kulturen …
View book details for Politikverdrossenheit
Der Parteienstaat in der historischen und gegenwartigen Diskussion. Ein deutsch-britischer Vergleich
De Gruyter
Die Prinz-Albert-Gesellschaft hat sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die britisch-deutschen Beziehungen in Wissenschaft, Kultur und Politik zu pflegen. Alljahrlich finden unter dieser Pramisse Tagungen statt, deren Beitrage in den Prinz-Albert-Studien veroffentlicht werden und die viele interessante Aspekte der britisch-deutschen Beziehungen verdeutlichen.
Turner Publishing Company
In the months following the September 11 attacks, world leaders began a flurry of attempts to muzzle the press. Some governments prevented journalists from covering anti-US demonstrations or criticizing US policies. Others opportunistically adopted the rhetoric of the war on …
Graphic Arts Books
17 year-old Mickey Church, a Tlingit Indian didnt see anything special about his hometown. Perched on an island in Southeast Alaska, the small town of Wrangell was shabby, wet, and isolated. Mickey spent his time acting out, lighting up, and …
Turner Publishing Company
Chemical dependency is a huge problem. In the U.S., 10% to 12% of the population is dependendent on alcohol or some other addictive chemical such as heroin, cocaine, or amphetamines. Author William Fleeman believes chemically dependent people use chemicals to …
View book details for User's Guide to Thyroid Disorders
Natural Ways to Keep Your Body from Dragging You Down
Turner Publishing Company
This User's Guide describes the nature of thyroid disorders, natural thyroid-replacement hormones, and the important role of supplemental vitamins and minerals for thyroid function.
View book details for The Parrot
An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet
Turner Publishing Company
Smart and outgoing, parrots are the chosen bird of people who want a feathered cohort.An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet is the series to turn to when you want a basic reference that's reliable, up-to-date, and complete. These …
View book details for The Jack Russell Terrier
Courageous Companion
Turner Publishing Company
Known for its hunting skills and endless energy, the Jack Russell Terrier is absolutely a breed apart. In addition to discussion of the breed's development and working history, this book will serve as a new owner's reference, with guidance on …
View book details for The Secret of Vigor
How to Overcome Burnout, Restore Metabolic Balance, and Reclaim Your Natural Energy
Turner Publishing Company
Vigor is defined as "a 3-tiered sustained mood state characterized by physical energy, mental acuity, and emotional well-being." Vigor is a true measure of wellness because it encompasses much more than simply feeling energetic or being in a good mood …
Turner Publishing Company
Calcium is essential for health, but it actually works best with magnesium to build strong bones, maintain a healthy heart, improve mood, and reduce PMT. This guide explains the health benefits of this nutritional team and how you can use …
View book details for The Complete Book of Foaling
An Illustrated Guide for the Foaling Attendant
Turner Publishing Company
In Praise of The Complete Book of Foaling"A must read for anybody who has ever thought about breeding a mare." --Judith Forbis, Ansata Arabian Stud"Brilliantly written reads like a novel, yet beautifully organized so that you can flip to a …
View book details for Liberty of the Imagination
Aesthetic Theory, Literary Form, and Politics in the Early United States
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
In Liberty of the Imagination, Edward Cahill uncovers the surprisingly powerful impact of eighteenth-century theories of the imaginationphilosophical ideas about aesthetic pleasure, taste, genius, the beautiful, and the sublimeon American writing from the Revolutionary era to the early nineteenth century. …
View book details for Metropolitan Phoenix
Place Making and Community Building in the Desert
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Inhabitants of Phoenix tend to think small but live big. They feel connected to individual neighborhoods and communities but drive farther to get to work, feel the effects of the regional heat island, and depend in part for their water …
View book details for Literature After Euclid
The Geometric Imagination in the Long Scottish Enlightenment
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
What if historical fiction were understood as a disfiguring of calculus? Or poems enacting the formation and breakdown of community as expositions of irrational numbers? What if, in other words, literary texts possessed a kind of mathematical unconscious?The persistence of …
View book details for Medieval Robots
Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
A thousand years before Isaac Asimov set down his Three Laws of Robotics, real and imagined automata appeared in European courts, liturgies, and literary texts. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, and silent metal guardians; some …
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Successful sports agents are comfortable with high finance and intense competition for the right to represent talented players, and the most respected agents are those who can deal with the pressures of high-stakes negotiations in an honest fashion. But whereas …
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