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From the decline of the Greek Polis to Saint Augustine, this text provides an account of Apostolic Christianity's political implications and the work of the early church fathers. It considers the political philosophy of Rome and includes an analysis of Greek and early Roman law.

By focusing on the deeper aspects of Twain's intellectual makeup, Robinson, Brahm, and Cartstroem supplement the traditional appreciation of the forces that drove Twain's creativity and the dynamics of his humour.

Examines parable and allegory in nine of Dickens's novels as an entry into understanding the complexities of the relationship between Dickens and his reader.

American society did not suffer the consequences of the Great War that virtually all European countries knew - a lack of perspective that the World War I Museum seeks to correct. This book celebrates that effort, helping readers feel the excitement and the moral seriousness of historical scholarship in this field.

This text provides an analytical look at politics, leadership and the effect that each has on the other. In what he calls the ""crisis syndrome"", the author examines problems such as population growth, resource depletion and environmental degradation with respect to leadership.

Originally published in 1945 as ""They seek a city"", this book was revised and expanded in 1966 to include chapters on Marcus Garvey, the Black Muslims, Malcolm X, and the racial disturbances in Detriot, Chicago and Watts. It is detailed with stories of African-Americans searching for a home.

This volume confronts the disintegration of traditional sources of meaning and the correlative attempts to generate new sources from within the self. Voegelin allows the reader to contemplate the crisis in its starkest terms - as the apocalypse of man that seeks to replace the apocalypse of God.

Offers tales that deal with the problems faced by newcomers to the city, ancestor figures who struggle to instill a sense of integrity in the young, problems of violence and vengeance, and tensions of caste and class. This anthology includes stories that take up such themes as marital infidelity and passing for black.

"Born in 1972, twins who share this life-threatening disease give an honest portrayal of their struggle to live normal lives, their interdependence, day-to-day health care, the impact of chronic illness on marriage and family, and the importance of a support network to continuing survival"--Provided by the publisher.

This is a collection of private papers from family correspondence, testy letters never sent, memoranda, an off-and-on diary, and complaints about the restrictions of the ""White prison"". It covers the period from his occupancy of the White House in 1945 to shortly before his death in 1972.

In this, his third volume on the history of political ideas, Vogelin continues his exploration of political thought, illuminating the great figures of the high Middle Ages and particulary focusing on the ""civilizational schism"" which resulted in the disappearance of the ""sacrum imperium"".

This is the story of Nancy's McCabe's adoption of a daughter and the many obstacles she faced during the adoption and adjustment process. Especially poignant is her struggle to bond with a sick, grieving baby while in a foreign country during political unrest.

This analysis of Walcott's ""Omeros"", argues that the poem is an innovative extension of the epic tradition. The book examines Walcott's writing career and traces his development of devices, themes, techniques and a narrative style essential to epic poetry.

In keeping with Durrell's multifaceted career and the centrality of his experiments, the essays in this collection use a variety of literary approaches to the diversity of Durrell's contributions of literature, illuminating four major dimensions of Durrell's writing.

A collection of 12 wide-ranging stories about those unexpected moments in our lives when our layers of defenses are peeled away, one by one, and we are left with the harsh inevitability of our fates. Touching on themes of loneliness and isolation, it deals with characters alienated from society.

The Galapagos ecosystem, a tapestry of living things, is probably the best preserved of any in the world. Like all ecosystems, it is made of many components that are interwoven and interdependent. Now, in spectacular pictures and insightful prose, The Galapagos: Exploring Darwin's Tapestry opens the Galapagos experience to general readers.

Contains selected correspondence written by Eric Voegelin during the period 1924 to 1949. This work is suitable for readers concerned with political theory and with better understanding of Voegelin's intellectual pilgrimage from his earliest academic years to his emergence as one of the most significant philosophers of our time.

This account of the bitter fighting on the Russian front during World War II is told through the eyes of one former officer in the Italian army. His diary is of his experiences during the month it took the troops to break through the Russian line to freedom, and it is already a classic in Italy.

Etienne Gilson often stood alone in presenting St Thomas Aquinas as a theologian, one whose philosophy came from his faith. This struggle to reconcile faith and reason was a cornerstone of Gilson's contribution to philosophy. Francesa Aran Murphy offers an intellectual biography of this French philosopher.

The twentieth century was preeminently an age of warring states and collapsing empires. Industrialism brought not peace but the sword. And the tip of that sword was sea power. This volume recalls the early twentieth-century world of emerging, predatory industrial nations engaging in the last major scramble for global markets and empire.

Takes declines in circulation and the number of dailies into consideration offering a variety of ways to save journalism. This book argues that understanding the relationship between quality and profit probably may not save traditional newspapers, but such knowledge can guide new media enterprises.

A first-hand account from a prison guard's perspective years spent in the infamous US Penitentiary at Alcatraz. George Gregory began his career as a guard for the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 1940. He was transferred to Alcatraz in 1947 and for the next 15 years worked on ""The Rock"".

Weapons for Victory originally appeared in 1995, the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II. Now, in this paperback edition, Robert James Maddox provides a new introduction about the ongoing controversy related to the decision to bomb Hiroshima.

Examines the ways in which mythology was received and reinterpreted by the most prominent English Romantic poets. This book addresses the wider question of the contemporary reception of myth including what sources the Romantics turned to and what roles were given to mythology in the writer's works.

Although Langston Hughes had a lifelong engagement in theatre and other performance arts, his work in this area is the least known of his contributions to African American expressive culture. This volume focuses on Hughes's plays after 1942, along with all of his other work written for performance.

An analysis of J. K. Rowling's work from a broad range of perspectives within literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. It explores the Harry Potter series' literary ancestors and the moral and ethical dimensions of Harry's world, including objections to the series raised within some religious circles.