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This book studies "armchair" travel writers who journeyed to Europe during the interwar period of 1919-1939. It focuses on travel conversations writers experienced as they sought the real Europe stripped of press reports and government propaganda. They encountered a continent where a cherished past was colliding with an ominous future.

In Ignes Fatui, Taylor examines various misapprehensions and misconceptions that interfere with clear rational thought. The primary objective of this book is to attempt to improve rational thought and thereby reverse the general decline of faith in the power of reason today.

Focusing on the barriers between social work intervention in education and government funded programs that impact African American students, this book approaches these issues from a child-centered perspective. Interviews with ten African American students were conducted to discuss their perspectives on education, family life, and social work intervention.

This book is about press development and freedom in Ethiopia, with a focus on the state media. It examines the political and social situations of the monarchy era, the Marxist military regime, and the current ethnic federalist regime, and analyzes the effects they had on the media.

This book introduces readers to Thomistic philosophy through selected topics such as being, God, teleology, truth, persons and knowledge, ethics, and universals. Defending the basis of Aquinas' natural-law ethics, Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy reveals the role of universalizability and the relation of right and good in his ethics.

This book explains how West Virginia entered-and remains-in the Union under unconstitutional circumstances. Though the U.S. government pledged to prevent the secession of eleven states from the Union, they nevertheless condoned, abetted, supported, and ultimately affirmed secession of fifty counties without permission from Virginia.

This book discusses theories in economics and ethics to help the reader understand all points of view regarding the crossroads between economic systems and individual and social values. Easily accessible to non-specialists, the book also provides numerous insights for specialists in economics, philosophical ethics, or both.

In recent years, a defamation campaign has been launched against Fethullah Gulen, a moderate Turkish Muslim scholar, and the Hizment Movement he inspired. Dogan Koc analyzes approximately 500 defamation articles, books, and other texts to show these defamations are not random and that they appear according to their respective audiences.

Harvey Dorfman was an educator, journalist, counselor, coach, and consultant. This volume is a collection of selected articles written by Dorfman over the span of four decades. Included are personal reflections, social commentary, interviews of both public and private personages, and feature stories on subjects of general interest.

This book stresses the distinction of the human race from other species by using what the author calls Human Symbols (HS): language, thought, religion, knowledge/science, and cultural values and norms. Dhaouadi emphasizes the central position of HS in the creation of the identity of both the individual and society.

In this book, Hubert J. M. Hermans, the creator of Dialogical Self Theory, applies this theory to his own life and explains how readers can do the same. Through a series of thought-provoking questions, he invites readers to explore the long-term meaning of significant events in their own lives.

Archaeology and the Biblical Record challenges both Jewish and Christian biblical scholars to rethink basic assumptions and reformulate their instructional methods. This bold text reconciles reason with faith and harmonizes the Bible with archaeology, while providing answers to the many historical dilemmas confronted while reading the Bible.

Mostly Homonyms is a new treatment of a traditional topic that is easy to read and use without sacrificing academic relevance. It is intended not only for anyone who wishes to ascertain the correct spelling and usage of a homonym, but also for people who just love words.

Ryan P. Jordan uses the discourse of religious liberty to explore racial differences during an era of American empire building (1750-1900). This book seeks to destabilize the widespread assumption that the dominant American culture inevitably trends toward greater freedom in the realm of personal expression.

In this book, Natalie Persadie explains that, among developing countries, the achievement of legal advances for women-at either the international or national levels-is particularly difficult where practical measures are not subsequently implemented. She examines the need for financial and human resources to make such legal measures effective.

The presidential election of 2008 ushered in a period of dramatic transformation. Public dissatisfaction expressed itself as a desire to reclaim liberty. This book, based on a series of presentations at the Hudson Institute-Family Security Matters Conference, attempts to capture this fervent political spirit.

This invaluable book describes the development of the French language from its Latin origins to its most recent form. Booth explains how written and oral French have been influenced by other languages over the centuries and then shows the traces of these influences in its modern vocabulary and pronunciation.

In this insightful work, Singleton analyzes the white religious establishment's use of Christian faith throughout American history to link divine will with black oppression. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the historical and contemporary impact of Christian faith on the current racial situation in America.

This collection of essays works to capture the value of stepping out of the classroom environment and away from computer screens. From Classrooms to Rice Fields deals with the all-important questions of change for communities in Asia and the Pacific trying to find their place in the modern world.

Prophecy, the key to evidence of the Divine in human existence, is best demonstrated with a dating nearest to the time of the prophesied event. Divinity of a Birth argues lexically for evidence of a Semitic substrate in much of the New Testament Gospels, sharpening their status as Divinely inspired.

This book considers how a financial crisis develops and how a government responds to a financial crisis. In an attempt to shed light on these questions, it closely examines two cases: Mexico during the Mexican Peso Crisis of 1994-1995 and Malaysia during the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-1998.

This book tells the story of an extremely engaging Polish Jew, Shmuel Braw (1906-1992), who lived through the traumatic events that shaped Jewish experiences in the twentieth century. Shmuel bravely reflects upon his experiences as a Holocaust survivor and as a prisoner in a Soviet labor camp in Siberia.

The central concern of this study is the basic question: what does it mean to travel? In order to understand this query, Hafizi places the discourse on travel within an economical framework and distinguishes between two interdependent forms: a restricted economy of travel and a general economy of travel.

Drawing upon history and insight into the current crisis, this book shows that the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis is not an anomaly, especially for people of color; nor is it over. These essays provide a framework for creating equitable policy and ultimately building more stable communities for all Americans.

This book represents McNally's personal and professional expression of the Church's renewed interest in the arts. In Art for Church, McNally offers insights on how much freedom is necessary for art to flourish in the service of the Church and just what is at stake if that freedom is curtailed.

Cornucopia explores the nutritional and economic implications of U.S. farm policy. Johnson questions whether current farm practices and the government programs that support them have contributed to the poor health of many Americans. He discusses what this implication means as we feed a growing population amidst rising dietary disease.

This monograph presents four case studies that make correlations between the physical and social sciences. Traditional, empirical, and postmodernist approaches to the study of social sciences have left many scholars dissatisfied with the results. It is important to anchor statistical data to mathematical formulae or the laws of physics.

In this book, Baum carefully guides the reader through the social mind and explains how the formation of social beliefs can be used as a narrative to determine reality. He offers a new perspective regarding how antisemitic legends and folk beliefs form the basis of our ongoing social narrative.

Dramatic and accessible selections from The Iliad, The Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns make this an ideal text for mythology, literature, and composition study at all levels. With full introduction, background material, analytical and creative writing suggestions, sample essays, glossaries, and complete indexes, this book is a teaching jewel.

This book reviews the slow development of research by isolated investigators who believed that diseases could be caused by infectious organisms. Millions of deaths occurred until the professional communities and general public began to believe that certain health measures could protect against infection and reduce enormous death tolls from disease.