A compelling portrait of a city and its transcendent artistic and spiritual legacy--written by a cultural historian who has known some of the greatest figures of modern St. Petersburg, including Ba...więcej »
From the new man in Rome, Cardinal George Pell!
AT a time when "the God question'' has rarely been as controversial, Test Everything, Hold Fast to What is Good puts the case that: "It is more rea...więcej »
This collection of essays from world-renowned scholar Hans Walter Gabler contains writings from a decade and a half of retirement spent exploring textual criticism, genetic criticism, and litera...więcej »
This antiquarian book contains a detailed analysis of alfalfa, with information on its various benefits and drawbacks - as a material to be used in agriculture. Written in clear, concise language a...więcej »
The Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani is the Book of the Dead for Ani, the scribe from Thebes, and is "the largest, the most perfect, the best preserved, and the best illuminated of all the papy...więcej »
Luke-Acts presents a vision of the kingdom of God and the early church in a program of decentralization, that is, a movement away from the centralized power structures of Judaism. Decentralization ...więcej »
The object of this book is to provide a running commentary on the Book of Revelation,
elucidating its meaning. Other introductory and technical considerations are subordinated to this
main quest....więcej »
To practising bonpos, Bon simply means the true religion of Tibet, while to Tibetan Buddhists, Bon refers to the false teachings and practices that were prevalent before Buddhism finally succeeded ...więcej »
In The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen Noenoe K. Silva reconstructs the indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist. Silva examine...więcej »
Derrida's writings on the question of religion have played a crucial role in the transformation of scholarly debate across the globe. The Trace of God provides a compact introductio...więcej »
Lose yourself in one of mankind's oldest mysteries!
An object of centuries of study and speculation, The Voynich Manuscript has been puzzling and exciting inquisitive minds since ...więcej »
This is a history of the hydropolitics of the Nile Valley from 1900 to 1988. Attempts to develop the Nile and control its waters are of vital significance to the future of the inhabitants of Egy...więcej »
Looking through the eyes of a child is not a twee, cosy or easy experience. It can be unsettling, uncomfortable, edgy...' - from the IntroductionWho has the right to ...więcej »
The university is indigenous to Western Europe and is probably the greatest and most enduring achievement of the Middle Ages. Much more than stodgy institutions of learning, medieval universitie...więcej »