Japans monastic warriors have fared poorly in comparison to the samurai, both in terms of historical reputation and representations in popular culture. Often maligned and...
A profound resource for psychology, spiritual direction, and pastoral integration. Renowned author May discusses the role of selfcompassion and selfcare in mental health. In this...
How are we to interpret Jacques Derridas writings now, after so much commentary has been devoted to his thought and his own astonishing productivity has...
A set of abundantly illustrated activity books spotlights major eras in world history from early human communities through the 20th century. Each book contains six...
This diverse collection of essays examines important issues related to mental health among Pacific Islanders through the topics of identity, spirituality, the unconscious, mental trauma,...
In the seventeenth century, local Jesuits and Franciscans imagined Quito as the new Rome. It was the site of miracles and home of saintly inhabitants,...
Updated and revised, this text advocates a proactive stance for health care social workers. It will serve as a practical guide that addresses the principles...
This collection of essays constitutes the first history of modern Japanese aesthetics in any language. It introduces readers through lucid and readable translations to works...
In the course of the nineteenth century, Jamaica transformed itself from a pestilenceridden white mans graveyard to a sundrenched tourist paradise. Deftly combining economics with...
In the first half of the eighteenth century, Central Asias Bukharan Khanate descended into a crisis from which it would not recover. Bukharans suffered failed...
According to modern physics, many objectively improbable events actually occur, such as the spontaneous disintegration of radioactive atoms. Because of high levels of improbability, scientists...
This comprehensive, graduatelevel text for advanced practice nurses and other health care professionals provides stateoftheart tools that facilitate the reading and interpretation of clinical research...
From September 1941 until January 1944, Leningrad suffered under one of the worst sieges in the history of warfare. At least one million civilians died,...
As long as humans have existed, theyve worked and competed with plants to shape their surroundings. As cities developed and expanded, their diverse spaces were...
An overview of contemporary environmental affairs, from 1940s to the presentwith an emphasis on nature in an urbanized society, land developments, environmental technology, the structure...
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The harmonies of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the measured brush strokes of painter Lloyd Branson, the intricate basket weaving of Maggie Murphy, the influence of...
Ideal for librarians, instructors, and students, this superior, onestop reference guide makes finding answers to natural history questions or doing research a breeze. More than...
This unique reference work offers a diverse and interesting view of the remarkable history of treating disease and understanding human health. More than 500 entries,...
Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed...
This selection of writings by the late African scholar Kwame Bediako is the best source for insights into the Christ of presentday African History and...
New edition published as We're Not AloneWhether you call them gods, angels, ETs, aliens, or spirit entities, sufficient proof now exists to make the case...
Groundbreaking scholarship into the role of religion in shaping U.S. historyDescribed as "the New York Review of Books for history," Historically Speaking has emerged as...
An inviting survey of recent developments in military history from leading voices in the fieldDescribed as "the New York Review of Books for history,"Historically Speaking...
Through developing an original analytical framework that, for the first time, systematically relates productive, market and financial variables, the authors are able to rewrite the...
"Identity" has become a core concept of the social and cultural sciences. Bringing together perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literary criticism, this book...
What started as an exhibition to entertain audiences has turned into the most popularand dangerousevent in rodeo: bull riding. When a 150pound man attempts to...
Since the extensive floods of 1966, inhabitants of Venice's laguna areas have come to share in, and reflect upon, concerns over pressing environmental problems. Evidence...
Armour uses the best of contemporary research to show how events such as the Crusades and the Reconquista of Spain have indelibly shaped the mindset...