10054 results for '"Richard H. King (Editor)'

From God's first injunction, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it...

Experts investigate how states and other actors can improve inter-institutional synergy and examine the complexity of overlapping environmental governance structures. Institutional interaction and...

John Foster Dulles was one of the most influential and controversial figures in the history of twentieth-century U.S. foreign relations. Active in the field for decades, Dulles reflected and was a...

This book contains eight articles, six of which are based on papers contributed to a commemoration conference organised by the Past and Present Society in 1981. Two further articles and an...

Niebuhr's creative synthesis of radical monotheism and cultural pluralism illuminates the perennial hopes and special problems of faith in our time.

Feminist Interpretations of Thomas Hobbes features the work of feminist scholars who are centrally engaged with Hobbes's ideas and texts and who view Hobbes as an important touchstone in modern...

An "excellent new biography" (Keith Thomas, New York Review of Books) of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became monarch—the most infamous king in British history“An intricately...

This moving and eloquent historical drama depicts the conflict between a willful and arrogant poet of a king, Richard II, and his politically pragmatic cousin, Bolingbroke. Rich with memorable scenes...

For many centuries, Hindus have taken it for granted that the religious images they place in temples and home shrines for purposes of worship are alive. Hindu priests bring them to life through a...

The life and times of India's most famous spiritual and literary masterpieceThe Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, is universally regarded as one of the world's...

Editors Henry Rothschild, Fred Allison, Jr., Calderon Howe ; Coordinating Editor, Charles F. Chapman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

This, the fourth volume in its series, focuses on fluid balance and its regulation in the fetus and neonate. With a high water content and rapid fluid movements, the fetus and neonate are more...

Few people will easily admit to taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others. But who doesn't enjoy it when an arrogant but untalented contestant is humiliated on American Idol, or when the...

The extraordinary multiplicity of religions and religious cultures in India, chronicled over two thousand yearsFrom its earliest recorded history, India was a place of remarkable and varied religious...

A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants, bricklayers, and others In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East,...

Long thought to be unimportant in central nervous system activity, epinephrine is now known to play a key role in the brain's regulation of blood pressure, cardiovascular function, and other...

"The Responses volume exhibits both the wealth of historical research provoked by de Man's wartime journalism . . . and the intensive scrutiny devoted to line after line of the texts themselves...

This illustrated collection of specially-commissioned essays by a team of leading scholars addresses the theme of sovereignty and the sources and variety of political power in seventeenth- and...

One of Shakespeare's most rolicking and beloved comedies, The Taming of the Shrew was also one of his earliest, probably written about 1592. The introduction to this edition offers a full and...

Here, assembled for the first time, is a representative collection of contemporary documents, dating from 43 B.C. to A.D. 37--inscriptions, coins, papyri and a few official pieces incorporated in...