2588 results for '"Nerlich, Michael'

Argues that the concept of God is vanishing, causing a widespread erosion of moral and social values, and calls for a union between faith and anti-faith to create a society in which people can...

The author of Founders of the Western World assesses the achievements of the man who founded Constantinople and converted the Roman Empire to Christianity.

What does literature know? Does it offer us knowledge of its own or does it only interrupt and question other forms of knowledge? This book answers and prolongs these questions through the close...

Enter an ethnographically surreal work located in a fictive Latin American country: The Magic of the State focuses on the theater of spirit possession at a Spirit Queen's enchanted mountain where the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he...

Military service can shatter or give meaning to lives-it is rarely a neutral encounter--and it has resulted in a rich outpouring of personal testimony from the men and women who have literally placed...

A definitive new rendering of Dostoevsky’s most enigmatic and deeply felt work. A haunting parable of innocence undone, The Idiot stands as Dostoevsky’s most personal―and most disquieting―novel. It...

Maintaining that the trial and public execution of Louis XVI was an absolutely essential part of the French Revolution, Walzer discusses two types of regicide: the first, committed by would-be kings...

Cultures of all epochs have consulted oracles in times of need. This fascinating exploration of the enduring popularity of oracles examines how they are interpreted and why. Taking examples from...

Drawing on research documenting the strength of combining drug treatments with behavioral interventions for fighting bipolar disorder, Living with Bipolar Disorder takes a skill-based approach to...

A magnificent generational saga that charts a family’s rise and fall, its secrets and inherited crimes, from one of Canada’s most acclaimed novelistsLonglisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize • “A...

The final book of poems from a Beat Generation legend, Mule Kick Blues finds McClure restlessly innovating until the end. "Intelligent, affable and flecked with unconventional typography--as in...

Lies With Man is a finalist for the 2022 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ MysteryLos Angeles, 1986.A group of right-wing Christians has put an initiative on the November ballot to allow health...

Long before the specter of terrorism haunted the public imagination, a serial bomber stalked the streets of 1950s New York. The race to catch him would give birth to a new science called criminal...

A favorite at a wide range of colleges and universities nation-wide, this comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of religion examines all the standard topics as well as new issues such as...

After lives filled with deep suffering, 74 billion animals are slaughtered worldwide every year on factory farms. Is it wrong to buy the products of this industry? In this book, two college students...