572 results for '"ECK"'

A clarion call for interfaith dialogue in the U.S., this “splendid exposition of non-Christian approaches to God . . . encourages an increased religious literacy that . . . will contribute richness...

This is the third book we have written together, though separately we have written others . . . But to say ‘written separately' makes no sense, for when two lives have been bent for so many years on...

In this updated edition of his concise biography, Werner Eck tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first monarch. Incorporates literary, archaeological, and legal sources to provide a...

Die Regierungszeit Diocletians (284 bis 305 n. Chr.) und das von ihm entwickelte Regierungssystem der Tetrarchie bilden einen tiefen Einschnitt in der Romischen Geschichte. Die Ursache dafur liegt in...

Alfred Eckes and Thomas Zeiler argue that the "American Century" of global leadership resulted from revolutionary improvements in technology combined with the leadership elite's enthusiasm for free...

In this concise biography, Professor Werner Eck, one of the world's leading experts on the Roman empire, tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first emperor. A concise and gripping...

Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution...

This book presents for the first time in English a detailed study of the closest friends and most trusted commanders of Alexander the Great - their career-progress, their rivalry with one another,...

The Library of America presents for the first time in one volume Steinbeck’s early writings, which expressed his abiding concerns for community, social justice, and the elemental connection between...

This volume makes available in English translation for the first time a series of hugely influential articles about Roman Republican politics which were all originally published in German. They...

The first history—incisive, witty, fascinating—of the fight against sexual harassment, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Sisters in LawLinda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social...

A NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A NEW YORKER "ESSENTIAL READ"NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND VOGUE“Bennett writes like no one else. She is a rare talent, and...

"[I] can't recommend this joint enough. ... An illuminating and discomfiting read." --Ta-Nehisi Coates "Essential reading." --New York Review of Books A shocking, heart-wrenching investigation...

Chess is the ultimate fun strategy game - and this is the perfect introduction to chess, whether you're a budding master or you've never played before. In simple, fun stages, readers will learn what...

When IQ agrees to track down a painter's missing mother, he unexpectedly encounters a dangerous paramilitary operation -- and must escape a trap so deadly that even a genius can't see it coming...

A novel of suspense and psychological tension set in the world of international humanitarian aid by a founder of Doctors Without Borders. The four men accompanying Maud, a young French idealist, on...

The Charles E. Merrill Trust -- The Private School? -- Amherst And Others -- Religion -- Reaching The Outsider -- Picking Up The Pieces -- Medicine -- Growing Old And Dying -- Culture --...