Scholars specializing in John Calvin's exegetical methods examine the approaches and themes Calvin emphasized when he interpreted major portions of Scripture. Their essays focus on... Læs mere
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The first full-length study of five US banking panics of the Great Depression. Previous studies of the Depression have approached the banking panics from a... Læs mere
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This is the first book on the new field of Evolutionary Developmental Biology that is aimed primarily at an undergraduate and general readership. It focuses on the question... Læs mere
In Bathing in the Roman World, Fikret Yegul examines the social and cultural aspects of one of the key Roman institutions.
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Horace is a central author in Latin literature and his work spans a wide range of genres. In this 2007 volume a superb international cast of contributors present an assessment of the poet, his work, its themes and its reception, aimed primarily at students and non-specialists.
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There is increasing agreement that the unique competitive advantage organizations have today lies in their people, their... Læs mere