Donated in the late fifteenth century to the papal choir, the musical manuscript "Cappella Sistina 14" reflects a new style of mass composition used by some of the era's most noted composers. This book makes the complete contents of "Cappella Sistina 14".
Commentators on the work of Immanuel Kant have held that his later "critical" writings are a radical rejection of his earlier, less celebrated efforts. This work demonstrates the developmental unity of Kant's individual writings and the unity of his work and life experience.
This collection of poems deals with issues of personal identity as revealed through examining the intimate bonds of family life, in terms of the religious, social and literary... Læs mere
In "The Dreamhouse", Tom Sleigh's poetry is a medium for both revelation and linguistic invention. The poems range between plain and high style with varying musical effects.
Revealing a world troubled by difference while struggling toward commonality, from the mythic past to the abrasive intimacies of the present, this collection of poems charts the ways social and sexual identities are formed, threatened, altered and preserved.
Renaissance formulations of friendship typically cast the friend as "another self" and idealized a pair of friends as "one soul in two... Læs mere
Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews... Læs mere
Seligman's careful and evenhanded account will be essential to understanding that the "flight" of whites to the suburbs was the eventual result of a series of responses to transformations in Chicago's physical and social landscape, occurring one block at a time.
This work effectively reunites two major social and philosophical movements, arguing that pragmatism, because of its focus on the emancipatory potential of everyday experiences, offers feminism its most viable and powerful philosophical foundation.
The changes in the US healthcare system since World War II are documented here, from new technologies, service-delivery arrangements, to financing mechanisms and underlying sets of organizing principles. The authors illustrate the work with five types of healthcare organizations.