"The purpose of this book is to introduce students of Russian to the great treasures of Russian poetry in the original, starting with Alexander Pushkin ... in the nineteenth century and moving chronologically into the twentieth century"--Page ix.
How popular democracy has paradoxically eroded trust in political systems worldwide, and how to restore confidence in democratic politics
Drawing upon insights in fields such as anthropology and linguistics, this book deals with the concept of historical sequence and continuous change across time.
Who are the Quakers, what do they believe, and what do they practice? The Religious Society of Friends - also known as Quakers - believes that everyone can have a direct... Læs mere
Copyright A2010 [first edition] Richard Cockett.
Many thousands of people kill themselves every year, and many more are left behind to grieve. This book recounts individual suicide cases from the Bible and ancient Greeks to the present day and analyzes how ideas about suicide have changed over time.
In a perplexing passage from the "Gospel of John", Jesus is likened to the most reviled creature in Christian symbology: the snake.... Læs mere