Hughes identified it as his mission as a writer "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America." His poetry was heavily influenced by black oral tradition, jazz, and folklore, and he continually attempted to mirror the black experience, in all its diversity, in his work.
Ideal for one term first courses in differential equations for engineering, math, biology, and finance majors.This text strikes a balance between the traditional and the modern. It combines the traditional material with a modern systems approach. It offers flexibility of use that will allow faculty at a variety of institutions to use the book with ...
Ideal for one or two term first courses in differential equations for engineering, math, biology, and finance majors.This text strikes a balance between the traditional and the modern. It combines the traditional material with a modern systems emphasis. It offers flexibility of use that will allow faculty at a variety of institutions to use the ...
In this second edition to a book that has now achieved canonical status, David R. Mayhew argues that the principal motivation of legislators is re-election and that the pursuit of this goal affects the way they behave and the way that they make public policy. In a new foreword for this edition, R. Douglas Arnold discusses why the book ...
What was Paul's real message to the Ephesians in the first century? And what significance does that message have nearly 20 centuries later? This unique commentary will help you not only understand the message of Ephesians but also bring it to the modern world with relevance and power.
This accessible textbook provides a clear and practical introduction to phonology, the study of sound patterns in language. Designed for students with only a basic knowledge of linguistics, it teaches in a step-by-step fashion the logical techniques of phonological analysis and the fundamental theories that underpin it. Through over sixty graded ...
John's letters transformed the churches of the first century. But his message is also very relevant to the church today. Find out how his letters can have the same powerful impact today as they had when John first wrote them.
This volume of the NIV Application Commentary Series helps readers learn how the message of Daniel can have the same powerful impact today that it did when it was first written.
The mysterious standing stones, burial grounds and stone circles that lace Europe, the British Isles and other areas have intrigued scientists, writers, artists and travellers through the centuries. They pose so many questions: Why do some places feel special? How do ley lines work? How did our ancestors use Earth energy to map their sacred sites ...
Why do even the best companies struggle to become as profitable in international markets as they are at home? Because they've fallen for the "mirage" of a truly global market. In fact, the world is comprised of hundreds of intensely local markets that are becoming more fragmented with each passing year. In The Mirage of Global Markets, David ...
Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan is a monumental and pathbreaking study of early Irish Protestant and Catholic migration to America. Through exhaustive research and sensitive analyses of the letters, memoirs, and other writings, the authors describe the variety and vitality of early Irish immigrant experiences, ranging from those of frontier ...
The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limestones and shales that were deposited as sediments on the sea floor during the Ordovician Period, about 450 million years ago - some 250 million years before the dinosaurs lived. In Ordovician time, the shallow sea that covered ...
Acts, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of Acts can have the same powerful impact today that it did when Luke first wrote it.
This innovative textbook introduces athletic training students to the importance and process of conducting research in a clear way that makes even difficult statistical concepts easy to grasp. Useful for undergraduate students as well as master's and doctoral students.
This title explains the design motivation of the language, as well as the tradeoffs involved in using specific features. Practical examples are presented with tips to effectively exploit Java's constructs, libraries, and language details.
Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence, David Arnold's wide-ranging and analytical survey ...
For everyone interested in science, history, and biographies of extraordinary people--or anyone who wants to understand the workings of the physical world--this authoritative book is a perfect introduction to science's most profound discoveries and a testament to the triumph of human knowledge.
1 & 2 Thessalonians, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of those letters can have the same powerful impact today that they did when first written.
Revelation, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of Revelation can have the same powerful impact today that it did when it was first written.
Noted scholar John Walton follows the three-tiered NIV Application Commentary format (Original Meaning, Bridging Contexts, and Contemporary Significance) to reveal how this first book of the Bible applies to us today.
Exodus, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of Exodus can have the same powerful impact today that it did when it was first written.
This commentary takes readers back to its original setting and then brings it forward to the present to see how it applies today. This unique approach helps readers bring the ancient message into our modern context with power. It not only explains what the Bible means, but also how it can speak today.
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