This study explores the role that friendship plays in children's lives. Topics covered include the differences between friendship and popularity, why cliques form, and the difference in the ways boys and girls deal with intimacy and commitment.
This major new edition, originally commissioned for the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode, brings together a unique combination of Shelley's poetry and prose - the lyric poems, plays, longer poems, criticism, and essays - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was ...
Erwin Schrodinger's book What is Life? had a tremendous influence on the development of molecular biology, stimulating scientists such as Watson and Crick to explore the physical basis of life. Much of the appeal of Schrodinger's book lay in its approach to the central problems in biology - heredity and how organisms use energy to maintain order - ...
The story of the historic wolf restoration project is now available in paperback! "The Wolves of Yellowstone" provides the inside story of this restoration effort. Written by the project leaders, it's the only book containing the biologists' personal accounts, along with never-before-seen photographs, field notes, historical documents, and ...
Here are 21 inspiring and emotional images of Christ, in visual and written form. Encounter a fresh array of images of Christ reflecting many times and cultures and come away with new ways to pray and to know Jesus: The Way, The Truth, The Life.
Easily adaptable as both an anthology and an insightful guide to reading and understanding Romantic Poetry, this text discusses the important elements in the works from poets such as Smith, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Barbauld, Byron, Shelley, Hemans, Keats and Landon. It offers a thorough examination of the essential elements of ...
Here is the story of the most influential men in the world--Ross Perot, Steven Jobs, Ted Turner, James Rouse, Daniel Ludwig, and Robert Swanson, men who set out to possess the world on their own terms. Readers can see what makes th ese extraordinary men tick, including the downfalls of being so driven to success.
"Going for Goldberg" recounts the career of one of the most influential professional wrestlers of all time. Lively age-appropriate text and eye-catching layouts will hold a child's interest, therefore, fostering early reading skills. Full-color illustrations.
Deeply involved with Irish culture and history, W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) is one of the greatest poets writing in the last two centuries. This sourcebook provides essential help for readers who wish to learn more about his powerful, haunting poems. Considering Yeats's early, dreamily evocative poems as well as his passionate, tension-ridden later ...
A distinguished journalist and former New York Daily News editor explores how the speed of mass communications has altered the process of political change, stimulating revolt toward democracy the world over--suggesting profound implications.
The debate over European integration is a central issue in the study of contemporary Europe. This book seeks to guide the student through the most important of the integration theories and academic literature on this vital topic. The reader starts with an expansive and wide ranging introductory essay which offers a clear overview and analysis of ...
"Natural Computing in Computational Finance" is a innovative volume containing fifteen chapters which illustrate cutting-edge applications of natural computing or agent-based modeling in modern computational finance. Following an introductory chapter the book is organized into three sections. The first section deals with optimization applications ...
This text on the emergence of "green" parties across Europe, focuses on the political nature of this movement, its roots and branches, the changing political order, and the problems associated with this change.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th Irish International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, AICS 2002, held in Limerick, Ireland in September 2002. The 16 revised full papers and 17 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. Among the topics ...
Drawn from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound, the title of this book suggests the cultural and literary persistence of the Romantic in the work of many British, American, and Irish poets since 1900. Allowing for and celebrating the multiple, even fractured nature of Romantic legacies, Michael O'Neill focuses on the creative impact of Romantic poetry ...
A collection of contemporary prayers--more than two month's worth--for today's busy priest (and for everyone baptized into the priesthood of Christ). This book is divided into two parts. The first section, entitled "Scriptural Meditations," is comprised of 31 intercessory prayers of petition based on Biblical themes. The second section, entitled, ...
Devolution has transformed the British Polity in the last decade. Taking this profound change as its theme, Devolution and British Politics is an up-to date, comprehensive and effective review of the origins and development of the devolution process.Devolution in British Politics offers a de-centralised assessment of British politics and ...
Michael O'Neill McGrath's images of saints as patrons of occupations remind us that we are called to build God's reign through our labor. From the first-century Martha, who served meals to Jesus in her home, to the recently canonized Katharine Drexel, who built schools and colleges to improve the lives of Native Americans and African Americans, ...
Identifies and explores the major nonprofit subsectors and describes the unique concerns, trAnds, funding issues, policy questions, and historical development of each.
"This volume of prayers seeks to link our faith-filled experiences with the biblical and historical tradition of 'exiles' whom society has rejected, but in whom God's presence is as manifest as any human being".--from the Foreword. "Any reader of this book will learn not just to accept or tolerate gay, lesbian, or bisexual people but to rejoice in ...
Paperback edition of the Winner of three 2005 Catholic Press Association Books Awards! Design and Production First Place. As the Mother of God, Mary surpasses all other humans and yet is united with all who are to be saved. Here you will find a magnificent and inspiring collection of colorful images, meditations, and prayers about and for Mary, ...
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