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While the actor Sessue Hayakawa (1886-1973) is perhaps best known today for his Oscar-nominated turn as a Japanese military officer in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), in the early twentieth century he was an internationally renowned silent film...

Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo sees her mission as "channeling the hopes and dreams of a people." Clearly, political commitment has inspired her choice of subjects. With themes ranging from state repression to AIDS, Portillo's films include: Despues del...

Most Christians today are interested in more than just preaching the gospel with words; they also want to serve others. But what happens when Christian service and social justice lead to burnout, pride, or worse? Peter Greer gives a firsthand account of...

Who has time for community in the modern metropolis? The answer may surprise you: apparently lots of us. As this book discusses, religious communities have long been an important way for people in all parts of the modern city to come together. Whether in...

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An in-depth study that highlights the similarities that make evangelicalism in North America a unified religious subculture while showing how differences between Canadian and American evangelicals reflect the distinct history and culture of each nation...

An innovative approach to the history of women in religion that explores the intricate lives and apostolic work of the Oblate SistersAn innovative approach to the history of women in religion that explores the intricate lives and apostolic work of the...

By the year 1900, architect Andrew Taylor had designed Bank of Montreal branches across the continent and much of McGill University, helped found the McGill School of Architecture, and played a critical role in creating the first professional...

This exceptional collection explores the mutual concerns of dramatic theater, film, and those who comment on them. Plays, Movies, and Critics opens with an original play by Don DeLillo. In the form of an interview, DeLillo's short play works as a kind of...

Catholic schools have achieved academic, social, and spiritual successes, but have also struggled with shifting twenty-first century social values. Confronted with issues such as the proper treatment of non-heterosexual students, disagreements over the...

Priest and ex-Jesuit, Terrance Sweeny explores in great detail the issues of Church authority and the priesthood. Is the Roman Catholic Church heading toward an irrevocable schism? Two factors that have been traditionally regarded as signs of unity and...

This is a pictorial tribute to The Beatles, inspired by the TV series, "The Beatles Anthology". It contains rare photographs from "Life" magazine archives, and others taken by Linda McCartney, charting the group's escapades and achievements. Trivia, lore...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795745127Author Klaus BornerPage Count 59Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG

In House of Poured-Out Waters, Jane Mead's substantial new collection, she continues to grapple with a world both personal and cultural. Poised in the slender moment between too early and too late, between the difficult past and the unimaginable future,...

Race and authenticity in America, explored through the Bay Area's multiracial underground hip hop sceneRace and authenticity in America, explored through the Bay Area's multiracial underground hip hop sceneAbout the AuthorAnthony Kwame Harrison holds a...

Providing a key resource to new students, Film: The Essential Study Guide introduces all the skills needed to succeed on a film studies course.This succinct, accessible guide covers key topics such as:Using the libraryOnline research and resourcesViewing...

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Drawing fantasy, manga and comic book characters is very popular at the moment. These areas appeal to a wide range of budding artists from schoolboys wanting to make their own graphic novels to those wanting to develop fantasy games on their computers...

The problem of where to store waste has grabbed a lot of headlines, but people have been slow to realize that the environmental damage caused by storage sites is an even greater menace. This book makes the danger clear, as Joel Goldsteen offers the first...

Winner, Wildlife Publications Award - Outstanding Book Category, The Wildlife Society, 2004 Texas Tech University President's Book Award, 2005Shallow wetlands that occur primarily in semi-arid to arid environments, playas are keystone ecosystems in the...

From the dense forests of the Big Thicket to the limitless vistas of the Davis Mountains, Texas is a land of astonishing diversity and natural beauty. Yet it is also a land where commuters endure endless traffic jams in the major cities and where...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426709975Author Lester RuthFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852597811Format PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Stanley Gibbons LimitedPublisher Stanley Gibbons Limited

Time Pieces is an exciting new series of repertoire which explores the wealth of music written from the sixteenth century to the present day. The pieces are presented chronologically within each volume and all include the year in which they were written...

The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. Held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, it is one of the strongest brand names in the music world and attracts...

Social commentator and preeminent western historian Bernard DeVoto vigorously defended public lands in the West against commercial interests. By the time of his death in 1955, DeVoto had published criticism, history, and fiction. He had won both the...

"Take That" are the biggest boy band since the Beatles. Bursting onto the pop scene in 1992, they attracted millions of fiercely loyal fans, and their recent sell-out comeback tours and massive number one album have proved that they are still hugely...

Classic quilts provides patterns and step-by-step instructions for creating 13 sensational quilts. Divided into three sections, there are classic pieced quilts, classic appliqué designs and a final section combining the two methods. Pieced quilts have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841592282Format HardbackPage Count 1Imprint Everyman GuidesPublisher EverymanWeight(grams) 176g

In recent years, New Historicists have situated the iconoclasm of Milton's poetry and prose within the context of political, cultural, and philosophical discourses that foreshadow early modernism. In Carnal Rhetoric, Lana Cable carries these...

Creating Ourselves is a unique effort to lay the cultural and theological groundwork for cross-cultural collaboration between the African and Latino/a American communities. In the introduction, the editors contend that given overlapping histories and...

Copyright (c) 1990 FarWorks, Inc. All rights reserved.The Far Side (R), FarWorks, Inc. (R), and the Larson (R) signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc. in certain countries.About the AuthorGary Larson was born August 14, 1950, in Tacoma,...

As the news constantly reminds us, recent advances in the biomedical sciences have brought within reach things that were unthinkable only a few years ago: - Designer babies - Genetically enhanced athletes - Human clones - Stem cell treatment - Medical...

Explores the roots and evolution of the salmon crisis in the Pacific Northwest. The author describes the evolutionary history of the salmon as well as the geological history of the Pacific Northwest, before considering the multitude of factors, including...

Key Christian leaders from a variety of countries and cultures share Bible teaching and personal testimonies in the context of: 'God in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself'. An excellent contribution to the church worldwide which deserves to be...

Tamarack & Clearcut is the result of a collaboration between two artists of rare gifts. In it, a series of photographs of huge and original impact moves in tandem with a powerful sequence of imagist poems. As you savour these images, visual and poetic,...

A comprehensive introduction to the Caribbean's African-based religionsA comprehensive introduction to the Caribbean's African-based religionsAbout the AuthorNathaniel Samuel Murrell is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of...

Focusing on catechesis as a process for adults, this practical book presents a new way to respond to adult questions and needs, to invite adults to reflect on their spirituality, and to encourage them to action. The book also examines the ministry of...

Vow, a bald eagle in a riverside fir stares at the uncarved faces of a thousand pumpkins sagging into frost behind a barn of faded planks. Hours pass. Who will blink first? It is that sort of morning for the heart; the living are giving the dead an...

Documents of Protest and Compassion offers the first extensive critical assessment of Bauer's considerable poetic oeuvre. In this long-overdue supplement to recent anthologies of Bauer's poetry and essays on his life and work, Angelika Arend draws on...