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New York: Ballantine, (1992) 1st trade paperback printing. Near fine (usual light toning to the pages.) A "rowdy, wide-ranging, biting, and often bizarre story of post-Civil War A… Mehr…

New York: Ballantine, (1992) 1st trade paperback printing. Near fine (usual light toning to the pages.) A "rowdy, wide-ranging, biting, and often bizarre story of post-Civil War America and the myth of Manifest Destiny. The dreams that drew people to the West were varied and often filled with romantic illusions: the chance for a better life, to make a fast buck, to escape civilization. The dreamers and schemers are all represented here, many based on real people. Protagonist Peter Doyle was a friend of Walt Whitman, who appears along with Horace Greeley, Nathan Meeker, and, even though she never left Amherst, Emily Dickinson." Afterword. 500 pp., New York: Ballantine, (1992), Montreal: De L'homme, 1973. 208 pages.. Couverture Souple Glacee. Tres Bon. 14 Cm X 21 Cm. Ex Biblio., De L'homme, 1973, New York: Monday Morning, 2003. A new book with minor shelfwear to cover. An invaluable resource and pleasure source for anyone interested in the graphic arts and all their various manifestations. . Soft Cover. New. 8 x 10., Monday Morning, 2003, Peter Smith, 1967. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 375 pages. Light wear, stamp inside, pages yellowed; sound binding; good overall. "Translated by J.E. Turner with appendices to the Torchbook edition incorporating the additions of the second German edition by Hans H. Penner." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Standard Weight. Category: Theology & Religion; Inventory No: 147942. ., Peter Smith, 1967, Peter Smith, 1967. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 335 pages. Light wear, stamp inside, pages yellowed; sound binding; good overall. "Translated by J.E. Turner with appendices to the Torchbook edition incorporating the additions of the second German edition by Hans H. Penner." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Standard Weight. Category: Theology & Religion; Inventory No: 147941. ., Peter Smith, 1967, OUP - Zen Books, 2001. The Taliban: War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan is 164pp & less than 500g for post. Faults? bumped upper right corner. The Taliban are yet another manifestation of the growth of radical Islam worldwide. This book explores what they stand for and the factors leading to their rapid rise to military and political dominance over Afghanistan. It considers the many influences on their ideology emanating from within the country, the Indian sub-continent and the Middle East. It describes the war which continues to afflict the Afghan people as well as the geo-political context and the possible part played by certain powers in the region, and by the United States, in the Taliban’s dramatic expansion. Peter Marsden examines the unique and complicated character of an Islamic revivalist movement like the Taliban. He confronts the issue of international responsibility in situations of chronic conflict brought on by external interference, and considers the dilemmas faced by humanitarian agencies in seeking to reconcile the evident need for assistance with the often difficult political and human rights context in which they are working. He examines the cultural conflict between Western thinking and the Taliban’s interpretation of Islamic values, particularly in relation to gender, and asks how the international community should deal with this conflict.. Paperback. Good/None issued. 21.5cm., OUP - Zen Books, 2001, Berlin: Herman Barsdorf Verlag, 1923. Comprehensive academic study including chapters on lust murder, torture, suicide, necrophilia and their manifestation in literature and life. German text. Facsimile edition c.1950s. First published in France by Vigot Freres in Paris c.1905 under the title Sadisme & Masochisme.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall., Herman Barsdorf Verlag, 1923, Peter Smith. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!, Peter Smith, Bantam 98 First Edition. Signed by Author. ISBN:0-553-10554-X. SIGNED in person, bump on spine bottom, dent on top board, minor chipping/soiling shows on panels, otherwise a very good book and dustjacket in Brodart. Evil is familiar to Peter Graves who was subjected to it as a boy when he witnessed the torture and then murder of his sister, as a boy. Now a man, he delves into murder and all of its manifestations as he writes mysteries set in old-time New York. Graves is invited to spend the summer at an artist's community in upstate New York, Riverwood, where a gruesome murder had taken place fifty years ago. Fay e Harrison, a teenage girl who had lived there was the victim. Now her mother is dying but is still upset by the unanswered questions surrounding her daughter's death. Graves has been asked by Faye's girlfriend, now the estate's owner, to come and use his talents as a mystery writer to find anawers, tell the story, and make it possible for Faye's mon to die peacefully.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover., Bantam 98, Paperback. New. Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life which is the soul's knowledge of God, he console, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. In this beautifully realized study, Peter Schäfer investigates the origins of a female manifestation of God in Jewish mysticism. The search itself is a fascinating exploration of the idea of a feminine divinity. And Schäfer's surprising but persuasive conclusions yield deeper understanding of the complex but frequently intimate relationship between Christianity and Judaism – and of the development of religious concepts more generallystop in proposing that the mediaeval cult of Mary – rather than eastern gnosticism – is the appropriate framework for understanding the feminine elements in Jewish mysticism, the book represents a sea change in Kabbalah and Jewish-question cultural studies.– rear panel blurb Size: Trade Paperback. 328 pages. A very clean secondhand copy, with no damage to report. . Marking pen stripe on bottom edge.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Christianity; Women & Feminism. ISBN: 0691119805. ISBN/EAN: 9780691119809. Inventory No: 0252042. . 9780691119809, Princeton University Press, 2004, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1990 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 369 pages. From the trial of John Peter Zenger in the eighteenth century to the recent libel cases of William Westmoreland and Ariel Sharon, political defamation cases have attracted considerable attention. As Norman Rosenberg shows, cases like these raise fundamental questions about how much criticism of public leaders a supposedly open, liberal society will permit. Drawing upon a wide variety of historical sources, Protecting the Best Men argues that there exists no natural, evolutionary history of free speech. It also challenges interpretations that rest upon discovering an "original understanding" about the First Amendment. Instead, this interpretive history of the law of libel highlights the complexity and historically rooted nature of legal concepts and legal consciousness in the United States. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value. From Library Journal Surveying the history of criminal and civil "political libel" lawthat is, the law of injury to the reputation of political figuresfrom colonial America to the present, Rosenberg argues that there exists no natural, evolutionary history of libel (or free speech). Instead, he shows that since the early 19th century, political libel has generally been a constant interplay between scholarly and judicial proponents of a free marketplace of ideas and those who believe precise legal boundaries can be drawn between protected and unprotected speech. Beyond his delineation of legal doctrines and formulas, this volume once again illustrates that law is the legal manifestation of fundamental battles over social and political relationships in American history. Recommended for academic and special collections. Merlin Whiteman, Dann Pecar Newman Talesnick & Kleiman, Indianapolis Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1990, Montreal: De L'homme, 1973. 208 pages.. Couverture Souple Glacee. Tres Bon. 14 Cm X 21 Cm. Ex Biblio., De L'homme, 1973, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub.. Good+. c. 1963. Hardcover. The spine shows minor wear but the gold lettering, 'tho readily legible, is no longer bright. Else minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Small check marks on Table of Contents. Contents are clean and unmarked. No DJ. ; Tan cloth, brown cloth spine, gold lettering, figure of horse & rider debossed on front cover. Map endpapers. Index. Chapter-head drawings. HISTORY. "...the Amercan West is much broader than the boundaries here drawn. The time span is limited substantially to the nineteenth century...The limitations are for purposes of deeper probing. " The chapters: Understanding the American West; The explorer and the government; The far western fur trade; Oregon: From trail to territory; New Spain and the Santa Fe Trail; Texas: From settlement to revolution; Manifest destiny and the Mexican War; The Mormons; The mining frontier; The cattle frontier; Red Men and white; Roads, rivers, and rails; Cities and small towns; Land, the plains, and the farmer; Culture and frontier. Some authors: Frederick Jackson Turner, Bernard De Voto, Francis Parkman, Thomas Jefferson, John Charles Fremont, Hudson's Bay Company, Peter H. Burnett; Juan Bautista de Anza, John L. O'Sullivan, James K. Polk; George B. McClellan, Leonard Arrington, Brigham Young, Dame Shirley, Theodore Roosevelt, Black Elk, Ruth Benedict, Chief Joseph, Helen Hunt Jackson, Samuel Bowles, Mark Twain, Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher, etc. , etc. ; 9-1/4" Tall; 418 pages ., Wadsworth Pub., Toronto: Harper-Collins. Hardcover. Examines a re-awakening of spirituality, in all its manifestations. . Fine. 2002. 1st Edition., Harper-Collins, 2002, New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, 1992. 130 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Partial Contents: I Infinitude of Analogous Being. 1 The Rationale of False Infinity. 2 The False Infinitude of Immediate Being. II The Finitude of Immediate Being as Contradiction. 1 Parmenides. 2 Atomis, Sophistry Skepticism. 3 Eleatic Dialectic. III The Dialectic of the Space-Time Continuum.. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Printed Boards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Peter Lang Publishing, 1992, Paperback. New. The alien tau believe it is their manifest destiny to rule the stars. Their emergent empire has expanded rapidly along the Eastern Fringe of the galaxy, and their creed is one of unity and the Greater Good. As adversaries they are formidable, for their fire caste are born to be warriors and their t, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. , 1998. First. Hardcover. New. 16 X 24. This book, while consisting of a number of articles written by various scholars in honour of Prof. Johannes Aagaard, concerns itself with the problem of occult as well as with the question of religious identity both at the macro and micro levels. The major portion of the book tries to investigate as to how the theme of the occult has been dealt with by both the revealed and non-revealed religions, and how it is manifesting itself currently over the world. The conclusion that most of the scholars arrive at concerning the occult is this: Occult is that which is manipulative in nature, i.e., it is power which destroys the individual's power of choice. In addition to it, occultism preaches divinization of man, and thereby is seen to be responsible in causing destruction to that which God has given rise to. It is this view of occultism which most of the scholars, who have written articles for this book, adhere to. The other theme with which the book concerns itself is as to how the particular can maintain its identity in the context of the universal. The universal is something abstract, whereas the particular is concrete. If the particular is allowed to merge its identity within what is known as the universal, then the particular ceases to exist. The particular can maintain its particularity to the extent it resists the universal. It is this conflict between the universal and the particular which is discussed in the context of as to how the national or local churches could relate themselves to what is called the universal church. Finally, the book focuses its attention on the question of mission, that is, should the church adopt the Peter principle or the Pauline method of dialogue in its mission activities? The conclusion that is arrived at tells us that it is the context or the situation which should determine the nature of the mission of the church. Since we are no more living in mono-cultural societies, it means that the mission of the church too must be varied and relative to the situation in which the mission activities are being carried out., Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1998, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. , 1998. First. Hardcover. New. 16 X 24. This book, while consisting of a number of articles written by various scholars in honour of Prof. Johannes Aagaard, concerns itself with the problem of occult as well as with the question of religious identity both at the macro and micro levels. The major portion of the book tries to investigate as to how the theme of the occult has been dealt with by both the revealed and non-revealed religions, and how it is manifesting itself currently over the world. The conclusion that most of the scholars arrive at concerning the occult is this: Occult is that which is manipulative in nature, i.e., it is power which destroys the individual's power of choice. In addition to it, occultism preaches divinization of man, and thereby is seen to be responsible in causing destruction to that which God has given rise to. It is this view of occultism which most of the scholars, who have written articles for this book, adhere to. The other theme with which the book concerns itself is as to how the particular can maintain its identity in the context of the universal. The universal is something abstract, whereas the particular is concrete. If the particular is allowed to merge its identity within what is known as the universal, then the particular ceases to exist. The particular can maintain its particularity to the extent it resists the universal. It is this conflict between the universal and the particular which is discussed in the context of as to how the national or local churches could relate themselves to what is called the universal church. Finally, the book focuses its attention on the question of mission, that is, should the church adopt the Peter principle or the Pauline method of dialogue in its mission activities? The conclusion that is arrived at tells us that it is the context or the situation which should determine the nature of the mission of the church. Since we are no more living in mono-cultural societies, it means that the mission of the church too must be varied and relative to the situation in which the mission activities are being carried out., Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1998, Ronin Publishing. PAPERBACK. 0914171186 Psychedelics is a wealth of information about one of the ost controversial issues of modern times. Stafford weaves scientific research, personal acocunts, and popular literature into a fascinating story of the amazing "mind-manifesting" substances known as "psychedelics." Stafford has the vision to see that what was happening in the 60s was making history and recorded the events as they happened. So important is "Stafford Collection" that is has been deposited in the library of Columbia University. There is a mythic element in the emergence of LSD, which Stafford illuminates and explores in Psychedelics, along with the shifting social attitudes towards them. Psychedelics is a remarkable sourcebook for those interested in the psychological, biological, physiological and cultural aspects of psychedelics drugs. + History + Botany + Pharmacology + Physical Effects + Mental Effects + Forms + Purity Tests. . New., Ronin Publishing, Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-06-10. Paperback. Used:Good. Ships Fast. Expedite Shipping Available., Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-06-10<