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The Teller’s Cage

John Philip Drury

With formal prowess, The Teller's Cage cinematic storytelling opens with baseball and culminates with persona poems starring the poet's mother, along the way unraveling factual and fantastical chronicles in enchanting…

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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

Examines the psychosocial and mental health aspects of preparing for and responding to emergencies, major incidents, terrorist attacks, disasters, epidemics, and pandemics. Important for mental health practitioners, people working in…

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Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert

John Drury

Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English…

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The New Testament

The King James authorised version of the New Testament.

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Painting the Word: Christian Pictures and Their Meanings

John Drury

Drury looks at religious paintings through the ages and presents them as works filled with passion, stories and meaning. He views the whole picture, its composition, colour, figures, even architecture…

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Critics of the Bible, 1724-1873

This is the only available collection of biblical criticism from this period. The process whereby the ‘Holy Scriptures’ became the object of human critique independent of church control, is illustrated…

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Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert

John Drury

Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English…

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The New Testament: Introduction by John Drury

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John Drury’s clear introduction to the Everyman’s Library edition of the New Testament reminds readers why the KJV, first published in 1611, has been the favorite of English readers for…

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Truths and Untruths of Evolution

John Benjamin Drury

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

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Carnivals, Rogues, and Heroes: An Interpretation of the Brazilian Dilemma

Roberto DaMatta

Encompassing half the continent of South America, Brazil is one of the most modern, complex, and misunderstood nations. Renowned Brazilian anthropologist Roberto DaMatta takes the misconceptions and offers a fresh…

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Way of the Cross–Way of Justice

Leonardo Boff

Theology has two eyes. One looks back toward the past, where salvation broke in; the other looks toward the present, where salvation becomes reality here and now.

This Way of…

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Way of the Cross–Way of Justice

Leonardo Boff

Theology has two eyes. One looks back toward the past, where salvation broke in; the other looks toward the present, where salvation becomes reality here and now.

This Way of…

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Carnivals, Rogues, and Heroes: An Interpretation of the Brazilian Dilemma

Roberto DaMatta

In this work, Roberto DaMatta focuses on the trajectories of three types of public ritual (carnival, Independence Day and other military parades, and local-level religious processions) as principal axes in…

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Crowds in the 21st Century: Perspectives from contemporary social science

This volume presents the latest theory and research on crowd events and crowd behaviour from across the social sciences. It was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social…

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Crowds in the 21st Century: Perspectives from contemporary social science

This volume presents the latest theory and research on crowd events and crowd behaviour from across the social sciences. It was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social…

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The Reformed (dutch) Church, Rhinebeck, N.y.

John Benjamin Drury

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Truths and Untruths of Evolution

John Benjamin Drury

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

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Sea Level Rising

John Philip Drury

Sea Level Rising revels in water-flowing through rivers, splashing on quays, docked vessels, the wake of speeding boats, the elusive tang of sea salt in the heart of the prairie…

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The Resurrected God: Karl Barth’s Trinitarian Theology of Easter

An examination of the resurrection of Christ and its relationship to the doctrine of the Trinity in the mature work of Karl Barth, particularly across the three parts of volume…

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Julius and Little Nero

Jill Marie Drury,John Wesley Drury,John Wesley Drury, Jr

When in Rome… Rome is a city of Eternal imagination. It has an amazing culture combining new and ancient sites to visit and absorb. It is a city where meals…

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Julius and Little Nero

Jill Marie Drury,John Wesley Drury,John Wesley Drury, Jr

When in Rome… Rome is a city of Eternal imagination. It has an amazing culture combining new and ancient sites to visit and absorb. It is a city where meals…

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Foster John Drury David

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The Reformed (dutch) Church, Rhinebeck, N.y.

John Benjamin Drury

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Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight

Miranda Belarde-Lewis,John Drury

…[A]ccompanies the exhibition of the same name organized by Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, and Preston Singletary, on view October 3, 2018-September 2, 2019. Wichita Art Museum, Kansas, on view…

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Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

John Drury Clark

This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics Imprint is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into…

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Humanist Christology of Paul

Juan L Segundo

Segundo’s groundbreaking exegesis focuses chiefly on Paul’s treatment of sin, faith, and the impact of their intersection on human existence. In a brilliant concluding chapter, Segundo rejects liberation theology’s reading…

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The Sacraments Today

Juan L Segundo

Juan Luis Segundo, a Jesuit theologian from Uruguay, is author of Liberation of Theology, Liberation of Dogma, and The Sacraments Today.

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Faith and Ideologies

Juan L Segundo

‘Faith and Ideologies’ continues to develop the key concepts that Segundo had previously analyzed in ‘The Liberation of Theology’. He does this with great incisiveness and profundity both on the…

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Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

John Drury Clark

Tells the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi author John D. Clark writes with irreverent…

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The Complete Poetry

George Herbert

George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in a variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and…

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Steele at Drury Lane

John Loftis

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach…

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Steele at Drury Lane

John Loftis

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach…

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Modern Miracle Men

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Jim Thorpe in the 20th Century

Joan Sewell Gilbert,John H Drury

Jim Thorpe in the 20th Century examines the causes and effects of a community’s decision to relinquish its Native American name Mauch Chunk ( Bear Mountain ) to become the…

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The Philosopher and His Poor

Jacques Ranciere

Ranciere’s account of Western philosophical thought from Plato to Bourdieu argues that philosophers depend on an ideal poor for their own analyses but preclude them from abstract thought

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Jerry Pethick: Shooting the Sun/Splitting the Pie

Grant Arnold

Jerry Pethick: Shooting the Sun/Splitting the Pie is the first major volume dedicated to the career of this multifaceted artist.

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Protestantism and Repression: A Brazilian Case Study

Rubem A Alves

Over the last twenty years, incredible changes have taken place in the Presbyterian Church of Brazil. In 1959, on the occasion of its centennial celebrations, this church was acclaimed as…

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Kamazu’s Big Swing Band

John Kitchen

When all your friends tell you you are good enough to join the band in town, then they must be right, mustn’t they - even if you are an elephant?

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Three Entertainments, Perform’d at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

John Thurmond

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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Three Entertainments, Perform’d at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

John Thurmond

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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Karl Barth and the Future of Evangelical Theology

A collection of essays that seek to advance the dialogue between evangelical theologians and the legacy of Karl Barth.

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Drury Land Lyrics: And Other Poems (1868)

John Bedford Leno

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…

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