The Harriet Lane Handbook: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Paperback - Johns Hopkins Hospital

Every three years, The Harriet Lane Handbook is carefully updated by residents, edited by chief residents, and reviewed by expert faculty at The Jo...

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This substantially expanded edition of Belden C. Lane's Landscapes of the Sacred includes a new introductory chapter that offers three new interpre...

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Immediately after the Gospels, the New Testament takes up the history of the early Christian Church, describing the works of the twelve disciples, ...

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Contributor(s): Editor: Michael McKeonMichael McKeon, author of The Origins of the English Novel, 1600-1740, here assembles a collection of influen...

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This volume contains a collection of Stein's works. It also includes her essay "Plays", in which she reflects on the experience in the theatre of s...