Western Words

The King James Version of 1611 has been the most widely known and quoted version of the Bible for four centuries, and has shaped both Western cultu...

"The drums they roll, upon my soul, for that's the way we go, " runs the chorus in a Harrigan and Hart song from 1874. "Forty miles a day on beans ...

Reducere. In 1517, Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of Wittenberg's castle church. Luther's seemingly inconsequential act ultimately launched...

Reducere. DescriptionWhile most reading research focuses on young children, this book looks at how to support reading beyond the early years and into adultho...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ghayan ChandPashto also known as Pakhto, Pushto, Pukhto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, Pushtu, Pushtoo, Pathan, or Afghan language) is a...

No other nation on Earth has contributed more to the elevation of the human spirit, and to the enrichment of every aspect of civilization on a glob...

Reducere. The democracy of the image in the social landscapeThe saturation of our social landscape by photographs and photographers is apparent from any publ...

Reducere. The history of American firearms is inseparable from the history of the United States, for firearms have played crucial roles in the nation's found...

Reducere. One of the largest compilations of gematria ever published, this book examines the base terms used in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), as well as many wo...

Reducere. No other nation on Earth has contributed more to the elevation of the human spirit, and to the enrichment of every aspect of civilization on a glob...

Reducere. "The drums they roll, upon my soul, for that's the way we go, " runs the chorus in a Harrigan and Hart song from 1874. "Forty miles a day on beans ...

Reducere. The 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry fought in some of most bitterly contested battles of the war: Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Atlanta just to name a few. T...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jeff A. BennerAll previous Biblical Hebrew lexicons have provided a modern western definition and perspective to Hebrew roo...

Reducere. DescriptionSamoan Queer Lives delves into the unique lives of Samoan people who are 'fa afafine' - broadly understood in the Western interpretation...

DescriptionDiscover the Faces and Places of South DakotaThe Black Hills Family Fun Guide is your key to the perfect family getaway. Whether you're ...

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380, ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jeb RosebrookWith: Stuart RosebrookForeword by: Marshall Terrill"Junior Bonner is Jeb Rosebrook's masterpiece, subtly under...

"I define the Neutral as that which outplays the paradigm, or rather I call Neutral everything that baffles paradigm." With these words, Roland Bar...

Master composer Ennio Morricone's scores go hand-in-hand with the idea of the Western film. Often considered the world's greatest living film compo...

Reducere. Ever since the Spiritual Exercises were first published in 1548, the need had been felt for explanations to help guide those giving them; hence the...

Reducere. Looking at the moral and social implications of West's words, images, and music in the broader context of Western civilization's preconceived ideas...

What went wrong for British forces in 1917? Relive the key battles through first-hand accounts and little-known incidents of World War I. This book...

Reducere. The ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos was the first poet in the Western tradition to take money for poetic composition. From this starting...

Reducere. Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. A ten-volume analysis of the r...

Today the Asia-Pacific region stands on the verge of major change, with centuries of western dominated regional order being seriously challenged an...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Way of Love asks the question: How can we love each other? Here Luce Irigaray, one of the world's foremost philosophers, presents an...

Reducere. In its 122 brief essays, Worlds in Words traces the history and links among key concepts in Western cultures. Beginning with Proto-Indo-European ro...

Reducere. Three candles that illumine every darkness: TruthNatureKnowledge This passage is part of a vibrant and uniquely Irish poetic form: Trecheng Breth F...

Reducere. Acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship, Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History is a ten-volume analysis of the rise an...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Shmuly YanklowitzPirkei Avot is the urtext of Jewish practical wisdom. In many ways, the words of Pirkei Avot were the firs...

Reducere. This is the classic introduction to Chinese calligraphy. In nine richly illustrated chapters Chiang Yee explores the aesthetics and the technique o...

Because of their range, brilliance, and singularity, the ideas of the philosopher-critic-historian Michel Foucault have gained extraordinary curren...

DescriptionLike the prostrate pilgrim on the front cover--with his head protruding through the vault of heaven to discern the working of the cosmos...

Description"For those on the home front, World War I was experienced primarily through words--yet people still wanted to see what the war was like....

"You are a girl, you can't be a pilot." Those words resonated in Myriam's head throughout her teenager years while growing up in a small Swiss vill...

Reducere. DescriptionWithout the spiritualist movement and the amazing personality of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the creator of the Theosophical Society, the...

Reducere. In this compelling study of the children of serial migrants, Danau Tanu argues that the international schools they attend promote an ideology of be...

Reducere. DescriptionSparks fly and tension soars when a gutsy 21st century lawyer meets a 19th century Pinkerton agent in a Colorado mining town Fast-paced ...

Reducere. "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom 5: 1). When Paul wrote these words he...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jeb RosebrookWith: Stuart RosebrookForeword by: Marshall Terrill"Junior Bonner is Jeb Rosebrook's masterpiece, subtly under...

Ursula Le Guin's beloved YA series gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition for every reader This fifth volume in the definitive...

Reducere. Western societies are experiencing a series of disorientating culture shifts. Uncertain where we are heading, observers use ""post"" words to signa...

Reducere. When Paul first penned his letter to the house churches of Rome, his purpose was to gain prayerful support for his coming mission to the western Me...

Reducere. This book is about enlightenment, spiritual awakening, self realization, meditation, awareness, consciousness, happiness, love, relationships, psyc...

The strange verbal paradoxes called koans have been used traditionally in Zen training to help students attain a direct realization of truths inexp...

A comprehensive handbook of more than 1, 000 magical words, phrases, symbols, and secret alphabets - Explains the origins, derivatives, and practic...

The Christmas Truce of 1914 remains a moment of enduring fascination more than a century after the day the First World War guns fell silent. Now fo...

Reducere. Set in the final days of the Trojan War, Homer's poem recounts a formative moment in not only Greek culture, but in that of the West as a whole. W....

Reducere. Southern Pacific Daylight Steam Locomotives covers the Daylight's inception and glory years, the Warbaby era, the Western Pacific versions, the Ame...

Reducere. "President Lincoln is assassinated in his private box at Ford's!"When those harrowing words ring out during a children's entertainment in Washingto...

A great drought has swept across western North America. The bison are dying, and with them The People. The Chosen One was murdered long ago and The...

Reducere. This book offers a glimpse into Syrian refugee women's stories of defiance and triumph in the aftermath of the Syrian uprising.The al-Zaatari Camp ...

Reducere. #1 in the Young American Immigrants (nonfiction) series. Experience a true American adventure through the eyes of a child who walked it. Nine-year-...

Reducere. Revée Agyepong was 12 years when she typed in the words Sickle Cell Disease into the google search bar. Her heart sank, jaw dropped and eyes swelle...

Reducere. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History for 1993In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, a...

Reducere. "You are a girl, you can't be a pilot." Those words resonated in Myriam's head throughout her teenager years while growing up in a small Swiss vill...

Reducere. The Buffalo Soldiers were African Americans who served in the Regular Army between the Civil War and World War I and fought in some of the most dif...

Reducere. Western Connecticut consists of a rich mixture of culture, history, sport, ingenuity and agriculture and the Danbury Fair drank deeply from its roo...

Reducere. Our people are very lucky to be here, says Albert White Hat Sr. He has lived through a time when Indians were sent to boarding schools and were not...

Reducere. Spanish is an important source for terms and expressions that have made their way into the English of the southwestern United States. Vocabulario V...

Reducere. Facts and trivia about both the Radio Show and the TV Show; all your favorite charactors Festus, Doc, Kitty, Marshall Dillon, relive this iconic we...

Description"Either the whisky goes or I go." These words were uttered by the author's great grandmother after a harrowing trip by riverboat and sta...

'Napoo', 'compray', 'san fairy ann', 'toot sweet' are anglicized French phrases that came into use on the Western Front during the First World War ...

A timely essay collection on the development and influence of secular expressions of Buddhism in the West and beyond. How do secular values impact ...

Reducere. Many find it difficult to take words that were written thousands of years ago and apply them to twenty-first-century life in the Western world. How...

Exploration, adventure, hardship, success - these are words that are interchangeable with the "taming" of the American West. They are also words th...

Reducere. Sanskrit is considered the mother of all languages and the original language of yoga. 'Devanagari Sanskrit Workbook' is an easy, new and fun way to...

Reducere. The words in this book are primarily based on the wisdom of "The Yoga Sūtras of Patā jali, " a compilation of "threads" (sūtras) that put into word...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Seanan McGuireAuthor: Faith HunterAuthor: Laura Anne GilmanThe cry of coyotes at moonrise. The whistle of the eastbound tra...

Contributor(s): Author: Giorgio AgambenWhat is a rule, if it appears to become confused with life? And what is a human life, if, in every one of it...