Who really wrote the Letters of Paul? Anonymous editors saved him from oblivion but distorted his message, adding anti-Jewish and misogynistic texts alongside the beautiful praise of love. This book reconstructs the first edition, removing 2000 years of changes.
The Life and Work of Isidore Snapper (1889-1973)
Professor of Medicine on three continents, POW of the Japanese, US war consultant, and lover of a CIA agent. Isidore Snapper was a medical celebrity and one of the last great generalists—a brilliant physician from an era now extinct.
Art and Anatomy in Nineteenth Century Britain
In early 19th-century Britain, art and science collided. Artists studied dissection to capture life, while anatomists learned to draw for accuracy. This book uncovers their mutual dependence and how anatomical truth became a measure of beauty, through three pioneering figures.
This book presents a new theory of capitalism where disequilibrium and “imperfect competition” are the functional norm. It shows that equilibrium is a functional anomaly that causes crises, and details the principles of crisis-proof policies and behavior.
The Psalms are a key text of world literature, but archaic language can be an impediment for modern readers. This book provides a compact apparatus for exploring the text, including descriptions of places and events and a practical index to find psalms for real-world problems.
Second Person Plural Forms in World Englishes
While Modern English uses a single “you,” many dialects have plural forms like “yous.” This investigation, based on a 1.9 billion-word corpus, explores these forms across 20 varieties of English, uncovering their distribution and role in the speaker-hearer relationship.
Foundational Social Ritual Practices of Parish Life
What makes a parish strong? This book argues it begins not with structures, but with relationships. Discover the foundational ingredients of community and how social rituals, like sharing a meal, forge the bonds that make a parish truly thrive.
This book is a literary journey through Salman Rushdie’s cross-pollinated gardens, where reading is a quest. It explores his sorcery with language, the dark season of the fatwa, the lush sensuality of his novels, and his Quichotte, a Don Quijote for the internet age.
The 2011 Arab uprisings echoed similar waves of change from the 1950s. This book analyzes the revolutionary periods of Egypt in the 1950s and 2010s, comparing them to provide insights into the people’s demands for change and their struggle for dignity.
This book applies Saint Augustine’s ethics to contemporary social justice. In dialogue with modern political philosophy, it offers new frameworks for addressing 21st-century challenges and prepares readers for today’s most urgent social justice debates.
Celebrating Flamenco’s Tangled Roots
This collection of essays poses questions about queerness, race, and the dancing body. The contributions come together across disciplines in the whirling, raucous, and messy spaces where the body is free—to celebrate its questioning and the wisdom and knowledge it holds.
Understanding Bollywood
Explore how Bollywood films reveal the cultural politics of India. This book analyses the on-screen evolution of Indian women, charting their journey from subjugation to empowerment and the fight for human rights.
An Interactive Approach to Enhancing Early Word Learning
This volume translates complex research on child language into accessible strategies for parents and professionals. It informs best practices for building vocabulary from the ground up, enhancing word learning even before infants produce their first words to prevent delays.
Explore how marketing culture fuels economic growth through creative industries and tourism. By contrasting Western and non-Western theories, this book forges critical new methodologies for intercultural business, challenging conventional wisdom.
Vignettes Relating to Kathakali and Shakespeare
For lovers of the performing arts, especially Kathakali, the dance drama of Kerala. This book uniquely compares Shakespearean plays and characters to the stories and characters in Kathakali, offering a completely new perspective.
Key Issues Confronting the Black Community in Denver, CO
This volume highlights critical issues in Colorado’s Black and Brown communities—from policing and equity to prisoner reintegration—and offers solutions. It contains essential tools for educators and leaders, providing a model for urban communities nationwide.
Figurativity is not mere linguistic flourish, but constitutive of human comprehension, communication, and functioning. This volume explores the cognitive operations behind non-literal thought and expression across various languages, cultures, and media.
This study explores the work of feminist authors who responded to the Italian Risorgimento (1799-1861). Through novels, poetry, and political analyses, women from Mary Shelley to Cristina Belgiojoso championed democracy, civic justice, and gender equality.
This book explores overlooked medical history, from Native American wound care superior to European practices to ancient texts that answer Hippocratic questions. It traces the history of surgery and critiques the for-profit health care system, suggesting reforms for the future.
African cinema offers a unique opposition to the injustices of neoliberalism. It deftly analyzes the thread running through globalization and corporate greed that naturalizes a global caste system and generates a culture of permanent anxiety and precarity.