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From one of the world's most revered historians, the first major history of contemporary Jerusalem "Gilbert is a first-rate storyteller." —The Wall Street Journal "Fascinating and admirably readable . . . unmatched for sheer breadth of acutely observed historical detail." —Christopher Walker, The Times (London) "Most noteworthy for its richness of letters, journals and anecdotes . . . the major events of this century come alive in eyewitness accounts." —The New York Times Book Review ...
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Pottsville In The Twentieth Century (paperback) - By Leo L. Ward,mark T. Major
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This book arises from the conviction that much in research on the Pentateuch (the first 5 books of the Old Testament) needs to be subjected to rigorous scrutiny and that much is radically mistaken. Ernest Nicholson argues that the century-old work of Julius Wellhausen, for all that it needs revision and development in detail, remains the securest basis for understanding the Pentateuch.
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Jerusalem today is a vibrant, flourishing city, the capital of an independent nation, and the vital center of worship for three world religions. Yet, one hundred years ago - a mere moment in time to a city celebrating its 3,000th anniversary - Jerusalem was a provincial town, an outpost of the Ottoman Empire ruled from Constantinople. The extraordinary transformation of Jerusalem, from the twilight of Turkish rule to the advent of the twenty-first century, is an epic struggle of passionate political...
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Choral Music in the Twentieth Century
Nick Strimple's all-encompassing survey ranges from 19th-century masters, such as Elgar, to contemporary composers, such as Tan Dun and Paul McCartney. Repertory of every style and level of complexity is critically surveyed and described. This book is an essential resource for choral conductors and a valuable guide for choral singers and other music lovers.
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Technology has always been inseparable from the development of music. But in the twentieth century a rapid acceleration took place: a new "machine music" came into existence, electronic musical instruments appeared, and composers sometimes seemed more like sound technicians than musicians. In this book Hans-Joachim Braun and his co-authors offer a wide-ranging and fascinating look at the relationship of technology and modern music. Topics range from the role of Yamaha in Japan's musical development...
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Utah In The Twentieth Century (hardcover)
Utah in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
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Side A: Kyrie Eleison; Nicene Creed; Sanctus; The Lord's Prayer; Angus Dei; Gloria in Excelsis; Come Holy Ghost; Side B: A Great & Mighty Wonder; They Cast Their Nets; O Sons & Daughters; In Christ There Is No East or West; I Walk the King's Highway
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Published annually by the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Studies in Contemporary Jewry series features current scholarship in the form of symposia, articles, and book reviews by distinguished experts of Jewish studies from colleges and universities across the globe. Each volume also includes a list of recent dissertations. Volume XIV: Coping with Life and Death: Jewish Families in the Twentieth Century will appeal to all students and scholars...
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Paperback, Christian Mission in the Twentieth Century
This study provides a much-needed historical overview of the main developments in the theory and practice of Christian mission in this century. Part 1 describes the great missionary conferences of Edinburgh 1910, Jerusalem 1928, and Tambaram, Madras 1938, with particular emphasis on Christian responses to Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and secular interpretations of religious life. In Part 2, the developing pluralism of the modern world is addressed by way of Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and evangelical documents, and through diverse contemporaneous thinkers. 291 pages, softcover.
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A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 19171950
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Ireland In The Twentieth Century (paperback) - By Tim Pat Coogan
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Sicker views a century of Middle East history from a perspective that illustrates the interaction of global and regional geopolitics and the effects of Great Power involvement on regional stability. He focuses on "bull in a china shop" interventions that have produced as much chaos as order in the region.
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Including coverage of substances from heroin and cocaine to morphine, hallucinogens and alcohol, the book discusses topics such as: the historical development of drug-control laws and institutions; the relationship between the drug question and issues like trade policy, the Cold War and medical considerations; and reasons why the goal to eliminate drug abuse has been so difficult to accomplish.
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This lost novel of Jules Verne is a disappointment for YA SF fans. Michel Dufrenoy, a poet, has just graduated from the University and is entering into a world so transformed by technology that there proves to be no place in it for him. The arts and humanities are almost dead and he cannot adapt. He commiserates with a handful of others like himself and falls in love, but tragedy seems inevitable. Verne foresees a number of modern technological changes such as automobiles and fax machines, and presents...
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Books. Paris in the Twentieth Century
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In A History of Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, Christian Delacampagne reviews the discipline s divergent and dramatic course and shows that its greatest figures, even the most unworldly among them, were deeply affected by events of their time. From Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose famous Tractatus was actually composed in the trenches during World War I, to Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger -- one who found himself barred from public life with Hitler s coming to power, the other a member of the Nazi party who later refused to repudiate German war crimes. From Bertrand Russell, whose lifelong pacifism led him to turn from logic and mathematics to social and moral questions, and Jean-Paul Sartre, who made philosophy an occasion for direct and personal political engagement, to Rudolf Carnap, a committed socialist, and Karl Popper, a resolute opponent of Communism. From the Vienna Circle and the Frankfurt School to the contemporary work of philosophers as variously minded as Jacques Derrida, J]rgen Habermas, an
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In this book, Oliver Grau shows how virtual art fits into the art history of illusion and immersion. He shows how each epoch used the technical means available to produce maximum illusion. He discusses frescoes such as those in the Villa dei Misteri in Pompeii and the gardens of the Villa Livia near Primaporta, Renaissance and Baroque illusion spaces, and panoramas, which were the most developed form of illusion achieved through traditional methods of painting and the mass image medium before film...
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Advance Review copy with slip laid in. Near fine in a very good plus dustwrapper with a tanned spine.
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Now available in a new paperback printing, this book edited by Toyin Falola focuses on the major issues of the history of Nigeria during the twentieth century, showing how the country was created and governed under different regimes. While recognizing the role of external influences, notably the establishment of colonial rule by the British, the Cold War, and contemporary global politics, the book stresses the contributions of Nigerians to the development of their country. The leading themes explored...
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Scholar and author Susan Roth examines and applies the insights of the Jewish mystical Kaballah to Scriptural wisdom, events in history, and the discoveries of modern science through Perennial Philosophy. She offers a freshly unified view of human life and its meaning. Most profoundly she reveals how the powers of a new Eve can beget a fruitful and happy future for all mankind in the Messianic Age we live in.(155 Pages)
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Paperback, Cancer in the Twentieth Century
This collection of essays explores efforts to control and prevent cancer in North America and Europe. On both sides of the Atlantic, control programs emerged in the early twentieth century, and most were focused on early detection and treatment. Yet, those initiatives took very different forms in different countries. Experts disagreed on how to persuade the public to go to their doctors, what should be the role of public education, how cancer services should be delivered, who should provide them, which forms of therapy were most appropriate to particular cancers, and where to draw the line between therapy and prevention. Focusing on the United States and Britain, this volume examines why these differences emerged, how they shaped national programs of control, and how control programs in the early twentieth century presaged and set the conditions for the emergence of prevention-oriented programs in the 1960s and 1970s. Featuring works by leading medical historians on subjects such as the portrayal of ...
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