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Through the Eye of a Needle
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 39.95Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman... more...
Information Architecture with XML
Wiley 2003; US$ 55.00One of the only books on this subject to focus on XML's value as a business tool rather than the technology. This book deals with important management issues and focuses on demonstrating XML's value as a business tool. It emphasizes processes and business logic, and will show you how to go about introducing this technology and what must be done to... more...
A Companion To Medieval English Literature and Culture c.1350 - c.1500
Wiley 2008; US$ 212.95A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500 challenges readers to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries. A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture. Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary... more...
A Companion to Chaucer
Wiley 2008; US$ 228.95Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels. more...
The Curious Garden
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 2013; US$ 9.99Discover award-winning and bestselling author/illustrator Peter Brown's inspiring story about how a little boy's rooftop garden brought beauty and joy to a polluted city in The Curious Garden . Features: Read Aloud functionality [where available] Book Description: One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time. While out... more...
Terence, The Comedies
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 134.99Terence (?184-159 BC) was the outstanding comic playwright of his generation at Rome and one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. This new translation with introduction and explanatory notes aims to convey the liveliness of the plays as pieces written for the theatre. - ;Terence (?184-159 BC) was the outstanding comic playwright of his... more...
The Cult of the Saints
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 17.00Following the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, the cult of the saints was the dominant form of religion in Christian Europe. In this elegantly written work, Peter Brown explores the role of tombs, shrines, relics, and pilgrimages connected with the sacred bodies of the saints. He shows how men and women living in harsh and sometimes barbaric... more...
Bright Soothing Noise
University of North Texas Press 2010; US$ 11.96The title, A Bright Soothing Noise, refers to the sound that fire makes, promising not only warmth and light but also violence and destruction. Brown?s greatest hero is Frank O?Connor, and like O?Connor?s his stories uncover the final bleakness of a national life but in the same moment glow with its promise of love and life and belonging. Brown?s Americans... more...
Health Care of the Older Adult
Woodslane Press 2011; US$ 19.99The growing number of older adults in Australia and New Zealand makes an understanding of their health needs and problems of critical importance to all nurses who work with them, both in specialty facilities and in other health facilities and services that have a large clientele who are ageing. Health Care of Older Adults contributes to a greater knowledge... more...
Geoffrey Chaucer (Authors in Context)
OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 8.99Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with France, devastating plague, the peasants' revolt, religious controversy, and the overthrow of the king. Compact and comprehensive, this book offers a wide-ranging account of the medieval society from which works such as The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde... more...









