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Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2004; US$ 16.99The true history of a legendary American folk hero In the 1820s, a fellow named Sam Patch grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, working there (when he wasn?t drinking) as a mill hand for one of America?s new textile companies. Sam made a name for himself one day by jumping seventy feet into the tumultuous waters below Pawtucket Falls. When in 1827... more...
A Shopkeeper's Millennium
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2004; US$ 17.99A quarter-century after its first publication, A Shopkeeper's Millennium remains a landmark work--brilliant both as a new interpretation of the intimate connections among politics, economy, and religion during the Second Great Awakening, and as a surprising portrait of a rapidly growing frontier city. The religious revival that transformed America... more...
The Kingdom of Matthias
Oxford University Press, USA 1994; US$ 19.99In the autumn of 1834, New York City was awash with rumors of a strange religious cult operating nearby, centered around a mysterious, self-styled prophet named Matthias. It was said that Matthias the Prophet was stealing money from one of his followers; then came reports of lascivious sexual relations, based on odd teachings of matched spirits, apostolic... more...
The Kingdom of Matthias
Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 18.99Paul Johnson and Sean Wilentz brilliantly recapture the forgotten story of Matthias the Prophet, imbuing their richly researched account with the dramatic force of a novel.In the hands of Johnson and Wilentz, the strange tale of Matthias opens a fascinating window into the turbulent movements of the religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening--movements... more...
Political Disagreement
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 29.00Political disagreement is frequently widespread within the everyday patterns of political discussion that occur among ordinary citizens. The authors demonstrate the ubiquitous nature of political disagreement, even within the networks and contexts that comprise the micro-environments of democratic citizens. more...
Molecular Biology of the Fission Yeast
Elsevier Science 1989; US$ 315.00This highly researched yeast, which represents a system used by cell biologists, geneticists and molecular biologists, has been given only minimal coverage in the literature. Its properties make it an excellent organism for DNA and related biotechnology reseach. This book, which is the first attempt to collate existing information in one source, will... more...
Bottle Creek
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 37.50This is the first comprehensive study and analysis of the most important Mississippian mound site on the north-central Gulf coast. Consisting of 18 earthen mounds and numerous additional habitation areas dating to A.D. 1250-1550, the Bottle Creek site was first professionally investigated in 1932 when David L. DeJarnette of the Alabama Museum... more...
The Geographical Imagination of Annie Proulx
Lexington Books 2010; US$ 30.99This highly readable edited collection focuses on the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx. Each contributor to this volume explores a different facet of Proulx's striking attention to geography, place, landscape, regional environments, and local economies in her writing. Covering all of her novels and short story collections, scholars... more...
Understanding the Big Picture of the Bible
Crossway 2012; US$ 11.99Essays from leading evangelical scholars form this accessible introduction to reading the Bible with an understanding of its storyline, theology, and genres. more...
Play and Performance: Play and Culture Studies
University Press of America 2011; US$ 34.99Play and Performance broadens the understanding of what play is. The chapters cover an array of practices that can be seen across the play to performance continuum, providing advocates, researchers, and practitioners a wealth of practical and theoretical ideas for expanding the use of performance as a tool. more...









