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This work examines the mid-life crisis through the perspectives of analytical psychology and through existential theology. Research suggests that 80 per cent of men suffer from this crisis and that it is not limited to any culture or period of history.

Copublished with the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Man and Message provides a practical method of analyzing texts based on a cognitive, multilevel model of meaning presented in simple, non-technical language for a wide audience.

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n a critical yet sympathetic examination of Richard Rorty's philosophy, the author uses the biblical figure of 'The Stranger' to explore some ethical tensions in Rorty's affirmation of a liberal polity.

Drawing on a wide array of primary and secondary sources, this text aims to compare and contrast the historical roots, goals, strategies, organizational structures and current activities of Palestinian and Israeli opponents of any mutual compromise.

The Principal's Companion is a book consisting of five sets of activities designed to simulate tasks similar to those typically encountered in the principalship.

This work shows why footnotes are valuable as a part of writing in scientific and historical research and how to create footnotes which are clear and helpful to the reader. It describes cases in which footnoting is appropriate and gives examples drawn from a variety of writings.

The Secret of Borges approaches the complex, labyrinthine writings of Jorge Luis Borges from a Freudian perspective. The author searches for connections between the works of Borges by analyzing his writing and gathering information on his life from various sources, including in-depth interviews with those who worked as assistants for the blind writer.

Bernard Lonergan's Insight: A Study of Human Understanding is one of the most profound and challenging books of the 20th century. This book is a comprehensive explanation, commentary and criticism of this work, which no one, according to the author, has previously attempted.

Meaning-Based Translation is designed for training beginning translators and organized chapter by chapter as drill material for the textbook; Meaning-Based Translation.

Offers a comparative analysis between Western and Islamic political theories and images. Davutoglu argues that conflicts between these two ideals originate from their philosophical, methodological, and theoretical background rather than only institutional and historical differences.

Truth in Translation is a critical study of Biblical translation, assessing the accuracy of nine English versions of the New Testament in wide use today. By looking at passages where theological investment is at a premium, the author demonstrates that many versions deviate from accurate translation under the pressure of theological bias.

Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the female protagonists in Shakespeare's plays with regard to their impact, not only on the plot of the plays, but also on the male protagonists, through providing easy-to-follow play synopses.

A socio-economic study of 20th-century American literature that reveals why mainstream businessmen must either discipline, suppress, or kill boyish tendencies that collide with do-or-die codes of the American corporate psychostructure.

Despite the intensive spotlight on broadcasters, few in Congress have tried to affect any real change in the amount and nature of violence in television programming. This work explores the complexities of Congressional scrutiny and the dynamics of communications policy-making in the United States.

This work examines the speeches of Pope John Paul II to managers and workers. It includes the texts of his words to managers, entrepreneurs and professionals, and general audiences.

In this book, distinguished philosopher Jorge J.E. Gracia reflects on his family and life in Cuba before the Castro Revolution. Through his stories the author hopes to entice historians, philosophers, writers, teachers, and others to pursue the study of Cuban society during that important period in the history of the island.

The Italian Americans: A Multicultural View demonstrates how popular negative notions of Italian American life are inaccurate. It is an introduction to an understanding of the Italian American sociohistorical experience including the oppression, exploitation and discrimination of this group in the United States, past and present.

Autumn Light: My Fifty Years in Zen is an artfully told memoir of one woman's lived experience of Zen Buddhism as it took root in America. The author weaves Zen teachings and practices into her personal story, recounting how they guided her through life's challenges into a peaceful old age.

This book combines oral history, storytelling, and ethnographic research in communication and performance studies into a unique archive of the history of contemporary Iranian diaspora experiences. This book provides an artistic vision of the transformations that Iranian exiles experienced in family, gender, and spiritual beliefs.

Originally published in 1935 by Henry Holt and Company, this insightful and groundbreaking volume is a special investigation of John Wesley's pioneer work toward the New Protestantism and his triumphant reaffirmation in the Age of Enlightenment of the historic Christian faith against "the worship of humanity."

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This volume deals essentially with the rise and evolution of the nationalist movements in the British Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons (the Cameroons), the factors that conditioned those movements, and how and why their results came to be as they were.