This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Medicine in an Age of Revolution is the first major attempt since the 1970s to challenge the idea that the essential engine of medical (and scientific) change in seventeenth-century Britain was puritanism. While Peter Elmer seeks to reaffirm the crucial r...

The publication of the 44-volume Works of Daniel Defoe continues with this collection of Defoe's satirical poetry and fantasy writings, and writings on the supernatural.

The publication of the 44-volume Works of Daniel Defoe continues with this collection of Defoe's satirical poetry and fantasy writings, and writings on the supernatural.

The publication of the 44-volume Works of Daniel Defoe continues with this collection of Defoe's satirical poetry and fantasy writings, and writings on the supernatural.

The publication of the 44-volume Works of Daniel Defoe continues with this collection of Defoe's satirical poetry and fantasy writings, and writings on the supernatural.

Diese Biografie von Peter Thiel erzählt die Geschichte eines deutschen Einwanderers, der zu einem der mächtigsten und umstrittensten Männer im Silicon Valley wurde. Von einer Kindheit, die er zwischen verschiedenen Kontinenten verbrachte, über die Mitgründung von PayPal und die erste externe Investition in Facebook bis hin zum Aufbau des geheimnisvollen Datenunternehmens Palantir – dies ist die Geschichte eines Mannes, der gegen den Strom schwamm und gewann. Dies ist keine Autobiografie od...

“Consider this new book the standard Bernstein biography.” - Booklist, Starred ReviewA behind-the-scenes look at the life and music of legendary Hollywood composer Elmer Bernstein, the only person to be nominated for an Academy Award in every decade from the 1950s to the 2000sOver a career spanning 54 years, he composed landmark scores in every available genre-epics, jazz, westerns, dramas, and comedies-and his credi...

A growing church is a living church, but much of the attention in church growth today is focused on making big churches bigger. This encouraging new book shows members of small and medium-sized congregations how to revive and expand their ministries as well. Churches of every size tend to plateau in attendance and never break free of their self-imposed limitations or 'growth barriers'. This book gives detailed, practical instructions for breaking through those barriers to new levels of imp...

Few images evoke a more powerful or frightening reaction than that of the assassin.Silently creeping into your room while you sleep, they plunge a pick deep inside your brain, or fill your snoring nostrils with poisonous vapour. Or perhaps skilled fingers from the shadows strike a vital point during mid-step; the coroners say it was a heart attack.Assassins are people to be feared, no doubt. But what do they fear? What do they dream of? What life, what world, are they longi...

This book was written basically to demonstrate the procedures that Sgt Peter Trunce used in trying to get refugees safely out of Burma and away from the Japanese during World War II. Some of these refugees were their own worst enemies. They died because of their own foolish mistakes, lack of reason and discipline, and lack of knowledge. It was obvious from the letter he wrote that Sgt Trunce had much compassion for the people he was there to help.

Movin’ on up!Do you approach prayer with the same attitude and same requests—now you can flow into a new realm.Prayer Changes Things shows you how to pray the Jesus way—responding to His Father with “yes” as a matter of habit. You, too, can learn to trust Him with that same response in your everyday life.Prayer Changes Things includes excerpts from the following books and authors:Let Your Yes be Yes by Do...

Der vorliegende Sammelband ist eine Zusammenstellung nahezu aller Vorträge, die im Rahmen der KATHARINAfeier an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät Salzburg seit Beginn der Veranstaltung gehalten wurden. Die Vorträge stammen aus unterschiedlichen theologischen und philosophischen Disziplinen, sind jedoch alle verbunden durch einen kritisch-feministischen Ansatz. Zusätzlich zu dieser Zusammenschau enthält das Buch einen Artikel über die Entstehungsgeschichte der KATHARINAfeier sowie über ...