This accessibly written textbook has been a popular introduction to the Pentateuch for over twenty-five years. It identifies the major themes of the first five books of the Bible and offers an overview of their contents. Unlike some academic studies, it focuses on how the books from Genesis to Deuteronomy form a continuous story that provides an important foundation for understanding the whole Bible. This new edition has been substantially updated throughout to reflect the author's refined...

The international refugee regime is fundamentally broken. Designed in the wake of World War II to provide protection and assistance, the system is unable to address the record numbers of persons displaced by conflict and violence today. States have put up fences and adopted policies to deny, deter, and detain asylum seekers. People recognized as refugees are routinely denied rights guaranteed by international law. The results are dismal for the millions of refugees around the world who are...

One of the most colorful characters in modern history, Catherine II of Russia began her life as a minor German princess, until the childless Empress Elizabeth and Catherine's own scheming mother married her off to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia at age sixteen. By thirty-three, she had overthrown her husband in a bloodless coup and established herself as Empress of the multinational Russian Empire, the largest territorial political unit in modern history. Portrayed both as a political geniu...

One of the most colorful characters in modern history, Catherine II of Russia began her life as a minor German princess, until the childless Empress Elizabeth and Catherine's own scheming mother married her off to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia at age sixteen. By thirty-three, she had overthrown her husband in a bloodless coup and established herself as Empress of the multinational Russian Empire, the largest territorial political unit in modern history. Portrayed both as a political geniu...

Imagination' was one of the most successful science fiction magazines of its time. While many of it contemporaries tried to push literary boundaries, 'Imagination' focused on adventure and space opera, assuring its financial success. Here are some of the finest stories ever to appear in its pages. Over 200,000 words of pulse-pounding adventure fiction. 'Mr. Spaceship' by Philip K. Dick 'The Mind Digger' by Winston Marks 'Earth Alert!' by Kris Neville 'Stopover Planet' by Robert E. Gilbert ...

"The best book to have next to your Bible."From the history and design of the temple in Jerusalem to God's relationship with the universe, you'll find it here. The land, culture, battles, feast days, heroes, and villains of Scripture come alive through spectacular color-filled articles and images of meticulous clarity and detail.For this 6th edition the Handbook has been completely reset and redesigned in a larger format, making the text and graphi...

In the quarter century since Wallerstein first developed world systems theory (WST), scholars in a variety of disciplines have adopted the approach to explain intersocietal interaction on a grand scale. These essays bring to light archaeological data and analysis to show that many historic and prehistoric states lacked the mechanisms to dominate the distant (and in some cases, nearby) societies with which they interacted. Core/periphery exploitation needs to be demonstrated, not simply ass...

Looking for a great read? Love a good—no, GREAT—cozy mystery? Ever tried one without a traditional murder at its center? Love a great romance? Love history? Love a comfy cozy quilt? Love learning without even realizing it because you’re so involved in an edge-of-your-seat suspenseful mystery? Never seen all of this together in one place? Welcome! In the first book of the series, The Wandering Quilt, stitches on a lovely quilt Camille finds in a thrift store keep mysteriously coming undone,...

AI for MBAs: The Essential Guide for Leaders Building AI-Driven Enterprise serves as a foundational textbook for understanding how artificial intelligence (AI) can be successfully integrated within the realm of business.A tectonic shift has begun across the global economy. AI is restructuring how companies think, act, and win, and the leaders who understand this shift today will dominate the markets of tomorrow. Building upon hundreds of interviews with CEOs and founders a...

Focused Biblical Scholarship to Teach the Text EffectivelyThe Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of Scripture. Each unit of the commentary includes the big idea and key themes of the passage and sections dedicated...

In a set of cases decided at the end of the nineteenth century, the Supreme Court declared that Congress had "plenary power" to regulate immigration, Indian tribes, and newly acquired territories. Not coincidentally, the groups subject to Congress' plenary power were primarily nonwhite and generally perceived as "uncivilized." The Court left Congress free to craft policies of assimilation, exclusion, paternalism, and domination.Despite dramatic shifts in constitutional law in the t...

Tree, grandson of Victory, continues the Blue Thunder saga. Tree initiates as a spiritual warrior to channel the families love and passion as sacred weapons to save Earth through the year 4,000. Earth has become a toxic wasteland, ensuing planetary genocide and dissolution of global culture and government. Yet amongst the horror, the continent of Atlantis has risen. It is upon this emerging continent, that Tree seeks to make a new Eden for the lost children of Earth. But great evil enters ...