The original edition of A Season of Inquiry first published in 1986 offered an insider s account of the workings of the Church investigation and of the US s espionage agencies. In this new edition the author then a special assistant to Senator Church revisits the ci... Lees meer.

A Gallop poll surveyed 506 American teenagers aged 13 to 18 and discovered the following. - 69 believe in angels - 59 believe in ESP- 55 believe in astrology - 28 believe in clairvoyance- 24 believe in Bigfoot - 22 believe in witchcraft- 20 believe in ghosts - 1... Lees meer.

This book recalls for nonscientific readers the history of quantum mechanics the main points of its interpretation and Einstein s objections to it together with the responses engendered by his arguments. Most popular discussions on the strange aspects of quantum me... Lees meer.

Gary Saul Morson brings to life the intense intellectual debates shaping two centuries of Russian writing. Dialogues of great writers with philosophical wanderers and blood-soaked radicals reveal a contest between unyielding dogmatism and open-minded wonder rendering t... Lees meer.

Feminism Confronts Technology provides a lively and engaging exploration of the impact of technology on women s lives from word processors to food processors and genetic engineering to the design of cities. Comprehensive and critical this book surveys the sociologica... Lees meer.

The book discusses the ways in which the rabbinical elite of the Israeli West Bank settlers responded to Israeli territorial compromises. The Six Day War in 1967 profoundly influenced how an increasing number of religious Zionists saw Israeli victory as the manifesta... Lees meer.

After his daughter s murder a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions -- and finds unexpected answers -- in this riveting and deeply moving 1 NYT bestseller.When Mackenzie Allen Phillips s youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation he... Lees meer.

Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World is the first English translation of a series of lectures Claude L vi-Strauss delivered in Tokyo in 1986. Written with an eye toward the future as his own distinguished career was drawing to a close this volume pre... Lees meer.

In August 334 BC Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire and systematically set about its conquest. At the core of Alexander s army were 10 000 members of the phalanx the phalangites. Armed with a long pike and fighting in formations up to 16 ranks deep these... Lees meer.

Winner of the 2024 Templeton Prize The story of an almost unimaginable dialogue an exploration of evil innocence and the gray spaces in between. New York Times A startlingly personal account written with clarity energy and enormous empathy Washington Post A Marine... Lees meer.

The author of the controversial bestseller Brain Trust brings his scientific expertise to the chilling true story of unexplained phenomena on Utah s Skinwalker Ranch -- and challenges us with a new vision of reality. For more than fifty years the bizarre events at a re... Lees meer.

A leading evangelical scholar presents clear compelling thoughts on salvation through Christ alone. The book addresses the growing popularity of pluralistic theology. The Gold Medallion Award-winning book that presents a persuasive case for Christ as the only way t... Lees meer.

The author of the controversial bestseller Brain Trust brings his scientific expertise to the chilling true story of unexplained phenomena on Utah s Skinwalker Ranch -- and challenges us with a new vision of reality.For more than fifty years the bizarre events at a rem... Lees meer.

From Tono-Bungay to Mad Men - how fiction has treated the omnipresent influence of advertising. Advertising long a controlling force in industrial society has provoked an important body of imaginative work by English language writers. Michael Ross s Designing Ficti... Lees meer.

The Supreme Court is frequently portrayed as an isolated entity void of politics that reaches judgments by some unseen and unknowable logic. At the same time Congress is cast as a singularly political enterprise with little regard for nuanced lawmaking. This volume of... Lees meer.