Gregory: 2919 books
The Indus Civilization
A Contemporary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002
The Indus Civilization of India and Pakistan was contemporary with, and equally complex as the better-known cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt and China. The dean of North American Indus scholars, Gregory Possehl, attempts here to marshal the state of knowledge about this fascinating culture in a readable...
Using Sartre
An Analytical Introduction to Early Sartrean Themes
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Using Sartre is an introduction to the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, but it is not an ordinary introduction. It both promotes Sartrean views and adopts a consistently analytical approach to him. Concentrating on the early philosophy, up to and including Sartre's masterwork Being and Nothingness,...
Satisfaction
Sensation Seeking, Novelty, and the Science of Finding True Fulfillment
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
"A discussion that is meaty, contemporary and expansive . . . Berns artfully blends social critique with technical expertise."- The Washington Post Book World
In a riveting narrative look at the brain and the power of novelty to satisfy it, Dr. Gregory Berns explores fields as diverse...
True Horror: Stories to Keep You Awake Tonight: True Tales of Terror
True Horror Stories, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
When you are reading mere stories, it’s not the same... You can get scared, but it’s not the same intense feeling of fear you feel when you know the story is real. There’s something about a true story that puts you on the edge of your seat and keeps you there, regardless of how brave you are.
Enjoy...
Daily Liturgical Prayer
Origins and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Tracing the origins of daily prayer from the New Testament and Patristic period, through the Reformation and Renaissance to the present, this book examines the development of daily rites across a broad range of traditions including: Pre-Crusader Constantinopolitan, East and West Syrian, Coptic and...
Strategic Party Government
Why Winning Trumps Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Why is Congress mired in partisan polarization? The conventional answer is that members of Congress and their constituencies fundamentally disagree with one other along ideological lines. But Gregory Koger and Matthew J. Lebo uncover a more compelling reason that today’s political leaders devote...
Evangelical Free Will
Phillipp Melanchthon's Doctrinal Journey on the Origins of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
If one is saved by faith alone in Jesus Christ, then what is the origin of that faith? Is it a preordained gift of God to elect individuals, or is some measure of human free choice involved? The debate over the relation between election and free will has a central place in the study of Reformation...
Jesus Wept
A Psychospiritual Handbook of Death, Grief, and Bereavement Counseling for Eastern Orthodox Clergy
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
One of the less formal but most important functions of parish ministry entails providing counseling to parishioners in need of sympathetic hearing and understanding advice from someone they personally know and trust. Jesus Wept provides a theological, psychological, and doctrinal foundation of the...
by Hector Z. Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Haunted houses are scattered across America, some more effective at attracting and retaining spirits than others. The sheer variety of ghosts is stunning – there are malicious spirits, the angry and restless ghosts and the benevolent and even positive apparitions.
Paranormal investigators...
by Gregory J. Feist
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In this book, Gregory Feist reviews and consolidates the scattered literatures on the psychology of science, then calls for the establishment of the field as a unique discipline. He offers the most comprehensive perspective yet on how science came to be possible in our species and on the important role...
Fiction Agonistes
In Defense of Literature
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
In this path-breaking new work, Gregory Jusdanis asks why literature matters. Why are we afraid to admit our pleasures of reading, to defend the arts to the school board, to discuss the importance of literature in life? Drawing on a wealth of references from Aristophanes to Eudora Welty, from Fernando...
Why Enough Is Never Enough
Overcoming Worries about Money -- A Catholic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Making Peace with God and MoneyThis is not a book about how to make money ... or spend it ... or give it away.Rather, it's a book for anyone who has ever worried about money -- about having enough -- and it begins with a startling assumption: No amount of money will ever lift your anxiety.This...
Meccania the Super-State
Foreseeing the Future and Foretelling the Terror of a Totalitarian Nazi-Like Regime (A Dark Dystopia)
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
This eBook edition of "Meccania the Super-State" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Meccania the Super-State" (1918) - Set in future 1970: a young Chinese traveller named Ming Yuen-hwuy enters Meccania for a five-month...
by Steven Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
We often go through life looking for answers and ways to find happiness today and in the future. These answers have been put in a form that is not only accessible but enjoyable: folk and fairy tales! The wisdom of the ages exists in the stories we have been raised on and told to our children for generations....