New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements is the most extensive study to date of modern American alternative spiritual currents. Hugh B. Urban covers a range of emerging religions from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including the Nation of Islam, Mormonism, Scientology, ISKCON, Wicc[...]

There are twenty-seven books in the traditional New Testament, but the early-Christian community was far more vibrant than that small number might lead you to think. In fact, many more scriptures were written and were just as important as the New Testament in shaping early-Christian communities and [...]

In the turbulent sixties, the provocative French film journal "Cahiers du Cinema" was at its most influential and controversial. The first successes of the New Wave by major "Cahiers" contributors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer, and Claude Chabrol focused in[...]

Making up 14.2 per cent of the American population, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the United States. Clearly, securing the Hispanic vote is more important to political parties than ever before. Yet, despite the current size of the Hispanic population, is there a clear Hispanic poli[...]

Journalists control our access to news.By pitching stories from particular angles, media set the agenda for public debate.In Reporting Conflict, Jake Lynch and Johan Galtung challenge reporters to tell the real story of conflicts around the world.The dominant kind of conflict reporting is what Lynch[...]

In New Ideas About New Ideas, Shira White offers a fresh, lively, and inspiring perspective on innovation. Drawing from in-depth interviews with dozens of today's most fascinating people-from architect Frank Gehry to physicist Brian Greene-White illustrates how anyone can achieve a creative mindset [...]

A collection of gardening wisdom in a question-and-answer format provides valuable guidance and information on flowers, trees, shrubs, lawns, herbs, vegetables, indoor plants, and fruit, with tips on cultivation, selecting plants, pest control, soil amendments, and gardening techniques, plus gardeni[...]