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Inside the NFL's First Family

My Life of Football, Faith, and Fatherhood

by Bruce Matthews ...

From the man who has played in more NFL games than any lineman in the football league’s history comes a memoir about the Matthews family and how eight people over three generations have achieved success in the NFL—more than any other family in sports history.No family has qualified more of its members for the demands and rewards of the National Football League than the Matthews clan—eight and ... Read more

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From the man who has played in more NFL games than any lineman in the football league’s history comes a memoir about the Matthews family and how eight people over three generations have achieved success in the NFL—more than any other family in sports history.No family has qualified more of its members for the demands and rewards of the National Football League than the Matthews clan—eight and
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Foundations of Education

A Christian Vision

Edited by Matthew Bruce Etherington ...

Ideas about education have consequences. This book, edited by Matthew Etherington, provides readers with ideas and insights drawn from fifteen international scholars in Christian thought within the fields of philosophy, theology, and education. Each author responds to the philosophical, historical, and sociological challenges that confront their particular line of educational inquiry. The authors ... Read more

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Ideas about education have consequences. This book, edited by Matthew Etherington, provides readers with ideas and insights drawn from fifteen international scholars in Christian thought within the fields of philosophy, theology, and education. Each author responds to the philosophical, historical, and sociological challenges that confront their particular line of educational inquiry. The authors
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Age of Gladiators, The

Savagery and Spectacle in Ancient Rome

by Rupert Matthews ...

Narrated by Dugald Bruce Lockhart ...

Unabridged

7 hours 29 min

This was Rome, a city of bloodshed and laughter, of food and starvation. But why was so much wealth, time and trouble lavished on free entertainments?The Age of the Gladiators explores many savage spectacles of Ancient Rome, many of which have become proverbial for their cruelty, bloodlust and glory. From Gladiator fights in grand amphitheaters to chariot racing at the Circus Maximus, Romans had ... Read more

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This was Rome, a city of bloodshed and laughter, of food and starvation. But why was so much wealth, time and trouble lavished on free entertainments?The Age of the Gladiators explores many savage spectacles of Ancient Rome, many of which have become proverbial for their cruelty, bloodlust and glory. From Gladiator fights in grand amphitheaters to chariot racing at the Circus Maximus, Romans had
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Also available as: eBook
The Summons of the Text

How Every Text Points to the Gospel

by Bruce G. Gale ...

The Summons of the Text explores the deep conviction that Scripture is not passive. God speaks to us through scripture and calls us to respond to him. This book guides pastors and teachers to handle Scripture in a text-driven way—through the substance, structure, spirit, and summons. This approach submits to the authority of Scripture rather than imposing external themes or applications. Let the ... Read more

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The Summons of the Text explores the deep conviction that Scripture is not passive. God speaks to us through scripture and calls us to respond to him. This book guides pastors and teachers to handle Scripture in a text-driven way—through the substance, structure, spirit, and summons. This approach submits to the authority of Scripture rather than imposing external themes or applications. Let the
... Read more
How to Design Programs, second edition

An Introduction to Programming and Computing

by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, Shriram Krishnamurthi ...

A completely revised edition, offering new design recipes for interactive programs and support for images as plain values, testing, event-driven programming, and even distributed programming.This introduction to programming places computer science at the core of a liberal arts education. Unlike other introductory books, it focuses on the program design process, presenting program design guidelines ... Read more

$41.99 USD

A completely revised edition, offering new design recipes for interactive programs and support for images as plain values, testing, event-driven programming, and even distributed programming.This introduction to programming places computer science at the core of a liberal arts education. Unlike other introductory books, it focuses on the program design process, presenting program design guidelines
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Craving and Salvation

A Study in Buddhist Soteriology

by Bruce Matthews ...

Series Book 13 - SR Supplements
Is there any escape form the awareness of pain and the bonds of an unending cycle of life? Why are human subject to craving" What is the nature human beings? The Buddhist understanding of salvation is based upon such queries.A thorough grasp of the function of craving in religious life is strategic to an understanding of Buddhism, yet its role in the Buddhist plan of salvation is easy to ... Read more

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Is there any escape form the awareness of pain and the bonds of an unending cycle of life? Why are human subject to craving" What is the nature human beings? The Buddhist understanding of salvation is based upon such queries.A thorough grasp of the function of craving in religious life is strategic to an understanding of Buddhism, yet its role in the Buddhist plan of salvation is easy to
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Hildegard von Bingen's Mystical Visions

Translated from Scivias

by Bruce Hozeski ...

Twelfth-century Rhineland mystic Hildegard von Bingen records her exquisite encounter with divinity, producing a magnificent fusion of divine inspiration and human intellect. Hildegard von Bingen’s Mystical Visions is perhaps the most complete and powerful documentation of mystical consciousness in recorded history. Now after 800 years, these visions are again available for those seeking to ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Twelfth-century Rhineland mystic Hildegard von Bingen records her exquisite encounter with divinity, producing a magnificent fusion of divine inspiration and human intellect. Hildegard von Bingen’s Mystical Visions is perhaps the most complete and powerful documentation of mystical consciousness in recorded history. Now after 800 years, these visions are again available for those seeking to
... Read more
Genomics, Circuits, and Pathways in Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Edited by Thomas Lehner, Bruce L. Miller, Matthew W. State ...

This foundational work comprehensively examines the current state of the genetics, genomics and brain circuitry of psychiatric and neurological disorders. It consolidates discoveries of specific genes and genomic regions associated with these conditions, the genetic and anatomic architecture of these syndromes, and addresses how recent advances in genomics are leading to a reappraisal of the ... Read more

$134.99 USD

This foundational work comprehensively examines the current state of the genetics, genomics and brain circuitry of psychiatric and neurological disorders. It consolidates discoveries of specific genes and genomic regions associated with these conditions, the genetic and anatomic architecture of these syndromes, and addresses how recent advances in genomics are leading to a reappraisal of the
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Rural Wealth Creation

Edited by John L. Pender, Bruce A. Weber, Thomas G. Johnson, J. Matthew Fannin ...

Series series Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics
This book investigates the role of wealth in achieving sustainable rural economic development. The authors define wealth as all assets net of liabilities that can contribute to well-being, and they provide examples of many forms of capital – physical, financial, human, natural, social, and others. They propose a conceptual framework for rural wealth creation that considers how multiple forms of ... Read more

$110.99 USD

This book investigates the role of wealth in achieving sustainable rural economic development. The authors define wealth as all assets net of liabilities that can contribute to well-being, and they provide examples of many forms of capital – physical, financial, human, natural, social, and others. They propose a conceptual framework for rural wealth creation that considers how multiple forms of
... Read more
Buddhism in Canada

Edited by Bruce Matthews ...

Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important ... Read more

$45.99 USD

Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important
... Read more
Lessons from the Local Group

A Conference in honour of David Block and Bruce Elmegreen

Edited by Kenneth Freeman, Bruce Elmegreen, David Block, Matthew Woolway ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
Our understanding of galaxy formation comes mostly from two sources: sensitive observations at high angular resolution of the high-redshift Universe, where galaxies are observed to be forming, and detailed observations of individual stars and clouds in the Local Group, where telltale remnants from its formative time remain and similar processes operate at a low level today. The current conference ... Read more

$188.09 USD

Our understanding of galaxy formation comes mostly from two sources: sensitive observations at high angular resolution of the high-redshift Universe, where galaxies are observed to be forming, and detailed observations of individual stars and clouds in the Local Group, where telltale remnants from its formative time remain and similar processes operate at a low level today. The current conference
... Read more
A Slant of Light

Reflections on Jack Wheatcroft

by Peter Balakian, Bruce Smith, Jan Balakian, Philip Brady, Tom Gardner, Cynthia Hogue, Kurt Landefeld, Teresa Leo, Jane Maas0, Shara McCallum1, Dennis O’Brien2, Dierdre O’Connor3, Anne Rogers Poliakoff4, John Ramsay5, Philip Roth6, Betsy Sholl7, Gary Sojka8, Matthew Stevenson9 ...

Jack Wheatcroft (1925-2016) had a transformative impact on five decades of Bucknell students (1952-1996). He served the institution with great generosity of a kind that was rare for a teacher so immersed in his writing. He founded the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, the Philip Roth Visiting Writers Residency, and the magnificent Stadler Center for Poetry. He over saw the restoration of ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Jack Wheatcroft (1925-2016) had a transformative impact on five decades of Bucknell students (1952-1996). He served the institution with great generosity of a kind that was rare for a teacher so immersed in his writing. He founded the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, the Philip Roth Visiting Writers Residency, and the magnificent Stadler Center for Poetry. He over saw the restoration of
... Read more

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