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  • Moses Malone

    The Life of a Basketball Prophet

    by Paul Knepper ...
    Moses Malone overcame abject poverty in segregated Petersburg, Virginia, to become the first modern-day basketball player to jump directly from high school to the pros, paving a path for future stars such as Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James to follow. Moses Malone: The Life of a Basketball Prophet tells the story of Malone’s ascent in the early 1970s to becoming the premier player in ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Byung-Chul Han

    A Critical Introduction

    by Steven Knepper, Ethan Stoneman, Robert Wyllie ...
    Series series Key Contemporary Thinkers
    Byung-Chul Han is one of the most important living philosophers, renowned for his critiques of the digital age. In response to the idea that new technological devices expand our freedom, he argues that they lead to burnout and self-absorption and that we must redevelop contemplative practices which slow us down and open us up. He has brought to his thought forms of deep cosmopolitanism developed ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • The Knicks of the Nineties

    Ewing, Oakley, Starks and the Brawlers That Almost Won It All

    by Paul Knepper ...
    The Knicks of the 1990s competed like champions but fell short of their goal. An eclectic group who took divergent, in many cases fascinating paths to New York, they forged an identity as a rugged, relentless squad. Led by a superstar center Patrick Ewing and two captivating coaches--Pat Riley and Jeff Van Gundy--they played David to the Chicago Bulls' Goliath. Despite not winning a championship, ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Ohio and its People

    Bicentennial Edition

    by Knepper ...
    The Bicentennial Edition of Ohio and Its People is a revised and updated volume of this bestselling work and includes a new final chapter examining Ohio through the end of the twentieth century. Author George W. Knepper presents contemporary information on the national and state political arenas, the economy as it affects Ohio, the economic and environmental revival of Cleveland, and an updated ... Read more

    $24.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Intimate Strangeness of Poetry

    William Desmond and Literature

    Edited by Steven E. Knepper ...
    The Irish philosopher William Desmond studied literature before becoming one of the most exciting metaphysicians of our day. He continues to write, as he sometimes puts it, “between system and poetics.” Desmond claims a poetic register is necessary to evoke the richness of being, and that literature is a vital conversation partner for philosophy.This is the first collection to explore how Desmond ... Read more

    $25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death and Dying

    An Exercise in Comparative Philosophy of Religion

    Edited by Timothy D Knepper, Lucy Bregman, Mary Gottschalk ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The medicalization of death is a challenge for all the world's religious and cultural traditions. Death's meaning has been reduced to a diagnosis, a problem, rather than a mystery for humans to ponder. How have religious traditions responded? What resources do they bring to a discussion of death's contemporary dilemmas? This book offers a range of creative and contextual responses from a variety ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Moms Who Drink and Swear

    True Tales of Loving My Kids While Losing My Mind

    by Nicole Knepper ...
    If you feel like your kids are killing you, you’ve come to the right place. This irreverant, hilarious guide to the trials of motherhood makes the perfect gift for mom—or any woman with a huge heart and a mouth that sometimes needs washing out with soap.Attention all potty-mouthed, cheap-wine-drinking mothers: Prepare to meet your match. Any bad thought you’ve had about your kids, Nicole Knepper ... Read more

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  • Religions of Beijing

    Edited by Professor Timothy Knepper, Dr You Bin ...
    Religions of Beijing offers an intimate portrayal of lived religion in 17 different religious communities in greater Beijing. Students at Minzu University of China spent one year immersed in the routine and practices daily, “writing with” the experiences and perspectives of their practitioners. Each chapter has been translated into English, with students at Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa) ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • The Cesare Lombroso Handbook

    Edited by Paul Knepper, Per Jørgen Ystehede ...
    The Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835 – 1909) is the single-most important figure in the founding of criminology and the study of aberrant conduct in the human sciences.The Cesare Lombroso Handbook brings together essays by leading Lombroso scholars and is divided into four main parts, each focusing on a major theme. Part one examines the range and scope of Lombroso’s thinking; the ... Read more

    $86.99 USD

  • International Handbook of Victimology

    Edited by Shlomo Giora Shoham, Paul Knepper, Martin Kett ...
    In the nearly four decades since the First International Symposium on Victimology convened in Jerusalem in 1973, some concepts and themes have continued to hold a prominent place in the literature, while new ones have also emerged. Exploring enduring topics such as conceptions of victimhood, secondary and hidden victimization, and social services f ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • International Handbook of Criminology

    Edited by Shlomo Giora Shoham, Paul Knepper, Martin Kett ...
    The second handbook in the Shoham trilogy, which includes the esteemed International Handbook of Penology and Criminal Justice and the upcoming International Handbook of Victimology, this volume is a comprehensive treatment of criminology theory. This text contains contributions from 25 of the top international scholars in the field across a wide range of disciplines. Topics include social ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Philosophies of Religion

    A Global and Critical Introduction

    by Professor Timothy Knepper ...
    Series series Expanding Philosophy of Religion
    In this global introduction to philosophy of religion you begin not with a single tradition, but with religious philosophies from East Asia, South Asia, West Africa, and Native North America, alongside the classical Abrahamic and modern European traditions.Matching this diversity of traditions, chapters are organized around questions that acknowledge there is no single understanding of any god or ... Read more

    $30.79 USD