A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven?from the earliest biblical conceptions of the afterlife to the theologians who frame our understandings to the convictions and perceptions of everyday people

Drawing on history and popular culture, biblical research and everyday beliefs, Heaven offers a new understanding of one of the most cherished?and shared?ideals of spiritual life. Lisa Miller raises debates and discussions not just about our visions of the afterlife, but about how our beliefs have influenced the societies we have built and the lifestyles to which we have subscribed, exploring the roots of our beliefs in heaven and how these have evolved throughout the ages to offer comfort and hope.

She also reveals how the notion of heaven has been used for manipulation?to promulgate goodness and evil?as inspiration for selfless behavior, and as justification for mass murder.

As Miller demonstrates in this absorbing and enlightening book, the desire for a celestial afterlife is universal?shared by the faithful around the world and across religions. It is as old as the Bible itself. While there are many notions of what exactly heaven is and how we get there, Jews, Christians, and Muslims all agree that heaven is God's home. From the Revelation to the Left Behind series, Augustine to Osama bin Laden, Muslims in the West Bank to American Mormons baptizing their dead, Heaven is a penetrating look at one of our most cherished religious ideals.

Originally published in 1993, this is the essential book by and about Pete Seeger for those who admire him and love his music. From the 1940s when he began playing with Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, through his fifty years of activism, Seeger has always held the belief that everyone should be able to participate in making music, and this musical memoir is the perfect place to start.

This revised and expanded volume--including a CD with examples from 267 songs--shares the personal stories and historical context surrounding some of Seeger's most familiar and beloved tunes. Commenting on everything from songwriting to social activism, this autobiographical songbook includes lyrics, music, and chords to more than 300 songs, plus personal observations, anecdotes, and more than 100 photos and drawings.

This book is a collection of writings by Don Murray (1923-2006), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and long-time educator in English. Editors Newkirk and Miller (U. of New Hampshire) chose carefully from the volume of Murray's essays and thoughts on writing, drawing, daybook entries, and handouts. The varied topics explore writing from several perspectives, such as teaching writing as a process and not a product, understanding the writing process, and generally demystify the process that baffles many would be writers. As Murray said, 'The writer is a person who writes.' Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This brand-new volume in the best-selling 'Case Review' series uses more than 200 case studies to challenge your knowledge of a full range of topics in emergency radiology, including MDCT-A of vascular injury, CT and MR of spinal injuries, CT and MRI of CNS emergencies, and subtle and classic CT signs of bowel emergencies. It is your ideal concise, affordable, and user-friendly tool for self assessment in this specialty! With its soft-cover format, easy-access organization, and high-quality images, Emergency Radiology goes a long way toward alleviating exam anxiety and sharpening your clinical skills.

• Discusses the classic appearance of a range of emergent imaging pathology and key points concerning diagnoses to promote rapid, appropriate treatment of acute illnesses.
  
• Organizes case studies into 'Opening Round,' 'Fair Game,' and 'Challenge' sections that present varying levels of difficulty.
  
• Mirrors the format and content of the American Board of Radiology's oral exam, and offers case studies similar to those found on exams, to give you realistic preparation for the test-taking experience.
  
• Features more than 500 high-quality, state-of-the-art images representing a wide range of clinical situations encountered in the field.
  
• Incorporates the most recent knowledge from the literature in this field, and offers 200 case studies, to make sure your skills are completely up to date.
  
• Groups cases by topic for a more efficient, targeted review of information.

Condoleezza Rice, one of the most powerful and controversial women in the world, has until now remained a mystery behind an elegant, cool veneer. New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller peels back the layers and presents a revelatory portrait of the first black female secretary of state and President George W. Bush's national security adviser on September 11, 2001. Drawing on extensive interviews with Rice and more than 150 others, including colleagues, family members, government officials, and critics, the book relates in more intimate detail than ever before the personal voyage of a young black woman out of the segregated American South, and offers dramatic new information about the events and personalities of the Bush administration. In the process, with great insight, Bumiller tells the sweeping story of a tumultuous half-century in the nation's history.

A due anni, il bambino comincia a sviluppare le capacità che gli consentiranno di diventare autonomo: può spostarsi per cercare mamma e papà, può correre e prendere le cose, può sparire di colpo destando grande preoccupazione; è in grado di esprimere opinioni e desideri, di comunicare con grande espressività e di usare il linguaggio in modo sempre più articolato. Nel momento in cui impara a utilizzare il vasino, comincia anche a comprendere il significato di tenersi pulito e in ordine. Non c'è alcun dubbio che in questa fase il bambino mostra di avere un carattere ben definito, idee chiare riguardo a cosa gli piace e cosa no, e una certa spinta all'indipendenza. Tuttavia, questa indipendenza è relativa e per quanto, come genitori, possa essere facile lasciarsi sedurre dai suoi progressi, il bambino di due anni è molto fragile e ha ancora bisogno di protezione, attenzione, orientamento e stimoli.

Imazighen! Beauty and Artisanship in Berber Life presents the Peabody Museum's collection of arts from the Berber-speaking regions of North Africa. The book gives an overview of Berber history and culture, focusing on the rich aesthetic traditions of Amazigh (Berber) craftsmen and women. From ancient times to the present day, working with limited materials but an extensive vocabulary of symbols and motifs, Imazighen (Berbers) across North Africa have created objects that are both beautiful and practical. Intricately woven textiles, incised metal locks and keys, painted pottery and richly embroidered leather bags are just a few examples of objects from the Peabody Museum's collections that are highlighted in the color plates. The book also tells the stories of the collectors--both world-traveling Bostonians and Harvard-trained anthropologists--who brought these objects from Morocco or Algeria to their present home in Cambridge in the early twentieth century. The generosity of these donors has resulted in a collection of Berber arts, especially from the Tuareg regions of southern Algeria, that rivals that of major European and North African museums.

For the cook who sails and the sailor who cooks, the Galley Guru is a connoisseur's guide to simple ways to keep your grip in the galley. Prepare, preserve, and present, from a tiny space, real food that would not be ashamed to have come from a gourmet kitchen many times the size. Great cooking takes to the water as Lisa Hayden-Miller, the Galley Guru, presents fare with a flair. From survival food to gourmet feast, all 120 recipes are tagged with appropriate sailing conditions, from anchorage to heavy seas. Galley Guru will tempt even the landlubber, for in this 327-page quality paperback, Lisa makes the exotic accessible and the simple, simply wonderful.

· A practical handbook for activists, grassroots, and advocacy groups
· Covers constituency building and the theory behind the practice
· “a significant contribution to the growing international literature on citizen participation and advocacy A New Weave has been needed for a long time.”—John Gaventa, Institute of Development Studies.

This book breaks down the boxes separating human rights, rule of law, development, and governance, and creates an integrated approach to rights-based political empowerment. It combines concrete and practical action 'steps' with a sound theoretical foundation to help users understand the process of advocacy planning and implementation.

Building on the authors' fifty years of combined experiences in advocacy, gender, human rights, education, and social change, this “action guide” gathers insights from across the world—including community development, legal rights education, and campaign advocacy. It includes a special training and capacity-building appendix that provides workshop and planning ideas for different users and needs.

As it follows a Japanese housewife named Mariko Tanaka over the course of a year, The Secrets of Mariko transcends reportage to yield the kind of human insights we expect from literature. Meet Mariko, a cheerful, overscheduled woman who cares for three children, two aging parents, and an unresponsive husband. As readers watch Mariko take part in PTA meetings, bicker with her teenagers, and pursue independence through her part-time job, they come to see Mariko as someone whose dreams and disappointments mirror our own.

"The most stimulating and thought-provoking book on India in a long time..Bumiller has made India new and immediate again."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
In a chronicle rich in diversity, detail, and empathy, Elisabeth Bumiller illuminates the many women's lives she shared--from wealthy sophisticates in New Delhi, to villagers in the dusty northern plains, to movie stars in Bombay, intellectuals in Calcutta, and health workers in the south--and the contradictions she encountered, during her three and a half years in India as a reporter for THE WASHINGTON POST. In their fascinating, and often tragic stories, Bumiller found a strength even in powerlessness, and a universality that raises questions for women around the world.