Dr. Vicente Navarro goes beyond the current debate to show graphically the economic, social, and political forces responsible for the sorry state of U.S. health care. Understanding these forces will help facilitate the struggle to reform the health care system so that access to care is guaranteed as a human right. Navarro provides this ......
''With a superb cast of contributors and a well-chosen sample of countries, The Failure of Presidential Democracy treats a central issue in the world today, as more and more countries try to construct durable democracies. It also reflects the new emphasis in political science on institutions, an area that has been sorely neglected in Latin ......
Set on the author's native Aegean island of Skiathos, these twelve stories capture the folkways of Greece. With acute observation of daily activities and loving descriptions of land and sea, Papadiamantis portrays the beauty and harshness of traditional island life. His prose captivates a reader with its rich combination of realism and symbolism, ......
''Must reading in a city that reinvented itself by seeking itsharbor roots.''--Baltimore Magazine.''Mr. Horton--a Baltimore journalist who has developed a devoted but hitherto local following--ventures into a small, distinguished circle of nature writers. Fans of Aldo Leopold, John McPhee and Sigurd Olson won't be disappointed. This is not merely ......
Two partial apprehensions of nature vied for dominance in the past century: religious (void of any influence from science) and scientific (unable to admit any reality, beyond the empirical). Both views have led to the exploitation of nature -- and the scientific may prove even more devastating. The fault, Gilkey argues, lies not in the scientific ......
The most comprehensive English-language commentary on Daniel in 65 years. Collins situates the Old Testament in its historical context and offers a full explanation of the text, especially its religious imagery.
By engaging the reader in a process which parallels the pastoral counseling method--extending a conversation of revising and refining questions--Schlauch illustrates the content of his thinking through his carefully crafted presentation, maintaining that pastoral counseling is, at its heart, healing through "faithful companioning".
In these poems, language comes to life; it lifts you and takes you to deeper, more dynamic dimensions of human experience. Here we find healing, harmony, and a mood of fresh, life-engendering wonder. Titles include Wound and Waking Praise Seasons In the Shadow of the Machine Age Poetry Infancy to Old Age For Those Who Live in ......
A collection of essays (1988-92) that examines key issues in normative morality. Identifying two strains, one based on natural law and a more situational one based on the Golden Rule, it explores the need for plurality in both individual and societal ethics, and the problem of universal versus only general validity.
