Jeffrey Wickes's Books

Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia

Ephrem's Hymns on Faith

By: Jeffrey Wickes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia

Ephrem's Hymns on Faith

By: Jeffrey Wickes

Ephrem the Syrian was one of the founding voices in Syriac literature. While he wrote in a variety of genres, the bulk of his work took the form of madrashe, a Syriac genre of musical poetry or hymns. In Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia, Jeffrey Wickes offers a thoroughly contextualized study of Ephrem’s magnum opus, the Hymns on Faith, delivered in response to the theological controversies that followed the First Council of Nicaea. The ensuing doctrinal divisions had tremendous impact on the course of Christianity and led in part to the development of a uniquely Syriac Church, in which Ephrem would become a central figure. Drawing on literary, ritual, and performance theories, Bible and Poetry shows how Ephrem used the Syriac Bible to construct and conceive of himself and his audience. In so doing, Wickes resituates Ephrem in a broader early Christian context and contributes to discussions of literature and religion in late antiquity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

225

Publisher

University of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520302869

ISBN 13

9780520302860

The Value of Names and Other Plays

By: Jeffrey Sweet

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Value of Names and Other Plays

By: Jeffrey Sweet

Spanning a quarter of a century, this collection of plays demonstrates author Jeffrey Sweet’s eye for the drama of human relationships. Sweet works with sensitivity and irony to confront both personal politics and the impact of historical change. These nine works, taken together, present a playwright who extends the struggles of his small circles of characters to his audience and humanity in general. The title work, first mounted in 1982, is a comedy-drama about the aftermath of the blacklist whose continued relevance makes it a frequently produced play today. The family drama Porch suggests larger social changes through the interaction of a small-town shopkeeper and his defiant daughter. The lauded American Enterprise, set in the Chicago of the robber barons, is a song-filled true story about a millionaire whose stubborn idealism leads to disaster. Stay Till Morning is a rueful comedy about sex and accommodation in the Florida Keys. The three plays that grew out of his fascination with the effects of World War II—Berlin ’45, Court-Martial at Fort Devens, and The Action Against Sol Schumann—dramatize the ways in which that conflict transformed private fates. Each script is accompanied by an extended introduction from the playwright as well as complete performance notes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

566

Publisher

Northwestern University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0810123959

ISBN 13

9780810123953

Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia

Ephrem's Hymns on Faith

By: Jeffrey Wickes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia

Ephrem's Hymns on Faith

By: Jeffrey Wickes

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

225

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520972597

ISBN 13

9780520972599

Security Analysis on Wall Street

A Comprehensive Guide to Today's Valuation Methods

By: Jeffrey C. Hooke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Security Analysis on Wall Street

A Comprehensive Guide to Today's Valuation Methods

By: Jeffrey C. Hooke

Table of Contents

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

460

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0471177415

ISBN 13

9780471177418

Yanks behind the Lines

How the Commission for Relief in Belgium Saved Millions from Starvation during World War I

By: Jeffrey B. Miller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Yanks behind the Lines

How the Commission for Relief in Belgium Saved Millions from Starvation during World War I

By: Jeffrey B. Miller

Winner, 2021 Colorado Book Awards, History Winner, 2021 American Fest’s Best Book Awards, History: Military “This is a powerful work of history, as informative as it is dramatically gripping. An impressive blend of painstaking historical scholarship and riveting storytelling.”—Kirkus Reviews More than nine million soldiers died in World War I. At the same time, a US-led effort saved nearly ten million civilians from starvation behind the lines during the German occupation, yet one of America’s greatest humanitarian efforts is virtually unknown today. In this gripping book, Jeffrey B. Miller tells the remarkable history of two American and Belgian citizen-created organizations that led a massive food relief program for civilians trapped in German-occupied Belgium and northern France. Herbert Hoover, then a successful international businessman, was the driving force behind the effort, coercing and bullying the governments of Germany, Great Britain, France, and the United States to allow a group of idealistic young volunteers to organize in occupied Belgium and coordinate the distribution of tons of food and clothing to desperate Belgians. These crusaders, known as CRB delegates, had to maintain strict neutrality as they watched the Belgians suffer under the harsh German regime. Miller tells compelling stories of German brutality, Belgian relief efforts, and the idealistic Americans who went into German-occupied Belgium from October 1914 up to May 1917, when they were forced to leave after the April entry into the war of the United States. Yanks interweaves the history of the time with fascinating personal stories of volunteers, diplomats, a young Belgian woman who started a dairy farm to feed Antwerp’s children, the autocratic head of the Belgian relief organization, and the founder of the American organization, who would become known to the world as the Great Humanitarian and later, largely because of his work in Belgium and post-war Europe, would become the thirty-first president of the United States. Visit the book’s website here: www.YanksBehindTheLines.com Watch the book trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0YKJRrSe4o

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1538141655

ISBN 13

9781538141656

The Insider

A Novel

By: Jeffrey Asher Nesbit

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Insider

A Novel

By: Jeffrey Asher Nesbit

Can a Christian get involved in politics without compromising his faith? This suspenseful novel with a Christian message takes an honest, Washington-insider's look at political life and Christians in politics. through a well-developed plot, Nesbit takes a hard look at our political system and how its insistence on compromise forces Christians to compromise their integrity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

340

Publisher

Zondervan Publishing Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0310200989

ISBN 13

9780310200987

Concrete and Masonry Movements

By: Jeffrey Brooks

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Concrete and Masonry Movements

By: Jeffrey Brooks

Widely used in the construction of bridges, dams and pavements, concrete and masonry are two of the world's most utilized construction materials. However, many engineers lack a proper understanding of the methods for predicting and mitigating their movements within a structure. Concrete and Masonry Movements provides practical methods for predicting and preventing movement in concrete and masonry, saving time and money in retrofitting and repair cost. With this book in hand, engineers will discover new prediction models for masonry such as: irreversible moisture expansion of clay bricks, elasticity, creep and shrinkage. In addition, the book provides up-to-date information on the codes of practice. - Provides mathematical modelling tools for predicting movement in masonry - Up-to-date knowledge of codes of practice methods - Clearly explains the factors influencing all types of concrete and masonry movement - Fully worked out examples and set problems are included at the end of each chapter

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

613

Publisher

Butterworth-Heinemann

Published Date

ISBN 10

0128017678

ISBN 13

9780128017678

Singing God's Words

The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism

By: Jeffrey Summit

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Singing God's Words

The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism

By: Jeffrey Summit

Singing God's Words is the first in-depth study of the experience and meaning of chanting or "reading" Torah among contemporary American Jews. This experience has been transformed dramatically in recent years by the impact of digital technology, feminism, the empowerment of lay people and a search for self-fulfillment through involvement with community. At a time when worshippers seek deeper spiritual experience, many Jews have found new meaning in the experience of reading Torah, an act that is broadly accessible to Jewish adults even as it requires intensive immersion with the text of the Bible in Hebrew. This book examines why and how growing numbers of American Jews in all denominations see the public chanting of Biblical texts during the synagogue service as one of the most authentic and personal expressions of their religious identity. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with men and women, both professionals and congregants, Jeffrey A. Summit describes how the reading of Torah embodies their understanding of historical religious practice, even as it is shaped by contemporary views of spiritual experience. Through this act, holiness becomes manifest at the intersection of Biblical chant, sacred text, the individual, and the community.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199844127

ISBN 13

9780199844128

Object Lessons in American Art

By: Karl Kusserow

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Object Lessons in American Art

By: Karl Kusserow

A rich exploration of American artworks that reframes them within current debates on race, gender, the environment, and more Object Lessons in American Art explores a diverse gathering of Euro-American, Native American, and African American art from a range of contemporary perspectives, illustrating how innovative analysis of historical art can inform, enhance, and afford new relevance to artifacts of the American past. The book is grounded in the understanding that the meanings of objects change over time, in different contexts, and as a consequence of the ways in which they are considered. Inspired by the concept of the object lesson, the study of a material thing or group of things in juxtaposition to convey embodied and underlying ideas, Object Lessons in American Art examines a broad range of art from Princeton University’s venerable collections as well as contemporary works that imaginatively appropriate and reframe their subjects and style, situating them within current social, cultural, and artistic debates on race, gender, the environment, and more. Distributed for the Princeton University Art Museum

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

200

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0691978859

ISBN 13

9780691978857

Security Analysis and Business Valuation on Wall Street, + Companion Web Site

A Comprehensive Guide to Today's Valuation Methods

By: Jeffrey C. Hooke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Security Analysis and Business Valuation on Wall Street, + Companion Web Site

A Comprehensive Guide to Today's Valuation Methods

By: Jeffrey C. Hooke

An insider's look at security analysis and business valuation, as practiced by Wall Street, Corporate America, and international businesses Two major market crashes, numerous financial and accounting scandals, growth in private equity and hedge funds, Sarbanes Oxley and related regulations, and international developments changed security analysis and business valuation substantially over the last fourteen years. These events necessitated a second edition of this modern classic, praised earlier by Barron's as a "welcome successor to Graham and Dodd" and used in the global CFA exam. This authoritative book shows the rational, rigorous analysis is still the most successful way to evaluate securities. It picks up where Graham and Dodd's bestselling Security Analysis - for decades considered the definitive word on the subject - leaves off. Providing a practical viewpoint, Security Analysis on Wall Street shows how the values of common stock are really determined in today's marketplace. Incorporating dozens of real-world examples, and spotlighting many special analysis cases - including cash flow stocks, unusual industries and distressed securities - this comprehensive resources delivers all the answers to your questions about security analysis and corporate valuation on Wall Street. The Second Edition of Security Analysis on Wall Street examines how mutual funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, institutional money managers, investment banks, business appraisers, and corporate acquirers perform their craft of security analysis and business valuation in today's highly charged environment. Completely updated to reflect the latest methodologies, this reliable resource represents the most comprehensive book written by someone who has actually worked as an investment banker, private equity executive, and international institutional investor. Shows the methodical process that practitioners use to value common stocks and operating companies and to make buy/sell decisions Discusses the impact of the two stock market crashes, the accounting and financial scandals, and the new regulations on the evaluation process Covers how Internet and computing power automate portions of the research and analytical effort Includes new case study examples representative of valuation issues faced daily by mutual funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, institutional investors, investment banks, business appraisers, and corporate acquirers Is a perfect tool for professors wishing to show their MBA students the essential tools of equity and business valuation Security analysis and business valuation are core financial disciplines for Wall Streeters, corporate acquirers, and international investors. The Second Edition of Security Analysis on Wall Street is an important book for anyone who needs a solid grounding in these critical finance topics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

436

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0470277343

ISBN 13

9780470277348

The Deadliest Outlaws

The Ketchum Gang and the Wild Bunch

By: Jeffrey Burton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Deadliest Outlaws

The Ketchum Gang and the Wild Bunch

By: Jeffrey Burton

In the late nineteenth century Tom Ketchum and his brother Sam formed the Ketchum Gang with other outlaws and became successful train robbers. In their day, these men were the most daring of their kind, and the most feared. Eventually Tom Ketchum was caught and sentenced to death for attempting to hold up a railway train. He became the first individual--and the last--ever to be executed for a crime of this sort. Jeffrey Burton has been researching the story of the Ketchum Gang for more than forty years. He sorts fact from fiction to provide the definitive truth about Ketchum and numerous other outlaws, including Will Carver and Butch Cassidy. The Deadliest Outlaws initially was published in a limited run of one hundred paperback copies in England. This second edition in hardcover contains additional material and photographs not found in the earlier printing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

561

Publisher

University of North Texas Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1574412701

ISBN 13

9781574412703

Resurrections

Authors, Heroes—and a Spy

By: Jeffrey Meyers

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Resurrections

Authors, Heroes—and a Spy

By: Jeffrey Meyers

Jeffrey Meyers’ Resurrections: Authors, Heroes—and a Spy brings to life a set of extraordinary writers, painters, and literary adventurers who turned their lives into art. Meyers knew nine of these figures, in some cases intimately, while five others he admires and regrets never meeting. As he writes in the preface, "The chapters in this book represent in miniature my career as a life-writer. My biographies have always been driven by fascination with the source of artistic creativity, with people who wrote or painted and with the worlds they inhabited." Ian Watt, who taught Meyers at Berkeley, struggled with the legacy of his ordeal as a Japanese prisoner of war, and with its depiction in the film, The Bridge on the River Kwai. The story of Paul Theroux’s feud with Sir Vidia Naipaul is well known, but Meyers finds greater meaning in their quarrel through the lens of his own long friendship with Theroux. While James Salter, fighter pilot and brilliant stylist, epitomizes Meyers’ heroic ideal, the fiction writer also responds with an epistolary friendship, punctuated by visits, and Meyers is delighted by Salter’s great reputation late in life. Anthony Blunt, art historian and communist spy, fascinates the biographer for a darker reason: the depth of his capacity for intellectual and personal deceit. The feckless, lesser-known Hugh Gordon Porteus, told Meyers many revealing and amusing stories about his friends Wyndham Lewis, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. In the process of writing these profiles, Meyers discovers a common thread relating to himself: not only do these subjects provoke a kind of personal testing, they also represent his search for the ideal father in his vivid intellectual and imaginative inquiry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

223

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813941695

ISBN 13

9780813941691

European Porcelain in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Jeffrey Munger,Elizabeth Sullivan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

European Porcelain in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Jeffrey Munger,Elizabeth Sullivan

Porcelain imported from China was the most highly coveted new medium in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe. Its pure white color, translucency, and durability, as well as the delicacy of decoration, were impossible to achieve in European earthenware and stoneware. In response, European ceramic factories set out to discover the process of producing porcelain in the Chinese manner, with significant artistic, technical, and commercial ramifications for Britain and the Continent. Indeed, not only artisans, but kings, noble patrons, and entrepreneurs all joined in the quest, hoping to gain both prestige and profit from the enterprises they established. This beautifully illustrated volume showcases ninety works that span the late sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century and reflect the major currents of European porcelain production. Each work is illustrated with glorious new photography, accompanied by analysis and interpretation by one of the leading experts in European decorative arts. Among the wide range of porcelains selected are rare blue-and-white wares and figures from Italy, superb examples from the Meissen factory in Germany and the Sèvres factory in France, and ceramics produced by leading British eighteenth-century artisans. Taken together, they reveal why the Metropolitan Museum’s holdings in this field are among the finest in the world. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana}

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

315

Publisher

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published Date

ISBN 10

1588396436

ISBN 13

9781588396433

Book's by Jeffrey Wickes

Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia

Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia

The Value of Names and Other Plays

The Value of Names and Other Plays

Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia

Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia

Security Analysis on Wall Street

Security Analysis on Wall Street

Yanks behind the Lines

Yanks behind the Lines

The Insider

The Insider

Concrete and Masonry Movements

Concrete and Masonry Movements

Singing God's Words

Singing God's Words

Object Lessons in American Art

Object Lessons in American Art

Security Analysis and Business Valuation on Wall Street, + Companion Web Site

Security Analysis and Business Valuation on Wall Street, + Companion Web Site

The Deadliest Outlaws

The Deadliest Outlaws

Resurrections

Resurrections

European Porcelain in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

European Porcelain in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email