The King and the Land offers an innovative history of space and power in the biblical world. Stephen C. Russell shows how the monarchies in ancient Israel and Judah asserted their power over strategically important spaces such as privately-held lands, religious buildings, collectively-governed towns, and urban water systems. Among the case studies examined are Solomon's use of foreign architecture, David's dedication of land to Yahweh, Jehu's decommissioning of Baal's temple, Absalom's navigation of the collective politics of Levantine towns, and Hezekiah's reshaping of the tunnels that supplied Jerusalem with water. By treating the full range of archaeological and textual evidence available for the Iron Age Levant, this book sets Israelite and Judahite royal and tribal politics within broader patterns of ancient Near Eastern spatial power. The book's historical investigation also enables fresh literary readings of the individual texts that anchor its thesis.
This book tells the story of how people experienced the eighteenth-century crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, exploring the transformative journey undertaken by the thousands of Europeans who journeyed in search of a better life. Stephen Berry shows how the ships, on which passengers were contained in close quarters for months at a time, operated as compressed "frontiers," where diverse groups encountered one another and established new patterns of social organization. As he argues that experiences aboardship served as a profound conversion experience for travelers, both spiritually and culturally, Berry reframes the history of Atlantic migrations, giving the ocean and the ship a more prominent role in Atlantic history. The ocean was more than a backdropfor human events: it actively shaped historical experiences by furnishing a dissociative break from normal patterns of life and a formative stage in travelers' processes of collective identification"--
An updated guide to diagnosing peripheral nerve injuries Examination of Peripheral Nerve Injuries, Second Edition, is an updated version of an anatomically based guide that teaches neurosurgeons how to properly examine a patient with a suspected focal neuropathy. This new edition contains unique, full-color illustrations that, along with high-quality photographs, help readers master the details of performing specific procedures and examinations on patients with peripheral nerve injuries. Key Features: More than 80 new full-color illustrations guide the reader through each technique Photographs illustrate muscular examination techniques Anatomical relationships are emphasized throughout the book Focuses on the most common anatomical variations, using both schematic figures and simplified text descriptions to facilitate learning Neurosurgeons and neurologists, as well as residents in these specialties, will read this book cover to cover and refer to it whenever they are preparing to examine patients with complex peripheral nerve injuries.
An intense, thought-provoking love story set on the Coast of Maine that deals with the smoldering grief of a famous seascape artist, and the redemption of a recovering California addict who, with her artistic son, make their way across Canada to Maine as stowaways on a freight train in order to escape their abusive husband and father.
Doctor Cooper "Mackie" McKay is a surgeon caught between bad love and bad luck. When his ex-wife's body is unceremoniously crammed into the trunk of his car, and her veins infused with the synthetic blood product they patented together, the police identify him as the primary suspect. Investigators point to their rocky relationship and his ex-wife's thirty million dollar bank account as a motive. To clear his name, McKay must delve into his ex-wife's past, discovering a sordid double life and a military secret so deadly it affects the entire country. Threats escalate to himself and then to his family as he exposes her secret, ultimately forcing him to choose between his life and that of his long-time friend.
J. Stephen Russell examines the impact that Chaucer's education had on his greatest work, the Canterbury Tales, and demonstrates that understanding the nature of education in the Middle Ages, especially linguistic education, provides important insights into Chaucer's poem. Specifically, he shows that the medieval trivium (a curriculum of logic, grammar, and rhetoric) conveyed attitudes about expression, communication, and personality subtly but powerfully different from modern attitudes and that a recognition of these differences completely changes the nature of poems such as the general prologue and the tales of the knight, man of law, and clerk. Russell begins with a concise, lucid account of the medieval trivium, synthesizing a variety of sources in an engaging explanation of such potentially dry subjects as grammar and conceptual hierarchies. He then examines four parts of the Canterbury Tales, providing insight into Chaucer's method of presenting information about the pilgrims in the "General Prologue", the role of language in the "Man of Law's Tale", the definition of man in the "Knight's Tale", and the Artes in the "Clerk's Tale". Finally, he extends his discussion to the "Tale of Melibee" and the tales of the wife of Bath, franklin, and nun's priest and suggests avenues for further research based on the trivium. For the modern reader, this work re-creates the mental parameters of a medieval education and provides a view of Chaucer's conception of the way the world is organized, the foundation of his intellectual and artistic development.
If you don't know who George America is, your political ideas might be outdated. And once you know what Dynamic Law is, you will never again think of law the same. They're horseless, paperless, wireless and driverless. And they've had it with old party politics. Indiana college students in a secret network believe they can govern more intelligently, more peacefully and more effectively than any previous generation. But they're stuck, and they don't have much time to figure out how to get the nation to pay attention to all their hard work. As if by the magnetism of ancestral DNA and circumstances, descendants and relatives of America's founding fathers are being drawn into the struggle. Their methodology - or madness - is absolutely unheard of, and their candidate is certainly in his own class. In fact, he's the product of an Indian peace ritual, yet he's under the Curse of Tippecanoe. There's no turning back though. The quality of freedom is at stake. They intend to get the ball rolling and keep it rolling, to start replacing the old technology of contentious party politics. They have the new technology of civil discourse and scientific government. They have something very special, called Dynamic Law. They'll invite you into the Arcade and visit you in Virtual Reality. Sad to say, not everyone will survive, and few come through unscathed. There's a price to pay. Revolutionary ideas make enemies, especially if you're suggesting updates for a constitution. What about George? Can he be expected to survive a hit man, glitches and kill codes? Like everyone else, he only has so much time, and he will surely face his end more than once.
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In the spring of 1993, young Dr. Cooper "Mackie" McKay stands on the cusp of a bright surgical career. He has the power of digital data and the potential of revolutionary cures at his fingertips. But a paralyzing family tragedy shatters Mackie's dreams. The only way he can restart his promising career--and revive his marriage--is to step away. A temporary position at BioloGen Pharmaceutical offers refuge. His charge is to help make Anginex, a new drug-in-development, a billion dollar block-buster. Mackie's asked to convince other doctors that Anginex is both safe and effective, but he quickly learns otherwise.He is soon forced to choose between the drug company that could have saved his son and the FBI informant who knows the truth. Now Mackie must do whatever it takes to get himself out of harm's way before the story breaks, because billion-dollar drugs don't go down without a fight.
This important book chronicles the fascinating life of American folk singer, Rick Norcross, whosecareer began in 1963 in tiny East Hardwick, Vermont, at the annual Tulip Festival. A natural performer and gifted songwriter, Rick has toured extensively, sharing the bill with Paul Simon, Diz Disley, Al Stewart, Doc Watson, Brad Paisley, Terri Clark, Jason Aldean, and others. During the 1970's Rick was the entertainment editor at the Tampa Times, interviewing and photographing the world's most famous musicians. His rare candid photos of Elvis are some of the most striking ever taken. Returning to Burlington, Vermont, Rick founded the long-running Green Mountain Chew Chew Food and Music Festival, and formed Rick and the Ramblers, Vermont's premier western swing band. Riding My Guitar is filled with extraordinary stories from Rick's life– often humorous, sometimes heartbreaking – but always steeped in his love of Vermont's iconic history.
This collection of nine essays answers difficult questions with both careful Bible study, and sincere concern for families navigating the challenges of marriage, divorce, and remarriage. The authors are men of deep spiritual knowledge and conviction.
Doctor Cooper "Mackie" McKay's plans for a peaceful retirement are once again derailed when a man with flu-like symptoms passes out on a flight from London. Mackie calls on his surgical skills - and a dose of creativity - to save the young man's life. Instead of gratitude, however, he ignites the suspicions of the U.S. government. After masked military responders forcefully remove Mackie from the plane, he finds himself in the middle of an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control. As a deadly pathogen spreads through health centers across the U.S., Mackie learns that the most promising cure is embargoed by the FDA. He soon suspects domestic terrorism rooted in Big Pharma and sanctioned by public health officials. In the struggle for command and control of the outbreak, Mackie is caught in the cross-hairs of a governmental cover-up, where the only clear solution seems to be silencing the whistle blower.
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