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This book depicts the lives of female monks within a monastery located in upper Egypt in the period 385-464 CE. During this period the monastery was headed by a monk named Shenoute; twelve of his letters to the women under his care survive. Despite various technical textual difficulties, Krawiec is able to use the letters to reconstruct a series of...

This book deals with brain mechanisms in human communicative behaviour, from a broadly biological point of view. Particular attention is paid to the control mechanisms of the oral, manual, and brachial movements which form the basics of our communication systems, and the way in which these interface with auditory and visual systems. Individual...

Following on the heels of the widely-acclaimed, updated edition of Nathan and Gorman's     A Guide to Treatments That Work (OUP, 2002),  Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders brings together a distinguished group of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists to provide a cohesive, evidence-based guide to treatments and...

Civilizing Habits explores the life stories of three French women missionaries - Philippine Duchesne, Emilie de Vialar, and Anne-Marie Javouhey - who transgressed boundaries to evangelize in North America, the Mediterranean basin, and France's slave colonies. Their initiative and energy allowed both the Catholic church and the French state to...

Handel's Israelite oratorios are today little known among non-specialists, but in        their own day they were unique, pioneering and extremely popular. Dating from the        period 1732-1752, they combine the musical conventions of Italian opera with        dramatic plots in English that are adaptations of Old Testament narratives....