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A lively history set in sixteenth-century England, detailing the hitherto unknown case of an extraordinary physician, magician, and con-man named Gregory Wisdom - and the London underworld to which he belonged....

Aimed at beginning therapists and those new to object relations, this concise work introduces the reader to the practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy from an object relations (O-R) perspective in a dynamic and easy-to-follow way. One of the three main schools of psychodynamic psychotherapy, O-R is regarded as particularly challenging, both...

This is the third volume in Alvin Plantinga's trilogy on the notion of warrant, which he defines as that which distinguishes knowledge from true belief. In this volume, Plantinga examines warrant's role in theistic belief, tackling the questions of whether it is rational, reasonable, justifiable, and warranted to accept Christian belief and whether...

by Thomas AquinasOn Power (De Potentia) is one of Aquinas's ''Disputed Questions'' (a systematic        series of discussions of specific theological topics). It is a text which anyone        with a serious interest in Aquinas's thinking will need to read. There is, however,        no English translation of the De Potentia currently in print. Fr....

A Very Short IntroductionThis highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and...

Surface and Depth offers a fresh interpretation of the unity of American culture. This book focuses on a pervasive zeal for knowing or making things accessible. It traces this compulsion in religion, landscape, politics, and popular entertainment, and explores the complex engagement of American literature with the mandate of legibility....