In the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bind an enemy or rival by writing an incantation on a tablet and dedicating it to a... god or spirit. These curses or binding spells, commonly called defixiones were intended to bring other people under the power and control of those who commissioned them. More than a thousand such texts, written between the 5th Century B.C.E. and the 5th Century C.E., have been discovered from North Africa to England, and from Syria to Spain. Extending into every aspect of ancient life--athletic and theatrical competitions, judicial proceedings, love affairs, business rivalries, and the recovery of stolen property--they shed light on a new dimension of classical study previously inaccessible. Here, for the first time, these texts have been translated into English with a substantial translator's introduction revealing the cultural, social, and historical context for the texts. This book will interest historians, classicists, scholars of religion, and those concerned with ancient magic.

Cursive writing helps your child learn and practice legible handwriting. This workbook divides letters into categories with common strokes and provides... extensive practice writing each letter.

Journalist and spiritual seeker Philip Yancey has always struggled with the most basic questions of the Christian faith. The question he tackles in... WHAT GOOD IS GOD? concerns the practical value of belief in God. His search for the answer to this question took him to some amazing settings around the world: Mumbai, India when the firing started during the terrorist attacks; at the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated; on the Virginia Tech campus soon after the massacre; an AA convention; and even to a conference for women in prostitution. At each of the 10 places he visited, his preparation for the visit and exactly what he said to the people he met each provided evidence that faith really does work when what we believe is severely tested. WHAT GOOD IS GOD? tells the story of Philips journey--the background, the preparation, the presentations themselves. Here is a story of grace for armchair travelers, spiritual seekers, and those in desperate need of assurance that their faith really matters.

Much has changed since the first edition of Lovett Weems s seminal work Church Leadership appeared in 1993. In that time a substantial literature about... leading the congregation has appeared, written from a broad variety of perspectives. But in some ways, little has changed in that time. The need for leadership in the church defined as discovering the faithful future into which God is calling the congregation, and walking with the congregation into that future is just as pressing as it ever was. And for that reason, the need for clear, insightful thinking about leadership is just as great as it ever was. In this revised edition, Weems draws on the best new ideas and research in organizational leadership, yet always with his trademark theological grounding foremost in mind. Anyone who guides the life of a congregation, be they clergy or laity, will find Church Leadership the indispensable tool with which to follow their calling to be a church leader.

Curso de gramática avanzada del español: Comunicación reflexiva focuses on providing many opportunities for students to integrate an advanced... understanding of grammar with communication-oriented activities.

Curso de gramatica avanzada del espanol: Comunicacion reflexiva focuses on providing many opportunities for students to integrate an advanced... understanding of grammar with communication-oriented activities.

Se compone de diez unidades que corresponden a diez periodos de la literatura. En cada unidad se recogen los textos literarios y los autores mas... representativos de cada epoca literaria:1. Edad Media2. Renacimiento3. Barroco4. Ilustracion5. Romanticismo6. Realismo y Naturalismo7. Modernismo y Generacion del 98. Vanguardias y Generacion del 27. Boom latinoamericano y posguerra10. Literatura actualEstructura de cada unidad:Esquema visual, organizado por generos literarios, de los autores mas destacados de cada epoca y su obra mas representativa.Breve descripcion del contexto socio-historico, con un cuadro cronologico con los datos mas importantes de la historia de Espana y Latinoamerica y de la produccion literaria en lengua espanola, asi como los datos mas importantes de la historia y la literatura universales.Presentacion de las caracteristicas literarias de cada epoca y breve biografia de los autores mas representativos.Lecturas de fragmentos de los textos literarios mas conocidos de los autores mas significativos del movimiento literario, con explotacion didactica mediante actividades de control de la comprension y preguntas de reflexion que permiten al estudiante realizar un analisis literario del texto.Lecturas complementarias:Este Curso de Literatura ofrece un amplio apendice con lecturas complementarias con el proposito de que el profesor o el alumno que lo deseen puedan:Profundizar en un movimiento literario.Elegir lecturas correspondientes a cada unidad.Realizar cursos monograficos sobre uno o varios movimientos literarios sin necesidad de trabajar con todas las unidades.Se presenta tambien un apendice con algunos premios literarios y un glosario de terminos literarios.Incluye un Cd Audio con la grabacion de los textos de cada unidad.

Over the next 20 years, most low-income countries will, for the first time, become more urban than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities... of the developing world is critical to those countries - their societies, economies, and environments. The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of this transformation presents many challenges. In this uniquely thorough and authoritative volume, 16 of the world's leading scholars on urban population and development have worked together to produce the most comprehensive and detailed analysis of the changes taking place in cities and their implications and impacts. They focus on population dynamics, social and economic differentiation, fertility and reproductive health, mortality and morbidity, labor force, and urban governance. As many national governments decentralize and devolve their functions, the nature of urban management and governance is undergoing fundamental transformation, with programs in poverty alleviation, health, education, and public services increasingly being deposited in the hands of untested municipal and regional governments. Cities Transformed identifies a new class of policy maker emerging to take up the growing responsibilities. Drawing from a wide variety of data sources, many of them previously inaccessible, this essential text will become the benchmark for all involved in city-level research, policy, planning, and investment decisions. The National Research Council is a private, non-profit institution based in Washington, DC, providing services to the US government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The editors are members of the Council's Panel on Urban Population Dynamics.

A series of books at three levels: elementary, intermediate and advanced. Each book includes their corresponding alphabetical indexes and grammatical... concepts.

Exactly as shown in the photograph. Softcover, 2003 revised printing. Bright, clean pages. Tight binding. Good covers and spine. Average wear to... cover/spine. NOT a library copy. NO highlighting/NO underlining/NO rips/NO scirbbles/NO odors/NO repairs/NO stains. Comes from a smoke free home. In good condition. USPS Delivery Confirmation included

From the time she was a girl growing up in the shadow of Lexington Park in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Toni Stone knew she wanted to play professional... baseball. There was only one problem--every card was stacked against her. Curveball tells the inspiring story of baseball’s “female Jackie Robinson,” a woman whose ambition, courage, and raw talent propelled her from ragtag teams barnstorming across the Dakotas to playing in front of large crowds at Yankee Stadium. Toni Stone was the first woman to play professional baseball on men’s teams.  After Robinson integrated the major leagues and other black players slowly began to follow, Stone seized an unprecedented opportunity to play professional baseball in the Negro League. She replaced Hank Aaron as the star infielder for the Indianapolis Clowns and later signed with the legendary Kansas City Monarchs. Playing alongside some of the premier athletes of all time including Ernie Banks, Willie Mays, Buck O’Neil, and Satchel Paige, Toni let her talent speak for itself. Curveball chronicles Toni Stone’s remarkable career facing down not only fastballs, but jeers, sabotage, and Jim Crow America as well. Her story reveals how far passion, pride, and determination can take one person in pursuit of a dream.