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To his contemporaries in Gilded Age Manhattan, Guillermo Eliseo was a fantastically wealthy Mexican, the proud owner of a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park, a busy Wall Street office, and scores of mines and haciendas in Mexico. But for all his obvious riches and his elegant appearance, Eliseo was also the possessor of a devastating secret: he was not, in fact, from Mexico at all. Rather, he had begun life as a slave named William Ellis, born on a cotton plantation in southern Texas during the waning years of King Cotton.

After emancipation, Ellis, capitalizing on the Spanish...

In an age of doubt, it's rare to find Christians who can speak clearly and boldly about the reasons for their faith. Douglas Jacoby is one of those rare Christians. As an international teacher for over 25 years, he has shared the vital truths found in Compelling Evidence for God and the Bible with thousands of people in all walks of life and in dozens of cultures.

Jacoby's book is an easy-to-read apologetics work that will

• show readers the evidence that there is a God
• help readers see the unique role of the Bible as the Word of God
• encourage readers...

The latest edition of a major literature guide provides citations and informative annotations on a wide range of reference sources, including manuals, bibliographies, indexes, databases, literature surveys and reviews, dissertations, book reviews, conference proceedings, awards, and employment and grant sources. The organization closely follows that of the 1st edition, with some much-needed additions relating to online resources and new areas of interest within the field (such as forensic anthropology, environmental anthropology, and Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgendered Anthropology)....

Staudinger A comprehensive commentary of the German Civil Code, offering an ideal combination of innovation and tradition

• Tradition entails responsibility: since 1898 Staudinger has been associated with the German Civil Code and has shared in its development.
• Competent: Staudinger is a reliable source of practice-oriented, expert information on changes and developments in legislation, court rulings and literature.
• One step ahead: points of controversy or unsolved legal issues are systemically...

This title was first published in 2001. This volume is a sequal to the two published in the Variorum Reprints series, in 1975 and 1979 respectively under the following titles: Societe et demographie.