Most of the commonly read Greek texts address "pollution." The pollution theme appears in tragedies, historical texts, and political oratory. Purity is a constant concern in ritual texts, and Greeks underwent many small purifications in their everyday lives. Certain archaic religious movements even made "purification" the path to felicity in the afterlife. First published in 1983, Miasma is the first work in English to treat this theme in detail.
Most of the commonly read Greek texts address "pollution." The pollution theme appears in tragedies, historical texts, and political oratory. Purity i...
GIS is a methodological and conceptual approach that allows for the linking together of spatial data, or data that is based on a physical space, with non-spatial data. This book offers sociologists, criminologists, and other social scientists with the methodological logic and techniques for doing spatial analysis in their chosen fields of inquiry.
GIS is a methodological and conceptual approach that allows for the linking together of spatial data, or data that is based on a physical space, with ...
Robert B. Parker's Spenser, the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private eye has a devoted following and has garnered reams of critical acclaim. This is his latest adventure.
Robert B. Parker's Spenser, the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private eye has a devoted following and has garnered reams of critical acclaim. Thi...
Jesse Stone is an ex LA cop who has taken the job of police chief in Paradise, Massachusetts - and things are getting strange in Paradise. Stone is called to the junior high school when reports of lewd conduct by the school's principal, Betsy Ingersoll, filter into the station.
Jesse Stone is an ex LA cop who has taken the job of police chief in Paradise, Massachusetts - and things are getting strange in Paradise. Stone is ca...
A body has been found in the trunk of a Cadillac. Jesse's investigation takes him to the neighbouring homes of two 'retired' gangsters. But it isn't the mobsters who fascinate Jesse - it's their wives: two identical twin sisters, who not even their husbands can tell apart.
A body has been found in the trunk of a Cadillac. Jesse's investigation takes him to the neighbouring homes of two 'retired' gangsters. But it isn't t...
Spenser is approached by Ashton Prince, an art professor who wants him to help recover a stolen painting. The thieves will return the painting in exchange for a ransom, and so the professor wants Spenser along in case things turn nasty. The exchange seems to go to plan, until the painting explodes in the professor's hands
Spenser is approached by Ashton Prince, an art professor who wants him to help recover a stolen painting. The thieves will return the painting in exch...
Spenser has never had any difficulty handling women, but when four stunningly beautiful trophy wives hire him to protect them against a blackmailer threatening to expose their infidelities, even he must admit they look like trouble.
Spenser has never had any difficulty handling women, but when four stunningly beautiful trophy wives hire him to protect them against a blackmailer th...
