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Europa's comprehensive survey of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

General Survey

Leading authorities on the region analyze topics of regional importance, including: opposition movements in contemporary Russia; the politics of energy in the Caspian Sea region; the economies of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia; poverty and social welfare; the politics of the South Caucasus, and the politics of water in Central Asia.

Country Surveys

Chapters on each country, containing:

- essays on its recent history and economy, and a chronology of events

- an extensive...

INTRODUCTION

THE volume which is herewith presented to the public is the result of a suggestion made by the President and faculty of Auburn Theological Seminary, that I should prepare a course of lectures on Christian Nurture with especial reference to the Society of Christian Endeavor as a means of Christian training.

Much has been written on this subject, but never to my knowledge has there been a systematic effort to set forth the great principles of...

FOREWORD

Religious workers desire to make men and women out of the material that they find in the community. The task is a difficult one at best, but its difficulties are immensely increased if workers plunge into their labors badly equipped and with only a vague idea of the means they are going to employ to attain their end.

There is no excuse for Sunday-school work- ers' remaining in ignorance of the work in which they are...

PREFACE

THE preparation of this Manual would have been quite impossible for me had I not received the most cordial assistance from Junior workers all over the world. In response to a request printed in The Golden Rule, letters from Junior superintendents fairly rained down upon me, each expressing the great need of a manual of Junior methods, and the desire of the writer to co-operate. I wish it were possible to print here the names of...

This volume of Who Was Who contains autobiographical entries for people in Who's Who who died between 2011 and 2015, including biographies for Margaret Thatcher, Lauren Bacall, and Peter O'Toole.

Each entry is finally revised and the date of death added. The details in each entry were obtained originally from the individual concerned, and revised by them each year, making this a unique historical resource.

There are over 100,000 biographies available over all the volumes of Who Was Who.