Lucia Carmona

This work explores how religion is used as a tool to procure public support for warfare presenting the historical case of the Truman administration's 'War on Communism' as a backdrop for the contemporary case of Bush's 'War on Terror'. Together these two case studies create a framework from which to analyze the importance of religion as a tool in American foreign policy after Worl War II.

This is the third and final volume of the complete annotated correspondence of the extraordinary nun, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). One of the most remarkable women of her day, Hildegard was, for more than 30 years, an unflinching advisor and correspondent of all levels of church and society, from popes and kings to ordinary lay persons, from Jerusalem to England. This present volume (letters 218-390) is noteworthy for its large collection of letters to a non-ecclesiastical audience, and because it contains letters not just to such high-ranking notables as Frederick Barbarossa, King Henry...

Excerpt from Catalogo de la Biblioteca Publica Municipal de Jerez de la Frontera, 1894 29 biblia (la Sagrada), traducida de la Vulgata latina al espanol, aclarando el sentido de algunos lugares con la luz que dan los textos originales hebreo y griego. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present...

A lápiz reúne una serie de textos concebidos durante las funciones diplomáticas del autor en Europa y Sudamérica. De la crónica al poema en prosa —poema a veces involuntario— Reyes aborda temas donde lo hispanoamericano adquiere un sitio sobresaliente, como el papel de México en el cine, los primeros gusanos de libros descubiertos en América o la preocupación del autor por la cultura de su país, pero también otros donde lo relevante es lo literario, como el calambur en la obra de Joyce o los estornudos en la literatura.