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The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 1
Volume 1: Freedom of the Will
This inaugural volume in The Works of Jonathan Edwards is his major contribution to theology and stands as a leading document on Calvinist thought. Mr. Ramsey’s introduction provides a fresh analysis of Edwards’...
Chinese Cursive Script
An Introduction to Handwriting in Chinese
In this useful volume, Fred Fang-yu Wang presents materials designed to help solve an often vexing problem for students of Chinese: how to recognize and write handwritten or cursive-style forms of Chinese characters. Such...
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 1
Diaries, Prayers, and Annals
Although Samuel Johnson is recognized as the central English literary figure of the second half of the 18th century, and the period is often referred to as "The Age of Johnson," no consequential edition of his works has...
The American Mind
An Interpretation of American Thought and Character Since the 1880's
In a book written out of a passionate belief in the staying powers of the democratic principles, a noted historian has written a major work that may be described as an interpretation of American thought and character...
The Lower Depths and Other Plays
In addition to the celebrated Lower Depths, this volume contains a biographical sketch of Gorky by Alexander Bakshy and two of his less well-known plays, Enemies and The Zykovs.
The Yale Edition of The Swinburne Letters
Volume 1, 1854-1869
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
“Among books of similar scope, this is the recognized classic. Those who read this book will have the strange privilege of thinking things together in the law from the beginning of world history to the moment...
The Midrash on Psalms
The Midrash is a succession of homilies concerned with the recurrence or comparison of words and situations in the Scriptures as a means of bringing forth their contents. Compiled by Jewish rabbis since 200 A. D., its...
Psychoanalysis and Religion
“A daring book to have cast into the midst of the world’s excitements, for it will itself breed new excitements. . . . It is not a book to be missed by those interested in man’s spiritual growth.”—New York...
The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 2
Volume 2: Religious Affections
This volume contains Edwards’ most mature and persistent attempt to judge the validity of the religious development in eighteenth-century America known as the Great Awakening. In developing criteria for such judgment he...