Als de mythologische jinns zich uit verveling gaan bemoeien met de mensen raakt de westerse samenleving in korte tijd compleet ontwricht.

Speelt ten tijde van de Franse Revolutie

From one of today's foremost commentators on religious affairs and the author of A History of God comes an insightful chronicle of the fundamentalist form of religion and the forces of modernism that have, paradoxically, brought it into existence.

This book aims to arouse curiosity about English words and about the nature of language in general, especially among introductory students who do not intend to specialize in linguistics. It examines words from various backgrounds - including poetry, journalism, advertising. No previous knowledge of linguistics is assumed. The approach to the study of words is descriptive rather than theoretical. It looks at the structure of words, their meaning, spelling and pronunciation, how new words are manufactured or imported, and how the meaning of words change with time. Katamba also investigates how the mind deals with the amazing intellectual feat of retrieving the right word from its mental dictionary during conversation. The author has also published Morphology (Macmillan, 1993), and Introduction to Phonology (Longman, 1984).

Studie over de ontwikkelingsgang van het denken van de Duitse filosoof (1844-1900) tot en met diens "Die fröhliche Wissenschaft", toegespitst op zijn visie op de wetenschap en de relevantie daarvan voor het hedendaagse postmoderne relativisme.

Margaret A. Haley (1861-1939) was the leader of the nations most militant association of teachers - the Chicago Teachers Federation. She played an active role in the public affairs of Chicago and Illinois and campaigned for causes as tax reform, municipal ownership, teacher benefits, elected schoolboards, womens suffrage and democratic school administration. She fought corrupt politicians and autocratic school administrators and was a dynamic living force convincing the governor to sign the 1913 suffrage bill for women of Illinois.