The History of The Jewish People in The Age of Jesus Christ

The History of The Jewish People in The Age of Jesus Christ 

By: Emil Schurer 

In the Greek and Roman period, as in earlier centuries, the Jewish population ofPalestinefluctuated considerably both in numbers and extent. From the beginning of the Hellenistic epoch to the time of the MaccabaccUi uprising, the Jewish element was gradually receding whereas the Greek element was on the advance. A significant change, liowever, resulted from the Maccabaean revolt and its after-effects: Judaism gained ground intensively and extensively, consolidating itself internally and extending its boundaries in almost every direction. At the beginning of the Maccabaean period, a compact Jewish population existed only in Judaea proper, i.e. in the region south of Samarianamed in i Maccabees VouSa or yi  7ou8a or VouSata. The area occupied b y the Jews can be determined with tolerable accuracy for the years 175—135 B.C. [download]

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The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger 

By: Sarah Waters 

I first saw Hundreds Hall when I was ten years old. It was the summer after the war, and the Ayreses still had most of their money then, were still big people in the district. The event was an Empire Day fête: I stood with a line of other village children making a Boy Scout salute while Mrs Ayres and the Colonel went past us, handing out commemorative medals; afterwards we sat to tea with our parents at long tables on what I suppose was the south lawn. Mrs Ayres would have been twenty-four or -five, her husband a few years older; their little girl, Susan, would have been about six. They must have made a very handsome family, but my memory of them is vague. I recall most vividly the house itself, which struck me as an absolute mansion. I remember its lovely ageing details: the worn red brick, the cockled window glass, the weathered sandstone edgings. [download]

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The Science of Personality

The Science of Personality 

By: LawrenceA. Pervin 

How are we to study the complexity of human personality? Personality psychologists follow diverse paths in their research efforts. Sometimes these paths overlap, but often they diverge in terms of what is studied as well as in how it is studied. But whichever path researchers choose to pursue, and whichever aspects of personality are of particular interest to them, they must seek to ensure that their observations are reliable and accurate. In this chapter we consider the differing research strategies pursued by personality psychologists as they seek to unravel the mystery of human personality functioning. We also consider why some investigators prefer one strategy over another and the scientific goals held in common by all investigators. [download]

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The New Empire of Debt

The New Empire of Debt

By: William Bonner and Addison Wiggin

One day in early spring 2005, we traveled by train fromPoitiers toParis and found ourselves seated next to Robert Hue, head of the French Communist Party and a senator representing Val d’Oise. He sat down and pulled out a travel magazine, just as any other traveler would. Aside from one Bolshevik manqué who stopped by to say hello, no one paid any attention. A friend reports that he was on the same train a few months ago with then Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, who was accompanied by only a single aide. Many years ago, when theUnited Stateswas still a modest republic, American presidents were likewise available to almost anyone who wanted to shoot them. Thomas Jefferson went for a walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, alone, and spoke to anyone who came up to him. John Adams used to swim naked in the Potomac. A woman reporter got him to talk to her by sitting on his clothes and refusing to budge. [download]

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The Three Secrets of Green Business

The Three Secrets of Green Business

By: Gareth Kane

At the time of writing I have spent over a decade helping hundreds of businesses, public sector and not-for profit organizations to transform the environmental impact of their activities. It has taken me all those years to accumulate all this knowledge and experience: there is no book or other publication that will take the reader through the practical process of delivering sustainability in a ‘how to’ manner. There is plenty of advice out there on environmental management (Chapter 3) and the ‘small steps’ that a company can take (Chapter 4), but it takes a lot of time to pull it all together. There are many books that debate the theory and examples of some of the ‘huge leaps’ described in Chapter 5, but nothing that knits them all together. What this book does for the first time is give you a practical roadmap from here to sustainability. The examples and tips in this book have been drawn from practical experience they work. [download]

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