Drawing on candid interviews with the perpetrators, Bruce Jacobs presents a narrative that explores the world of streetcorner drugs from the vantage point of those who actually commit these high-risk…

This guide aims to provide objective, time-tested methods for evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of investing in mutual funds to determine the best for your needs. This edition also looks…

Sifts through the history of modern finance, from the efficient market hypothesis to behavioral psychology and chaos theory, to determine the cause of market crashes. This book finds that some…

Taiwan is undergoing significant change in its identity and its culture. The rapid changes of the last twenty years have seen Taiwanese culture diverge sharply from Chinese culture. Local Politics…

This book addresses the question of how Taiwanese identities have changed historically and since democratization began in the late 1980s. It also examines the impact of this process on cross-strait…

Two eminent scholars, each expert in his own tradition, take Jewish-Christian dialogue to a new level. Aiming at neither mere description nor conversion, each presents the classical elements of his…

An introduction to the foundations of Judaism and Christianity, using key documents to examine the similarities and differences between the two faiths.

Sketches the many portraits of the Pharisees that emerge from ancient sources. Based on the Gospels, the writings of Paul, Josephus, the Mishnah, the Tosefta, and archeology, the volume profiles…