Alexander George

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For a comprehensive history of the Romanian Church and its influences upon Romania in the post-Communist era, look no further than this brief work by George Alexander. Within its pages are dedicated research and over 100 source notes in regards to all the remarkable reforms, charities, and revitalization of both church and Country that has occurred under the leadership of the patriarch Daniel. Patriarch Daniel is proven in this book to truly be a Christ-like role model for all. Romania has been a nation fraught with struggles thanks to the Communist dictatorship she found herself chained under for decades, but Romania has survived and is beginning to thrive, in part due to the efforts of her Church. This book shines forth like a ray of hope for Romania and Eastern Europe as a whole, demonstrating fully that through the message of the Gospel and the love Christ offered by the Orthodox Church, any nation can recover from even near-total collapse. For anyone interested in the fascinating post-Communist history of Romania and her faith, this book is a must-have work.

Two widely published humor columnists and "bad boys" of academia take their wit and wisdom to dazzling new lows in this irreverent send-up of highbrow literary culture. At last, the thinking persons take on the life of the mind in todays increasingly mindless age. Sense and Nonsensibility pokes fun at everyone from spoof-proof scholars to pompous professors; from anal-retentive authors to plagiarizing poets; from snake-oil therapists to bestselling illiterati. This singular collection by Professors Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George brings together their most popular pieces, along with many brand-new ones, including: The Academy Awards for novels -- with categories for "Best Female Protagonist -- Doomed,""Best Narrator -- Unreliable," and "Best Novel -- Unfinishable by Reader" Home Shopping University -- offering the greatest ideas in Western history at rock-bottom prices Im Okay, Im Okay: Accepting Narcissism -- the best in "Self-helplessness books" The Penis Orations -- Iron Mans answer to The Vagina Monologues "Ask the Academic Ethicist" -- their notorious advice column, which has shocked higher education