CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Though a mystery, LOST is first and foremost a story about love, the kind of love which binds two hearts together transcending time and space. Told through parallel storylines, their point of convergence is the disappearance of the cruise ship, Paradise Voyager. The common thread linking them together is the impact they have on the life of Oregon newspaperman, Thomas Jenkins, whose wife and granddaughter were aboard the ship. When officials declare the Voyager irretrievably lost, Tom rejects their conclusion and strikes out on his own. Building the unlikely team of two Vietnam Vets, an Indian scientist and a supermodel, he goes on the offensive and eventually unravels the mystery. The final piece of the puzzle, it turns out, lies not in the Gulf of Alaska but in the Oregon woods. Undaunted, Tom sets off into the forest alone determined to save his wife and granddaughter. Or die trying.

The Seeds of Christianity Series Heads to Rome. Claudius is gone and Nero now wears the crown. When Peter asks, Shemu'el and Rivkah agree to go to Rome. In a strange convergence of events, their son, Yudah, meets Rhebekka, the girl of his dreams during a stopover on Cyprus. Meanwhile, a revolt breaks out on the Empire's western fringes. Led by Queen Boadicea of the Iceni, she aims to right the wrongs done to her and wrest the new Province of Britannia from the hand of the Romans. Only a single Roman Legion stands between her and total victory. Things are just returning to normalacy when a huge conflagration leaves most of Rome in ashes. Voices rise in the street accusing the Emperor Nero of being the incendiary and he searches for a scapegoat. His wife Poppea, still smarting from Atticus' rejection of her advances, suggests he blame the Christians. She realizes too late that like Pandora, she has unleashed a demon she can never control. Peter is killed. Who will lead the Church, Shemu'el or Linus? The Christians construct the first catacomb and its niches quickly fill as more and more believers are slain for their faith. As the fatalities rise, Shemu'el realizes they must have a traitor in their midst. But how can he identify this false Christian who's selling out his friends to save his own skin? Read the stunning conclusion to this epic saga.

Relying upon the Bible and extensive research for his popular Seeds of Christianity Series, E. G. Lewis presents an interesting and informative study on foods, cooking and day-to-day life in the early Christian era. All major food groups are covered in specific chapters on Spices & Herbs, Fruits & Nuts, Grains, Vegetables, Salad Greens, Fish & Fowl, Meat, Milk & Cheese, Sweets& Sweeteners, and even one on Foods They Didn't Have. Also includes chapters on Ancient Beers and Wines, Aviculture, Apiculture, Olive Oil, Manna, the Gladiator's Diet and lots of Recipes to Try at Home.

An old story told a new way.The events Rivkah witnessed changed history. As a young shepherd girl, she accompanied her father to a Bethlehem stable where she held the baby Jesus. She watched Mary and Joseph flee to Egypt, met the strange visitors from the East who'd followed a star, and watched Herod's soldiers kill the children of her village. Experience life in Roman Judea. The Jewish people struggle under the burden of Caesar's armies and Herod's cruelty. Watch false Messiahs rise and fall and see the fatal retribution that followed.Rome tore them apart, but slavery and rebellions couldn't destroy the love between Rivkah and Shemu'el, the man she believed God destined for her.Witness it all through the eyes of one who lived it

Book Three. The Church at Antioch comes into its own. Tensions surface as the number of non-Jewish converts rises. Barnabus goes to Tarsus and returns with Paul, but Rivkah's daughter, Channah, opposes his new role. This saga of the Early Church takes a troubling turn when their youngest son adopts a pagan lifestyle. Antioch trembles in the grip of a ruthless serial killer. While Pavlos roams the streets looking for him Shemu'el fears he already knows the killer's identity. In Rome the Emperor Claudius expels all Jews from Rome, ending Simon Peter's ministry there. Meanwhile, the beloved disciple, Yohan, has relocated to Ephesus for Miryam's protection. He brings Shemu'el Evodius a new convert named Ignatius and asks him to mentor the young man. Though surrounded by chaos, the church in Antioch grows in size and influence under Evodius' competent leadership.

When looking for love you sometimes find it...and sometimes you don't A novel of Love, Betrayal and Revenge, Promises combines coming of age, romance and suspense in a totally satisfying way. Smooth as a sip of Kentucky Bourbon, it eases you into the Appalachian hill country. That wonderfully wild place of mountains and hollows, creeks and rivers, with its hardscrabble life and whiteboard churches where roots go deep, family matters, and Granny Wright is never wrong. A place where King Coal still rules, and beneath its veneer of respectability lies a hidden web of treachery. Mary Jane Combs may have gotten her Momma's good looks, but her strong-willed determination came straight from Daddy. Growing up in Kentucky she dreamed of a simple life with a loving husband, a home of her own, and healthy kids. But fate has some tricks up its sleeve and her life has turned out to be anything but simple. Instead of a housewife, Mary Jane's become an International Supermodel. She's swapped the Appalachian coal country for New York City's Upper West Side, traveling the world in her private jet and staying in the best hotels. Things are going along fine until mystery man, Michael Cole, enters her life. He's an unscrupulous businessman with connections to the Russian Mafia who'll do anything to save his floundering business, including marrying her. When she catches on to what Cole's up to and dumps him, he sets out to destroy her along with everything she's accomplished. Never one to give up without a fight, she circles her wagons and mounts a counter attack. The evidence she needs to bring down her ex-husband remains in their London penthouse. To get it, she decides break in and access his computer files. And that's when things start to get dicey. Cole unexpectedly returns and she suddenly finds herself crouched beneath a desk while he ex seduces another woman atop it. Throughout her battle two questions remain unanswered. Can she do what needs to be done and still remain true to the promises she made at her mother's deathbed? And when the dust settles, will she at last find the loving relationship she always dreamed of?