Dragon Professional Individual (formally Dragon NaturallySpeaking) is firmly established as the world's leading voice recognition and speech-to-text software application. However, it can be used to do so much more.Even if you are new to the world of programming, you will be able to quickly create voice commands, macros and automate processes using the simple, yet powerful, Dragon Script language. Step by step instructions walk beginners through the basics, while intermediate and ad...

Conceptual Issues in Psychological Medicine is a collection of papers written by the celebrated psychiatrist, Michael Shepherd, who was one of the originators of psychiatric epidemiology in the UK and a leading social psychiatrist of his generation. He designed and implemented some of the first systematic studies into what are now widely recognised clinical syndromes. His extensive research experience and his advocacy of a scientific approach to social psychiatry form the basis of...

Eighteen essays reexamine Ficino's life and work focusing on three essential aspects: his significance in his own times, his spreading influence throughout Europe and over subsequent centuries in many areas of thought and creativity, and his enduring relevance today. Translation of his major works from Latin enables a new generation to rediscover and share Ficino's vision of human potential.

A comprehensive and orthodox guide to biblical origins and interpretationHow did we get the Bible? How do we interpret it? And what does it mean for our lives today? Michael B. Shepherd introduces undergraduates and seminarians to these crucial questions in this reliable and thorough new textbook.Shepherd covers textual criticism, formation of the canon, and history of translation, all while remaining committed to Scripture's ultimate purpose—inviting us to...

Learn how ancient readers interpreted the Bible's prophetic literature—and why their views have enduring valueHow Did They Read the Prophets? explores the world of ancient exegesis, focusing on how early Jewish and Christian readers understood the Hebrew Bible's prophetic literature. In this illuminating study, Old Testament scholar Michael B. Shepherd takes modern readers on a guided tour through the earliest readings of key passages from Isaiah, Jeremiah...

Analysis of inner-biblical exegesis ordinarily involves examination of the intertextual relationship between two texts within the biblical corpus. But in many cases there is an often overlooked intertext that serves as a bridge between the two texts. Such an intermediary text reads the primary text in a manner similar to the way the tertiary text reads it and supplies a missing link in a very subtle yet identifiable manner. The direction of dependence between texts of this kind is not as i...

Textuality and the Bible represents a concerted effort to clarify the object of study in biblical scholarship and in the church by bringing together the disciplines of hermeneutics, compositional analysis, canon studies, and textual criticism. It ultimately seeks to issue a call for study of the Bible for its own sake.

This is a collection of essays on the history of Psychiatry. Volume II of three, offers works around the institutions and society from the eighteenth century to 1917. Most of the papers in these volumes arose from a seminar series on the history of psychiatry and a one-day seminar on the same theme held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, during the academic year 1982-83.

Falling asleep often takes a smidgen more than simply being tucked in and closing your eyes... Lucky for you, Benjamin, Otto and their friends are always there to help with their wonderful bedtime stories... A famous circus giraffe called Gigirella visits the zoo. Gigi Giraffe is a bit jealous, so the friends decide to give her a makeover. When it's all done, Gigi wants to see the transformation, but they can't find a mirror tall enough. Tag along as Benjamin and his friends construct a mi...

Falling asleep often takes a smidgen more than simply being tucked in and closing your eyes ... Lucky for you, Benjamin, Otto and their friends are always there to help with their wonderful bedtime stories ... Dream away with Benjamin and his friends as they celebrate Hippy Hippo's first birthday, who is so cute he even manages to soften up grumpy Mr. Baron. In this episode Benjamin, Otto and Stella celebrate one festival after the other, travel to the mysterious land of the Pie king and d...

Falling asleep often takes a smidgen more than simply being tucked in and closing your eyes ... Lucky for you, Benjamin, Otto and their friends are always there to help with their wonderful bedtime stories ... A famous circus giraffe called Gigirella visits the zoo. Gigi Giraffe is a bit jealous, so the friends decide to give her a makeover. When it's all done, Gigi wants to see the transformation, but they can't find a mirror tall enough. Tag along as Benjamin and his friends construct a ...

Falling asleep often takes a smidgen more than simply being tucked in and closing your eyes... Lucky for you, Benjamin, Otto and their friends are always there to help with their wonderful bedtime stories... Snuggle up for a blustery fall day with Benjamin and his friends as they decide to build a kite for Little-Kanga. Treat your nose to a fragrant stroll through the little flowers all over Benjamin's colorful spring garden. Dream a genuine midsummer night's dream and then go sledding wit...