Describes how plants and animals made the transition from water to land, presenting integrated summaries of the evidence from both fossils and living organisms. The authors consider when various transitions took place and which groups of organisms were involved.
Focuses on Yathong Nature Reserve, where three species of kangaroo - red, eastern grey, and western grey -... Læs mere
A selection of writings by Tonna (1289-1372), a medieval Buddhist poet-monk, very little of whose work has been translated before. The anthology... Læs mere
Alfred Molano reveals the lives of the couriers who transport drugs from Colombia into the United States and Europe. Colombians from... Læs mere
Yi Mun-yol's Meeting with My Brother is narrated by a South Korean whose father abandoned his family and defected to the North during the Korean War. Many years later,... Læs mere
Ouyi Zhixu (1599–1655) was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Drawing attention to... Læs mere
The transcript of Alain Badiou’s year-long seminar on the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, this book offers a forceful reading of an enigmatic yet foundational thinker and... Læs mere
A large body of research has established a relationship between experiences of racial... Læs mere
Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow is among the most important pieces of writing to come out of Russia in the age of Catherine the Great. Alexander Radishchev’s... Læs mere