The move towards sustainable energy production and use is one the most challenging changes taking place in the world's established... Læs mere
Scholars tend to call them 'rites of passage'. Most people prefer to speak of them as life cycle events or milestones. This volume offers fresh insights into rituals as old as the Hebrew Bible in contexts as familiar as the American Midwest and as exotic as Karaism.
A historical-textual study about transformations of the aesthetics of the sublime - the literary and aesthetic quality of greatness under duress - from early English Romanticism to the New Poetry Movement in twentieth-century China.
Berlin, Budapest, Prague, and Warsaw are cities indelibly marked by more than forty years of Soviet influence. This title explores the ways in which these major urban centres have redefined their identities over the years.
A guide to identifying trees in Indiana and surrounding states. It explains how to identify various species in different seasons and color photographs show important characteristics.
Shows readers how to change the world through a series of case studies that chronicle how the author and other pioneering women in a range of fields have done so in years past.
Discusses aspects of terror with regard to human rights events across the globe, but especially in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. This title... Læs mere
Animal abuse as a predictor of abuse against humans has been documented extensively. Society‘s ever-rising violence... Læs mere
Dorothy Harrison Eustis is the woman responsible for founding The Seeing Eye, the first guide dog school in the United States.... Læs mere
Dogs know when we are feeling down. They love it when we are happy and seeking friendship and fun, and they understand when we are feeling sad and desperate.... Læs mere
A story of a deepening relationship between a couple and their cat that features comments about cat behavior and the nature of the human-feline bond.
A comprehensive account of the writing and thought of the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz.