Images of Africa challenges the widely-held idea that Africans are powerless in the creation of self... more

Through the poetry of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian authors, including Pushkin and Akhma... more

More so than any war in history, World War II was a woman s war. Women, motivated by patriotism, the... more

More so than any war in history, World War II was a woman’s war. Women, motivated by patriotism, the... more

America’s relationship to its southern neighbor is incredibly complicated. Thousands of Mexicans mak... more

Perspectives on Modern World History: The Assassination of Osama Bin Laden dives into the historical... more

Deleuze remains indifferent to the ambient pathos related to the end of metaphysics and compares the... more

This title explores issues related to eating disorders, including factors that do or do not contribu... more

William E. Cox shares the story of what student life was like for an African American boy before seg... more

Described by Deborah Solomon in a New York Times profile as one of contemporary art s most compelli... more

This authoritative, highly illustrated text and color atlas provides a systematic guide to commonly ... more

This book is a substantial new account of this northern New Mexico town where three cultures--Tiwa, ... more

The writing in this book is so bad, it deserves its own taxonomy of suckitude. Gillian Flynn, Mary R... more

Long periods in Chinese history were determined by non-Han conquest rule. With this volume, which em... more

As China rose to its position of global superpower, Chinese groups in the West watched with anticipa... more

This collection of essays focuses on rules and observances in medieval monasteries and provides a su... more

The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737-1832 provides an essential guide to theatre in Brit... more

A groundbreaking contribution to an emerging field of study, Memory and Migration provides valuable ... more

Over the last few years there has been a burgeoning interest in both space and place as linguistic p... more

Synesthesia is a fascinating phenomenon which has captured the imagination of scientists and artists... more

It has only been ten years since MIT opened its first fabrication laboratory. Today, more than 120 F... more

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the World Conference of Human Rights in 1993 and the adop... more

Venture deep into the dark side and discover the world of the evil Sith. Find out more about incredi... more

This interdisciplinary book includes contributions from scholars from different parts of the world f... more

Sacrifice has always been central to the study of religion yet attempts to understand and assess the... more

Psychotherapy Theories and Techniques explores the richness and variety of psychotherapy in a collec... more

Although generally resented and deemed unfavourable for individuals, societies and nations, grief, g... more

How is the history of antiquity told, and what is the role of narrativity in transforming the image ... more

Jo Baer (born 1929) was a key figure among the pioneers of Minimalist painting in New York in the 19... more

this volume s editor, Julia Bryan-Wilson, on the labor involved in installing the massive works in Morris s 1970 solo...... more

The understanding of sound underwent profound changes with the advent of laboratory science in the n... more

for approaching poetry of this period: manuscript circulation, patronage and the influence of Chaucer. Julia Boffey is...... more

(Dis)Orientation appears to be a phenomenon that is connected to media in numerous respects: Today, ... more

In the wake of the debates over high/low culture distinction spilling into the effective dismantling... more

Julia Eichelberger. Welty published many of her best-known works in the 1940s: A Curtain of Green, The Wide Net, The Robber...... more

Meta-analysis is a powerful statistical methodology for synthesizing research evidence across indepe... more