A collection of twenty-two fairy tales by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, most translated into English for the first time, show the influence of German Romanticism, psychoanalysis, and Eastern religion on his development as an author. Simultaneous.[...]

Biff, Chip Kipper and friends have grown up and their true destiny is about to be revealed...Can they stop the evil Virans from destroying history as we know it?[...]

I'm not that kind of boy," Jack angrily wrote to Lem after his friend made a sexual advance. But Jack didn't end the relationship. From the time John F. Kennedy and Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings met at Choate, until the President's assassination thirty years later, Jack and Lem remained best friends. [...]

"Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives helps students understand the application of anthropological concepts to the contemporary world. It offers an exceptionally clear and readable introduction to cultural anthropology, closely relating it to key topics such as colonialism and post-colo[...]

VIOLENCE AND CULTURE: A CROSS-CULTURAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH brings together in a single readable volume the widest possible range of material on violence as a modern and international cultural problem. It uniquely combines comprehensive theoretical discussion with rich empirical descriptio[...]

This clear and engaging guide introduces students to key areas of the field and shows how to apply an anthropological approach to the study of religion in the contemporary world. Written by an experienced teacher, it covers major traditional topics including definitions, theories and beliefs as well[...]

From 1784 to 1812, fur trader, surveyor, and mapmaker David Thompson explored western North America. His field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Thompson was [...]

This practical work offers a lucid and comprehensive account of the workings of documentary credits in the context of English law and under international banking practice as applied in England. Written from the perspective of banking practices as well as[...]

Mother Earth's children, who have been sleeping all winter, awake and experience the new life, color, and joys of spring.[...]

Four Corners is an integrated four-skills English course for adults and young adults. Four Corners Workbook, Level 1 has eight-page units that can be used in class or for homework. Each unit provides students with additional vocabulary, grammar, functional language, and reading practice.[...]

Traditions say that in May 1637, a force of English colonists and Native allies marched undected across southern New England and surprised the Pequot village of Mystic. They trapped and killed 300-700 men, women and children. Through exaustive research from journals of the participants this book pro[...]