The prowess of the German panzers is the stuff of legend, but it is not generally known that Hitler stole thousands of British, Czech, French, Italian, Polish, and Soviet tanks and armoured fighting vehicles to feed his war machine. At its height, more than 25 percent of the German tank fleet was of[...]

This book covers recent advances in the field of plant genomics and how these discoveries can be exploited to understand evolutionary processes and the complex network of hormonal and genetic control of ripening.[...]

Known most widely for his role in the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s, Abraham Joshua Heschel made major scholarly contributions to the fields of biblical studies, rabbinics, medieval Jewish philosophy, Hasidism, and mysticism. Yet, his most ambitious scholarly achievement, his three-v[...]

Originally published in 1995, soon after Death Valley National Park became the fifty-third park in the U.S. park system, this guide was the first complete guidebook available for this spectacular area. Now in its second edition, this is still the only book that includes all aspects of the park. Much[...]

After World War II, the American automobile industry was reeling. Having spent years building tanks and airplanes for the army, the car companies would need years more to retool their production to meet the demands of the American public, for whom they had not made any cars since 1942.

And [...]

Frans Widerberg er en av de kunstnerisk visjonære som skaper en alternativ verden. Handlingen i bildene utspiller seg ofte i et kosmisk landskap eller som i Becketts eksistensielle tomrom. Skueplassen er befolket av besynderlige skikkelser menn og kvinner, i blant lik Adam og Eva i deres sårbarhe[...]

The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Authors Bruce Tucker and Priscilla L. Walton examine critical moments in the aftermath of 9/11 arguing that commentators abandoned complexity, seeking to reduce events to their [...]

Dr. Tucker, in a follow-up to his book "Life Before Life," explores American cases of young children who report memories of previous lives A first-person account of Jim Tucker's experiences with a number of extraordinary children with memories of past lives, "Return to Life" focuses mostly on Americ[...]

An authority on chemical and biological warfare traces the military applications of toxic weaponry from World War I to the present day, discusses Germany's first use of such weapons during the First World War, the development of potent nerve agents during the Cold War, and the efforts of such terror[...]