Featuring 73 images, this pocket atlas helps interpret computed tomography images of the brain and calvarium, temporal bone, orbit, nasal cavity, and paranasal sinuses. It also helps readers recognize normal anatomic structures on CT scans and distinguish these structures from artifacts.[...]
Written by one of the world's foremost paleontologists, this resource gives young readers a rare glimpse at a world gone by. More than 100 mammals, from the saber-toothed tiger to the woolly mammoth, are showcased in full-color detail.[...]
On May 21, 1991, popular University of Chicago Divinity School Professor Ioan Culianu was murdered execution-style on campus. The crime stunned the school, terrified students, and mystified the FBI. The case remains unsolved. In Eros, Magic, and the Murder of Professor Culianu, Ted Anton pieces toge[...]
Winner of 1997 Carl Sandburg Award
On May 21, 1991, University of Chicago professor Ioan Culianu was murdered execution-style on campus. The crime stunned the school, terrified students, and mystified the FBI. The case remains unsolved. In "Eros, Magic, and the Murder of Professor Culianu, "awa[...]
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
"San Francisco Chronicle - "Newsweek/The Daily Beast - "The Seattle Times - The Economist - Kansas City Star - BookPage"
On February 14, 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been "sentenced to [...]
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
"San Francisco Chronicle - "Newsweek/The Daily Beast - "The Seattle Times - The Economist - Kansas City Star - BookPage"
On February 14, 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been "sentenced to [...]
In this detailed study of Estonians' role in the Holocaust, Anton Weiss-Wendt casts light on a largely unexplored subject. A country known for its benevolent treatment of ethnic minorities, Estonia had a small number of indigenous Jews, and anti-Semitism existed on a relatively limited scale. Howeve[...]
Africa's chronic power problems have escalated in recent years into a crisis affecting 30 countries, taking a heavy toll on economic growth and productivity. The region has inadequate generation capacity, limited electrification, low power consumption, unreliable services, and high costs. It also fa[...]
"Rashi's Daughter, Secret Scholar" was adapted from the first book in this series, "Volume 1: Joheved". The tale of a young girl who challenges conventions to engage in Jewish learning; Set in 11th-century Troyes, France, "Rashi's Daughter, Secret Scholar" tells the story of Joheved, eldest daughter[...]
The wave of anti-authoritarian political activity associated with the term 1968A" can by no means be confined under the rubric of protest,A" understood narrowly in terms of street marches and other reactions to state initiatives. Indeed, the actions generated in response to 1968A" frequently invo[...]
With insight and candour, noted Ojibwe scholar Anton Treuer traces thousands of years of the complicated history of the Ojibwe people - their economy, culture, and clan system and how these have changed throughout time, perhaps most dramatically with the arrival of Europeans into Minnesota territory[...]
On 27 June 1868, Hole in the Day (Bagonegiizhig) the Younger left Crow Wing, Minnesota, for Washington, DC, to fight the planned removal of the Mississippi Ojibwe to a reservation at White Earth. Several miles from his home, the self-styled leader of all the Ojibwe was stopped by at least twelve Oji[...]
What have you always wanted to know about Indians? Do you think you should already know the answers or suspect that your questions may be offensive? In matter-of-fact responses to over 120 questions, both thoughtful and outrageous, modern and historical, Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist [...]
Discusses consciousness, the nature of God, sexuality, human knowledge, robots, and the future
Wisdom, humor, and dark observations by the founder of the Church of Satan. LaVey ponders such topics as nonconformity, occult faddism, erotic politics, the "Goodguy badge," demoralization and the construction of artificial human companions.[...]
Full of dark humor, how-to advice, and self-proclaimed hard-won wisdom, the essays in this new collection present more of the opinions and ideas from famed satanist Anton LaVey. Photos.[...]
This is the classic guide to using and interpreting the black arts for seduction and manipulation. This new updated and expanded edition fills readers in on the final days of LaVey and the latest from the Church of Satan, and includes a new introduction by the churchâs current leader.[...]