Vasari famously wrote that Giotto "recovered the true method of painting, which been lost for many years before him," and indeed he is traditionally considered a founder of the Italian Renaissance. Producing a series of commissioned works for the church and upper classes in his native Tuscany and su[...]

With Experiments Past the important role that experimental archaeology has played in the development of archaeology is finally uncovered and understood. Experimental archaeology is a method to attempt to replicate archaeological artefacts and/or processes to test certain hypotheses or discover infor[...]

An account of the landmark 2004 archaeological discovery of the extinct Indonesian race explains why it has been named one of history's most important scientific findings and what the "Hobbit" civilization reveals about ancient and modern people. 25,000 first printing.[...]

When the author was 15 she moved to a new school and fell for an older pupil, Daniel. She was thrilled when one afternoon he asked if he could drive her home. But this simple decision would hold her captive as a sex slave for two long years. This book tells her story.[...]

This volume is a theoretical and practical approach to the design of computer technology.

Neither immigrants nor ethnics, neither foreign nor "hyphenated Americans" in the usual sense of that term, Puerto Ricans in New York have created a distinct identity both on the island of Puerto Rico and in the cultural landscape of the United States. Juan Flores considers the uniqueness of Puerto [...]

Parents Often Imagine Their Kids to be Nonsexual Until Their Wedding NightThe truth of the matter is that we're sexual from day one. What are you going to communicate to your kids about this, knowing that they are sexual creatures today?Your kids need you to talk with them about sex. No one else wil[...]

#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen offers readers a classic tale of a love that seems impossibleand a hunger that is undeniable. Jenny Cashman longs to escape the refined, rarified air of her exclusive Swiss education. At nineteen, she's desperate for independenceand to once again s[...]

A Companion to Latina/o Studies Edited by Juan Flores and Renato Rosaldo A Companion to Latina/o Studies is a collection of 45 original essays written by leading scholars in the Latina/o Studies field.[...]

Focusing on various countries from around the world, 40 different puzzles are filled with the names of cities, capitals, rivers, famous residents, currency, natural resources, native flora and fauna, and more. Terms appear vertically, horizontally, forward, backward, and diagonally within the grid. [...]

From the Foreword: "Addiction is a disorder in self-regulation. Individuals who become dependent on addictive substances cannot regulate their emotions, self-care, self-esteem, and relationships. In this monumental and illuminating text Philip Flores covers all the reasons why this is so. But it is [...]