Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment examines criminal sentencing courtsa (TM) changing characterisations of Indigenous peoplesa (TM) identity, culture and postcolonial status. Focusing largely on Australian Indigenous peoples, but referring also to the Canadian and New Zealand experiences, Thali[...]

'My process is designed to give us 'colored folk' and women a taste of the American dream straight up. Since the facts don't do that too often, I decided to make it up...That is the real power and joy of being an artist. We can make it come true. Or look true' - Faith Ringgold, in a 1992 interview. [...]

In 1835, during his voyage on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin spent several weeks in Galpagos exploring the islands and making extensive notes on their natural history. Darwin in Galpagos is the first book to recreate Darwin's historic visit to the islands, following in his footsteps day by day and islan[...]

Aeschylus' 'Suppliants' dramatises the myth of the fifty daughters of Danaos, who flee Egypt and come to Argos as suppliants, trying to escape forced marriage to their Egyptian cousins. It was long considered to be the earliest surviving tragedy. Even after the mid-20th century, when new evidence es[...]

Larry McMurtry burst onto the American literary scene with a force that would forever redefine how we perceive the American West. His first three novels-- Horseman, Pass By (1961), * Leaving Cheyenne (1963), and The Last Picture Show (1966)-- all set in the north Texas town of Thalia after World War[...]

Den 4. maj 1945 klokken 20.36 lød befrielsesbudskabet fra BBC i de danske radioer, og i minutterne herefter brød en endeløs jubel ud. Danskerne strømmede ud i gaderne - besættelsen var forbi, Danmark var atter frit. Men samtidig med de spontane festligheder var andre på hårdt ar[...]