No one appreciates the detail of being alive more than the dead. In Lisbon, a man encounters his mother sitting on a park bench who laughs with the impudence of a schoolgirl. She has been dead for fifteen years. In Krakow market he recognises Ken, his…
This work shows that on the most fundamental level, environmental problems are cuased by human management decisions rather than the commonly blamed culprits of environmental degradation, overpopulation, poor farming practices and lack of financial sup…
Retelling of some of Dickens' most famous stories for a young audience. The stories include }Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale Of Two Cities{…
Presenting 119 images originally censored by the U.S. Army--the majority of which have never been published--this volume evokes the horror of a community uprooted in the…
}Maps For Lost Lovers{ opens the heart of a family at the crossroads of culture, community, nationality and religion, and expresses both their joys and their pain in a language that is arrestingly poetic. …
About The Book Between January and August 1947 the conflicting political, religious and social tensions in India culminated in independence from Britain and the creation of Pakistan. Those months saw the end of ninety years of the British Raj, and the…
Around 1900, physicists started to discover particles like electrons, protons, and neutrons, and with these discoveries believed they could predict the internal behavior of the atom. However, once their predictions were compared to the results of expe…
Martin Scorsese's challenging and often controversial films are a record of the most personal achievement in modern American cinema. "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver,"" Raging Bull," "Gooodfellas"--these…
This text focuses on the decision-making process in the assessment and management of children with speech and language problems. Individual chapters, written by experts, show how…