A photographic ride through the history of movie bondage. Hollywood was a city of extremes: not for Tinseltown the carefully judged subtleties of shot and tone that were the hallmark of the art-house
Filled with wonderfully astute, sensual, and sometimes disturbing observations of Brazil, this celebration of South America's largest country includes contributions from Joe Kane, Bill McKibben, Joe K
A Guide to Mosquitoes of Australia explores the biodiversity of this fascinating group of insects. Mosquitoes are annoying, and can be deadly, but they can also be beautiful. This book provides a pict
"Hans Brinker", or The Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland by Mary Mapes Dodge.The novel takes place in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as
This volume is meant to be a simple introduction to and explanation of the new technologies that may prove useful to secondary school libraries. It examines the technologies with the understanding tha
Beautiful early writings by one of the 20th century’s greatest poets on the 150th anniversary of his birthThe poems, prose, and drama gathered in When You Are Old present a fresh portrait of the Nobel
Food, Ethics, and Society: An Introductory Text with Readings presents seventy-three readings that address real-world ethical issues at the forefront of the food ethics debate. Topics covered include
Since the sociology of religion became recognised as a distinct sub-discipline over the last century, the dominance of approaches taking their inspiration from the sociological classics has increasing
Of course it is a matter of your starting point, but as Americans, don’t we usually think of the other guys as the foreigners? After all, they are the ones who talk with an accent, right? When We Are
First book dedicated to Casilli's decade-defining entertainment portraits. Foreword by Joan Collins. Mario Casilli's photographs defined the fabulous and outrageous entertainment industry in the 1980s
Feminist discourses have called into question axiomatic world views and shown how gender and sexuality inevitably shape our perceptions, both historically and in the present moment. Founding Feminisms