Here is a book about the Horse Chestnut and Sweet Chestnut for healing and eating. In England the horse chestnut or conker is a much-loved tree. Its edible cousin, the sweet chestnut, is valued here i
This study has arisen out of a fascination with the vibrant nature of African societies, their vitality, and particularly the way in which they seem to be able time and again to overcome tribulation a
Anthropologists have a complex relationship with "ethnocentrism." They consider it to be intellectually nave, morally despicable and politically dangerous. Many see criticizing and fighting ethnocentr
This study has arisen out of a fascination with the vibrant nature of African societies, their vitality, and particularly the way in which they seem to be able time and again to overcome tribulation a
There are a growing number of new chemicals in the environment that represent an ascertained or potential risk. Many of them can be found in sewage sludge and are the subject of this volume. Experts i
Drawing on Etty Hillesum’s writings, this book offers a comprehensive account of international scholarship on the life, works and vision of the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum, whose life was shaped
