Swiss photographer Samuel Zeller reveals the quietness and serenity found in some of Europe’s greenest, manmade corners.Starting his project in Geneva’s botanical gardens, Zeller shoots plants through
This book, by two of the most distinguished figures in fertility and reproduction research, answers all the most common questions about menaupause and andropause, and hormone resupplement therapy (HR
The central problem in the study of addiction is to explain why people repeatedly behave in ways they know are bad for them. For much of the previous century and until the present day, the majority of
Scottish Semiticist and Arabist William Robertson Smith was a celebrated biblical critic, theorist of religion, and theorist of myth. His accomplishments were multiple. Smith's German mentors reconstr
A paradigm-shifting diet book that explains why one-size-fits-all diets don't work and helps readers customize their diet to lose weight and improve health. There are certain things we take as univers
This volume commemorates the work of Malcolm Bowie, who died in 2007. It includes selected papers drawn from the conference held in his memory at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, Universit
The critical goal of nanobiosensors is to detect any biochemical and/or biophysical signal related to a specific disease at the level of a single or few molecules. Nanobiosensors have been successful
Oedipus, the former ruler of Thebes, has died. Now, when his young daughter Antigone defies her uncle, Kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact
The chapters in this two-part volume deal with a range of gender-based violence issues that are making news headlines daily. In Part A the contributors address the ways in which wartime rape is treate
This is volume 20 in a series on academic feminism. It is built from the assumption that current trends in academic feminism represent an objective advance in knowledge. Contributors to this volume at
Media images shape and are shaped by society. They reflect the ways in which the social order changes and stays the same. The contributors to Gender and the Media: Women’s Places consider a variety of
Editors Segal and Demos present readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles focused on the relationship between food and gender explored in different contexts utilizing a varie
In this second part of a two-part set, international contributors in gender studies, sociology, cognitive science, and communication offer 12 country case studies examining violence and gender at all
Pays tribute to the wonderful collection of characters that are responsible for making New York a vibrant, diverse, and thrilling place, from local celebrities and famous personalities to extremely od
Math is a critical part of our everyday lives; we use it dozens of times daily. and wish we understood it better. The second title in the 101 Things Everyone Should Know series, this book makes unders
