Ever since the first European to visit the southernmost extremity of the African continent, the Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Diaz, made landfal...

This book provides an answer to the question 'Who are the Native Americans?' Their origins are significant in world history because they suggest ea...

The pepper fruit is commonly consumed as fresh fruit. In addition, the fruit is used in food industry and in manufacture processing, either ferment...

Persian language translation of Aeschylus' classic play about the Persian army's defeat.

Emergency medical services (EMS) systems provide important benefits to the public. Every day, EMS systems provide immediate medical care in respons...

The great Paracelsian scholar Walter Pagel and the pioneer medical historian Kurt Polycarp Sprengel identified Petrus Severinus' Idea medicinæ (157...

Step up for this delightful and attractive book on international, high fashion footwear. Over 300 eye-popping, platform shoe styles, shown in color...

This book investigates the praise poetry genre of the Dagombas of northern Ghana. The art of drumming, performed by court figures known as drummers...

The pomegranate is a beloved plant and fruit that has been used in ancient times. The raw fruit, juice, peels and flowers were used as medicines. T...

When Samuel Beckett’s work first appeared, it was routinely described, by Adorno amongst others, as a clear example of European high culture. Howev...

This book presents an overview of the cultivation of the potato, pointing out some aspects in relation to its production, consumption and importanc...

This interdisciplinary volume presents research at the intersection of religion, age and race and tackles the question what it is like to be young ...

The 'Psychology of Santa' examines decades of psychological research, as well as studies in sociology, communication, history, and advertising, all...

In the 1980s, music defined the moment: “Video Killed The Radio Star” ushered in MTV, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” ruled The Breakfast Club, and “...

Jakarta based Andreas Harsono is one of the most knowledgeable, experienced, high-profile and courageous of reporters and commentators on contempor...

This book provides a plethora of insights and perspectives that take up and challenge prevailing points of view about today's Africa. The chapters ...

The first part of this book offers a comprehensive survey of American literary reading. It presents a detailed but bleak assessment of the decline ...

This book that has been authored by members of the Syriac(n) Orthodox Community strives to provide an insight and brief historical background on th...

Plutarch's Lives of great Greek and Roman public figures are among the central texts of European culture. Like most Greek authors Plutarch had been...