This is an introduction to the methods and principles of genealogical research written for the beginner and calculated to entertain while producing results. ...

China's relations with African nations have changed dramatically over the past decade. African oil now accounts for more than 30% of China's oil imports ...

This volume presents a sophisticated and intricate examination of the parallels between Sanskrit and Greco-Roman literature. By means of a philological ...

This vintage book contains the tale of the marriage of Cupid and Psyche, translated from the Latin of Apuleius by William Adlington. Originally from Lucius ...

Despite what you've been told, even rebels and rogues need their faithful companions.  Here is a treasure trove of stories and poems celebrating ...

Beyond speculation and sensationalism, this book brings together a significant body of authentic information about life on the other planets in our solar ...

Told from the perspective of a cantankerous man named Deidrick Knickerbocker, A Knickerbocker's History of New York depicts a satirical history spanning ...

On cold winter days, when you're driving through a heavy snowstorm, looking forward through the windshield, you can hardly see where you're going. But ...

Maxwell wanted his two-year-old son to have a better life. But without hope in his native country in Africa, he set out to explore the world in search ...

This bookexamines debates regarding gendered interpretation of persuasive rhetoric in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. The book traces ideological ...