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In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to "save" mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat-in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.Look for a special preview of Anne Rice's Prince Lestat in the back of the book. The Vampire ...

Interprets Nietzsche's political philosophy in terms of his conception of tragic joy and provides the context within which his most controversial political ideas can be understood as advocating neither a politics of oppression nor a utopian vision.

Focusing on the culture, politics, and society of the distinctive Latino communities in the United States, THE LATINO READER combines the most interesting recent work from a broad spectrum of Latino scholars and social critics in a comparative perspective. The volume is organized around themes of culture and histories, cultural politics, gender, sexuality, and power, and labor and politics.

Volume 4 in the ADVANCED SERIES ON THEORETICAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE, which introduces the foundations of special relativity, gives the main relativistic effects, and then explains how the experiments can be analyzed and compared to form predictions of special relativity. It shows that the experiments are a test of the two-way speed of light.

Mary Louise Adams shows how, during the postwar years in Canada, the sexual and social activity of young people was ?normalized, ? and how this discourse on sexuality articulated contemporary concerns about family, security, and the role of the state.

Unusual, Interesting, and Little-Known Stories of Texas

Explorations in Theology and Film brings together theologians, biblical scholars, film and media specialists, and experts in language and literature to consider the potential of films contribution to contemporary Christian theological discussion. The main focus of the book is on the creative conversation between film and theology in the contemporary West, and it raises crucial questions about the interaction between theology and culture. " Exp...

Author Rosemary Ashton examines the many facets of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's complex personality, from poet, critic, and thinker to feckless husband and guilt-ridden opium addict. She places Coleridge's reputation within the context of both British and German Romanticism and shows how the celebrated author became a luminary of immense importance. Photos.

Mary Louise Adams shows how, during the postwar years in Canada, the sexual and social activity of young people was ?normalized, ? and how this discourse on sexuality articulated contemporary concerns about family, security, and the role of the state.