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In surreal Bangkok, city of temples and brothels, where Buddhist monks in saffron robes walk the same streets as world-class gangsters, a US marine sergeant is killed inside a locked Mercedes by a maddened python and a swarm of cobras.

What you think you are isn't even a fraction of what you really are! You have a Higher Power! Understand this Power! The Universe is at your command! Freedom now!

These stories are adventurous, interesting and original. The author creates an array of thought-provoking works traversing both cultural and historical frontiers. Insightful commentary makes readers think while simultaneously entertained.

Gardner's seminal 1993 account of the practical applications of Multiple Intelligences theory is now completely updated and expanded to reflect the latest developments in the field.

This first collection of Margaret Mead's personal correspondence creates a vivid and intimate portrait of an American icon--with a foreword by Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.

Critica Social en la Narrativa de Ocho Escritores Hispanicos señala a los escritores como testigos de su época, quienes con diferentes maneras de narrar recogen la realidad del momento, a fin de explicar en sus respectivas obras, a través de personajes y situaciones la conciencia social histórica de los países de la América Hispana, partiendo de Las Cartas y Relaciones de Hernán Cortés, siglo XVI, hasta el siglo XX con el análisis de la Voragi...

Celebrating ten years and more than one million books in print!The third four-in-one edition to celebrate ten years of an award-winning, bestselling series.#9: Nightmare in NaganoThe Screech Owls can't believe their good luck! They are flying thousands of miles to Nagano, Japan, the host city for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games - and they'll be playing in Big Hat, the Olympic arena. The attractions of Japan are quickly forgotten, however, when t...

During the 1960s and 1970s, runaways became a source of national concern in America. Countercultural activists provided support to runaway youth, and private agencies began developing innovative, sometimes controversial programs to serve them. In this multilayered history, Karen M. Staller examines the programs and policies that took shape during this period and the ways in which the ideas of the alternative-services movement continue to guide...

Each year in the United States, millions of mass-produced greeting cards proclaim their occasional messages: "For My Loving Daughter, " "On the Occasion of Your Marriage, " and "It's a Boy!" For more than 150 years, greeting cards have tapped into and organized a shared language of love, affection, and kinship, becoming an integral part of American life and culture. Contemporary incarnations of these emotional transactions performed through sm...

Eighteen fables from the Jatakas of India, skillfully retold and attractively illustrated. Includes The Monkey and the Crocodile, The Merchant of Seri, The Turtle Who Wouldn't Stop Talking, The Foolish Timid Rabbit, The Banyan Deer, and others. Suitable for ages 7 and up.

To develop a new scientific theory that explains a phenomenon is not an easy enterprise, especially when it concerns social behaviour. Few have this gift where they propound new theories about nature, human behaviour, or the physical world. Emulating well-known theorists in the twentieth century and a few other geniuses, this author theorises on discrimination behaviour in work places using the deductive method, and offers significant catching...

Legends of the Nibelungen hero, Siegfried, full of the mystery, awe, and poetry of the northern lands. They tell of how Siegfried forged the wondrous sword, Balmung, of his riding through flaming fire to awaken the maiden, Brunhild, and of the many other strange and daring deeds which he wrought. Many of the Norse myths are interwoven in the tale. The best rendition for children of the Siegfried legends, based on the Eddas, the Volsung Saga, a...

The tranquil and peaceful land of Serendipus is in danger from an unknown, unseen force. One of the six Guardians - Ormdrake the Secret Keeper - has vanished, apparently without a trace. The Amulet of Serin is cast to attract a warrior suitable for the quest to discover the cause of Serendipus's plight - a quest that begins with a simple task and becomes a life-changing journey for the one that becomes known as the fourth paradox of Serendipus...

What is our most important, fundamental right? To the author the answer is quite clear - it is freedom. And is our freedom best guaranteed by a socialist, communist, or capitalist system? Again, we are left in no doubt. The author is a fi, rm advocate of capitalism, examining and dismissing the fi, rst two systems in turn. To help convince us he applies his basic theories on a national, European and global scale. He fi, rst t...

A choice collection of old folk tales and fables, attractively arranged and illustrated. Between each of the longer tales appear several short fables, offering a varied reading experience for the young reader for whom it is intended. Suitable for ages 6 and up.

An excellent introduction to the history of the church through portraits of twenty of the most important saints and heroes of the faith from the third century A.D. to the time of the Reformation. Includes Cyprian, Athanasius, Ambrose, Chrysostom, Jerome, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, Columba, Charlemagne, Hildebrand, Anselm, Bernard, Becket, Langton, Dominic, Francis, Wycliffe, Hus, and Savonarola. Suitable for ages 11 and up.

Hailed by leading South Korean academics as the most significant research on the history of Korean Catholicism to date, Professor Jai-Keun Choi of Yonsei University in Korea explores the origin of the Roman Catholic Church in the Korean peninsula. Professor Choi raises important historical questions as: What were the historical forces that allowed Roman Catholicism to take root in the 19th century Choson Korea despite official governmental eff...

A powerful, brave, bold collection of poetry that will stay with the reader long after it's put aside.

Based on the premise that in an era of rapid globalization, while there is a great deal of convergence on many aspects of group processes and interactions across national cultures, it is the understanding and appreciation of the divergence among people of different national cultural backgrounds that make all the difference.

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