Did you know that because baby pigs grow at an alarming rate, 48 pigs were used for the filming of Babe? Or that the director of Muriel's Wedding had to fly to Europe to convince ABBA to give permissi
Attempts to explain children’s ability to focus on language as medium rather than message have varied dramatically over the years. Studies in the field of metacognition have shown that this has a bear
In Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam, Lahouari Addi attempts to assess the history and political legacy of radical Arab nationalism to show that it contained the seeds of its own destructio
In Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam, Lahouari Addi attempts to assess the history and political legacy of radical Arab nationalism to show that it contained the seeds of its own destructio
This remarkable book tells the inside story of three young men caught up in the Palestinian intifada. Through their stories, the tangled and tragic web of the past twenty years of the most enduring co
Claude Monet transformed light and colour into art. This book traces his career from his "Impression, Sunrise" of 1874, which caused uproar among the critics, to his last near-abstract paintings of wa
Just two years after rowing solo across the North Atlantic at the age of twenty-five, Maud Fontenoy was ready for a new challenge—crossing the Pacific Ocean. Leaving from Lima, Peru, and traveling 4,4
An illustrated look at the life and work of Claude Monet presents reproductions of his work and discusses his unique techniques and his experiments with light and color, his personal life, his corresp
Criminology, law, criminal justice, and other social sciences are the perspectives through which scholars consider rights of crime victims, in Britain, Canada, and the US. Among their topics are the s
The New Earth From Above: 365 Days is now fully revised and updated. Reaching across the continents, from the icebergs of Antarctica to the cotton fields of India, the breathtaking, full-color photog
