Pick up virtually any textbook on vertebrate evolution and you will find mention of the curious reptile known as tuatara (Sphenodon). The special evolutionary status of tuatara as the last of the rhyn
This comprehensive study of Nathaniel Hawthorne's early writings analyzes the development of Hawthorne's work over the first twenty-five years of his career. Alison Easton studies that process in rela
Explores the pivotal place of the fiery serpent-eye goddess, Hathor-Sekmet, in the mysteries of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the dead. This book shows Seti I's temple at Abydos to be an image of heaven
HIGH-STAKES HOMECOMING Nicole Braun left Silver Lake under a cloud of suspicion?and someone isn't about to let her forget her troubled past now that she's returned home. The single mom has worked hard
HIGH-STAKES HOMECOMING Nicole Braun left Silver Lake under a cloud of suspicion?and someone isn't about to let her forget her troubled past now that she's returned home. The single mom has worked hard
In this book, Alison Stone argues that popular music since rock-‘n’-roll is a unified form of music which has positive value. That value is that popular music affirms the importance of materiality and
This book explores the ethics and efficacy of many current public health programmes, looking at screening, surveillance and interventions as well as health inequalities and professional practice. Inve
Pennsylvanians have enjoyed a long, rich love affair with beer. The state not only ranks first in the nation for the number of barrels produced but the breweries, beer, and their craftsmen all have in
We've all ordered from a restaurant menu. But have you ever wondered to what extent the menu is ordering you? In this fascinating new book, art historian and gastronome Alison Pearlman takes a critica
Although relatively little known, fungi provide the link between terrestrial organisms and ecosystems that underpin our functioning planet.The Allure of Fungi presents fungi through multiple perspecti
A family saga: four generations of mixed-race African American, Native American, and Irish women experience intergenerational trauma as well as the healing brought by nature and music, leading to triu
"Disquieting, deceptive, crafted with a sly and measured expertise, Alison Moore's story could certainly deliver a masterclass in slow-burn storytelling. " ?The Independent "The Lighthouse is a spare,
In this book, The Irresistible 14-Days Paleo Diet Plan 100+ Recipes for Weight Loss and Healthy Living, you will discover the three components that made Paleo such a success. More and more people are
The USA has 76 percent of the world’s serial killers. During the 1980s, FBI special agents traveled around the country to conduct death row interviews with 198 of them. The FBI agents from Quantico ga
Through intimate portraits of four exonerated prisoners, journalist Alison Flowers explores what happens to innocent people when the state flings open the jailhouse door and tosses them back, empty-ha
The Man Within examines how Winston Churchill, considered by many the greatest man of the twentieth century, was despite it all, of flesh and blood. Like his numerous, diverse, and often astonishing a
Twelve-year-old Corabelle Quinn is positive she doesn’t have a single living relative, much less a quirky great uncle named Professor McNitt. But after ten months of sharing a bedroom with a biting to
