Appleton (English, Old Dominion University) both edits and contributes to this examination of the uses made by author Margaret Atwood of traditional myths and fairy tales. Atwood's work is known for i
What is a Chakra? A chakra is a gathering of "like energy" that forms into a cone shape and resides within the seven major cavities of the physical body. Each body cavity has its own energy field and
What is a Chakra? A chakra is a gathering of "like energy" that forms into a cone shape and resides within the seven major cavities of the physical body. Each body cavity has its own energy field and
Focusing on Catholic primary schooling in France from 1830 through World War I, Curtis shows how religious education played a key role in transforming France into a modern nation. She finds persuasive
'Langland's Early Modern Identities' uses the methodologies of cultural studies and the history of the book to show how editors and readers of the 16th through the early 19th century successively rema
Today's domestic-advice writers--women such as Martha Stewart, Cheryl Mendelson, and B. Smith--are part of a long tradition, notes Sarah Leavitt. Their success rests on a legacy of literature that has
"We are all just a little bit plastic. Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. Is this chemical, and its presence in t
The Dinner Book is a rare account of a series of 36 dinners hosted by the London Drapers' Company between 1564 and 1602. At these events, new company leaders symbolically received corporate endorsemen
Medical schools and teaching hospitals are complex organizations. The Handbook of Academic Medicine: How Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals Work explains what medical schools and teaching hospital
