What did commercialized sex really amount to in the ancient and medieval Eastern Mediterranean? This groundbreaking book challenges many stereotypical views about the historical practice of prostituti
The finest fly tying reference book of all time.Drawing on the designs and innovations of the best fly tyers, both past and present, Eric Leiser interprets more than one thousand classic and contempor
This is the first book to explain why people misunderstand economics. From the cognitive shortcuts we use to make sense of complex information, to the metaphors we rely on and their effect on our thin
It’s easy to ignore the economic forces which shape our lives. Whether it’s the policy of central banks, fluctuations in currency exchange rates or the black market economy, these important phenomena
Room For One More picks up where Discovery In The Woods left off. This time a summertime adventure creates a BIG problem that leads to a surprising new friendship for the leprechauns. As an added bonu
This title was first published in 2001. The essays in this highly cosmopolitan collection were selected from over 250 contributions presented at the 19th World Congress in Philosophy of Law and Social
The twenty two essays collected in Turkish Language, Literature and History offer insights into Turkish culture in the widest sense. Written by leaders in their fields from North America, Europe and T
Gives the first broad comprehensive account—political, religious, social, and economic—of the Turkish history of Anatolia in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and outlines the major factors tha
Step-by-step, illustrated instructions for tying all the basic flies are augmented by details for tying hundreds of traditional flies of all kinds and for all patterns.
Here is a book for fly tiers, beginners and experts alike, that provides foolproof directions for tying all types of flies. Unlike specialized books on tying that describe particular types or styles o
Sheds light on the early development of Turkish literature and attempts to show the continuity in this development between Turks and Anatolia. This book addresses this topic within the context of othe
"All these forgotten souls. No one to tell their stories. No one to remember them. No one to care for their final resting place, as if their lives didn't matter at all.But every life matters..."Kather
The Imtihan al-alibba li-kaffat al atibba (The Experts' Examination for All Physicians) is the oldest known Islamic medical examination, prepared by al-Sulami, the chief of medicine to the Ayyubid s
