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He Liyi belongs to one of China's minorities, the Bai, and he lives in a remote area of northwestern Yunnan Province. In 1979, his wife sold her fattest pig to buy him a shortwave radio. He spent every spare moment listening to the BBC and VOA in order to improve the English he had learned at coll... More

He Liyi belongs to one of China's minorities, the Bai, and he lives in a remote area of northwestern Yunnan Province. In 1979, his wife sold her fattest pig to buy him a shortwave radio. He spent every spare moment listening to the BBC and VOA in order to improve the English he had learned at colleg... More

This autobiography recounts the story of a Chinese villager from the southern Yunnan province. After a brief sketch of his youth, the bulk of the work recounts his time in a Chinese labor camp and his later return to work as a peasant in his native village. Referring to the Chinese government as "... More

He Liyi belongs to one of China's minorities, the Bai, and he lives in a remote area of northwestern Yunnan Province. In 1979, his wife sold her fattest pig to buy him a shortwave radio. He spent every spare moment listening to the BBC and VOA in order to improve the English he had learned at colleg... More

Like his groundbreaking Inferno (Hackett, 2009) and Paradiso (Hackett, 2017), Stanley Lombardo's Purgatorio features a close yet dynamic verse translation, innovative verse paragraphing for reader-friendliness, and a facing-page Italian text. It also offers judicious headnotes and notes by Ruth Ches... More

"There's something to martial arts and especially the way Grandmaster Kang teaches it that addresses not just the body and fitness, but addresses the mind and addresses your approach to life." -from the foreword by Michael Imperioli, award-winning actorIn Black Belt Fitness for Life, Grandmaster Tae... More

This collection explores how new directions in feminist literary study might be informed by the work of the past. It offers a snapshot view of new feminist research in the field today and traces the influence of the substantial feminist inheritance in English Studies through six distinct, individua... More

Un viaje místico por un río (que bien podría ser el Ganges) en el que se reflexiona sobre el paso del tiempo y la mitología hindú. Premio de Poesía Ciudad de Torrevieja 2009 Navega la velaen el agua del río sin fin.La corriente ensancha su trayecto:es el punto de luz del corazónque abarca un horizo... More

A todo lo no amado es un canto al verso desnudo, a la poesía rigurosa, directa y honesta. Premio de Poesía Ciudad de Torrevieja 2010. Lo no amado fue y de ello nacieron ramas unas deformes todas inocentes en la complejidad de un tiempo recorrido en el universo.... More

This White Paper describes the state of astrobiology in Europe today and its relation to the European society at large. With contributions from authors in twenty countries and over thirty scientific institutions worldwide, the document illustrates the societal implications of astrobiology and the po... More

Dante's political thought has long constituted a major area of interest for Dante studies, yet the poet's political views have traditionally been considered a self-contained area of study and viewed in isolation from the poet's other concerns. Consequently, the symbolic and poetic values which Dante... More

This anthology consists of ten plays from countries involved in the First World War, including plays from Germany and France never before available in translation. Representing a range of dramatic forms, from radio play to street-epic, from comic sketch to musical, this anthology includes plays from... More

The female senator from Missouri shares her inspiring story of embracing her ambition, surviving sexist slings, losing a husband and making a family, outsmarting her enemies--and finding joy along the way.Claire McCaskill grew up in a political family, but not at a time that welcomed women with big ... More

Histories of the German Dominican order have long presented a grand narrative of its origin, fall, and renewal: a Golden Age at the order's founding in the thirteenth century, a decline of Dominican learning and spirituality in the fourteenth, and a vibrant renewal of monastic devotion by Dominican ... More

This volume brings together some of the latest research on the cultural, intellectual, and commercial interactions during the Renaissance between Western Europe and the Middle East, with particular reference to the Ottoman Empire. Recent scholarship has brought to the fore the economic, political, c... More

Completely redesigned and updated throughout, Five in a Row Volume One, 2nd Edition, is an easy-to-follow, highly effective instructional guide for teaching Social Studies, Language, Art, Applied Math and Science using outstanding children’s literature as the basis for each weekly unit study. Lesson... More

Oral health is integral to well-being and quality of life. This important edited volume brings together leading scholars to address global oral health and the multiple ways in which theory, practice and discourse have shaped it in the modern period. Structured around key themes, the book chapter... More

This book is an attempt to understand suicide from the perspective of a group of men who decided to take their own lives. Their stories imply that male suicide is not, as frequently portrayed, an impulsive action arising from particular, sex-specific, causes but relates to a cluster of interlinked i... More

Tall, dark, handsome Greek. . . Gorgeous billionaire Samos Stilakos is the answer to every woman's prayers. And from what Ellie O'Dea can tell, he's happily answered a lot of them. Boss? But Sam is also Ellie's new boss! Even though they've had one thrillingly passionate night, Ellie is going to ... More

Overheard. . . Cate Summerfield never meant to eavesdrop. Now powerful Tom Russell must stop her from exposing details of an important deal. Overpowered. . . He'll keep Cate very close--seducing the beautiful blonde will be no hardship at all! And in way over her head! Cate knows Tom's not ... More

Connor O'Brien is damaged, inside and out--proof of his dark and dangerous life. Sophy Woodruff has never known a man as devastatingly sexy as Connor. Intense, brooding and distant, he's everything she "shouldn't" desire. . . . Despite his vow of noncommitment, Connor can't resist bedding Sophy. ... More

A sexy Italian should be just the thing to liven up Lara's working life. Except this gorgeous specimen of a man is not only her new boss, he's the last person she ever expected to see again--and the father of her child!Now Lara is at Alessandro's beck and call--but his mind is on more than just work... More

As a teenager, Mirandi Summers was a preacher's daughter, straitlaced and virginal. Joe Sinclair was the boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Wild, free and dangerous, Joe led Mirandi deliciously astray…. Now Mirandi's been made executive assistant to CEO Joe Sinclair—surprisingly, the bad boy'... More

Pia Renfern's holiday planning is easy-relaxation and recuperation are the only things on her to-do list! And she can't imagine they'll be too difficult in the beautiful, exclusive Italian village of Positano....But before she's even out of the airport Pia's heart is racing, her skin tingling and he... More

Amber O'Neill's new neighbor has been keeping her up all night-and not for any pleasurable reason! Doesn't he know ex-ballerinas need to drown their sorrows in peace? Amber storms over, intending to tell this noise polluter where he can put his guitar, but ends up tongue-tied when she sees him in th... More