Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a limited resource, as we...
Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from--or antidote to--ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch...
Ron Kamonohashi ist ein Meister seines Faches. Als Jahrgangsbester der namhaftenDetektiv-Akademie BLUE und mit einer Aufklärungsratevon 100% steht seiner steilen Karriere eigentlich nichts mehr im...
From the lazy, fiddling grasshopper to the sneaky Big Bad Wolf, children's stories and fables enchant us with their portrayals of animals who act like people. But the comparisons run both ways,...
When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, millions of Americans became bound together in a single, historic moment. Many still vividly remember exactly where they were and...
Fasziniert von der bunten Welt der Otakus Light Novel: Der Sommer ist vorbeistreift Yuji mit dem genervten Megumi im Schlepptau durch Akihabara. Und obwohl esan jeder Ecke etwas Neues zu entdecken...
Since its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael Chase's...
Aladin, ein sonderbarer junger Bursche mit einer geheimnisvollen Flöte, trifft auf den mittellosen Träumer Ali Baba. Zusammen machen sie sich auf zu einem verheißungsvollen und gefährlichen Abenteuer.
Gabimarus ehemalige Shinobi-Kameraden haben es in all dem Chaos auf der Insel nicht nur auf das Lebenselixier abgesehen, sondern hauptsachlich auf ihn selbst! Wahrenddessen stellen die neu...
Mann und Frau, Yin und Yang, vereint zu einem grausigen Untier: In die Ecke gedrängt fusionieren die beiden Tensen Jufa und Taofa miteinander und zeigen, welche Macht wirklich in ihnen steckt. Mit...
"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that "The New Science of Politics" would be a best-seller żeby political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the...
Der Ausbruch einer verheerenden Epidemie hat weltweit Tod und Verderben gebracht.Kurz darauf erscheinen Vampire aus dem Chaos und versklaven den jämmerlichen Rest der Menschheit, zumeist Kinder....
We live in an age in which we are repeatedly reminded--by scientists, by the media, by popular culture--of the looming threat of mass extinction. We're told that human activity is currently...
In this classic of science history, Shapin takes into account the culture - the variety of beliefs, practices, and influences - that in the 1600s shaped the origins of the modern scientific worldview.
An impressive and important cross-cultural study that has vast implications for history, religion, anthropology, folklore, and other fields.... Remarkably wide-ranging and extremely...
This is a behind-the-scenes look at the search for human origins, analyzing how the biases and preconceptions of paleoanthropologists shape their work. The stories of the Taung Child and...
When the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better...
For all the love and attention we give dogs, much of what they do remains mysterious. Just think about different behaviors you see at a dog park: We have a good understanding of what it means when...
Zurück in Miyagi legt Shoyo den Volleyball nur aus der Hand, um auf sein Handy zu schauen. Wann wird Kenma ihm schreiben, dass das Tatzenteam ins Frühjahrsturnier eingezogen ist? Die Nekoma wird...
Few scenes capture the American experience so eloquently as that of a lonely train chugging across the vastness of the Great Plains, or snaking through tortuous high mountain passes. Although this...
Endlich konnten sich die Krähen zum Vertreter Miyagis mausern. Doch welche Mannschaft wird für Tokyo ins Frühjahrsturnier starten? Im Halbfinale der Tokyoter Qualifikationsspiele heißt es: Katzen...
Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands--Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand--whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western...
Beards--they're all the rage these days. Take a look around: from hip urbanites to rustic outdoorsmen, well-groomed metrosexuals to post-season hockey players, facial hair is everywhere. The...