In volume 1 of Jankyn’s Book of Wikked Wyves (Georgia, 1997), Ralph Hanna and Traugott Lawler presented authoritative versions of three medieval texts invoked by Jankyn (fifth husband of the Wife of Bath) in The Canterbury Tales. In Jankyn’s Book, volume 2, Lawler and Hanna revisit one of those texts by way of presenting all the known contemporary commentaries on it.The text is Walter Map’s “Dissuasio Valerii,” that is, “The Letter of Valerius to His Frie...

Greening the College Curriculum provides the tools college and university faculty need to meet personal and institutional goals for integrating environmental issues into the curriculum. Leading educators from a wide range of fields, including anthropology, biology, economics, geography, history, literature, journalism, philosophy, political science, and religion, describe their experience introducing environmental issues into their teaching.The book provides:...

Eleven-year-old Samuel can barely contain his excitement to sail with his family from South Africa to live in the United States—then he contracts typhoid fever.World War I has broken out. Samuel's parents have sold their business, their home—everything—to purchase transportation on a freighter to the USA. Now their boy is in the hospital; and even if he lives, no ship will let him aboard for several weeks. Meanwhile, Atlantic travel by boat may not be possible for ...

In an evolving business world, previous sales and marketing practices no longer produce the outcomes they once did. The traditional model of siloed sales and marketing departments don't either. Companies who can't keep up risk falling behind.In Sales and Marketing Alignment, Karl Becker and Thomas Young draw on over fifty years of combined experience to help companies unite their teams to drive results. With a series of actionable steps, you will learn to bring strategies, processe...

In the book "Eat and Get Younger" you will find useful tips on how to save youth and the joy of life with the help of ordinary food products."Old age is not joy," says the popular proverb. And this is true, but old age, unfortunately, can not be avoided. But it is quite realistic to push back its offensive, and for a very long time. Can you call Catherine Deneuve or Jane Fonda an old woman? Hardly, and in fact they are already far in sixty-five. Another wise proverb says: "We are wh...

(Illustrated Biographies) Discover adventures spanning sixty years—telling the true stories of four children, each seeking a better life:Agnes’s Rescue (1856 Scotland/Ireland)Ida’s Witness (1888 Sweden)Anna’s Prayer (1888 Sweden)Samuel Sailing (1916 South Africa)All touch on a universal desire—the yearning for a family and a place to call home.Young people can do hard thing...

This fact-packed exposé reveals all the dirty little secrets that Michele Bachmann would rather you didn't knowSince Michele Bachmann became a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, journalists have been plumbing the depths of the well-regarded blog Dump Bachmann for material on her. Now the bloggers themselves pour forth a decade's worth of research and analysis to show that, no matter what you've heard about Bachmann, there's worse. Muc...

Discover the 1880's tale of Anna Anderson, a child living in Sweden with her mother and her sister, Ida. Though happy, the family is poor. Unable to afford passage herself, Anna's mother puts the girls on a boat to the United States, hoping they will have a better life without her.Because Ida has work in Idaho, the sisters separate and young Anna continues by train to meet an aunt in another state. Little Anna arrives alone in a near-empty train station lat...

Borrowed Souls: The Awakening of a Young SentinelIn the quiet town of Eldridge, Nevada, Teddy Campbell's life changes forever when he witnesses a mysterious meteor land near his home. What begins as a simple investigation quickly spirals into a nightmare as Teddy discovers that otherworldly entities have taken over his parents. Suddenly, his once-peaceful world is shattered, and he finds himself thrust into a cosmic struggle for survival. Determined to protect his loved ones, Teddy...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

In 'The Historical Action-Adventure Cycle (Illustrated Collection)' by G. A. Henty, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through various historical events, from ancient civilizations to more modern times. Henty's vivid descriptions and attention to detail immerse the reader in each setting, making the adventures feel both realistic and engaging. This collection showcases Henty's classic literary style, which combines action-packed scenes with historical accuracy, making it a valuable r...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...