Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thrived since the beginning of civilization. It divides North and South Korea, passes through Athens and San Francisco, and bisects Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, where authors David and Janet Carle make their home. Former park rangers, the authors set out on an around-the-world journey in search of water-related environmental and cultural...

One of the most serious challenges to environmentalism that has emerged in the 1990s is the so-called Wise Use movement. While operating under the guise of an independent movement of small landowners, it is in reality a backlash against environmental protection measures, funded and organized by corporations with a vested interest in preventing further environmental gains. Let the People Judge collects the writings of a wide range of thinkers on the Wise Use movement and the contro...

Het unieke dagboek van de beroemde Zweedse botanicus Carolus Linnaeus. In het voorjaar van 1732 maakt hij op 25-jarige leeftijd een onderzoeksreis door Lapland. 'Iter lapponicum' is het reisverslag waarin hij onderweg de planten, dieren en andere natuurverschijnselen beschrijft, maar ook de leefwijze van de lokale bevolking: de Samen. 'Reis door Lapland' geeft een indringend beeld deze bijzondere reis. Tussen de regels door zijn vaak de eenzaamheid en de ontberingen te voelen, maar altijd ...

New perspectives on digital scholarship that speak to today's computational realitiesScholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in how these fields analyze digital technologies, but many of its key examples do not sp...

Tova är som vilken 10-åring som helst: Hon gillar jordgubbsglass, innebandy (men inte när mamma hejar på henne så alla stirrar) och mormor och morfar (för hemma hos dem är det alltid lördag). Men hon har en hemlighet som nästan ingen känner till. Garderoben. Egentligen är den mamma och pappas och är till för deras kläder, men Tova använder den nästan varje dag. För i garderoben finns inte döden.Rädslan, garderoben och jag är en vardagsnära bok om att våga prata om sina räd...

TAG MED SIGURD BARRETT FRA ISTIDEN TIL FREMTIDENFra fortid til Facebook. Dette er din, min og vores danmarkshistorie fortalt på ægte Sigurd’sk.Hvad spiste NEANDERTALERNE? Hvordan så VIKINGERNE ud? Hvor kommer DANNEBROG fra? Hvem var KONGER, og hvem var HELTINDER, da Danmark blev skabt? Hvornår var det GULDALDER? Hvad er en GULLASCHBARON? Hvordan ser en VÆLTEPETER ud? Er JITTERBUG noget, man kan danse, og hvordan ser FREMTIDEN ud for det land, vi kender som Danmark?I de...

An archaeologically rich region, in advance of impending disturbanceThis volume stands as a key general resource for archaeologists working in the region extending from Louisiana through Mississippi north to Missouri and Kentucky, and it represents an opportunity to influence for decades a large part of the archaeological work to take place in the Southeast.The book responds to a need for a comprehensive archaeological overview of the Lower Mississ...

In the folklore of Eastern European Jewry, a dybbuk is a wandering soul that comes to rest in the body of a living person. In this case, the dybbuk is an impoverished student that possesses a young bride on her wedding day. She is taken to a great Chassidic rabbi for exorcism. But before he can expel the spirit, the sage must discover who the dybbuk was in life, why he has possessed the maiden, and most importantly, how to balance the scales of cosmic justice.Part folk tale, part l...

Liebe und Lust, überschäumende Sinnlichkeit und knisternde, unter die Haut gehende Erotik sind es, was diese neun "spritzigen" Liebesgeschichten auszeichnet. Möchten Sie gerne wissen, was ein Mann macht, wenn im Haus nebenan eine wahre Traumfrau einzieht, deren junger, biegsamer Körper ihn fast in den Wahnsinn treibt? Oder interessiert es Sie, was ein Star-Anwalt tut, wenn ihn in San Francisco´s gleißender Hitze die heiße Gespielin eines Gangsters, den er verteidigen soll, ins Bett lockt, ...

Interest in the study of kinship, a key area of anthropological enquiry, has recently reemerged. Dubbed ‘the new kinship’, this interest was stimulated by the ‘new genetics’ and revived interest in kinship and family patterns. This volume investigates the impact of biotechnology on contemporary understandings of kinship, of family and ‘belonging’ in a variety of European settings and reveals similarities and differences in how kinship is conceived. What constitutes kinship for different pu...

This anthology gathers the strong voices of accomplished poets reaching into and beyond nostalgia to remember, to honor, and to document through figurative imagery their experiences of Mexico and the vibrant border areas before the ravages of narco-violence.Locals Listen to the Mariachi Band at El Jardin in San MiguelYou see their silhouettes along the stone wallor arm in arm below the glow of garden lightshuddled like foothills, earth you coul...

"Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht …" In diesen 20 Storys stillen reife Frauen hemmungslos ihre Lust mit jungen Liebhabern. Sie nutzen jede Gelegenheit, ihre Gelüste zu befriedigen und kennen keine Schamgrenzen … "Hm, dann wollen wir deinen kleinen Freund mal befreien", flüsterte sie leise in sein Ohr und zog ihm dann die Shorts herunter. Sein Glied konnte sich nun in voller Größe ausbreiten. Und groß war er, da bestand gar keine Frage. Frau Mendel blickte an ihm runter und pfiff leise durch...