The Six Dynasties Period (220–589 CE) is one of the most complex in Chinese history. Written by leading scholars from across the globe, the essays in this volume cover nearly every aspect of the period, including politics, foreign relations, warfare, agriculture, gender, art, philosophy, material culture, local society, and music. While acknowledging the era's political chaos, these essays indicate that this was a transformative period when Chinese culture was significantly changed and enr...

The rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands of tropical America teem with fishes, in both abundance and variety. The thousands of species who inhabit these waterways exhibit a bewildering display of physiological, morphological, and behavioral specializations. Ecology and Evolution of Amazonian Fishes explains how the freshwater fishes of South America rose to become the most diverse continental vertebrate fauna on Earth. The 46 contributing authors, all experts on particular fish gro...

A despotic regime polices time travel to protect its rule over humanity in this provocative SF novel from a World Fantasy Award–winning author.It happened in the late twenty-first century: the great cataclysm between superpowers that left more than twelve billion people dead, blanketing Earth in a two-year winter. Cities and governments fell, ending nations. Survivors faced famine and plague. Wildlife mutated, evolving to adapt as the planet recovered. Centuries of...

This detailed and accessible A–Z reference offers clear and authoritative biographical information on the Bible's numerous characters.From Aaron and Abel to Zohar and Zurishaddai, Who's Who in the Bible presents essential information on the many individuals who appear in the Old and New Testaments. Each entry provides the reader with a complete listing of where the individual is mentioned in the Bible, making it easy to follow the continuity of his or her ...

The Age of the “Miracle Drugs" is Over!Current major diseases - AIDS, heart diseases, degenerative diseases (e.g., arthritis and rheumatism), diabetes, cancers and obesity - are mostly the consequence of our modern lifestyle. There is no longer any disease that can be cured by "miracle drugs." New drugs now developed to treat one disease invariably cause others to appear. Yet, it has been no accident that peoples from various cultures have survived in good...

A genre-spanning collection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories from a World Fantasy Award–winning author.From a medieval fantasy and an alternate post–World War II history to supernatural mysteries set in New Orleans' French Quarter and extraterrestrial encounters on colonized worlds, the variety of stories in Revelation and Other Tales of Fantascience presents Albert E. Cowdrey's vivid, limitless imagination in one essential volume....

This collection focuses on the role of higher education institutions concerning datafication as a complex phenomenon. It explores how the universities can develop data literac(ies) shaping tomorrow skills and “formae mentis” to face the most deleterious effects of datafication, but also to engage in creative and constructive ways with data. Notably, the book spots data practices within the two most relevant sides of academics’ professional practice, namely, research and teaching. Hence, th...

The Absolute lies within each of us. It only takes the courage to walk the path that leads there.The Absolute Path is a guide to lasting spiritual transformation, not through theory alone, but through lived practice. Through four progressive steps, it blends proven psychology-based wellness, surrender, present-moment awareness, and self-knowledge into a path that's both practical and profound. Drawing from both Eastern peace and Western wholeness,...

Albert E. Dien's Biography of Yü-Wen Hu offers a comprehensive translation and analysis of a pivotal historical figure in northern China's sixth century. Through a detailed rendering of the Chou shu biography, this work explores the complex interplay between Confucian ideals and the governance of the Northern Chou dynasty, a state ruled by leaders of non-Chinese origin. Dien's annotations illuminate how the historian of the Chou shu adeptly portrays the Yü-Wen rulers as fully sinified, ref...

This volume provides current state-of-the-art methods for screening, diagnosis, management, and prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (and FASD). Chapters detail animal models, mechanism of ethanol teratogenesis, genetic mechanisms, clinical perspectives, physical traits in children with FASD, managing behavior, FASD and the correction system, nutritional influences aiding FASD prevention, prenatal alcohol screening, the use of dental signatures in FASD diagnosis, the experiences o...

The editors of this volume are committed to the philosophy of treating emotionally disturbed children in the life milieu. Both have been intensely involved in training "online" therapists--child care workers. They are convinced that there is no one "right way" in milieu treatment, and propose a electric model for treatment.Like many of the other writers included in this book, Whittaker and Trieschman conceive of treatment as a total life experience. Th ey do not see the individual ...

African American Religion brings together in one forum the most important essays on the development of these traditions to provide an overview of the field.