Since the early 1990s there has been a trend towards narrative complexity within popular cinema, as evidenced by the successes of such films as Pulp Fiction, Memento and Run Lola Run. Modular Narrativ
Written by a Brussels insider, this book examines the origins, workings and priorities of the European Union’s foreign policy and its role in world politics, arguing that the EU has become a new and i
This updated and revisedhistory of the RNLI—Britain's lifeboat service—details how it has saved more than 150,000 lives from stricken ships and the sea around Britain's coasts.
In these magical tales of the Celts, Cameron does for old world mythology what she has done for new world myths in her best-selling Daughters of Copper Woman and Dzelarhons. Cameron adds wit and commo
This book is a survey and analysis of the European Reformation of the sixteenth century. During this period western Christianity underwent the most dramatic changes in its entire history. From Icel
Looking at a period of history 22 to 2.5 million years ago, Hominid Adaptations synthesizes the information currently available on hominid palaeobiology. It examines the record of the Neogene fossil a
A surprising and warm-hearted book about getting older - for a whole new generation headed in that direction. The chapters include intriguing titles such as "Learning to Gamble," "Sharing Space with
Jamaican dons see themselves as leaders, protectors, and nearly God-like figures. They see themselves as bigger than even the Prime Minister; with the resources they have, they are not afraid of anyon
The lives of many lesbians who grew up before 1965 remain cloaked inmystery. Historians have illuminated the worlds of upper-middle-class"romantic friends" and working-class butch and femme womenwho f
