A history of warfare from Paleolithic times to today draws on new discoveries to evaluate the key impact of war on civilian societies, recounting specific past events while citing historical developments in the areas of military strategy and technology.

Product Description: I always thought the true meaning of the word "Christian" was "one who puts into action the words of Jesus of Nazareth." As one who greatly respects the pure teachings of this great philosopher, I sometimes find it amusing the many ways in which religion attempts to put its own spin on his words...read more

Product Description: Times are such that organizations can no longer survive with leaders focused on telling others what to do and the rest of the organization allowing themselves to be taken care of by a leader. Differentiated leadership no longer places its faith in holding together this failed paradigm...read more

Product Description: The book is exciting. It is a contribution to genre theory . . . But most of all it is a book that finally puts science fiction into a context achieved enough in its individual readings and broad enough in its allusions to non-science fiction works to recoup this vital literature for serious scholarly study...read more

Product Description: An accompaniment to "The Norton Shakespeare", the CD-ROM connects six printed plays to stage performances in a variety of ways. It provides clips of classic performances by Orson Welles, Paul Robeson, Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.

Product Description: Pseira, a tiny islet near the coast of eastern Crete, has been called a priceless jewel in Crete's archaeological crown. In 1906 and 1907, the American archaeologist Richard Seager unearthed the extensive remains of a Bronze Age village on Pseira...read more

The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in eighteenth-century Britain--and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property. Authors and Owners is at once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history and a significant contribution to literary and cultural history. (view table of contents)

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A balanced assessment of science fiction--structured around the themes of genre, paradigm, space, time, machine, and monster--includes readings of several classic and recent works and places the genre within the twentieth century's imaginative landscape

Product Description: Ten new critical essays written for presentation at the first Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature held 24–25 February 1979, at the University of California, Riverside. While critical discussion of science fiction has become increasingly sophisticated during the past decade, there remains a tendency among some teachers and readers to consider science fiction as an independent phenomenon that exists unconnected to the mainstream of our cultural inheritance...read more

Product Description: A canto-by-canto guide to Spenser's poem, for non-specialists.