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PART THREE OF THREE Kimo Pohaku and his Sea Warriors have declared war against human civilization, because of the severe environmental damage humanity has inflicted on the ocean and its life forms. Leading a powerful armada of sea creatures against naval forces, Kimo has set a high goal: The...

Young Ena D'Wojdt, student healer and magician fresh from the steppes of her homeland thought tribal politics was messy until she got involved in the Imperial and Academic varieties.

Unsere Städte wurden Höllen. Sie kamen über Nacht. Ihr Hunger war unstillbar. Sie fielen wie Heuschreckenschwärme über die Lebenden her. Zerrissen sie, fraßen, machten aus ihnen etwas Entsetzliches. In den Straßen herrscht verwestes Fleisch. Zwischen zerschossenen Häusern und Bombenkratern...

What effect has globalization had on our understanding of literacy? Grassroots Literacy seeks to address the relationship between globalization and the widening gap between ‘grassroots’ literacies, or writings from ordinary people and local communities, and ‘elite’ literacies. Displaced...

Songs for Relinquishing the Earth contains many poems of praise and grief for the imperilled earth drawing frequently on Jan Zwicky’s experience as a musician and philosopher and on the landscapes of the prairies and rural Ontario.

A collection of 63 humorous elementary classroom anecdotes, following Josh through his fourth grade year. Written by his teacher.

Ancient human groups in the Eastern Woodlands of North America were long viewed as homogeneous and stable hunter-gatherers, changing little until the late prehistoric period when Mesoamerican influences were thought to have stimulated important economic and social developments. The authors in this...

True to the title, this guidebook directs beginners on the spiritual journey. Author Jan Phillips, reared Catholic, has traveled through Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim cultures merging dualities of East and West. A popular workshop leader for decades, she is a dynamic, upbeat, straight-talking, wise...

When the Renaissance reached Northern Europe, Jan Vredeman de Vries (1527–1604) ranked among its most influential advocates. His books of architectural engravings opened new avenues of invention, reflecting the era's artistic crosscurrents. Their combination of Northern and Southern elements forms...

Strong tradition and creativity flourish in the home of Emma Aileen Morgan, a young woman with three sisters who all come of age in the turbulent 1960s. When she moves away from home and becomes a professional dancer, Emmas physical strength and external confidence thrust her forward. But inside she...

From Owls do Cry to The Carpathians, the novels of Janet Frame have challenged our understanding of what fiction does. In The Frame Function, Jan Cronin traces the operation of a prescriptive authorial presence within the novels to offer an engaging ‘inside–out' guide to a great writer's work....

Pollution is an ever-growing threat to our planet and manifests itself most dramatically in its impact on the natural environment which surrounds us. But just as trees are dying daily because of environmental pollution, so too are humans suffering. Air pollution has led directly to an increase in...

Het duurde bijna zestig jaar totdat er niemand minder dan Jan Brokken een betrouwbare biografie schreef van Mata Hari. De in 1917 na een geheim proces wegens spionageactiviteiten ter dood veroordeelde Mata Hari is nog altijd een van de grote legendes van vaderlands avonturisme. Ze groeide van eenvoudig...

Het jaar is 376 na Christus. Uit de onmetelijke Aziatische steppen nadert groot onheil: tienduizenden Goten steken in paniek de Donau over en vragen asiel aan in het Romeinse Rijk. Een orakel wijst de wijnhandelaar Swintharik aan als degene die de crisis kan oplossen en velen gaan naar hem op zoek,...