Over the course of five years, the Reserve Officers Association of the United States--the nation's oldest such professional military organization--invited its members to write about their experienc...

Politeness plays a vital role in maintaining class differences. In this highly original account, Sara Mills analyses the interrelationship between class and linguistic interaction, uncovering the l...

　　管惟炎教授早歲參與抗日活動，後來加入中國共產黨，五十年代到蘇聯留學，追隨諾貝爾物理獎得主卡皮查，研究低溫物理。回到中國大陸後，專研超導物理，卓有成就。1980年至1984年，任北京中國科學院物理所所長。1984年至1987年，任中國科技大學校長。1986年底，中國大陸發生學生運動，科技大學是當時學生運動的先鋒。1987年1月，與科大副校長方勵之同時被中共當局免職。後來，管教授在歐美作訪問...

Beautifully repackaged as part of the Picador Modern Classics series, this special edition is small enough to fit in your pocket and bold enough to stand out on your bookshelf.Welcome to sunny subu...

The indigenous and Creole inhabitants (Mosquitians of African descent) of the Mosquito Reserve in present-day Nicaragua underwent a key transformation when two Moravian missionaries arrived in 1849...

Welcome to sunny suburban 1960s Southern California. George is a gay middle-aged English professor, adjusting to solitude after the tragic death of his young partner. He is determined to persist in...

Bridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his south...

In reprinting this story for a new edition I am reminded that it was in the chapters of "Far from the Madding Crowd," as they appeared month by month in a popular magazine, that I first ventured to...

This book aims to provide for the first time in the English language a concise but comprehensive overview of the biology and cultivation of the grapevine, accessible to all concerned with viticultu...

In the past, Western Canada was a place of new directions in human thought and action, migrations of the mind and body, and personal journeys. This book anthology brings together studies exploring ...

The third volume in the First Nations Language Readers series--meant for language learners and language users--this collection presents eight Blackfoot stories told by Lena Russell Ikkin nihki 'Ge...

　　You are going to London for a short holiday. You will have to speak English. Can you reserve a hotel room? Do you know what to say in a shop? Can you understand an English joke? In this fun and i...

*AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 and THE LYING GAME*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER*SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREAn NPR Best Book of the Year * An Entertainm...

Discover thesefascinating twin islands with the most incisive and entertaining guidebook onthe market. Whether you plan to join a mas band at Port of Spain's Carnival, dive Tobago's coral reefs or ...

Money makes the world go around, but too many people don't understand how it works-and they pay the consequences. Dale K. Cline, a certified public accountant and real estate investor and developer...