The children who read fairy books, or have fairy books read to them, do not read prefaces, and the parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, who give fairy books to their daughters, nieces, and cousines, leave prefaces unread. For whom, then, are prefaces...

[Recovery and Transcendence for the Contemporary Mythmaker] is one of the most persuasive and open-minded of the various appropriations of Tolkien to a religious or spiritual meaning. [...] At its heart is the anti-reductionist psychological/religiou...

What happens when a 35 year-old soccer mom from Indianapolis, Indiana sends her only child off to college and suddenly discovers that she has no identify of her own? That’s exactly what happened to Samantha (Sammie) Dennison. Her marriage was loveles...

In keeping with its bestselling previous editions, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Fifth Edition by John Anderson, offers the most readable, interesting, and up-to-date overview of aerodynamics to be found in any text. The classic organization of the t...

For more than 2000 years, Jewish art explored specific themes, while blending with local cultures and aesthetics. At the turn of the 20th century a significant number of Jewish artists were influenced by western culture whilst remaining faithful to t...

When it comes to food, the Chinese have a common saying, "The masses regard food as their heaven," which means that food is peoplesprimal want. lt should clearly justify the importance that "eating" holds in Chinese peopleslives. Eating is not just m...