In the summer of 1411, the ageing Donald of Isla, Lord of the Isles, invaded mainland Scotland with a huge, battle-hardened army, only to be fought to a bloody standstill on the plateau of Harlaw, fifteen miles from Aberdeen, a town he had threatened to sack.
'An astonishing adventure' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Teeming with life' - The Irish Times'Enchanting' - New Scientist'Absorbing' - Country LifeA mind-expanding deep dive into how animals have shaped us, from the Paleolithic to the present day.
Recent reports indicate that atmospheric levels of reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are rising globally, primarily due to increased fossil fuel combustion for energy production and agricultural activities.
In this book based on his 2024 Adorno Lectures, Lo c Wacquant combines social theory, comparative history and structural ethnography to probe criminal punishment as a core function of the state.
Racial Reconciliation and the Third ReconstructionThis timely volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the detrimental impact of restrictive policies and laws inhibiting discussions on race and identity, especially on marginalized communities, and proposes a transformative model for racial reconciliation.
Despite seven out of ten people in Scotland choosing cremation, in many ways crematoria are 'invisible' buildings, visited only by necessity, and they have not received the attention they deserve.
Recent reports indicate that atmospheric levels of reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are rising globally, primarily due to increased fossil fuel combustion for energy production and agricultural activities.
What if the greatest challenge facing modern civilization isn't war, climate, or technology—but the quiet decision, repeated in millions of households, not to have children?
At the turn of the twentieth century, as African Americans struggled against white social and political oppression, Black women devised novel approaches to the fight for full citizenship.
Longtime resident of Japan and Japanese culture expert Donald Richie shares his private recollections, capturing the personalities of the Japanese people with insight and humor.
At the turn of the twentieth century, as African Americans struggled against white social and political oppression, Black women devised novel approaches to the fight for full citizenship.
The Clarion Call sounds a piercing summons to awaken God's children, exposing the enemy's handiwork--mental illness, addiction, unforgiveness, and doubt--tactics to confuse and dismantle faith.
Longtime resident of Japan and Japanese culture expert Donald Richie shares his private recollections, capturing the personalities of the Japanese people with insight and humor.
This book — a two-volume work —reexamines the development of sociology during the Weimar Republic, characterising it as a period of remarkable theoretical, institutional, and disciplinary vitality.
This book — a two-volume work —reexamines the development of sociology during the Weimar Republic, characterising it as a period of remarkable theoretical, institutional, and disciplinary vitality.
Incredible Japan is a crash course in Japanese cultureIt is an introduction to those inimitable aspects of Japan which are necessarily alien to the foreign observer.
Incredible Japan is a crash course in Japanese cultureIt is an introduction to those inimitable aspects of Japan which are necessarily alien to the foreign observer.
Was wissen wir heute eigentlich über das alltägliche Leben der einfachen Bewohner in den böhmischen Städten in der Zeit des Dreißigjährigen Krieges, über ihre Gedanken, Träume und Sehnsüchte?
A Long Dark Path: Halloween's Mythic TransformationFor thousands of years, humanity has walked a long dark path each autumn — a seasonal journey where the veil between worlds thins, the dead walk among the living, and the boundaries of life, death, and identity dissolve.
A partir de una metáfora estructural —el quicio como sostén y medida— Mauro González desarrolla un diagnóstico profundo, lúcido y ambicioso de la sociedad occidental de la segunda década del siglo XXI, caracterizada por la aceleración, el ruido, la fragilidad del individuo, la pérdida de intimidad, la banalización —del bien, la violencia, lo bien realizado— así como la disolución de los vínculos comunitarios; el individuo está fuera de quicio, parece haber perdido el eje que le daba consistencia, orientación y sentido.
"A partir de una formulación que estudia el sentido antropológico del cuerpo, se construye un horizonte transdisciplinario en el que se conjugan elementos universales, orgánicos, contextuales, psíquicos y culturales con la tecnología, las crisis, las fallas, las emociones, el deseo o la imaginación.
This book offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of how false information is strategically produced, circulated, and legitimized within contemporary digital communication environments.
Con la larga experiencia de sus estudios en pueblos y sociedades de otros continentes, Marvin Harris probó a aplicar su enfoque antropológico a una sociedad moderna en el ensayo titulado La cultura norteamericana contemporánea (1980) y que ahora, con un nuevo prefacio del autor escrito en 1987, se presenta al lector con el título ¿Por qué nada funciona?
Philosophy began when the ladder of human development was crowned with reason, so the first sane grandfather was the first philosopher to ask about what is around him, so she thought about the essence of which we still think until today, then contemplate himself and we still meditate for the day, then he rose to his eyesight away from the surrounding world and wanted the world of the same And peace, and even today, every person's pursuit of us is still emancipation beyond matter.
