Fishes range in size from tiny gobies to the massive Ocean Sunfish, which weighs thousands of pounds. They live in just about every body of water on the planet. The authors of this book explain how bony fishes evolved, the relationship between them and sharks, and why there is s…
Sleek androids have spread slowly through the galaxy, threatening human dominance, until a small band of rebels rise up against the humanoid tide.
"In the Encyclopedia of Travel Literature, an expert in the field takes you on a journey through the best writing in the genre as he sketches the lives and achievements of explorers, adventurers, novelists, and poets from 1450 to the present and describes, critiques, and quotes …
Before the days of photography and TV, and when travelling abroad was for the very few, people learned about foreign countries, other peoples, and intrepid adventurers through the works of travel writers. This book sketches the lives of explorers, novelists and poets from 1450 t…
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Under an Imperial Sun examines literary, linguistic, and cultural representations of Japan's colonial South (nanpô). Building on the most recent scholarship from Japan, Taiwan, and the West, it takes a cross-cultural, multidisciplinary, comparative approach that considers the vi…
