Genocide has been with us since the beginning of history and is a key feature to the study of world history at nearly every level. The most widely-studied and catastrophic examples are, however, historically close to the present day: the Nazi Holocaust, "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia, tribal warfare in Rwanda and more. The Encyclopedia spans the globe to explain the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large.
The next century will see more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result.
The best conception of love, Marcus Nordlund contends, and hence the best framework for its literary analysis, must be a fusion of evolutionary, cultural, and historical explanation. It is within just such a biocultural nexus that Nordlund explores Shakespeare's treatment of different forms of love. His approach leads to a valuable new perspective on Shakespearean love and, more broadly, on the interaction between our common humanity and our historical contingency as they are reflected, recast, transformed, or even suppressed in literary works.
The following poem was presented at the memorial service for Van Rensselaer Potter, author of this book, held on November 7, 2001. It was writen by his grandson, Josh Simon. To Save the Earth Save the Earth We must First Love Respecting Life and each other now in the Present We Exist for the Future generations of Humanity We must care We shall Live on this Earth We Should Survive
It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On
the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and
dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a
silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero.
What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who
can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in
time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.
This book is in turns terrifying and hilarious.
Intelligently written, yet sneakingly familiar,
this book is a must read for any reader with a funny bone, who can
sleep with one eye open.
