Adam Gopnik 
Table Comes First 

Most of the early literature concerning women s religious experience is about exceptional women; those who diverged from the traditional female role to become nuns, mystics or charismatic leaders. …

For the members of a stay-at-home-moms” email loop, lunch with friends is a sandwich in front of the computer. Where else could they discuss things like…Success: Her workaholic husband is driving …

Written especially for undergraduate students, Representation synthesises and updates our understandings of representation – and the tools for its analysis – for use in the new mediascape. Jenn …

‘Nothing can bring out the evils of a man like the lust to possess a particular jewel.’ – Sylvie Montague Some coincidences gemologist Sylvie Montague might buy. But she could not swallow the notion …

According to Aristotle the main purpose of tragedy is the manipulation of emotions, and yet there are relatively few accessible studies of the precise dynamics of emotion in the Athenian theatre. I …

The course of economic events from the start of the Second World War satisfied no-one. The housewife was exasperated by the rise in food prices, thousands of workers faced unemployment, and businessm …

This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the training of health professionals in Nigeria, looking back to how health care education has evolved in the country over time, bef …

Kathrine Leigh was traumatized by her father’s deathbed confession. He was not her father, and she was not Kathrine Leigh. Her entire life was a lie made up to protect her from a family she never …

Ranu and his father must face a terrible truth, learning that Ranu’s mother has died in an attempt to feed her family. Only later do they realize that the mysterious events that have been occurring …

Following a boy through an ordinary day, young readers see his thoughts about the various situations he becomes caught up in. Caught on a Thought offers examples of how the decisions we make every …