Petrov, a fox living in the high steppes of Eastern Europe, discovers he can fly when urgently needed to save his family, only to find themselves rejected by other foxes in their new home simply because they look a bit different. Ultimately, Petrov teaches that we are all capable of immense deeds when we believe in ourselves, that we are all more alike than different and that a brave, generous heart is the true definition of character.

Neurosurgical Management of Pain presents the full range of procedures for the management of chronic, intractable pain. Criteria for patient selection, the details of operative techniques, risks, complications, and expected outcomes are offered for a wide variety of anatomic, ablative, and augmentative neurosurgical procedures for the treatment of pain. Chapters on the latest neuroaugmentative advances utilizing electrical stimulation and implantable drug infusion systems ...

The Robert Collier Letter Book distills persuasive correspondence into a replicable craft. Part manual, part anthology, it reproduces successful mail-order letters and dissects their structure—headline and opening, body copy, offer, guarantee, and postscript. Collier's plainspoken, rhythmic style advances a reader-first ethic: enter the conversation in your prospect's mind, translate features into benefits, and move attention toward action. Rooted in the interwar boom of direct response, a...

Over the course of more than twenty-five years, Primo Levi gave more than two hundred newspaper, journal, radio and television interviews speaking with such varied authors as Philip Roth and Germaine Greer. Marco Belpoliti and Robert Gordon have selected and translated thirty-six of the most important of these interviews for The Voice of Memory.

Two previously unpublished lectures charting the renowned anthropologist’s intellectual engagement with the sixteenth-century French essayist Michel de MontaigneIn January 1937, between the two ethnographic trips he would describe in Tristes Tropiques, Claude Lévi-Strauss gave a talk to the Confédération générale du travail in Paris. Only recently discovered in the archives of the Bibliothèque national de France, this lecture, “Ethnography: The Revolutiona...

Civic matters affect all members of a community and are thus of potential concern to all. In Community Matters: Challenges to Civic Engagement in the 21st Century, six distinguished scholars address three perennial challenges of civic life: the making of a citizen, how citizens are to agree (and disagree), and how to define the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The thought-provoking essays in this volume discuss integral civic concerns such as: how can we improve civic e...

What would it mean to “get over slavery”? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Should we perceive the psychic hold of slavery as a set of mental manacles that hold us back from imagining a postracist America? Or could the psychic hold of slavery be understood as a tool, helping us get a grip on the systemic racial inequalities and restricted liberties that persist in the present day?Featuring original essays from an array of established and emerging scholars in the inter...

Shamanic journeys are doorways to parallel realities. Within these worlds, the journeyer will find helping spirits capable of guiding us towards the goals or dreams we have for ourselves, personally and collectively. These worlds will offer you information about existing dilemmas and show you new possibilities for living a more fulfilling life. This is also a healing world and can help heal and soothe your mind, body, and your personal spirit or soul. This text will assist those of you who...

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Edited by award winning editors Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Sean Wallace and brought to you by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:“Necksnapper” by MP Johnson“The Vault of the Sky, the Face of the Deep” by Robert Levy (reprint)“When the Night Blooms, an Artist Transmutes: A Three-Act Play” by Nin Harris“Lump in Your Throat” by Robert Shearman (reprint)

In "A Brief Account of Microscopical Observations Made," Robert Brown presents a pioneering exploration of microscopic life, meticulously documenting his observations through eloquent prose that balances scientific rigor with lyrical beauty. Drawing on the advancements in microscopy of his time, Brown intertwines detailed descriptions of cellular structures and movements with insightful reflections on their biological significance. His work is situated within the early 19th-century scienti...

ChemistryThe Game Played by Atoms by R. G. Thomas Book Summary Imagine that you are part of a group watching an unfamiliar game in progress. Your group does not have a rule book and there is no way to access a list of the game rules. This is exactly the situation in which early chemists found themselves as they step by step unraveled many of the mysterious rules for the game of chemistry. Someone completely unfamiliar with the game of basketball, if completely dedicated to the task, should...

Un lugar sagrado, a sacred place where two or more are gathered in the name of community, can be found almost anywhere and yet it is elusive: a charro arena behind a rock quarry, on the pilgrimage trail to Chimayó, a curandero’s shrine in South Texas, or at a binational Mass along the border. Sagrado is neither a search for identity nor a quest for a homeland but an affirmation of an ever-evolving cultural landscape. Embedded at the heart of this remarkable book,...