At the height of Communist rule in Hungary, escape across the Iron Curtain was a desperate gamble few survived. In No Turning Back**, John Toth shares the remarkable true story of his mother's courage as she risked everything to lead her young son and herself to freedom. Fleeing oppression and uncertainty, they crossed into Austria, where compassionate strangers and newfound friends helped them begin rebuilding their lives. With perseverance, hope...

Originally published in 1866, Civil Disobedience asks when and in what circumstances an individual should actively oppose government and its justice system. Thoreau’s argument is that opposition is legitimate whenever government actions or institutions are unacceptable to an individual’s conscience. But he goes further, saying anyone who believes something to be wrong has a duty to resist it actively. While he was not widely known during his lifetime, the ideas he put forward in Civil Diso...

A kata is much like a family jewel that has passed down through generations. It holds a significance that is difficult to decipher, and many dispute the meaning of every micromovement it contains. Each chapter in this anthology deals with the principles that guide kata practice.

Another in the series of Little Masterpieces in Science, The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer includes essays and excerpts from the works of Charles Darwin, Alfred R. Wallace, Thomas H. Huxley, Leland O. Howard and George Iles. The following topics are covered -The Origin of Species, The Descent of Man, Mimicry and Protective Resemblances Among Animals, Evolution of the Horse, Fighting Pests with Insect Allies, Flowers, and Electricity.

This edited collection brings together scholarship from established and emerging scholars in HIV/AIDS studies, French studies, Visual Arts, and Dance. As French writers and artists from the past five to ten years have been revisiting the AIDS crisis and its attendant cultural amnesia, their work has brought about the necessity of foregrounding vulnerability, exposure, risk, citizenship, and trauma when considering disease. By way of probing “rawness” and its varying iterations, this volume...