Filmatized in 2013 and the official recipient of three Oscars, Solomon Northup's powerful slave narrative 'Twelve Years a Slave' depicts Nortup's life as he is sold into slavery after having spent 32 years of his life living as a free man ...

Jaques-Louis Menetra's journal reads like a historian's dream come true.

Outlining the key themes, concepts and theoretical areas in the field, this book draws on contributions from prominent researchers to unravel the complexities of consumer culture by looking at how it affects personal identity, social ...

This study documents the historical use, transportation, and disposal of pesticides, PCBs, mercury, and lead in Yukon Territory from 1910-80, with particular emphasis on 1940-70.

Stories of Self-Discovery from Adults on the Spectrum: How One Realizes They are Autistic. Whether your voice within is already telling you you are on the spectrum, or you have no clue yet, this book can help you figuring it out.

"The son of the Wolf" (1900), the first of his collections of tales, is based upon life in the Far North, as is the book that brought him recognition, "The Call of the Wild" (1903), which tells the story of the dog Buck, who, after his ...

In this book, therefore, he undertakes to reconsider the rejection of consequentialism.

'Paris is the World, the rest of the Earth is nothing but its suburbs' - Marivaux In this intelligently-written and supremely entertaining new history, Colin Jones seeks to give a sense of the city of Paris as it was lived in and ...