Book by Sonia Gallico

Is the U.S. poised to topple Saddam -because of his taste for biological and other weapons of mass destruction? Is it George Jr.'s revenge for his father? This tightly written book reveals the...

Venti anni di studi necessari per l'esame critico dei materiali e il loro riordino, i lavori di restauro sull'immenso patrimonio artistico, non ultimo il recupero dell'edificio deputato a ospitarli:...

La République romaine commence son histoire vers 509 av. J.-C. par l'expulsion du « roi » Tarquin le Superbe. S'en suivit la mise en place d'un gouvernement de type oligarchique qui laissa le pouvoir...

"Voici vingt-cinq façons de rendre compte des mémoires des empereurs romains Trajan et Hadrien (98-117 et 117-138 de notre ère). Elles nous offrent de multiples variations et angles d'approche...

Meisterwerke der griechischen Kunst, Statuen und Gemälde, wurden ab republikanischer Zeit in großer Zahl von ihren originalen Standorten nach Rom entführt. Dort schmückten sie öffentliche Orte, genau...

In this timely book, Alex Callinicos explores the real meaning of the Bush Doctrine. He deconstructs the rhetorical justifications of the 'war on terrorism' and analyses the strategy of the...

Drawing up alternate ways to "make a living" beyond capitalism To live in this world is to be conditioned by capital. Once paired with Western democracy, unfettered capitalism has led to a...

For everyone who wants to become better informed about the news, this book lays out the benchmarks for monitoring the watchdogs and governments. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the...

Many of us are facing unprecedented attacks on our democracy, our privacy, and our hard-won civil rights. If you're Black in the US, this is not new. As Colorlines editors Akiba Solomon and Kenrya...

We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon contains poems written in response to the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon together with new ones rising from the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon. Following...

This is the first critical comparison of two strands of liberation theology: Black theology (USA) and Latin American liberation theology. While Black theology has emphasized liberation in cultural...

Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York

Written during his 16-year exile to Rome, Polybius' On Roman Imperialism attempts to explain why most of the inhabited world came under the domination of Rome within 53 years.

This is a sequel to the author's first novel, Obasan. When Father Cedric asks Naomi Nakane, "What is for you the breath of life?", Naomi is unable to answer. But Father Cedric knows that someday --...

The author offers a series of hypotheses & inferences concerning the determinants & expressions of sex roles (among hunters & gatherers, & horticulturalists), based on extensive cross cultural data...

From Library Journal Hawkesworth (political science, Univ. of Louisville) has written a literate and incisive analysis of traditional and contemporary attitudes toward women. She does an...