Comprehensively illuminates hunting - from history and changes over time to equipment and clothing to trophies and music. Text in English and German.

This book is written with charm and humour by a child who grew up between two worlds - an idyllic childhood in Hong Kong in the 1950s which was shattered…

Presenting a systematic introduction to the essential concepts necessary for the study of children’s literature, this book guides the reader through the most relevant areas of criticism and theory, summarizing…

Edited by one of the leading scholars in childrena s literature studies, this highly entertaining and scholarly anthology features over 120 complete works, poems, stories, and extracts from novels. *…

Children’s publishing is a huge international industry and there is ever-growing interest from researchers and students in the genre as cultural object of study and tool for education and socialization.

The warring Greek city-states of the classical period often found it advantageous to use slaves in their armed forces and to encourage rebellion or desertion amongst the slaves of their…

A collection of 30 traditional songs. It contains pieces that range from unison melodies to four-part harmony, and include cumulative game songs, work songs, shanties, Christmas pieces, and lullabies from…

Political circumstances often dictate that we employ military force as part of a coalition. The youngest military instrument, airpower, has been integrated into coalition forces during several major conflicts of…