Watership Down, the 1978 British cel-animated feature produced, directed and written by Martin Rosen, and the bestselling 1972 novel by Richard Adams on which it is based are indeed relatively anomalous. The novel is often considered uncategorizable: an adventure story about rabbits that might be a comfortable bedfellow with the works of Beatrix Potter and other children’…
On March 1, 1954, the United States detonated its most power ful thermo-nuclear weapon, code- named “ Castle Bravo,” at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Situated to the southeast of Bikini, the populations of Rongelap Atoll, including people residing on Ailingnae and Utrik Atolls, watched in confusion as the sun seemed to rise in the west. On Utrik, Rijen Michael, eigh teen years ol…
In early March of 2020, Americans watched with uncertain terror as the “novel coronavirus” pandemic unfolded in the coastal cities of Seattle and Boston as well as around the world. No one in the heartland state of Ohio had been infected—as far as we knew, given the scarcity of tests. One week later, on March 9, Ohio announced its first confirmed cases of the disease we now…
Astonishingly exotic and utterly compelling, Vietnam is a country of breathtaking natural beauty with a unique heritage, where travel quickly becomes addictive. Eat, drink and shop til you drop in beautiful, ancient Hoi An; kite surf in Mui Ne; or visit the impressive pagodas and royal tombs of Hue; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Vietnam and begin your journey no…
Ascend to the realm of the gods, Angkor Wat. Descend into hell at Tuol Sleng Prison. With a history both inspiring and depressing, Cambodia delivers an intoxicating present. Stand under the glimmering spires of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, trek the lush rainforest of the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, or explore the floating village of Kompong Luong; all with your trusted travel companio…
August Strindberg (1849–1912) was an extraordinarily prolific writer whose col-lected works encompass no fewer than 72 volumes of drama, prose and poetry as well as 22 volumes of letters.1 In this extensive literary production, The Occult Diary occupies a unique and central position. Strindberg kept the diary from February 1896, when he moved into the Hotel Orfila in Paris, until the sum…
Today, images of fetuses and pregnant bodies are ubiquitous. We encoun-ter them everywhere—from ultrasound pictures of expected babies in family albums to childbirth scenes in reality television shows or on social media platforms. Images of fetal bodies are also frequently seen in antiabortion campaigns. The capacity of fetal photographs and ultrasound images …
Whether a Kuhnian change of paradigms in business or simply a new way of performing traditional activities, the gig economy is a latent issue, and its regula-tion is extremely diverse in the Member States of the European Union (EU). Its very terminology is still the object of debate. The beatific initial designation of the ‘sharing economy’ is curren…
Professionals working with cultural heritage preservation have had to respond to difficult challenges in the last few decades, mainly brought about by globalisation, armed conflicts, natural disasters and the use of heritage as an ultimate resource to redress injustices of the past. The topics and experiences discussed in this book demonstrate that conservators may …
The demographic make-up of populations at the time of disaster determines whois impacted and the extent of impacts on residents and others. Improving technolo-gies, improved warning systems, investments in disaster mitigating infrastructureand improving community preparedness and response in the face of disasters areexamples of attempts to reduce disaster impacts. While a range of studies havel…
Down to Earth Archaeology collects sixteen archaeological papers by Professor William Y. Adams chosen by the author, who added introductory commentary to each. These articles were written at various times during his lengthy and productive academic career for different purposes and for different audiences. Most of those selected had been previously published only in a limited way, either as conf…
China, literature, digital media, and art.
Maharani lahir pada tahun 1925 ketika Batavia mencapai puncak kejayaannya. Ia memiliki segalanya. Cantik, cerdas, kaya, dan terhormat. Namun, putri jenderal Belanda itu harus menelan kepahitan hidup kala ayahnya meninggal. Apalagi Belanda kemudian kalah dari Jepang. Ibu tirinya lalu menyerahkan Rani ke pemerintah Jepang untuk dijadikan jugun ianfu. Harga dirinya terempas. Tubuhnya bukan lagi m…
Horticulture may be described as the practice of growing plants in a relatively intensive manner. This contrasts with agriculture, which, in most Western European countries, relies on a high level of machinery use over an extensive area of land, consequently involving few people in the production process. The boundary between the two is far from clear, especially when considering large-sca…
Toxicology and Safety of Essential Oils: A Constituent-Based Approach” (Chapter 7). On account of the complexity of these natural products, the toxicological or biochemical testing of an EO will always be the sum of its constituents which either act in a synergistic or in an antagonistic way with one another. Therefore, the chemical characterization of the EO is very important for the underst…
Orang mengatakan bahwa Presiden Republik Indonesia terlalu banjak memiliki darah seorang seniman. "Akan tetapi aku bersjukur kepada Jang Maha Pentjipta, karena aku dilahirkan dengan perasaan halus dan darah seni. Kalau tidak demikian, bagaimana aku bisa mendjadi Pemimpin Besar Revolusi, sebagairnana 105 djuta rakjat menjebutku ? Kalau tidak demikian, bagairnana aku bisa memimpin bangsaku untuk …
Combining fresh and pithy life lessons, often just a sentence or two, with deceptively simple diagrams and graphs, this inspiring guide shows you how to lead a richer life. How to Be Interesting is passionate, positive, down-to-earth, and irrepressibly upbeat. Each of its more than 100 spreads will nudge readers a little bit further out of their comfort zones and into a place where suddenly ev…
Bagaimana Hidup di Titik Pertemuan Antara Kagum, Takjub, dan Penasaran 1. Ayo Mengeksplorasi 2. Bagikan yang Anda Temukan 3. Kerjakan Sesuatu. Apa Saja 4. Manfaatkan Keunikan Anda 5. Miliki Sebuah Alasan 6. Kurangi Kesombongan 7. Coba Sajalah! 8. Jangan Ikut-ikutan 9. Jadilah Pemberani 10. Abaikan Celaan Orang Bosan dengan diri Anda sendiri? Atau banyak orang menilai Anda tidak menar…
Buku Djawa Hidden Stories menceritakan sedikit mengenai kejadian-kejadian masa lalu yang terjadi di Pulau Jawa, mengenai Gunung padang, Gubernur Raffles serta kejadian-kejadian sejarah dan misteri yang terjadi di era saat ini. Buku ini hampir 90% menggunakan metode retrocognition. Retrocognition sendiri adalah sebuah giving dari Tuhan yang diberikan kepada beberapa orang di dunia untuk melihat…