Quicksand is a novel by American author Nella Larsen, published in 1928. It explores cross-cultural and interracial themes, with the protagonist being Helga Crane, a mixed-race African American woman who…

This volume captures the rapid developments in the field of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which have provided novel opportunities and approaches both for better understanding a number of human…

This volume captures the rapid developments in the field of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which have provided novel opportunities and approaches both for better understanding a number of human…

With growing concern about the increasing amount of urban flooding and ever-more devastating effects, this book details not only established flood prevention strategies but also new approaches to prediction and…

Madame Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society in 1975, connected esoteric spiritual knowledge with new science in her writings, which may be considered to be the first instance of…

Elizabeth Gaskell wrote the episodic novel Cranford. It first appeared in the magazine Household Words in installments before being published as a book with minor revisions under Cranford in 1853…

The Economy of Medieval Hungary is the first concise, English-language volume on the economic life of medieval Hungary, covering the structures of economic life, human-nature interactions in production, taxation, money…