Extra Virginity is a rich, fluid and evocative account of the history and alchemy of olive oil, and of how the finest artisanal oil-manufacturers are endangered by the widespread fraud…

[Mueller reveals] the brazen fraud in the olive oil industry and [teaches] readers how to sniff out the good stuff. -Dwight Garner, New York Times

Recent advances in geospatial technologies now provide land managers with tools and resources to conserve soil and water resources more efficiently than has ever been possible before. This volume presents…

Ever since feminist scholarship began to reintroduce Harriet Beecher Stowe’s writings to the American literary canon in the 1970s, critical interest in her work has steadily increased. Beyond Uncle Tom’s…

Composed in Sanskrit between 900 and 600 BC, the Upanishads are man’s oldest works of philosophy. The translations presented here are the oldest and most important of those that exist.

This book is a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art studies of seafloor slope instability and their societal implications. The volume also marks the beginning of the third IGCP project for the…

Private Eyes with eagle eyes and rare skills, bloodhounds and sleuths, the shadowy arts of the detective have intrigued us since tales of the Pinkerton Detective Agency and Sherlock Holmes…