Presenting the myths and facts of sexual ageing, this book celebrates the sexuality of our elders. It describes cultural, religious, and societal influences affecting our views of human sexuality. It also explores diverse forms of sexual expression, with attention given to changes at mid-life and to health-related concerns.
Looks at the social and historical context of prostitution, one of the world's oldest profession. This book presents a panorama of the forms and practices that prostitution has assumed in many cultures over many centuries. It is suitable for feminists, police, religious leaders, civil libertarians, the general public, and prostitutes themselves.
Written in part as a theoretical reply to the stodgy conservatism of Edmund Burke's "Reflections on the French Revolution" (1790), this title sets forth a manifesto of popular democratic rule in the established tradition of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Designed to provide information about Alzheimer's disease and to help families who are dealing with a mentally impaired older person. This book dispels myths about "senility", explores the early symptoms and later behaviour patterns of Alzheimer's disease, and describes treatable conditions that are sometimes mistaken for Alzheimer's.
Offers an account of the author's struggle to cope with her father when, in his last years, he changed from someone lively, charming, and independent to someone she and her family could not recognise. This book presents a woman's tale, intended for those who have taken on the care of an ageing parent or relative.
A group of scholars met at the State University of New York at Buffalo to share their thoughts on the nature of humans as rational animals. Drawing from the meeting, these essays discuss about the nature and extent of rationality - its content, focus, and the intrinsic guidelines for using the term "rational" when describing persons or actions.
Eleanor Marx has disappeared. In this engrossing novel, we follow Sherlock Holmes as he tackles his most difficult case. He must find Karl Marx's favorite daughter and return her to the house of her father. At the behest of Frederick Engels, Holmes undertakes the search for Eleanor that leads him into a world he has never encountered before, the ......
Offers a portrayal of his world in the chaos and tumult of early 16th century Florence, Italy and Europe. This book uses the author's political situation, and that of the classical period to illustrate his precepts of statecraft. It presents a message of moral relativism, and political expediency.
