"[The Little Ice Age] could do for the historical study ofclimate what Michel Foucault's classic Madness and Civilization didfor the historical study of mental illness: make it a respectablesubject for scholarly inquiry." -Scientific American.. The LittleIce Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and oftenvery cold years of modern European history, how this alteredclimate affected historical events, and what it means for today'sglobal warming. Building on research that has only recentlyconfirmed that the world endured a 500year cold snap, renownedarchaeologist Brian Fagan shows how the increasing cold influencedfamiliar events from Norse exploration to the settlement of NorthAmerica to the Industrial Revolution. This is a fascinating bookfor anyone interested in history, climate, and how theyinteract.

Babies are not born talking, they learn language, startingimmediately from birth. How does this process take place? When dochildren master the skills needed for using language successfully?What stages do they go through as they learn to understand andtalk? Do the languages they learn affect the way they think? Thisnew edition of Eve Clark's highly successful textbook focuses onchildren's acquisition of a first language, the stages ofdevelopment they go through, and how they use language as theylearn. It reports on recent findings in each area covered, includesa completely new chapter on the acquisition of two languages andshows how speech to children differs by social class. Skilfullyintegrating actual data with coverage of current theories anddebates, it is an essential guide to studying language acquisitionfor those working in linguistics, developmental psychology andcognitive science.

Andrew Marvell is one of the greatest English lyric poets ofthe seventeenth century and one of its leading polemicists. ThisCompanion brings a set of fresh questions and perspectives to bearon the varied career and diverse writings of a remarkable writerand elusive man. Drawing on important new editions of Marvell'spoetry and of his prose, scholars of both history and literatureexamine Marvell's work in the contexts of Restoration politics andreligion, and of the seventeenth-century publishing world in bothmanu* and print. The essays, individually and collectively,address Marvell within his literary and cultural traditions andcommunities; his almost prescient sense of the economy and ecologyof the country; his interest in visual arts and architecture; hisopaque political and spiritual identities; his manners incontroversy and polemic; the character of his erotic andtransgressive imagination and his biography, still full ofintriguing gaps.

A Change of Heart is a detailed account of therevolutionary Framingham Heart study — which, over the years, hasprovided conclusive evidence that cardiovascular disease is largelythe result of measurable and modifiable risk factors. First begunin 1948, not long after Franklin Delano Roosevelt succumbed to amassive stroke, the study of over 5,000 citizens of Framingham,Massachusetts, changed the course of medical history. The lessonslearned in Framingham allow each of us to control our risk of heartdisease and stroke, two of the leading causes of death in theUnited States. Here is a clear-eyed and intriguing assessment ofthe achievements of this study and of its continuing importance toour health today.

When it was first published in 1994, Women’s Bodies, Women’sWisdom quickly became an international bestseller, and for the pastfifteen years it has remained the veritable bible of women’shealth. Now, in this revised and updated edition, world-renownedand much-beloved women’s health expert Dr. Christiane Northrupshares with us the latest developments and advances that willmaximize our potential for living well in our bodies today. Insideyou will discover ·new material on sexuality—and how to have a more fulfilling sexlife ·the spiritual and scientific principles behind healing fromterminal illnesses, and how you can utilize these principles foryour own health and the health of others ·vital information about how to truly dissolve PMS and easemenstrual cramps ·extraordinary facts on Vitamin D—and why it is crucial forbreast, cardiovascular, and immune system health ·the importance of the preconception diet and how to greatlydecrease your risk of birth defect

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller For the first time, rock music’s most famous muse tells herincredible story Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton,finally breaks a forty-year silence and tells the story of how shefound herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuousmusical geniuses of the twentieth century and became the mostlegendary muse in the history of rock and roll. The woman whoinspired Harrison’s song “Something” and Clapton’s anthem “Layla,”Pattie Boyd has written a book that is rich and raw, funny andheartbreaking–and totally honest.