Annie Grant

Darkness and Dawn. A Russian Tale

"Truth is stranger than fiction," people say. Longtime journalist Nancie Hudson thinks that truth is funnier than fiction. She's interviewed hundreds of people during her career, and in Truth is Funnier Than Fiction, she shares the funniest true stories people have told her. This delightful collection of humorous essays and true stories explores the hilarious things that happen to real people in everyday life. The funniest things happen when you're doing ordinary things, like buying a new car, starting a new job, or going on vacation. Truth is Funnier Than Fiction contains no offensive humor. There are no racial jokes, no religious jokes, no political jokes, and no gross jokes. It's the kind of universal, laugh-out-loud humor that everyone enjoys. Because comical misunderstandings, mishaps and misadventures are always funny as long as they aren't happening to you.

Love Thy Neighbor? No Way!

77 Urban Street

Graeme Barker

The 26 articles in this new Companion Encyclopedia provide an invaluable compendium of the themes, issues and background of this popular, but complex field. This two-volume set offers definitive coverage of the field as a whole, and is divided into three thematic sections:Part I "Origins, Aims and Methods" features articles on the history and theory of the discipline, and the techniques used in the study of archaeological evidence. Part II "Problems and Approaches" examines how archaeologists approach such themes as culture, identity, society, territory, population and beliefs across the traditional boundaries of period and place. Part III "The Development of Human Society" integrates the concerns which are addressed in the previous two sections and draws together the methods and approaches in studying hunter-gatherer societies, developing models for state formation, examining medieval demographic trends, and understanding early modern and industrial societies.

Annie Grant

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