This is the first book to translate a broad spectrum of the informal, improper and generally comic side of 31syllable Japanese poetry called `kyoka,¿ or `kyouka,¿ literally, ¿madpoems¿ or ¿madcap verse,¿ representing ...

Encyclopedia of Caves is a self-contained, beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments. It includes more than 100 comprehensive articles from leading scholars and explorers in 15 diff...

x, 345 p. ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index The hidden Dunkin -- Crazy John and the bishop -- The good-natured Gael -- The masochism of Thomas Moore -- Cork and the carnivalesque -- Home and away :...

This book was copied from the amazing and wonderful PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, a labor of love by two dedicated and talented historians. We encourage you to visit them, and subscribe to their li...

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The Limits to Growth is a 1972 book about the computer modeling of exponential economic and population growth with finite resource supplies. Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and commissioned by the Club of Rome it ...