Elephants are in dire straits – again. They were virtually extirpated from much of Africa by European hunters in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but their numbers resurged for a while in the heyday of late-colonial conservation efforts in the twentieth. Now, according to one estimate, an elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. This is at the same time that the reasons for being especially compassionate and protective towards elephant ...
C. S. Lewis, based on the popularity of his books and essays, is one of the best communicators of the twentieth century. During his lifetime he was hailed for his talents as author, speaker, educator, and broadcaster; he continues to be a best-selling author more than a half-century after his death. C. S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication analyzes Lewis’s communication skill. A comprehensive review of Lewis’s work reveals five communication p ...
Народная литература составляет значительную часть культурного наследия Китая. Она вобрала в себя огромное количество жанров – от анекдотов до эпической поэзии – и многовековые традиции множества народов, населяющих Поднебесную. Фольклор отражает их историю и национальный характер, что делает его крайне важным для понимания китайской культуры. Автор анализирует процесс развития народной литературы с древних времен до наших дней, подробно останав ...
A beautiful study of the incredible life of Nontsizi MgqwethoFor nearly a decade Nontsizi Mgqwetho contributed poetry to a Johannesburg newspaper, Umteteli wa Bantu, the first and only female poet to produce a substantial body of work in Xhosa. Apart from what is revealed in these writings, very little is known about her life. She explodes on the scene with her swaggering, urgent, confrontational woman's poetry on 23 October 1920, sends poe ...
