While it is widely acknowledged that Darwin’s descriptions of females were gender-biased, gender bias in current sexual selection research is less recognized. An examination of the history of sexual selection research shows prevalent male precedence—that research starts with male-centered investigations...
It's the third book in a trilogy that started with Rubicon, about Julius Caesar and the last years of the Roman Republic, and then went on to Dynasty, covering the rule of the Julio-Claudian family, the emperors we know so well: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. Pax ...
My ideal fat historical heroine begins her story having already learned to value her body or at least, treat it with indifference.She may have insecurities and challenges because she lives in a fatphobic society, but she’s not trying to lose weight. She accepts that she is desirable to pot...
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Players wager against the house, placing bets on a hand, either Player or Banker, that will have a total closer to nine than the other. The game is usually played with eight decks, but some variants use different numbers of cards. Aside from the simple betting options, baccarat is one ...
We might say that their science is as far from Montesquieu's as the speculative physics of a Descartes is from the experimental physics of a Newton. The one directly attains in simple natures or essences the a priori truth of all possible physical facts, the other starts from the facts, ...
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When the Vikings attack the shores of the Frankish kingdom, they are met with resistance that is very different from what they are used to, as the Emperor Charlemagne has no intention of giving up his Christian territory to pagans and pirates. We follow the Vikings as they try to push dee...
a response to the exploitation and hardship imposed by more dominant peoples. Often these rebellions have been associated with the belief that amessianicleader of the Hmong is about to be born, the imminence of which is announced by a prophet who validates his claim by “discovering” a form ...
Gaza, city and principal urban centre of the Gaza Strip, southwestern Palestine. Formerly the administrative headquarters for the Israeli military forces that occupied the Gaza Strip, the city came under Palestinian control in 2005. Records exist indicat