Evolutionary biologist Randy Thornhill and evolutionary anthropologist Craig Palmer are certain to spawn a lot of heat with their research on an issue as touchy as that of rape. Those who subscribe to the feminist theories of rape being only a patriarchal act have lambasted the book to smithereens. Thornhill and Palmer have been rebuked and derided over and over again for their very approach to the subject. What is becoming increasingly apparent from the schism developing among theorists is to read the book for oneself rather than rely on the opinionated analyses of reviewers from rival camps, says Christine McNeill.

Jews of Russia look different from Jews of Germany. Jews from Spain are not the same to look at as the Jews from Yemen. What did the Jews of Khazaria look like? The kingdom of Khazaria disappeared but not before the Khazaria diaspora had spread far and wide in Europe. One might not be aware that a significant portion of Ukranian Jews and a substantial chunk of the Jews of, say, Russia, Lithuanian or Hungary cane trace their roots a Turkic tribe which converted to Judaism, says Gene Evans.

The Kathmandu-based Integrated Centre for Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been working primarily in the Himalayas-Hindu Kush region. But Asia has much more than only the Hindu Kush-Himalayas. It was with this in mind that the centre established the Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) in 1995 with the help of the Swiss Development Cooperation. The APMN has developed as the Asia Pacific regional node for the Mountain Forum, a global network of institutions and individuals committed to promoting sustainable mountain development. This inventory compiled by Harka Gurung, a former director of the Asia and Pacific Development Centre is a product of these endeavours, writes Subir Ghosh

A magisterial, colourful narrative illuminating the central tragedy of the nineteenth century: that God (or man's faith in him) died, but the need to worship remained as a torment to those who thought they had buried Him. By the end of the nineteenth century, almost all the great writers, artists, and intellectuals had abandoned Christianity, and many abandoned belief in God altogether. Book description.

In an effort to determine why people buy, Paco Underhill and his detailed-oriented band of retail researchers have camped out in stores over the course of 20 years, dedicating their lives to the "science of shopping." Armed with an array of video equipment, store maps, and customer-profile sheets, Underhill and his consulting firm, Envirosell, have observed over 900 aspects of interaction between shopper and store, says Amazon.com.