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Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather is a result of nearly ten years of gatherings among Yup'ik elders to document the qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions with the environment. In an effort to educate their own young people as well as people outside the community, the elders discussed the practical skills necessary to live in a harsh environment, stressing the ethical and philosophical aspects of the Yup'ik relationship with the land, ocean, snow, weather, and environmental change, among many other elements of the natural world.

At every gathering, at...

"Rebuilding Community after Katrina "chronicles the innovative and ambitious partnership between Cornell University s City and Regional Planning department and ACORN Housing, an affiliate of what was the nation s largest low-income community organization. These unlikely allies came together to begin to rebuild devastated neighborhoods in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. " "

The editors and contributors to this volume allow participants voices to show how this partnership integrated careful, technical analysis with aggressive community outreach and organizing. With essays by...

"Rebuilding Community after Katrina "chronicles the innovative and ambitious partnership between Cornell University s City and Regional Planning department and ACORN Housing, an affiliate of what was the nation s largest low-income community organization. These unlikely allies came together to begin to rebuild devastated neighborhoods in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. " "

The editors and contributors to this volume allow participants voices to show how this partnership integrated careful, technical analysis with aggressive community outreach and organizing. With essays by...

In the early Roman Empire a new literary genre began to flourish, mainly in the Greek world: prose fiction, or romance. Broadly defined as a love story that offers adventure and a romantic vision of life, this form of literature emerged long after the other genres and, until recently, seemed hardly worthy of critical attention. Here B. P. Reardon addresses the growing interest in ancient fiction by providing a literary and cultural framework in which to understand Greek romance, and by demonstrating its importance as an artistic and social phenomenon. Beginning with a discussion of...