Why is sustainable development so difficult to achieve? Sustainability actually seems to elude humanity at least as rapidly as scientific knowledge of the world around us increases. One possible explanation, according to the author, has to do with the nature of our various knowledges. This essay challenges the authenticity and legitimacy of our mainstream knowledge production institutions and enterprises. It forces readers to ask themselves whether they really know the world they live in as well as they think they do or are they in fact confined to a world of historically determined illusion....

In "The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930 1956," Noel Burch and Genevieve Sellier adopt a sociocultural approach to films made in France before, during, and after World War II, paying particular attention to the Occupation years (1940 44). The authors contend that the films produced from the 1930s until 1956 when the state began to subsidize the movie industry, facilitating the emergence of an "auteur cinema" are important, both as historical texts and as sources of entertainment.

Citing more than 300 films and providing many in-depth interpretations, Burch and Sellier argue that...

In The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930-1956, Noel Burch and Genevieve Sellier adopt a sociocultural approach to films made in France before, during, and after World War II, paying particular attention to the Occupation years (1940-44). The authors contend that the films produced from the 1930s until 1956--when the state began to subsidize the movie industry, facilitating the emergence of an -auteur cinema---are important, both as historical texts and as sources of entertainment.

Citing more than 300 films and providing many in-depth interpretations, Burch and Sellier...

A New York Times Best Seller

"A worthy retrospective that feels chilling in the manner of novelist Perry." -Kirkus Reviews

On June 22, 1954, teenage friends Juliet Hulme--better known as bestselling mystery writer Anne Perry--and Pauline Parker went for a walk in a New Zealand park with Pauline's mother, Honora. Half an hour later, the girls returned alone, claiming that Pauline's mother had had an accident. But when Honora Parker was found in a pool of blood with the brick used to bludgeon her to death close at hand, Juliet and Pauline were quickly arrested,...