… order to gain status and happiness. America has five percent of the world's population and we consume thirty times as much as other countries. Our obsession with material goods has progressed to the point where advertisers will target children in…

… was Ellen Adler. He had an older sister Jenny and a younger brother Harald who became a famous mathematician. In October 1891 Niels entered the Grammelholms school. He attended this school, as did his brother Harald, for his complete secondary educatio…

… and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad, could be best described as the life time battle of one man against slavery of the African American people. In his own definition of this great injustice, that sadly effected many lives, Parker describes slaver…

… were born in 1992 during the Earth Summit held in Rio, Brazil. They are now being interviewed, ten years later, just as world leaders are preparing for the Rio+10 follow-up summit. Bruno Sorrentino has been filming these children and their families…

… of India, sustainability and moderation in consumption has always been a way of life. This pattern has been respected and left largely undisturbed by Indian consumers who consider themselves a part of the cycle of nature. An interactive relationship…

… practitioners (GP’s) as well as by psychotherapists and psychiatrists. Unfortunately, not all general practitioners are as well trained as they should be to know how to handle depression patients. It is important that general practitioners know…

… Today, one of the largest obstacles in anthropology, is language groups becoming endangered. During the last couple years they have become more concerned about groups that are switching from the original language to a different one that has more…

… of Raleigh, North Carolina. He grew in poverty, and was apprenticed to a tailor as a boy. Later in his life he and his family ran away from the town of Raleigh, North Carolina, where they found themselves in Greeneville, Tennessee. There he opened…

… media have been affecting many females because the ideal body image for women is increasingly thinner than before. 1992 study found that womens magazines contained ten and a half times as many advertisements and articles on weight loss as mens magazines.…

… autobiography Frederick Douglass presents a vivid picture of a horrifying period of American history that far too few people understand. Douglass’s personal narrative as a slave lets readers feel the fear of his past and allows us to experience the…