Funk: 122 books

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...

In the face of ever-declining biodiversity, zoos have a major role to play in species conservation. Written by professionals involved in in situ conservation and restoration projects internationally, this is a critical assessment of the contribution of zoos to species conservation through evidence...

Im Internet werden Informationen immer häufiger so ausgezeichnet, dass sie für Computer interpretierbar sind (Semantic Web). Solche maschinenlesbaren Informationen sorgen dafür, dass Dienste im Internet verfügbar gemacht und gefunden werden können. Diese Automatisierung schafft eine neue Rechtslage...

What's more super-amazing, more awesome than a cat dressed up as: - A Unicorn - A Lumberjack - The Abominable Snowman - A Ninja ...Nothing--that's what! The Best Cat Book Ever features the super-amazing, 100% awesome AC the cat in tons of purrrrfectly hilarious costumes. But really,...

Salisby Dalisby has been forced the 154th time to "go through again" as a baby to new Sanctiant parents. Salisby was able to enjoy his new family for about five years until a very bad dark Lord and Kingpin abducted him using their cloaking technology. They put Salisby with many of his cousins...

Salsiby Dalisby has been lead by three new Sanciant Ladies to a cave entrance opening on the huge rock surface, after agreeing to leave the surface of the first giant rock that had been made by Salisby's tenth Sanctiant order.  Salisby soon finds himself at the end of the long cave tunnel at a opening...

A colony of islands known as the Lords Scarr holds the castles of the Seven Divines. For over two decades, Edexa has tried to contact the mother dragon, Creasantile. He believes he is on the brink of achieving ultimate power. Creasantile has other plans. For who can tell a goddess what to do and expect no ramifications?

In fulfillment of an old Dahomeyan prophesy, the 7th generation of the lineage must return to the place of ancestral birth; to the beginning of an uneasy journey. Nearly two centuries later, the `Anchor' who is the 7th Amazon, must respond to that internal call despite the rigorous demands of modern...

Middle age isn't being kind to Declan Hall...His career is in turmoil, his marriage has ended and he's suddenly living in a Saskatoon high-rise with his sluggish bulldog and his Star wars collection. As one brutally cold (colder than Hoth!) Canadian winter ensues, Deck tries desperately to...

We're Pirasaurs! We're Pirasaurs! We rule the open seas! We'll cannon-blast you to the past! We do just what we please! Meet the Pirasaurs, a ragtag team of seasoned pirate dinosaurs looking for adventure and treasure! There's fearsome Captain Rex, golden-toothed Velocimate, one-eyed Bronto Beard,...

Joe Davis, Twin Cities humor blogger and low-grade celebrity, is looking forward to a night on the town. He’s accompanying his friend Carol to the grand opening of a store catering to craft beer enthusiasts like Joe. It’s the kind of event guaranteed to warm a snowy night in January. At least that...

This book is the outgrowth of one of J. Stephen Funks major injury lawsuits, one in the 1970s, where the dishonesty and a conspiracy of silence by the medical profession supported a negligent doctors efforts to maintain his exalted and privileged place in society. In real life, he exposed the doctors...

This edited volume is the first publication to tackle the issue of researching human-technology relations from a methodological postphenomenological perspective. While the ‘traditional’ phenomenology of the 20th century, with figures like Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, provided valuable...

There are numerous publications about education and technology. What is missing is a balanced appraisal of the values and cognitive skills technology promotes and those it devalues. This is important for education because the way we teach influences how children think, and it is of more general importance...