Belka, Why Don’t You Bark? begins in 1943, when Japanese troops retreat from the Aleutian island of Kiska, leaving four military dogs behind.

It came to its real climax with the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868, the event which forms the centerpiece of this book.

Eight-year-old Miyako, from Tokyo, Japan, takes readers on a tour of her city.

Throughout, there is a focus upon Denmark's human rights record, democratic institutions, and humanistic traditions. By examining Danish culture, this work fosters a greater understanding of Denmark, its people, and their way of life.

The Poem of Hashish (1821) by Charles Pierre Baudelaire was first published in 1850. This is the Aleister Crowley translation of 1895.