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This study of intellectuals and their cosmopolitan life trajectories is based on anthropological and historical research in Vietnam and India, two great Asian societies with contrasting experiences of empire, decolonisation and the rise and fall of the twentieth-century socialist world system. Building on the author's long-standing research experience in India and on remarkable family narratives collected during fieldwork in northern Vietnam, ...

Does a competent person suffering from a terminal illness or enduring an otherwise burdensome existence, who considers his life no longer of value but is incapable of ending it, have a right to be helped to die? Should someone for whom further medical treatment would be futile be left to die regardless of expressing a preference to be given all possible treatment? These are some of the questions that are asked and answered in this wide-ranging...

Contrived. Disingenuous. Phony. Inauthentic. Do your customers use any of these words to describe what you sellor how you sell it? If so, welcome to the club. Inundated by fakes and sophisticated counterfeits, people increasingly see the world in terms of real or fake. They would rather buy something real from someone genuine, rather than something fake from some phony. When deciding to buy, consumers judge an offerings (and a companys) authen...

A seventeen year-old sets out to meet her secret lover by the cliffs of Ottawa's Hogs Back Falls. Three days later her nude body washes up in the shallows downstream. When no one comes forward and the autopsy reveals she was dead before she hit the water, the public fears a sexual predator is on the loose. But Inspector Green suspects a more personal connection. His search draws him into the manipulative world of elite young athletes, drugs an...

Now in paperback, a delightful collection of essays on the transformative power of reading In "The Book That Changed My Life, " our most admired writers, doctors, professors, religious leaders, politicians, chefs, and CEO s share the books that mean the most to them. For Doris Kearns Goodwin it was Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August, " which inspired her to enter a field, history writing, traditionally reserved for men. For Jacques P?pin it...

The only fully comprehensive guide to ?all things feline, ? from the host of Cat Chat on Martha Stewart Living Radio. Finally, a definitive book that delivers many unknown facts about every aspect of caring for and sharing your life with a cat, ranging from proper nutrition and strange behavior to medical care and multi-cat households, to grooming and geriatrics. The Cat Bible explains the mysteries of feline behavior to owners who are devoted...

Latest volume of original articles on all aspects of warfare in the middle ages.

Diaries and account books provide rich evidence for daily life at the time - and the early years of Matthew Flinders, credited with naming Australia.

Set against the turbulent background of the 1790s, this novel blends excerpts from over 100 letters and other 18th-century documents with speculation to create an engaging tale of four real historical figures--two Supreme Court Justices (James Iredell and James Wilson) and their respective wives. Told from the points of view of the two women, the fictional narrative of A More Obedient Wife fleshes out the bare bones of the historical record, b...

A lively account of the modern staging of the medieval mystery plays, richly illustrated with stills and other photographs.

This book is an introduction to significant people and events - cultural, social, political, and historical - spanning the beginning of the Kamakura period in 1185 through the end of the Edo (Tokugawa) period in 1868.

This book introduces the reader to the importance of observation prior to, and sometimes instead of, experimental manipulation in the study of animal behaviour. It starts with simple and easily accessible methods suitable for student projects, before going on to demonstrate the possibilities that now exist for much more sophisticated analyses of observational data.

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: In der vorliegenden Arbeit geht der Autor der Frage nach, welche Auswirkungen die Entscheidung Japans, sich aktiv an der Mission im Irak zu beteiligen, auf seine zukünftige Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik haben wird. Damit das möglich ist, erarbeitet der Autor nach einer Einführung in das Thema im zweiten Kapitel die Grundpfeiler japanischer Außenpolitik seit 1945. Diese beinhalten sowohl externe, als auch intern...

Queer Theology makes an important contribution to public debate about Christianity and sex. This remarkable collection reconceptualizes the body and its desires, enlarging the meaningfulness of Christian sexuality for the good of the Church.

Queer Theology" makes an important contribution to public debate about Christianity and sex. A remarkable collection of specially commissioned essays by some of the brightest and best of Anglo-American scholars Edited by one of the leading theologians working at the interface between religion and contemporary culture Reconceptualizes the body and its desires Enlarges the meaningfulness of Christian sexuality for the good of the Church Proposes...

What does it mean to be in this Human Body? That was the question Jane Covernton found when she looked through her poetry over the years... so a body of poetry.

Start A Profitable Tutoring Business Today! The Advanced Tutoring Systems: Tutoring Operations Franchise Manual is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to establishing a one-on-one, home-based tutoring business. This is an actual franchise with NO ROYALTIES!!!! This manual contains secrets to every aspect of creating a successful tutoring business. The ATS Tutoring Operations Manual is not a vague 'how-to' book that suggests how to run a busi...

Shows how policies that include "all children" and leave "no child behind" are rooted in a philosophy of cosmopolitanism - not just in salvation themes of human agency, freedom, and empowerment, but also in the processes of abjection and the differentiation of the disadvantaged, urban, and child left behind as "Other".

It's the 15th century and the Archbishop of Canterbury, worried over impending legislation that would effectively rob the Church in England of its power and wealth, convinces Henry V to forego this pursuit in favour of laying claim to France. This title presents the historic tale of war and peace between England and France in the reign of Henry V.

It's the 15th century and the Archbishop of Canterbury, worried over impending legislation that would effectively rob the Church in England of its power and wealth, convinces Henry V to forego this pursuit in favour of laying claim to France. The Dauphin's insulting response convinces Henry that the French will only respond to war.