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This landmark work is the first sustained critique of Latin American neostructuralism, the prevailing narrative that has sought to replace “market fundamentalism” and humanize the “savage capitalism” imposed by neoliberal dogmatism. Fernando Leiva analyzes neostructuralism and questions its credibility as the answer to the region’s economic, political, and social woes. Recent electoral victories by progressive governments in Latin America prom...

Clinton is a small town in central Massachusetts with about 13, 000 people. The town is among the commonwealth's smallest in its acreage but is the largest in its heart. Chapters in the book are re-writes from "Cabbages and Kings", a weekly column I wrote while I was editor of the Clinton Dailey Item, our town's newspaper. Take a journey back to the years when so many of these men and women, all Clintonians, contributed so much towards making ...

The Just So Stories were written by Rudyard Kipling and published in 1902. The stories are fanciful accounts about how various phenomena came to be. How the Camel Got his Hump is an example. Each story is accompanied by a poem. The dialect is inspired by a formalized Indian speech pattern, which makes them wonderful to read aloud. Stories included in this collection are as follows: How the Whale got his Throat -- How the Camel got his Hump -- ...

An innovative look at Japan's wartime discourse of science and nationalism and how it shaped postwar Japan.

We are on our way to Le Havre. The train is going so fast that the landscape is all but a blur. From time to time, I can see a farm in the mist surrounded by a sea of green fields. I am excited but also scared. It is 1955, and we are on our way to New York." So begins the marvelous journey of Colette Rossant, just married to an American architect and about to leave France for a new life in the heart of New York City. At first, Colette finds Am...

A riveting inside look at the lucrative world of professional high-stakes sports betting by a journalist who lived a secret life as a key operative in the world's most successful sports gambling ring.When journalist Michael Konik landed an interview with Rick "Big Daddy" Matthews, the largest bet he'd placed on a sporting event was $200. Konik, an expert blackjack and poker player, was no stranger to Vegas. But Matthews was in a different leag...

What happens when forgiveness, adoption and reconciliation converge in the form of a tiny baby? Miracles occur and lives are changed. A baby is left on an orphanage doorstep in Chongqing, China. Born with a heart defect and no chance of survival without surgery, her only hope is an elderly caregiver named Chien, a God of love and his son Yesu. A world away, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, a woman named Katie Phelps has dreamed of becoming a mother ...

MILLIONS HAVE FOUND RELIEF FROM TORMENTING MEMORIES, GUILT, DEPRESSION, AND ANXIETY THROUGH FASTING! This book presents a revolutionary approach toward releasing the human mind forever from the hurt and pain of the past. The ancient practice of fasting, combined with an innovative and scientifically based technique, has proven to be one of the most effective methods ever discovered for the healing of damaged emotions which may be sabotaging yo...

The biggest event to hit the X-Men in ten years is here! Just when it looked like there was no possibility of a future for mutants, hope arrives. But the X-Men aren't there to meet it - the Marauders and Purifiers beat them to it. Now the race is on to get the first new mutant since House of M! Collects X-Men: Messiah CompleX One-Shot, Uncanny X-Men #492-494, X-Men #205-207, New X-Men #44-46, X-Factor #25-27, and X-Men: Messiah CompleX - Mutan...

DIY skincare is fun, easy and empowering. This book is packed with safe, organic, eco-friendly skincare potions that you can make at home that are gorgeous yet affordable.

Looking for a 'life challenge' to coincide with his 30th birthday, Mark comes up with the ridiculous notion of quitting his burgeoning (sort of) career and heading out to discover one country for each of his thirty years on Earth. What follows is a madcap, backpacking adventure spanning 30 countries, four continents and over a hundred cities and towns in nine breakneck months. 30: A Sense of Adventure and No Sense of Direction is a collection ...

This book explains the intricacies many people encounter in dealing with matters of love.

Die Basis der Net Economy umspannt den gesamten Globus - das World Wide Web, meist Internet genannt. Die Kommunikationstechnologien des Internet ermöglichen eine informationstechnische Revolution - die Digitalisierung von Produkten und Dienstleistungen in der Net Economy ermöglicht eine deutliche Reduktion der Transaktionskosten gegenüber traditionellen Branchen, und stellt eine neue eigenständige Basis für unternehmerisches Handeln dar. Diese...

The Biology of Echinostomes presents the echinostomes in the context of modern parasitology and shows applications of new methodologies and concepts to a group of trematodes that may be useful to obtain information of great value in both parasitology and general biology. Several chapters cover the research and literature on such echinostome-like trematodes as Ribeiroia spp. Emphasis is placed on recent advances and gaps in knowledge that must ...

Established by a pair of philanthropists who believed adamantly in the power of creativity, Yaddo has hosted some of the twentieth century's most renowned writers, composers, and visual artists, including Hannah Arendt, Milton Avery, James Baldwin, Saul Bellow, Leonard Bernstein, Elizabeth Bishop, Truman Capote, Flannery O'Connor, Aaron Copland, Langston Hughes, Carson McCullers, Sylvia Plath, Clyfford Still, Philip Roth, and William Carlos Wi...

Traveling to archives in Tunisia, Morocco, France, and England, with visits to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Spain, Nabil Matar assembles a rare history of Europe's rise to power as seen through the eyes of those who were later subjugated by it. Many historians of the Middle East believe Arabs and Muslims had no interest in Europeans during this period of Western discovery and empire, but in fact they were intensely preoccupied with the naval an...

Addresses contemporary issues such as convergence and MMORPGs. This title features an appendix of nearly 40 ideas and concepts from a variety of theories and disciplines that have been usefully and insightfully applied to the study of video games.

Genomics research on animals has generated huge databases and several new concepts and strategies, which are used to elucidate origin, evolution and phylogeny of species. Genetic and physical maps of genomes give details on chromosomal location, function, expression and regulation of genes. The series Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animals provides comprehensive and up-to-date reviews on genomic research on selected animal systems contributed ...

Established by a pair of philanthropists who believed adamantly in the power of creativity, Yaddo has hosted some of the twentieth century's most renowned writers, composers, and visual artists, including Hannah Arendt, Milton Avery, James Baldwin, Saul Bellow, Leonard Bernstein, Elizabeth Bishop, Truman Capote, Flannery O'Connor, Aaron Copland, Langston Hughes, Carson McCullers, Sylvia Plath, Clyfford Still, Philip Roth, and William Carlos Wi...

Das Wetter gibt immer wieder Anlass zu Spekulationen: Warum ist der Sommer verregnet oder der Winter so mild? Sind Hitzewellen und Unwetter Vorboten des Klimawandels? In diesem Buch informiert der ZDF-Moderator Karsten Schwanke zusammen mit den Wissenschaftsjournalisten Nadja Podbregar und Harald Frater anschaulich und verständlich über die langfristige Klimaentwicklung, aber auch über das tägliche Wetter. Eine Kombination aus Grundlagenwissen...