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What is the role of the prude in the roman libertin? James Fowler argues that in the most famous novels of the genre (by Richardson, Crebillon fils, Laclos and Sade) the prude is not the libertine's victim but an equal and opposite force working against him, and that ultimately she brings retribution for his social, erotic and philosophical ...

How can society best respond to people with atypical neurological development? Should we concentrate on providing medical care, or on ensuring civil rights? This offers a provocative analysis of the ways that intersecting agendas compete to make disability rights policy. The result is a thoughtful and timely consideration of the tensions shaping all quarters of disability advocacy.

Ambulance lights flash as a baby is born on a busy city street, pine beetles paint forests a palette of new colours, a young boy faces a watery death under the ice of a frozen lake, and a mother stands in a bath at midnight wearing only her gumboots. In this anthology of new writing, women poets from Northern BC share their refreshing, intriguing, mystical and sometimes mythical insights into rural and urban life. This is a unique blend of eme...

Life has always been a bit of a gamble for Darcy Christensen. Born in Ocean Falls in 1929, he was raised in Bella Coola Valley and Anahim Lake on the Chilcotin Plateau. The Christensen family were among the earliest white settlers on the Central Coast and West Chilcotin and his maternal grandfather, John Clayton, was the Hudson's Bay Company's last trading post factor in Bella Coola. For over thirty years Darcy ran the general store in Anahim ...

Drawing on numerous interviews and field research in an Islamic republic wracked by ethnic tensions, terrorism, dire poverty, and the living legacy of slavery, the author reveals the complex forces at work in Mauritania's long struggle for better governance.

How has the World Food Programme come to be so well-regarded despite being part of the much-maligned UN system? What are the political and institutional conditions that have enabled it to accrue legitimacy as an international organization? And how much substance lies behind the perceptions of its effectiveness? This analysis of the institutional politics of the WFP illustrates important larger issues about international institutions and global...

Critically investigates the theory and practice of human rights in the current global order. It covers a range of contentious debates in considering critiques of the prevailing conceptions of human rights. It then explores the changing global context of human rights issues, the nature and status of human rights within that context, and recent institutional responses.

Focusing on the householder in Hindu society, this Omnibus brings together distinguished sociologist T.N. Madan's writings on the theme. With a new Preface, Prologue, Epilogue, and three new appendices, the omnibus sheds light on life and society of Pandits in the Kashmir Valley.

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A record of crimes in Surrey during the nineteenth century for which the culprits paid the ultimate price.

This easy-to-carry book provides a thorough review of the most common pathologic shoulder conditions, techniques for diagnosis, as well as the appropriate treatment for each condition. It contains clear photographic demonstrations, tables, and charts throughout its pages, allowing a thorough and concise examination of the shoulder.

Regardless of the grade level or discipline you teach, discover how to create lessons that are much more focused, activities that are more relevant and engaging, and assessments that are much more informative to both you and your students.

Keiner kennt ihn, und nicht wenige bezweifeln, dass es ihn überhaupt gegeben hat. Aber für dieses Dunkel hat er selbst gesorgt: François Genoud, Schweizer Bankier, überzeugter Nazi, Förderer des Linksterrorismus. Wer war dieser Mann, in dessen Person sich die Extreme des 20. Jahrhunderts in einzigartiger Weise berühren? Während des "Dritten Reichs" war Genoud für den deutschen Geheimdienst tätig und konnte sich später die lukrativen Rechte an ...

John Mack explored alien encounter experiences deeply, revealing a world of meaning and power that can revolutionize our understanding of who we are and our place in the cosmos. Dr. Mack suggests that such experiences reveal to us a universe which is filled with intelligence and life, though this may not always take the densely embodied form with which we are most familiar. This book brings us to the edge of material reality and beyond, shatte...

An early Clifford Simak science fiction adventure, a powerful novel of action and intrigue in the not-so-distant future.

Excerpts from Introduction: I have many friends among cowmen and cowpunchers. I have always been what is called a good mixer I had friends when I had nothing else. My friends were not always within the law, but I haven't said how law-abiding I was myself. I haven't been too bad nor too good to get along with. Life has never been too serious with me I lived to play and I'm playing yet. Laughs and good judgment have saved me many a black eye, bu...

This book was written as a source of information and instruction, primarily for government and contractor personnel engaged in the conduct of combat advising, tribal engagement, provincial reconstruction, social development, and conflict resolution at the tribal, foreign military/government, or other sub-cultural level. It will also be of interest to the families and friends who remain behind and find the ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan...

This innovative, interactive guide will help encourage fresh perspectives and lively dialogue. As an intriguing Haggadah companion, it offers thematic discussion topics, text study ideas, activities and readings that come alive in the traditional group setting of the Passover Seder. Each activity and discussion idea aims to: Deepen your understanding of the Haggadah, Provide new opportunities for engaging the themes of the Passover festival, ...

Beginning in an old Jerusalem market Friday morning, shopping for foods to make Shabbat meals special Lighting Shabbat candles with a family in Turkey Singing zemirot with relatives at Shabbat dinner in Russia Making Kiddush as a congregation in the United States Parading the Torah scrolls at Shabbat morning services in a synagogue in Germany From Israel to Thailand, from Australia to Canada, and from Ethiopia to Argentina, you and your chil...