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Since 2009, Bangladeshi photographer Saiful Huq Omi has been documenting the lives of the Muslim ethnic minority, generally known as the Rohingyas, who live in northern Rakhine State, western Burma (Myanmar).Considered to be one of the most persecuted population group in the world, the Rohingya's are the only of 136 different communities not recognized by the Burmese government. They face every kind of human rights violation: denial of citizen...

From the beginning of her modeling career in 1944 as Norma Jeane Mortensen to her death as the voluptuous Hollywood icon in 1962, Marilyn Monroe posed for thousands of modeling and publicity photos, scores of which have long been forgotten or abandoned in neglected studio archives. This book collects 100 of the rarest of the rare, seldom previously seen images of her brief modeling career, early days on the 20th Century Fox lot, then in candid...

Hollywood is a transitory place. Stars and studios rise and fall. Genres and careers wax and wane. Movies and movie moguls and movie makers and movie palaces are acclaimed and patronized and loved and beloved, and then forgotten. And yet¿ And yet one place in Southern California, built in the 1920s by (allegedly murdered) producer Thomas Ince, acquired by Cecil B. DeMille, now occupied by Amazon.com, has been the home for hundreds of the most ...

After the death of her son, Eric Garner, at the hands of New York City police officers on Staten Island went viral, Gwen Carr's life changed forever. In This Stops Today, Carr shares the tragedies she's faced, recalls her son's life and death, and recounts her newfound role as an activist in the fight for racial equality.

Using a mix of quantitative methods and case study research, this book critically assesses the impact of party governments in different institutional settings on welfare state generosity and labour market reforms. Its key findings contradict earlier established views on the impact of leftist governments on welfare state policies. Specifically, left-wing governments are pursuing clientelistic policies when facing high institutional constraints ...

Taking on one of New Hampshire¿s 48 4, 000 footers is becoming a pilgrimage for New Hampshire residents and its visitors. While more people than ever are hiking them, there¿s still a dearth of good information about each mountain and its surrounding areas. Climbing New Hampshire¿s 48 4, 000 Footers fills that gap by informing adventurers¿from the freshly-booted novice to the grizzled mountaineer¿about each of New Hampshire¿s 48 iconic mountain...

From discussions on democracy, to attempts to widen the scope of citizenship beyond the confines of the nation-state, Western thinking of the political community has continued to assume a unifying principle of sameness, reflected in history, space, language, or reason, as the condition of possibility of the community. The author assesses how, despite attempts to broaden the scope for inclusion and the meaning of political existence, contempora...

From discussions on democracy, to attempts to widen the scope of citizenship beyond the confines of the nation-state, Western thinking of the political community has continued to assume a unifying principle of sameness, reflected in history, space, language, or reason, as the condition of possibility of the community. The author assesses how, despite attempts to broaden the scope for inclusion and the meaning of political existence, contempora...

A funny and touching story of antagonism and love, now in a board bookBanjo is a hardworking farm dog and Ruby Red is a haughty chicken, and they never see eye to eye. But when Ruby Red falls ill, the tables seem about to turn. Stunning illustrations perfectly capture the endearing personalities of boisterous Banjo and headstrong Ruby Red.

Without a consideration of periodical poetry, Victorian poetry studies is quite simply anachronistic

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No Access Washington, DC is a collection of the hidden places and little-known facts about the nation's capital. These are the secret gems of the city and most are completely off limits to the public. Through these pages explore the mansion on O Street, the Federal Reserve, burial sites, tucked away establishments, secret gardens, and so much more. All of these spots evoke a secret metropolis that is lost in time and harboring deep mysteries! ...

Hats! Hats! Hats! Diane Serviss, of the Pixiebell and Elfinwear brands, never runs out of inspiration for new patterns, styles, textures, and shapes for knitted hats. In this collection, she includes hoods, beanies, and slouches incorporating a variety of colorwork, texture, and cables. Each of the 30 patterns in this book is a knockout!

31 crochet patterns for fun and colourful hats.

Explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare's contemporaries Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures. Analysing both the nature of intelligence at the time and the metadrama that such characters generate, Angus highlights the significance of intrigue and corruption to dr...

The theory of operator algebras is the unified theme for many papers in this volume. Out of four extensive survey papers, two cover problems related to derivation of various algebras of functions. The other two surveys are on classification of Leibniz algebras and on evolution algebras. The sixteen research articles are devoted to certain analytic topics.

Each episode included in this book explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Yellowstone National Park's history. From ghosts in Old Faithful Inn to Bigfoot sightings, Myths and Legends of Yellowstone makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of this national treasure's most fascinating and compelling stories.

Children ask the best questions. This book captures a day in the life of two five-year-olds--Kacey and, 25 years later, her son, Kyle--and their zest for discovering, and explaining, the next big mystery in life. Full color.

Republication of Nash's autobiography in paperback form for the first time in two decades.

In this important new book, Daniel Loick argues that in order to become sensible to the violence imbedded in our political routines, philosophy must question the current forms of political community - the ways in which it organizes and executes its decisions, in which it creates and interprets its laws - much more radically than before. It must become a critical theory of sovereignty and in doing so eliminate coercion from the law. The book op...