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A forensic examination of the trials of six women who were falsely sentenced for crimes they didn't commit.

A radical reassessment of the life and work of Neville Chamberlain, painting a picture of both man and statesman. Foreword from Chris Packham.

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Baroque, the cultural period extending from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth century, created some of the world's most striking monuments, music, artworks, and literature. This Handbook goes beyond all existing studies by presenting Baroque not only as a style, but also as a global cultural phenomenon arising in response to enormous religious, political, and technological changes.

The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism offers fresh interpretations of the artistic and political challenges of representing life accurately. It is the first book to treat the subject topically and thematically, in wide scope, with essays that draw upon recent scholarship in literary and cultural studies to offer an authoritative and in-depth reassessment of major and minor figures and the contexts that shaped their work.

Documentary Resistance: Social Change and Participatory Media offers a new approach to understanding the networked capacity of documentary media to create public commons areas. This book is distinctive in approach, understanding how struggles for social justice are reflected on the documentary screen but social change interventions begins before and beyond.

After her grandfather dies, unexpected visions and a mystical teacher carry Rachel on an inspiring journey to discover her gifts and fulfill her life's purpose."--Provided by publisher.

An exploration of the last years of the London Titan.

Focusses on the friendship that sprang up between Anne Lefroy, known as Madam Lefroy, and her neighbour Jane Austen. Jane was closer in age to Anne's children, yet despite their age difference, they developed a mutual respect and admiration for each other over many years.

Folllowing nationalisation in 1948, British railways closed many branch lines and reduced the number of stations on the network. In January 1978, there were 2, 358 and by January 2018 there were 2, 560 stations on the network. The object of this book is to record those stations that are re-opened or are new stations to the system.

After the end of steam on the Southern in July 1967, the author concentrated primarily on recording the Southern scene, to start with in black and white and then from 1972 in colour.

This book provides insights into the meaningful milestones of leaders and world experts in the field of movement disorders/neurology. Through the format of interview questions, it communicates the skills of key leaders in movement disorders. The interviewees are past and present leaders of the  International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society (IPMDS) and their experiences reflect  the nature of working in the global environment and diver...

In The Border, Martin A. Schain examines why border policies have been changing and the influence of immigration politics. Schain shows how the political process of boundary-making and enforcement has resulted in new political and legal forms and administrative organizations. Comparing France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, he makes the counter-intuitive argument that, in a more globalized world, borders have actually become strong...

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After the ceasefire in 1988, the devastation to the landscape of Iraq wrought by the longest war of the twentieth century—the Iran-Iraq War—becomes visible. Eight years of fighting have turned nature upside down, with vast wastelands being left behind. In southeastern Iraq, along the shores of the Shatt al-Arab River, the groves of date palm trees have withered. No longer bearing fruit, their leaves have turned a bright yellow. There, Iraqi fo...

Ziel des Sanierungsgedankens ist es, Chancen, Risiken und Grenzen der Sanierung und ihrer Finanzierungsdeterminanten auszuloten. Das Praxis-Handbuch zeigt Wege und Möglichkeiten zur Überwindung der Krise auf. Länderberichte aus ausgewählten Rechtsordnungen, in denen der Sanierungsgedanke zum Teil deutlich stärker betont wird, geben zusätzlich Anregungen. Über 30 namhafte Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Praxis stehen für eine ausgewogene Rechtsint...

This book investigates the history of a popular genre of Sanskrit devotional poetry in Kashmir: the stotra, or hymn of praise. Focusing on literary hymns from the eighth century to the twentieth, it studies the close link between literary and religious expression in South Asia¿the relationship between poetry and prayer.

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Es gibt Spiele, bei denen sind die Regeln fest, die Spieler bekannt und das Ziel klar. Etwa beim Schach oder Fußball. Dann gibt es noch Spiele, bei denen die Spieler kommen und gehen, die Regeln sich verändern, es gibt nur davor und danach und damit auch keinen finalen Gewinner. So zum Beispiel in der Politik und in der Wirtschaft. Simon Sinek hat sich mit den endlosen Spielen beschäftigt und das Geheimnis langfristigen Erfolgs entschlüsselt. ...

Die Wirtschaftswelt verändert sich immer schneller: Sie wird interkultureller, vielfältiger, innovativer. Neben Risiken entstehen zugleich große Chancen für Unternehmen - auch, indem sie Minderheiten wie Schwule, Lesben und andere Mitglieder der LGBTIQ Community stärker in den Blick nehmen. Jens Schadendorf hat diesen erstmals weltweit nachgespürt - in Europa, den USA, Hongkong oder Südafrika. In mehr als hundert Interviews sprach er mit Vorst...