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This biography - the most succinct and straightforward to date - demythologises Fanon by situating his life and ideas within the historical circumstances he encountered.

Off the shore of Hatteras Island, where the inner edge of the Gulf Stream flows northward over the outer continental shelf, the marine life is unlike that of any other area in the Atlantic. Here the powerful ocean river helps foster an extraordinarily rich diversity of life, including Sargassum mats concealing strange creatures and exotic sea beans, whales and sea turtles, sunfish and flying fish, and shearwaters and Bermuda petrels. During hi...

This clear and engaging introduction is the first book to assess the ideas of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian-British philosopher. The book focuses on the theme of 'identity' and is structured around five main topics, corresponding to the subjects of his major works: race, culture, liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and moral revolutions.

It may sound logical that individualistic attitudes boost divorce. This book argues otherwise. Conservative norms of specialized gender roles serve as the root cause of marital dissolution. Those expectations that prescribe what men should do and what women should do help break down marital relationships. Data from South Korea suggest that lingering norms of gendered roles can threaten married persons' self-identity and hence their marriages d...

Schmiede Dein Schicksal im Höllenfeuer! Willkommen in Baldur's Gate, der Stadt der vielen Möglichkeiten, der Korruption und der Morde. Gerade, als du deine Abenteurerkarriere begonnen hast, findest du dich bereits in einer brodelnden Verschwörung wieder, die sich aus den Schatten von Baldur's Gate bis an die Frontlinie des Blutkriegs ausbreitet. Hast du den Mut, dich infernalischen Kriegsmaschinen zu stellen und ruchlose Verträge auszuhandel...

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This book challenges the dominant tendency in world Englishes scholarship to rely on the ‘nation’ as a static spatial entity and reliable analytic category. Using the transnational Korean context as a case in point, the authors analyse how the practices and ideologies of the English language reflect the complex and unexpected flows of globalisation. Examining topics such as the spoken English of South Korean youth and English education in Nort...

In April 1955, twenty-nine countries from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East came together for a diplomatic conference in Bandung, Indonesia, intending to define the direction of the postcolonial world.

This book challenges the dominant tendency in world Englishes scholarship to rely on the ‘nation’ as a static spatial entity and reliable analytic category. Using the transnational Korean context as a case in point, the authors analyse how the practices and ideologies of the English language reflect the complex and unexpected flows of globalisation. Examining topics such as the spoken English of South Korean youth and English education in Nort...

Eigentlich hatte Karla (Halle Berry) für sich und ihren Sohn Frankie (Sage Correa) einen schönen Tag auf dem Rummelplatz der Stadt geplant. Zu zweit wollten sie Karussell fahren, Zuckerwatte essen und unbeschwert das sonnige Wetter genießen. Deshalb ist eine Entführung auch nicht das erste, woran die Mutter denkt, als ihr Kind beim Versteckspielen auf dem Jahrmarkt plötzlich verschwindet. Doch dann sieht sie, wie Frankie in ein fremdes Auto ge...

Eigentlich hatte Karla (Halle Berry) für sich und ihren Sohn Frankie (Sage Correa) einen schönen Tag auf dem Rummelplatz der Stadt geplant. Zu zweit wollten sie Karussell fahren, Zuckerwatte essen und unbeschwert das sonnige Wetter genießen. Deshalb ist eine Entführung auch nicht das erste, woran die Mutter denkt, als ihr Kind beim Versteckspielen auf dem Jahrmarkt plötzlich verschwindet. Doch dann sieht sie, wie Frankie in ein fremdes Auto ge...

Superb! How refreshing to see a Handbook that eschews convention and explores the richness and diversity of the geographical imagination in such stimulating and challenging ways." - Peter Dicken, University of Manchester "Stands out as an innovative and exciting contribution that exceeds the genre." - Sallie A. Marston, University of Arizona "Captures wonderfully the richness and complexity of the worlds that human beings inhabit......

As the United States conducts foreign policy and military operations, it must assess and consider the impact of religion in societies to achieve long-term stability in a region. So say authors Chaplain (Col) William Sean Lee, ARNG, Lt Col Christopher J. Burke, USAF, and Lt Col Zonna M. Crayne, ANG, in proposing that the role of military chaplains be expanded to include what they term "religious liaison, " allowing for formal involvement of ind...

Christopher J. Lee is based at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.¿

Christopher J. Lee is based at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.¿

A timely and original short biography reintroducing Fanon for a new generation of readers. Written with clarity and passion, Christopher J. Lee's account argues for the pragmatic idealism of Frantz Fanon and his continued importance today.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. What exactly is jet lag? And, more importantly, how do we live with jet lag? Jet lag is a momentary condition resulting from the human body and its inner clock being pitched against the time-leaping effects of modern aviation. Yet, as Christopher J. Lee examines, it has much more to tell us about time, technology, and the human body. Take...