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One of the twentieth century's master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977) was born in St Petersburg, but left Russia when the Bolsheviks seized power. He studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Welles...

Donal Cruise O'Brien is a leading authority on Islam in Africa. This is a collection of his writing over the last 30 years, some significantly rewritten to render this a coherent book to use for teaching about the interplay between politics and Islam in Africa. The author's main argument is that much of politics in Africa is negotiated through use of symbols, and can not be separated from the religious origins and the systems of belief from wh...

Donal Cruise O'Brien is a leading authority on Islam in Africa. This is a collection of his writing over the last 30 years, some significantly rewritten to render this a coherent book to use for teaching about the interplay between politics and Islam in Africa. The author's main argument is that much of politics in Africa is negotiated through use of symbols, and can not be separated from the religious origins and the systems of belief from wh...

Tony Blair and George Bush may have won the war in Iraq, but they are losing the peace at home. How did Blair come to support the US-led invasion of Iraq? Why did he risk taking Britain into a conflict which so imperilled his premiership? Was he justified in doing so?These are just some of the questions which David Coates and Joel Krieger seek to answer in Blair's War - the most authoritative and complete record of the conflict to date. Writte...

...Bible students who have felt that earlier methods of interpreting the Bible, while orthodox and secure, result in rather unfruitful 'abstract meaning' will find exciting and challenging ideas in 'Beyond the Obvious'. Stephen A. Hayner, Peachtree Associate Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth, Columbia Theological Seminary Here is a stimulating, thoroughly evangelical, and orthodox challenge to the dominant evangelical paradigm of bibli...

A timely 2004 review of developments in cosmochemistry over the last decade.

Political psychology is a dynamic subfield at the intersection of psychology and political science. The specific relationship between politics and social psychology has been steadily evolving in recent years, making it a compelling and exciting area of study. The chapters in this reader were written by leading scholars in the areas of political science and social psychology. Both contemporary and classic articles are compiled, demonstrating th...

Focusing on TV, film, video and computer games, and the Internet, this book provides insight into the latest theories and research on children and media. It is appropriate for graduate students and scholars in media studies, media effects, children and m

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: ¿Mächtige Kräfte erschüttern und gestalten sie um, unsere Welt, und die brennende Frage unserer Zeit lautet, ob wir den Wandel zu unserem Freund statt zu unserem Feind machen können.¿ Bill Clinton, 42. Präsident der USA Wer hätte noch vor wenigen Jahren geahnt, wie zutreffend dieses Zitat zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts einmal sein würde? Kein zweites Ereignis erschütterte die westliche Welt mehr in ihren Grundf...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Unsere Gesellschaft entwickelt sich immer mehr zu einer Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft. Die Kommunikation über mobile Endgeräte wie z. B. Mobiltelefone oder PDAs spielen bei dieser Entwicklung eine wesentliche Rolle, da gesellschaftliche Trends wie Unabhängigkeit und Flexibilität immer wichtiger werden. Überdies bieten neue mobile Technologien, wie UMTS und MMS eine Vielzahl neuer Möglichkeiten für den Konsume...

The last research frontier in high frequency electronics lies in the so-called terahertz (or submillimeter wave) regime, between the traditional microwave and the infrared domains. Significant scientific and technical challenges within the terahertz (THz) frequency regime have recently motivated an array of new research activities. During the last few years, major research programs have emerged that are focused on advancing the state of the ar...

Witnessing AIDS addresses testimonial literature produced in response to the AIDS pandemic, focusing on texts by four individuals: filmmaker, painter, activist, and writer Derek Jarman, writer Jamaica Kincaid, anthropologist and media theorist Eric Michaels, and journalist Amy Hoffman. Sarah Brophy outlines the critical framework for interpreting the emphasis on unresolved grief in the emerging body of work. Brophy challenges the tendency to t...

Great powers often initiate risky military and diplomatic inventions in far-off, peripheral regions that pose no direct threat to them, risking direct confrontation with rivals in strategically inconsequential places. Why do powerful countries behave in a way that leads to entrapment in prolonged, expensive, and self-defeating conflicts? Jeffrey W. Taliaferro suggests that such interventions are driven by the refusal of senior officials to acc...

This book offers an original synthesis of existing knowledge, pointing forward in a manner that could influence a new generation's conception of the field and its agenda. If it attracts the attention it merits, it could prove one of the most important books about ethnic and racial relations since the nineteen-eighties." - Michael Banton, Ethnic and Racial Studies "Malesevic provides a thorough and balanced account of the sociological found...

Challenge and extend the mathematical thinking of able Year 6 children with 6 Plus.

Developing an original blend of perspectives from the fields of international and comparative political economy, this book presents an innovative and in-depth account of the contemporary political economy of the southern cone of Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. It identifies a new and distinctive model of regional capitalist development emerging in the southern cone and a complex relationship with both the global...

Long-wavelength Infrared Semiconductor Lasers provides a comprehensive review of the current status of semiconductor coherent sources emitting in the mid-to far-infrared spectrum and their applications. It includes three topics not covered in any previous book: far-infrared emission from photo-mixers as well as from hot-hole lasers, and InP-based lasers emitting beyond two micrometers. Semiconductor lasers emitting at more than two micrometers...

FREE PREVIEW of first four chapters! Review: "This is a nature book for nature lovers, " according to Roger de Rageot, Dr. Sci. (Sorbonne), He continues, "It concerns a young naturalist growing up in a small 1950's town snuggled up to Georgia's Great Pine Forest. The book remembers the boys, beasts and bullies -- the escapes into the woods to find peace and wisdom. It's about animal behavior observed and the boy's realization that animal beha...

`This clearly written and user-friendly book is ideal for students or researchers who wish to get a basic, but solid grasp of a topic and see how it fits with other topics. By following the links a student can easily and efficiently build up a clear conceptual map of social research' - Malcolm Williams, Reader in Sociology, Cardiff University `This is a really useful book, written in an accessible manner for students beginning their study of ...

50 Graded studies for recorder brings together a broad range of repertoire spanning three centuries. Placing pieces by de Boismortier next to specially composed pieces by Sally Adams. The book is progressive and studies are arranged in order of difficulty spanning from a beginner level to around intermediate standard.