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The importance and ramifications of saints, sainthood and pilgrimage in contemporary Iran and neighbouring countries are great, yet the academic conceptualizations of them and their entailments are sorely lacking. This book places the saints and their pilgrims in sharper focus, and offers important correctives to all-too-common Western misunderstandings, the foremost of which is the erroneous portrayal of Islam as primarily a body of legal doc...

In this first book-length study of Etheridge Knight and his complete body of work, Michael Collins examines the poetry of a complex literary figure who, following imprisonment, transformed his life to establish himself as a charismatic voice in American poetry and an accomplished teacher.

The 525 notable works of 19th and 20th century American fiction in this reference book have many stage, movie, television, and video adaptations. Each literary work is first described and then every adaptation is examined with a discussion of how accurate the version is and how well it succeeds in conveying the spirit of the original in a different medium.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) ist heute vor allem wegen seiner Pater Brown-Kriminalromane bekannt. Dabei war der Autor einer der brillantesten Essayisten seiner Zeit mit einem ausgesprochenen Sinn für das Paradoxe und einer unstillbaren Lust auf Provokation. Dieser Band enthält einige seiner besten Texte, darunter Verteidigungen des Schundromans, unüberlegter Gelübte, von Porzellan-Schäferinnen und natürlich des Unsinns.

Medien stellen heute bei den meisten Kindern und Jugendlichen einen integralen Bestandteil des Alltags dar. Besonders die Angebote des Internets gewinnen zunehmend an Bedeutung und bieten vielerlei neue Möglichkeiten der Kommunikation. Im virtuellen Raum sind Kinder und Jugendliche aber auch mit den Schattenseiten des Internets konfrontiert. Tagtäglich kommt es dort zu verbaler Gewalt und sozialer Manipulation. Mobbing ist zwar keine Erscheinu...

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The Vital Psoas Muscle presents an in-depth look at the most important yet abused skeletal muscle in the human body. Located deep within the front hip joint and lower spine, the psoas is critical for optimal postural alignment, movement, and overall well being.

To borrow a hackneyed phrase, Nigeria has had a chequered political history before and since independence from British colonial rule on October 1, 1960. Two sets of actors - the civilian politicians and the military politicians - have been on the national political stage since January 15, 1966. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida was one of them. In his eight years in power as president, or perhaps more correctly as military president, he affec...

Este libro del profesor Asdrúbal Aguiar reúne bajo el título de Historia Inconstitucional de la República Bolivariana, tiene un cometido esencialmente divulgativo, narrando en líneas gruesas las alteraciones constitucionales más graves que han ocurrido en Venezuela a partir de 1999 hasta el presente. Sea cuales fueren los rótulos bajo los que se pueda calificar la circunstancia política actual e institucional de Venezuela - régimen totalitari...

Forced to leave the genteel and pampered world of her South Carolina plantation to migrate to the raw new state of Texas, Joanna Harte surmounts countless obstacles to create a powerful dynasty in the land she loves more than anything else. There Joanna dares to gain the power and prestige so long denied her in a man's world by building an unrivaled cattle empire near San Antonio. But her own family proves to be her biggest challenge, as their...

The Hollywood Canteen was the jewel in the crown of World War II Hollywood. From 1942 to 1945, over three million servicemen came through its doors on their way to fight in the Pacific - some never to return. There, in a converted barn in the heart of Hollywood, soldiers were fed, entertained by and danced with some of the biggest stars in the world. The Canteen was free to all servicemen or women, regardless of race, inviting them to jive to ...

THE DIRECTORY of Comic Book and Graphic Novel Publishers is the essential guide to publishers of the so-called "Ninth Art." THE DIRECTORY is an invaluable resource for any entertainment executive looking for comic book or graphic novel properties to develop. THE DIRECTORY is an invaluable tool for any comic book writer, artist or creator looking to publish their work. Contact information for key executives and descriptions of publishing activi...

The book chronicles the events, struggles and ideas that defined the man's dramatic, intrigue-filled transformation from Kennedy-era modernizer to Cold War maverick. In the process the book examines the explosive interplay of character and circumstance that generated Papandreou's contentious, but powerfully consequential politics.

Masterful storytelling from Catholic fiction author Brian Kennelly, Two Statues is the story of belief in what is unbelievable! Buck Washington moved to the quiet shores of Edisto Island, South Carolina to retire and live out his life in peace. Instead he found a mysterious violin-playing neighbor named Walt...and an adventure he would never forget. A thousand miles away in Worcester, Massachusetts, Father Peter Moore is suffering a crisis of ...

Hamlet's father, the king of Denmark, has died suddenly. But instead of grieving, his mother Gertrude has married the dead king's brother, Claudius.

With only a few years left before retirement, I decided to check out Ecuador in 2012, following my trip to Costa Rica in 2011. I wasn't disappointed. Visiting only Cuenca and Quito both above 8000' I avoided the humidity of sea level while enjoying the charm and beauty of this gorgeous country, in particular, these two UNESCO World Heritage Trust site cities. Much like Garrison Keiller's folks of Lake Wobegone (of radio NPR fame) Ecuador's peo...

Examines some of the historical and cultural events that occurred in 20th century America and uses them as a springboard to create an understanding of US institutions, policies, attitudes, and values. The second edition also covers 20th century US history but includes changes that offer practice in academic reading, writing, and speaking.

Afghanistan's de facto system of governance is a politically driven "hybrid" order made up of shifting links among many different formal, informal, and illicit actors, networks, and institutions.

Re-reading 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' provides an insightful commentary which takes readers through the novel. It looks at such areas as literary quality, character analysis and plot analysis, while showing that the novel is contextualised within the British culture which informs it. There's plenty for Harry Potter fans in its attention to detail and examination of theories, plot holes and more. J K Rowling's excellence as a writer...

Dragon Fate, the critically acclaimed first novel in J.D. Hallowell's War of the Blades series, is a heroic fantasy adventure in the classic tradition of the genre. Delno Okonan is a young former soldier eager to put the swords and strife of war behind him, when a chance encounter leaves him inextricably entwined in a tangled web of dragons, magic, and intrigue, as he struggles to find his place among dragons and men, and stave off a plot by r...