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Following the success of Sleeping Beauty, Park Theatre's annual Christmas show returns with their second instalment of The Chronicles of Waa. With original music, magic and plenty of laughter for the whole family, Jack and the Beanstalk is a tale of friendship, love and Tupperware: lots of Tupperware! In Gazoob, the land of the Giants, evil inventor Ms Grimm wants world domination and it seems there is nothing her lovely daughter Grenthel and...

Regielegende Francis Ford Coppola zählt zu den bedeutendsten Filmschaffenden unserer Zeit. In einer Premiere widmet das ARTHAUS-Label für den besonderen Film dem wegweisenden Filmemacher und fünffachen Oscar®-Gewinner eine einmalige Edition mit den sechs wichtigsten Arbeiten seiner Regielaufbahn. Die FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA COLLECTION vereint neben der legendären "Der Pate"-Trilogie das visionäre Kriegsdrama "Apocalypse Now", den Spionage-Thrill...

This book offers a concise account of US "dual containment" policy towards Iran and Iraq during the 1990s, an overlooked era between the tumult of the liberation of Kuwait and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In particular, it uses a theoretical framework derived from neoclassical realism to examine the impact of domestic US politics and interest groups on policymaking, as well as perceptions of threat derived from two decades of m...

The book examines the problems that plague contemporary American democracy. Written from the standpoint of democratic theory, and from a progressive point of view, the book explores different facets of American democratic culture and its various deficits - deficits that can lead to the crippling of democratic politics.

In partnership with Yoga Journal, instructor Gail Boorstein Grossman, teaches you how to practice restorative yoga. It's a gentle yet empowering style that helps you de-stress and re-energize. Guided by step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs, you will gently ease your way into inner calm and better health with powerful yoga sequences.

Building on postcolonial and transatlantic paradigms as well as new theoretical developments like Actor-Network-Theory, Global Romanticism: Origins, Orientations, and Engagements, 1760¿1820 views the literature and culture of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain and beyond through the lens of long-durational globalization.

With theoretically-rich contributions from an international group of political scientists, historians, and economists, this volume addresses the puzzle of why the Middle East has produced no single dominant and acknowledged regional power, despite contenders such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, and Turkey. Rich, theoretically-engaged case study chapters address a gap in the vibrant international academic discussion on the role of (new) r...

Looking at sex and sexuality from a variety of historical, sociological and theoretical perspectives, as represented in a variety of media, Sex in Antiquity represents a vibrant picture of the discipline of ancient gender and sexuality studies, showcasing the work of leading international scholars as well as that of emerging talents and new voices. Sexuality and gender in the ancient world is an area of research that has grown quickly with oft...

Literature provides us with insights into the ways emotions are produced, experienced and enacted in human social life. Hogan's study explores emotions in the context of current neurobiological, psychological and sociological research. In each case, he draws on Shakespeare and writers from different historical periods or different cultural backgrounds.

Dios es mujer. La saga de un viajero religioso Enrique es el enigmático autor de un misterioso diario. Es una persona que siente atracción por la belleza femenina. No siente que esto sea algo malo en sí mismo, pues las mujeres son bellas y él tiene un concepto de Dios como la belleza en sí misma. No considera que, sentir atracción hacia las mujeres sea algo malo. Si bien está casado con una mujer bella y que ama, siente también que puede compa...

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Nearly forty percent of all fourth graders in this country cannot read at grade level, and this number rises to sixty percent for children coming from poor families. This gap in learning increases as students go through grade school and is a primary reason for school failure. Ironically, this problem comes even after comprehensive research demonstrates that nearly all children can learn to read if taught using proven-effective instruction. Her...

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Sequel to Pukawiss The OutcastThe Two-spirit Chronicles: Book Two In the months following the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, fourteen-year-old Joshua, a half Native American boy, is new to a Boy Scout troop and spending a week camping in northern Wisconsin. The weaker kids in the troop soon realize Joshua is not afraid to stand up to the troop's ruthless bullies. Joshua's bravery and kindness is infectious, and the bullied Scouts quickly fi...

The Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Economics offers a new insight into the rapidly-developing picture of economics in Southeast Asia. It offers a timely and comprehensive overview of economic development. This original volume written by experts in their fields is unique in its breadth and depth of coverage of the subject. Its forward-looking perspective renders it relevant both now and in the future. An advanced level reference work, it...

The only large-scale critical introduction to Western Marxism for biblical criticism. Roland Boer introduces the core concepts of major figures in the tradition, specifically Althusser, Gramsci, Deleuze and Guattari, Eagleton, Lefebvre, Lukács, Adorno, Bloch, Negri, Jameson, and Jameson. Throughout, Boer shows how Marxist criticism is relevant to biblical criticism, in terms of approaches to the Bible and in the use of those approaches in the ...

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The first interdisciplinary study of dress and ideology across time and place.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Having emerged from the end of the Cold War as a unified country, Germany has quickly become the second largest exporter in the world. Its economic might has made it the center of the Eurozone and the pivotal power of Europe. Like other geo-economic powers, Germany's foreign policy is characterized by a definit...

Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia is widely recognized as one of the most influential works of modern political philosophy. Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World not only provides a concise and accessible introduction to Nozick's ideal rights-based, minimal libertarian state, but for the first time applies this moral framework to America's liberal democracy. Mark D. Friedman clearly presents Nozick's arguments for natural rights,...