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This volume extends debates on the interaction between universal human rights and the political experiences of Iranians, through a conceptual analysis of 'theories of change'. It assesses the practical processes by which individuals, organizations and movements can reform or impact the structural, theological and political challenges faced in the Iranian context. Contributors to this volume investigate how structures, institutions, and agents...

Die große jüdische Pädagogin Dr. Puah Menczel versucht in der ersten Gesamtschule im jungen Staat Israel Kinder und Jugendliche verschiedener Herkunft (Juden, Araber, Zuwanderer) im Kunstunterricht zusammenzuführen. Sie beschreitet damit einen neuen, anderen Weg. Ihre Vorgehensweise kann auch für unsere Zeit als Vorbild gelten.

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This autobiographical novel is a beautiful, chilling account of childhood in Manchukuo, the puppet state established by the Japanese in northeast China in 1932. As seen through the eyes of a precocious young girl named Masuko, the frontier town of Jiamusi and its inhabitants are by turns enchanting, bemusing, and horrifying.

Herman Melville's The Piazza Tales is the only collection of short fiction that he published in his lifetime, and it includes his two most famous short stories, Bartleby, the Scrivener and Benito Cereno, along with the less well-known but deeply engaging sketches of the Galapagos Islands and three more short stories.

John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure has been described as the first erotic novel in English and is perhaps the greatest example of the genre. Cleland's novel is a triumph of literary style, resting on his invention of an entirely new, vividly metaphoric, terminology for describing sexual pleasure.

Offers an up-to-date introduction to the basic issues that have come to define the philosophy of technology: What is "technology”? Does technology control our lives? What is technology's relation to ethics? How does technology influence us? Is the widespread belief in technological progress justified? Later sections of the book examine the application of philosophy of technology to social issues.

Using a theoretical and empirical approach, this volume argues that political elites are urged to develop new strategies in order to achieve interest aggregation, to safeguard collective action, and to maintain elite autonomy and stability.

Arnold Bake (1899¿1963) was a Dutch pioneer in South Asian ethnomusicology, whose research impressed not only the most renowned Indologists of his time but also the leading figures in the emerging field of ethnomusicology. This long-overdue biography sheds light on his knowledge of the theory and practice of South Asian music, as well as his legacy on the intellectual history of ethnomusicology. The history of ethnomusicology, especially as ap...

Explores how British society responded to cinematic and film representations of espionage from the early twentieth century to the present day. Interrogating themes like fear of fifth columns to representation of gender, nation, space and nostalgia.

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Das offizielle Kochbuch zum erfolgreichsten Online-Kochkanal der Welt!Tasty ist berühmt für einfallsreiche und vielseitige Rezeptideen. Die Zubereitungsvideos im Zeitraffer faszinieren weltweit Millionen Menschen. Doch was den Fans bisher fehlte, war ein Buch, das die innovativen Gerichte bündelt. Ausgewählt durch zahlreiche Likes kommen darum hier die 80 beliebtesten Tasty-Rezepte zum immer wieder Nachkochen. Ob neu interpretierte Klassiker w...

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Die junge Eden Peterson zieht aus der tiefsten Provinz Georgias nach San Diego, um beim international erfolgreichen Unternehmen Hartman Inc. eine Stelle anzutreten. Aus einer Laune heraus bewirbt sie sich auf eine interne Stellenanzeige als Nathaniel Hartmans Assistentin. Nach einem peinlichen Bewerbungsgespräch und entgegen ihrer Erwartungen erhält sie den Job und muss sich fortan tagtäglich ihrem arroganten und äußerst charmanten Chef stelle...

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Rowena Sunder, still an artist in 2018, composes a meta auto-biographical book about five years of her life in New York City between 1965 and 1970. She escapes Toledo and her father's idea that she should marry and paint on Sundays and drives away in her VW bug. Now, a half-century later, she draws her book, and talks directly to the reader in a series of vignettes.

From the middle of the twentieth century, think tanks have played an indelible role in the rise of American conservatism. Yet, in spite of the formative influence these institutions have had on the media and public opinion, little has been written about their history. Here, Jason Stahl offers the first sustained investigation of the rise and historical development of the conservative think tank.

Examines the deep history of American Islamophobia, showing how negative perceptions of Islam and Muslims shaped US foreign relations from the Early Republic to the end of World War I. This is a vital exploration of the crucial role the United States played in the Islamic world during the long nineteenth century - an interaction that shaped a historical legacy that remains with us today.

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