From the acclaimed internationally bestselling author of A Nearly Normal Family comes a page-turning thriller featuring three suspects, two deaths and the truth that binds them together.
What does it now mean to call yourself European? Who makes up this population of 750 million, sprawled from Portugal to Ukraine, from Sweden to Turkey? Who has always called it home, and who has newly arrived from elsewhere, hoping for better? Who are the people who drive our long-distance lorries, steward our criss-crossing planes, craft our legacy wines, fish our depleted waters, and risk life itself in search of safety and a new start?In a ...
HOW DID THE GOOD LIFE GO SO WRONG? Amy Connell and Lan Honey are having the best childhood. When their families make the leap from city living to a farm in the West Country they have untold freedom. The adults are far too busy to keep an eye on them, and Amy and Lan would never tell them about climbing on the high barn roof, or what happened with the axe that time, any more than their parents would tell them the things they get up to. Adult th...
The collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital shaming. Violence against women. Sexual bullying. Racial slurs and injustice. These are just some of the problems faced by today's young adults. Liberating Shakespeare explores how adaptations of Shakespeare's plays can be used to empower young audiences by addressing issues of oppression, trauma and resistance.
Showcasing a wide variety of approaches to understanding, adapting and teac...
Rock 'n' roll may not have toppled the USSR, but it definitely rumbled through its foundations. Unlike the often-saccharine pop music sanctioned by the Soviet state, Ukrainian punk musicians of the 1980s Kyiv underground adapted ideologies of rock to roast the absurdities of late Soviet life, to articulate new ways of being Ukrainian, and to celebrate the cathartic pleasures of collective gatherings organized around musical performances.
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For anyone approaching the Encheiridion of Epictetus for the first time, this book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding a complex philosophical text. Including a full translation and clear explanatory commentaries, Epictetus's 'Encheiridion' introduces readers to a hugely influential work of Stoic philosophy. Scott Aikin and William O. Stephens unravel the core themes of Stoic ethics found within this ancient handbook. Focusing on t...
Providing a detailed account of Israel's foreign policy towards the Cyprus question between 1946 and the declaration of Cypriot independence in August 1960, Gabriel Haritos examines the international and regional factors which shaped Israel's approach to diplomatic relations with the independent Republic of Cyprus.Based on newly available archival material from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, declassified at the author's request, and ...
This volume offers educators insight into the challenges and promises of moral education from a variety of ethical perspectives. It considers several key moral problems in contemporary society and discusses how they can be addressed in the classroom today.
This book offers a ten-year perspective on ongoing and evolving practices of digital activism across the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on interviews and ethnographic evidence collected between 2012 and 2022. It examines the shifting narrative around digital activism in the region, from the wake of the 2011 uprisings to the 2019 series of protests coined 'the second wave of the Arab Spring'. It considers how media activists navigate the...
Narratives of Academics' Personal Journeys in Contested Spaces provides theoretically-informed personal narratives of 11 emerging and established leaders in learning and teaching in Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and the USA. The academics' narratives focus on how the individuals have navigated to their current leadership role in learning and teaching whilst negotiating contested identities, such as gender, and physical and...
A summary of recent developments in sampling approaches to decision making through the perspectives of many of the leading researchers in the field. Readership includes students in psychology, philosophy, behavioral economics and finance, and organizational behavior.
A summary of recent developments in sampling approaches to decision making through the perspectives of many of the leading researchers in the field. Readership includes students in psychology, philosophy, behavioral economics and finance, and organizational behavior.
Die zehnjährige Billie soll die Sommerferien bei ihrer Oma in Bienenkoog verbringen. Sie kennt ihre Oma kaum und kann sich überhaupt nicht vorstellen, dass es ihr auf dem Land gefallen könnte ... In der ersten Nacht in Bienenkoog taucht plötzlich ein Pony auf der Apfelwiese neben dem Hof auf. Billie schleicht sich zu ihm in den Garten. Die beiden verstehen sich auf Anhieb, und in den nächsten Tagen entsteht eine tiefe Mädchen-Pony-Freundschaft...
An essential, empowering and groundbreaking toolkit and call-to-arms, giving Asian women the tools and support they need to step into the multiplicity of their cultural, religious and political experiences.
This book aims to shed light on the ways in which Reflective Practice is exploited in the Turkish context, by introducing the research and practical applications in different language education settings.
Das Lehrbuch ist in idealer Weise abgestimmt auf Kompetenzziele und Lehrinhalte des gleichnamigen Bachelormoduls "Mitarbeiterführung" und bietet allen Studierenden eine kompakte Einführung in das Themenfeld. Es vermittelt die theoretischen Grundlagen ebenso wie die vielfältigen Herausforderungen moderner Mitarbeiterführung und stellt gängige Führungsinstrumente umfassend und praxisbezogen dar. Ausgehend von den Zielen, Aufgaben und aktuellen H...
Hailed as the wonder material of the 21st century, graphene presents a range of possibilities in terms of its technological and industrial uses. This reference text provides the latest comprehensive review of the recent advances in graphene-based research and technology.