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I've always had trouble describing this book, personal journey, historical exposé relating to the troubles in Cyprus and the massacres of 1963 or, and, a wake-up call for Humanity? Most people would celebrate completing their first book, I went to bed and wept myself...

Drawing on methods from the history of emotions to study enslaved people's lives, Beth R. Wilson exposes the social, cultural and political role that emotion played in the US South. Exploring both individual and collective emotions, Wilson shows how enslaved people resisted white people's...

This book presents a new interpretation of how and why the discovery of the circulation of the blood in animals was made. It has long been known that the English physician William Harvey (1578-1657) was a follower of Aristotle, but his most strikingly 'modern'...

This book presents a new interpretation of how and why the discovery of the circulation of the blood in animals was made.Author: Andrew CunninghamISBN-10: 1032162244ISBN-13: 9781032162249Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2024Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.41d

Lyle Shelton takes readers on a rare behind-the-scenes tour of culture wars. "I Kid You Not", is because the Left has gotten away with things most Australians would find incredible, if only they knew. Before #MeToo, Shelton fought the legalised sexual abuse of young...

Michael Powell was the greatest and most successful film director in Britain in the 1940s as, together with Emeric Pressburger under the banner of The Archers, they produced a string of dazzling, award winning movies including 49th Parallel, The Life and Death of Colonel...

Sebastian Gardner's painfully funny award-winning debut play 'I Lost My Virginity to Chopin's Nocturne in B-Flat Minor' explores identity, devotion and dependency between two people that hate to love each other.Author: Sebastian GardnerISBN-10: 1914228162ISBN-13: 9781914228162Publisher: Salamander Street Ltd.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/21/2021Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.16lbsSize: 7.81h...

In this collection of ten original essays, and an interview with the playwright, the authors address the ways in which Deirdre Kinahan's plays interrogate and seek to renegotiate value systems of family, class, ethnicity, age and gender in the 21st century neoliberal, secular state.Author:...

Speaking to an advisor in 1966 about America's escalation of forces in Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara confessed: 'We've made mistakes in Vietnam ... I've made mistakes. But the mistakes I made are not the ones they say I made'. In 'I...

Speaking to an advisor in 1966 about America's escalation of forces in Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara confessed: 'We've made mistakes in Vietnam ... I've made mistakes. But the mistakes I made are not the ones they say I made'. In 'I...

How did we become so thin-skinned? In this new and updated edition of her acclaimed polemic I Find That Offensive Claire Fox addresses head on the possible causes of what is fast becoming known as 'Generation Snowflake' in a rallying cry to toughen up,...

J. C. Beaglehole, best known as a historian and Cook scholar, was also a passionate writer of letters. He wrote frequently, at length, and throughout his life, to family, friends and colleagues-- wittily, affectionately, intimately, eruditely, acerbically, and always with an eye to style--and...

In this monograph Dr Melissa Archer offers a comprehensive study of the theme of worship in the Apocalypse. In the first chapter she presents a survey of the modern literature devoted to various aspects of worship in the book. In chapter two she constructs...

In the summer of 1845, Frederick Douglass, the young runaway slave catapulted to fame by his incendiary autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, arrived in Liverpool for the start of a near-two-year tour of Britain and Ireland he always...

In the summer of 1845, Frederick Douglass, the young runaway slave catapulted to fame by his incendiary autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, arrived in Liverpool for the start of a near-two-year tour of Britain and Ireland he always...

This volume covers the background to the Victorio Campaign of 1879-1881. In the early 1870s, a mixture of diplomacy and successful military campaigning by General George Crook led to the formation of several reservations for various Apache groups such as the Mescalero, Chiricahua and...

"I Won't Learn From You," Herb Kohl's now-classic essay on "not learning," or refusing to learn, is available for the first time in an affordable paperback edition along with four other landmark essays. Drawing on an idea of Martin Luther King Jr.'s, Kohl argues...

Ken Inglis was one of Australia's most creative, wide-ranging, and admired historians. During a scholarly career spanning nearly seven decades, his humane, questioning approach won him a large and appreciative audience. Whether he was writing about religion, the media, nationalism, the 'civil religion' of...

This is the story of Su, a remarkable, bright girl, whose consistency and unique positive take on everyday life entirely change those around her when she begins year 5 at a new school. Unfolding as the school year moves forward, the tale explores how...

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), course: English Grammar - synchronic and diachronic aspects, language: English, abstract: In Middle English and Early Modern English one could choose...

This is a different Anne. Heather R. Darsie reviews the political missteps and implications of Anne Boleyn's queenship. She dives deeper into the threat Anne posed to Henry, and why legal changes made during the early years of the English Reformation allowed Henry VIII...

The authors resolved "that Johnson's story, which he took such care to record and which his family clearly took care to preserve, should be told," and their commitment to this work "was reinforced by the realisation that, inexplicably, there was virtually nothing published about...

'If I started to cry, I wouldn't stop' - a quote taken from former Australian football captain, Lucas Neill, is a snapshot in time - of the glorious, problematic, and cursed path of football in Australia (yes all those things), starting with Mark Bosnich...

Fall in love with this heartwarming tale of family, friendship, and the power of wishes. Follow the delightful characters as they navigate life's ups and downs, learning important lessons along the way and discovering the true meaning of happiness.This work has been selected by...

After their sequestering on reservations across the West, American Indians suffered from appalling rates of disease and morbidity. While the United States Indian Service (Bureau of Indian Affairs) provided some services prior to 1908, it was not until then that the Indian Medical Service...

After their sequestering on reservations across the West, American Indians suffered from appalling rates of disease and morbidity. While the United States Indian Service (Bureau of Indian Affairs) provided some services prior to 1908, it was not until then that the Indian Medical Service...

The weaving of lau hala represents a living tradition borne on the great arc of Pacific voyaging history. This thriving tradition is made immediate by masters of the art who transmit their knowledge to those who are similarly devoted to, and delighted by, the...

This book is a fascinating collection of historical tales and anecdotes from the early Islamic period. Written by Muhammad Diyab Alatlidi, a celebrated Syrian author, it provides a unique glimpse into the history and culture of the Arab world. Alatlidi's writing is engaging and...

'Ilâm-en-nâs - Historical Tales and Anecdotes of the Time of the Early Khalîfahs is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1873. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers, 'Illegal' Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border politics, and rituals and performances of border-crossing. Interjecting personal experiences into ethnographic writing it is 'a form of self-narrative that places the self...

This edited volume of chapters resulted from an international conference held at the University of Adelaide in July 2016 under the same title to explore the multifaceted concept of ʿilm in Islam -- its agency and manifestations in the connected realms of science, religion,...

The essays in this volume address the interface between biblical studies, archaeology, sociology and cultural anthropology, celebrating the pioneering work of James Flanagan. In particular, this collection explores various ways in which the real ancient world is constructed by the modern critical reader with...

Nearing thirty-five years ago, E. P. Sanders famously stated that the center of thought within Paul's theology is participatory in nature - which, of course, caused no small debate within broad strands of Pauline scholarship. Sanders also suggested that we have no modern conception...

"In Search of Serenity", a fictional account of a homeless man who arrives at that place in life due to a few bad breaks and poor decisions, is one of 59 titles (totaling over 130 separate poems) included in this edition. Stories are written...

'Inana Healing provides fun and practical tools to activate your mind, body, and spirit toward a higher level of enjoyment and inspired program for living through Ancient Hawaiian Healing Tradition. This book invites health seekers to tell personal truths- making true magic in a...

'Indian Wars' and the Struggle for Eastern North America, 1763-1842 examines the contest between Native Americans and Anglo-Americans for control of the lands east of the Mississippi River, through the lens of native attempts to form pan-Indian unions, and Anglo-Americans' attempts to thwart them....

A well-known diplomat's wife tells what she has seen and heard and experienced on three continents. Altogether delightful is what she tells of the great ones of the world, from the Empress Dowager of China to Theodore Roosevelt, from the Pope to the Kaiser.Author:...

Since its first appearance on the small screen in 1966, the multimedia franchise Star Trek has attracted an unprecedented fan-following in the U.S. and beyond. For many viewers, it has been Star Trek's ostensible representation of a multicultural utopia that fascinated them. This book...

Examining the influence of gender constructs on the international regime protecting war-affected civilians, R. Charli Carpenter examines how in practice belligerents, advocates and humanitarian players interpret civilian immunity so as to leave adult civilian men and older boys at grave risk in conflict zones....

To mark the bicentenary of Sheridan Le Fanu's birth, this collection brings together established scholars and emerging researchers to shed new light on some of his less famous fiction and celebrate his contribution to the Gothic genre. It also considers his relationship to Victorian...

In creating the scholarships that bear his name, Cecil Rhodes had two great objectives: the promotion of public-spirited leadership and of harmony between nations. His vision was that these could be achieved by giving life-changing educational opportunities to outstanding young people with 'instincts to...

The Anglican Bishop George Bell (of Chichester) and the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Willem A. Visser't Hooft (of Geneva) exchanged hundreds of letters between 1938 and 1958. The correspondence, reproduced and commented upon here, mirrors the efforts made across the...

In Intoxicating Shanghai, Paul Bevan explores the work of a number of Chinese modernist figures in the fields of literature and the visual arts, with an emphasis on the literary group the New-sensationists and its equivalents in the Shanghai art world, examining the work...

Synopsis: Inward and Outward Health is the first interdisciplinary scholarly collection to provide an in-depth and new perspective on the medical and scientific activity of one of the eighteenth century's most successful and controversial theological figures, John Wesley. These essays, written by established scholars...

'IRAQI: SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith 'Iraqi (1213-1289) was the author of a Divan of spiritual ghazals and ruba'is and the famous work in prose and poetry... Lama'at, 'Divine Flashes'... a classic of Sufi Mysticism. He was born in Hamadan in...

This volume addresses the controversies of the global war on terror vis-à-vis Africa; and the way Africa is going to be negatively affected shall the war in point not be deconstructed so that the war on terror can be fought based on the consensus...

Explore the concept of utopia with Charles Bullock's thought-provoking work, "'is It Utopian'". This book delves into the nature of utopian ideals, examining their potential and limitations in the context of social and political reform. Bullock's analysis offers readers a nuanced understanding of utopianism...

'Isithan Knights' is a tale of twenty-two aliens: Sikaran soldiers, who travel across the galaxy, and encounter the human race for the first time. The Sikaran soldiers are expert martial artists and members of a Sikaran Brotherhood of the Sword, the "Isithan"; often misunderstanding...

Have you ever wondered about the difference between Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism and which influenced the other? Do you know where Post-modernism stops and Post-structuralism begins? Would you like to? From Platonism to New Historicism, humankind is constantly coming up with fresh schools of thought...

A congregational history of a rural church in the Virginia countryside. This book covers the first 150 years of our church & community; from 1787 to 1937. Vividly illustrated, its articles compile a timeline of memories and milestones that have made this early church...