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"A poetic and remarkably fertile exploration of the relationship between human beings and the natural environment."ーPankaj Mishra, The Guardian "I'm very grateful to have this book."ーUrsula K. Le ……続きを見る

Accepting the challenge of rethinking connections of food, space and identity within everyday spaces of “public” eating in Malaysia and Singapore, the authors enter street stalls, hawker centers, ma……続きを見る

This book offers a close philosophical reading of King Lear and Timon of Athens which provides insights into the groundbreaking ontological discourse on poverty and money. Analysis of the discourse ……続きを見る

Beginning with Richard Drew’s controversial photograph of a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, Learning How to Fall investigates the changing relationship be……続きを見る

Each report provides comprehensive assessments and short term forecasts for production, utilization, trade, stocks and prices on a commodity by commodity basis and includes feature articles on topic……続きを見る

The most challenging questions in many church members' minds, including the leadership is, "Can a person who is affected or infected by the HIV/AIDS virus remain a Christian?" This book will help yo……続きを見る

In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control. Nearly thirty years later……続きを見る

Este volume abrange os ensaios sobre Desenvolvimento Produtivo e Complexo da Saúde. Compõe-se de cinco artigos: a dinâmica de inovação e perspectiva do Complexo Econômico-Industrial da Saúde (CEIS) ……続きを見る

一、《洞冥記》一書，關聖帝為三期末劫，人心險惡，無術化導而頒也。世之善書，汗牛充棟，陳陳相因，人皆束之高閣，視為常談，故講者諄諄，而聽者藐藐，此通病也。聖帝有見於此，不得已而頒此書，已想到山窮水盡處……続きを見る

« Tout finit mal avec Patrick Buisson. » Devant les caméras de télévision, un fils désavoue son père. Et condamne celui qui enregistrait secrètement ses réunions avec Nicolas Sarkozy, alors présiden……続きを見る

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a mass exodus of India’s migrant workers from the cities back to the villages. This book explores the social conditions and concerns around health, labour, migratio……続きを見る

Die Phönizier bildeten eine der Hochkulturen des Vorderen Orients und waren ein wirkungsmächtiger Faktor der Geschichte des antiken Mittelmeerraums. Der Band bietet einen anschaulichen Überblick übe……続きを見る

An aromatic spirit made from distilled wine and produced around the globe, brandy is a spirit loved by many. Long associated with refined taste and sophisticated consumption, today it has taken on a……続きを見る

In focusing on the practices, politics and ethics of listening, this wide-ranging book offers an important new perspective on questions of media audiences, publics and citizenship. Listening is cent……続きを見る

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and one of the most compelling writers of our time comes a "beautifully written and delightfully strange" (Dai……続きを見る

In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life have vastly improve……続きを見る

In January 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States. In the weeks and months following the election, as in those that preceded it, countless social observers from across the……続きを見る

based largely on information provided in eight country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the report on The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. Bio……続きを見る

A delightful account of one woman's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman. "A most enjoyable book abouut [Muslim women]ーsimp……続きを見る

Coletânea inédita de textos sobre a questão étnico-racial por um dos mais importantes pensadores brasileiros do século XX. Considerado um dos pais da sociologia brasileira contemporânea, Guerreiro R……続きを見る

Everyone agrees that an understanding of phonics is essential to cracking the code for reading. Getting Ready for Phonics discusses early language development. It focuses on the phonics debate; and ……続きを見る

This book presents contemporary case studies of land use, management practices, and innovation in Africa with a view to exploring how multifunctional land uses can alleviate food insecurity and pove……続きを見る

Este volume, Desenvolvimento, Estado e Políticas de Saúde, objetiva desenhar um pano de fundo para os outros capítulos diretamente voltados para a questão da saúde. Abrange os seguintes temas: cenár……続きを見る

Between 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television setーand a revolution in social life and popular culture was launched. In this fascinating book, Lynn Spigel chr……続きを見る

Despite legislation designed to eliminate unfair racial practices, the United States continues to struggle with a race problem. Some thinkers label this a "new" racism and call for new political res……続きを見る

‘Bad Science’ hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller. Now Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry u……続きを見る

Passionate, independent-minded nonfiction from the international bestselling author of ‘The Corrections’. Jonathan Franzen's ‘Freedom’ was the literary sensation of 2010, whilst ‘The Corrections’ wa……続きを見る

The spread of the manufacturing industry is an important part of economic development, creating jobs, new products and trade and investment links between countries. Understanding this process is an ……続きを見る

In the context of contemporary economic, political, social and cultural transformations, this book brings together contributions from developed and emerging societies in Europe, the USA and East Asi……続きを見る

This book provides the first clear, comprehensive, and accessible account of complex adaptive social systems, by two of the field's leading authorities. Such systems--whether political parties, stoc……続きを見る