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This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of bod……続きを見る

An Inspiring Account of One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Spiritual and Cultural Identity For Asma Hasan, being a Muslim is not merely a matter of birth, but a matter of choice and faith. Hasan's p……続きを見る

This book provides administrators in public and non-profit organizations with direction and a framework from which to lead their organizations effectively. Taking a global approach to the issues adm……続きを見る

Relationship-based research is founded on the idea that human relationships are of paramount importance and should be central to social work research and practice. Drawing on psychodynamic and syste……続きを見る

In anticipation of the UN Conference of the Law of the Sea taking place in 1973, Dr Kasahara and Dr Burke of the University of Washington first published North Pacific Fisheries Management earlier t……続きを見る

Common Core is an instructive book that enhances classroom teacher knowledge-base of global and multicultural literature texts, which as a result, deepens student appreciation for cultures around th……続きを見る

Relations between the European Union and China have grown at a sustained pace across the board in recent times, transforming the relationship from one of previous neglect into a matter of global str……続きを見る

To say that children matter in Steven Spielberg's films is an understatement. Think of the possessed Stevie in Something Evil (TV), Baby Langston in The Sugarland Express, the alien-abducted Barry i……続きを見る

This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical p……続きを見る

El Banco Mundial y el Fondo Monetario Internacional imponen un sistema neoliberal que ha logrado globalizar la miseria y la injusticia. Este material reúne las reflexiones inteligentes que sobre el ……続きを見る

This book explores the impacts of the introduction of new teacher evaluation policies on teachers and head teachers in Japan, particularly that of producing and reinforcing mutual policing relations……続きを見る

This book is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular cu……続きを見る

Authoritarian Russia has adopted five strategies to preserve the Kremlin's political power: insulate, bolster, subvert, redefine and coordinate. Thomas Ambrosio examines each of these in turn, all o……続きを見る

As globalization expands, more than goods and information are traded between the countries of the world. Hattery, Embrick, and Smith present a collection of essays that explore the ways in which iss……続きを見る

Une analyse concise pour comprendre rapidement tout l’intérêt du livre Le point de bascule de Malcolm Gladwell Le point de bascule, ouvrage rédigé par le journaliste britannique Malcolm Gladwell, sp……続きを見る

Everything Worth Fighting For: An exploration of Being Black in America takes the reader on a journey of discovery into the many layers of Black life. From coming to understand the value in elder ……続きを見る

Clans and Religion in Ancient Japan presents the latest research on the origin of Japanese religion and the clans in charge of religious services in ancient Japan. This book is written from a new an……続きを見る

The values and behaviors of the Japanese businessman--and of the Japanese in general--are quite diverse and keep changing, making it difficult for anyone (including the Japanese themselves) to truly……続きを見る

From the hugely respected journalist Miranda Sawyer, a very modern look at the midlife crisis – delving into the truth, and lies, of the experience and how to survive it, with thoughtfulness, insigh……続きを見る

Sarnikar cites evidence of frequent misconceptions of economics amongst students, graduates, and even some economists, and argues that behavioral economists are uniquely qualified to investigate cau……続きを見る

Screen Hustles, Grifts and Stings identifies recurrent themes and techniques of the con film, suggests precedents in literature and discusses the perennial appeal of the con man for readers and view……続きを見る

This book presents the early existential phenomenology of Martin Heidegger as a way to reformulate academic disability studies and activist disability politics. It redresses the almost categorical n……続きを見る

Detailing the history of a well-known phenomenon of post-socialism - cross-border petty trade and smuggling - as the history of a practice in daily life from a gendered perspective, this book consid……続きを見る

Derin devlet nedir? İç ve dış mihrakların Türkiye üzerinde oynadığı oyunlar nasıl yönlendiriliyor? Türkiye'nin karanlık yüzü: Susurluk... Bahçelievler cinayeti ve cinayetin perde arkası... 8. Cumhur……続きを見る

Baldaki Tuz, Ağacın Çürüğü, Ustadır Arı ve Zulmün Artsın Yaşar Kemal'in gazetelerde, dergilerde yayınlanmış toplumcu ve gerçekçi bir bakış açısıyla kalema aldığı yazılarından ve konuşmalardan derlen……続きを見る

Rusya, ufak bir knezlikten büyük bir imparatorluğa dönüşmesine kadar geçen süre içinde ve sonrasında, mutlak itaat eden bir toplum yapısına ve bu yapının en tepesinde, sınırsız güce sahip liderin va……続きを見る

Elinizdeki kitap; Ömrünü; dünyanın birçok ülkesine dağılmış ve bir yurt özlemi içinde yaşayan Yahudileri Arz-ı Mevûd kabul ettikler Filistin'de bir Yahudi Devleti kurulması ülküsüne adayan Politik S……続きを見る

Her kültürün kendinden önce var olmuş bir başka kültürün yatağında büyüdüğü Anadolu toprakları binlerce yıl zengin bir halk edebiyatına kaynaklık etti. Sabahattin Eyuboğlu ile Yaşar Kemal'in ortak ç……続きを見る

A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies by the Spanish Dominican friar, Bartolomé de las Casas.This book is about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples……続きを見る

What would it mean to “get over slavery”? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Should we perceive the psychic hold of slavery as a set of mental manacles that hold us back from imagining ……続きを見る