Azar - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Azar Gat sets out to resolve one of the age-old questions of human existence: why people fight and can they stop. Spanning warfare from prehistory to the 21st century, the book shows that, neither a……続きを見る

The question of whether there is a general, universal theory for the conduct of war has long preoccupied military thinkers, army personnel and students of conflict. Warfare has been radically transf……続きを見る

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 ye……続きを見る

Narrating Space / Spatializing Narrative: Where Narrative Theory and Geography Meet by Marie-Laure Ryan, Kenneth Foote, and Maoz Azaryahu offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding how space ……続きを見る

This book is a very unique one in that it presents the attributes of a great leader, His Excellency Dr. Sam Nujoma, who has won great admiration of being an exemplary leader not only in Namibia but ……続きを見る

First published in 1955, "Personal Influence" reports the results of a pioneering study conducted in Decatur, Illinois, validating Paul Lazarsfeld's serendipitous discovery that messages from the me……続きを見る

State-controlled refugee protection in Canada has gone through paradoxical developments in recent decades. While refugee rights have expanded, access to these rights has tightened. Previously unreco……続きを見る

Ein kämpferischer Appell für Literatur als Mittel des Widerstands und Empowerment: New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Azar Nafisi (»Lolita lesen in Teheran«) mit einem aufrüttelnden Text über die Mach……続きを見る

• »Überwältigend. Ein literarisches Rettungsboot auf dem Meer des iranischen Fundamentalismus.« Margaret Atwood Als die iranische Literaturprofessorin Azar Nafisi den Schleier nicht länger tragen wi……続きを見る

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • We all have dreamsーthings we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. This is the story of Azar Nafisi’s dream and of the nightmare that made it come ……続きを見る

Actualizada con un nuevo epílogo, reflexiones finales, fotos de Enrique y su familia, una entrevista con la autora y mucho más, esta es la versión definitiva de un clásico contemporáneo de los Estad……続きを見る

La construcció de la identitat és un assaig en el qual l'autor reflexiona, des del punt de vista de la història, i des d'una perspectiva catalana, sobre temes de gran actualitat, com ara la construc……続きを見る

In The Body of War, Dubravka Žarkov analyzes representations of female and male bodies in the Croatian and Serbian press in the late 1980s and in the early 1990s, during the war in which Yugoslavia ……続きを見る

An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an a……続きを見る

In an emergency, statesmen concentrate power and suspend citizens' rights. These emergency powers are ubiquitous in the crisis government of liberal democracies, but their nature and justification i……続きを見る

A powerful remembrance of the lessons and legacy of Jan Karski, who risked his life to share the truth with the worldーand a cautionary tale for our times. Richly illustrated with stills from the bl……続きを見る

"Absorbing . . . a testament to the ways in which narrative truth-tellingーfrom the greatest works of literature to the most intimate family storiesーsustains and strengthens us.”ーO: The Oprah Maga……続きを見る

The New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with a guide to the power of literature in turbulent times, arming readers with a resistance reading list, ranging from Jame……続きを見る

Nesta edição de Peixe-elétrico: A estética da singularidade – FREDRIC JAMESON Fredric Jameson volta a pensar a arte contemporânea em texto publicado originalmente na revista New Left Review. Autor d……続きを見る

In the blink of an eye, liberal democracy's moment of triumph was darkened by new threats, challenges, and doubts. Rejecting the view that liberal democracy's twentieth-century victory was inevitabl……続きを見る

This volume brings together some of Professor Azar Gat's most significant articles on the evolution of strategic doctrines and the transformation of war during the 20th and early 21st centuries. It ……続きを見る

Third Man Out is a suspense mystery filled with action. The plot revolves around Destiny Morgan and Nolan Chapman who meet and fall in love not knowing that they had met 15 years earlier. That night……続きを見る

Creating Safe and Supportive Schools and Fostering Students’ Mental Health provides pre- and in-service educators with the tools they need to prevent, pre-empt, handle, and recover from threats to s……続きを見る

On a cold February night in 1991, a group of soldiers and officers of the Indian Army pushed their way into two villages in Kashmir, seeking out militants assumed to be hiding there. They pulled the……続きを見る

De Boris Cyrulnik à Agnès b. en passant par Robert Badinter, Claude Chirac, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Amin Maalouf, Franz Olivier Giesbert, Abd Al Malik, Sempé, Erik Orsenna, Sophie Calle ou encore Mi……続きを見る

¿Qué es una restricción a los derechos humanos?, ¿cuántas y cuáles son las restricciones que presenta nuestra Constitución?, ¿deben observarse ciertas reglas para establecerlas y aplicarlas? Si ese ……続きを見る

This little book is a collection of ten essays. In each chapter I take on one problem or challenge and attempt to solve it in exactly five hundred words. The topics are: - How to get toddlers to get……続きを見る

How did Caribbean rituals helped form new currents in the performing and visual arts of the United States? This book answers this question through an examination of the Caribbean-inspired dance crea……続きを見る

"I am Black," Jane Lazarre's son tells her. "I have a Jewish mother, but I am not 'biracial.' That term is meaningless to me." In this moving memoir, Jane Lazarre, the white Jewish mother of now adu……続きを見る

This study departs from traditional interpretations of cohabitation in French politics, which suggest French institutions are capable of coping when the President and Prime Minister originate from d……続きを見る