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One day in March 1987, a barge from Islip, Long Island was evicted from Morehead City, North Carolina, after trying to unload the mountains of trash on its decks. More than five months from the time……続きを見る

The Golden Triangle region that joins Burma, Thailand, and Laos is one of the global centers of opiate and methamphetamine production. Opportunistic Chinese businessmen and leaders of various armed ……続きを見る

The devastating effects of climate change are undeniable. Fires rage and waters rise in every corner of the globe. In light of these changes to our planet, the issue of social and environmental well……続きを見る

In Life at a Distance**, Vincent Duclos recounts the story of the Pan-African e-Network.** Branded as "India's gift to the world," and as a "shining example of South-South cooperation," the Pan-Afri……続きを見る

Judge, senator, and activist. Father, grandfather, and friend. This is Murray Sinclair’s storyーand the story of a nationーin his own words, an oral history that forgoes the trappings of the traditi……続きを見る

This Palgrave Pivot strives to recount and understand Indigenous Law, as set within a remote community in northern Australia. It pays close attention to the realpolitik and high-level political func……続きを見る

Für moderne Menschen ist die Natur etwas, das man ausbeutet oder das Erholung bietet, aber kein Ort, an dem man wohnt und sich selbstverständlich bewegt. Baptiste Morizot lädt dazu ein, sich in die ……続きを見る

Bella Vita: The Casey Anthony Story is a gripping true crime narrative that revisits one of the most polarizing cases in modern American history. The book meticulously chronicles the disappearance o……続きを見る

New York Times Bestseller Featured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG "It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG." ー Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019 She……続きを見る

Professores de universidades públicas e privadas das mais diversas áreas de atuação política e profissional se uniram neste livro para analisar, questionar e elaborar propostas em defesa da Educação……続きを見る

As part of an emerging literature on place branding, this book fills the important gap between practice-oriented literatureーwhich lacks in-depth and critical analysisーand technical academic litera……続きを見る

On the 8th of August 2017, ASEAN will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding. ASEAN is of great importance to Singapore, the region and the world.In 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian ……続きを見る

This book provides an introduction to the legal system in Hong Kong. Understanding Hong Kong's legal system today requires both an understanding of the British origins of much of the laws and legal ……続きを見る

Verification of arms control agreements has become a major topic in international relations. Although violations of such agreements properly command significant attention at the highest levels, the ……続きを見る

E=artnow presents to you the complete novels by one of the greatest novelists of all time, Sinclair Lewis: Babbitt Free Air Main Street The Trail of the Hawk The Innocents The Job Our Mr. Wrenn Arro……続きを見る

Escolhido um dos melhores livros do ano pelo Financial Times, Estado de São Paulo, Partido Comunista dos EUA e CounterPunch Em 1965, o governo dos Estados Unidos ajudou o Exército indonésio a matar ……続きを見る

Erving Goffman (1922-1982) compte parmi les grands sociologues de langue anglaise. Asile, Stigmates, La mise en scène de la vie quotidienne, ses ouvrages les plus connus, prennent pour objet l'inter……続きを見る

In "The Ethnology of Europe," R. G. Latham meticulously explores the complex tapestry of European cultures through a rigorous ethnographic lens. The book is characterized by Latham's exceptional cla……続きを見る

Deciding to See: The View from Nathan's Bus is an eye-opening, inspiring, and hopeful linked-essay collection recounting the amazing everyday encounters of city bus driver, Nathan Vass whose life's ……続きを見る

YOU’VE FINALLY FOUND THE BOOK TO TEACH YOU THE INSIDER SECRETS OF MASTERING HUMAN BEHAVIOR Do you feel like people are always manipulating you? Manipulation is a powerful tool, and it's not always e……続きを見る

Social investment policies have enjoyed prominence during recent welfare reforms across the OECD world, and yet there is insufficient long-term strategy for their success. Reviewing labour market, f……続きを見る

TranSER: experiencias de vida de mujeres en tránsitos de género en Colombia, permite adentrarnos a las vivencias de 139 mujeres de Cali, Calarcá, Armenia, Jamundí, Bogotá, Bucaramanga y Cartagena, a……続きを見る

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ “A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killi……続きを見る

There is a high risk that someone will use, by accident or design, one or more of the 17,000 nuclear weapons in the world today. Many thought such threats ended with the Cold War or that current pol……続きを見る

In There’s a Disco Ball Between Us, Jafari S. Allen offers a sweeping and lively ethnographic and intellectual history of what he calls “Black gay habits of mind.” In conversational and lyrical lang……続きを見る

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to develop a better and sustainable future for the world, and the goals are part of an action plan to address poverty, hunger, health, gender equity and vari……続きを見る

“A remarkable new history” (David Wallace-Wells, New York Times Magazine) of a decade aflameーand what we can learn from its embers From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at an……続きを見る

Named "Book of the Week" by CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS "At a time of deep distress over the stability of democracy in America and elsewhere, Benjamin Carter Hett's chronicle of the collapse of the Wei……続きを見る

Recurrent Patterns' host Vaclav Vincalek interviews David Brin. David is a fiction author, but he's also a scientist, with a PhD in space science. He helped found the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Hum……続きを見る

Secret Wars is the first book to systematically analyze the ways powerful states covertly participate in foreign wars, showing a recurring pattern of such behavior stretching from World War I to U.S……続きを見る