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This book examines the democratic ideas of Michael Manley, Jamaican prime minister from 1972 to 1980, and again from 1989 to 1992, during his government in the 1970s. Manley wrote three books during or about that period, The Politics of Change, A Voice at the Workpla... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:41 | Mindfulness and Letting Be: On Engaged Thinking and Acting is a protest against the extreme mindlessness or thoughtlessness of our age, a malaise covered by manipulative cleverness and by minds filled to the brim with opinions, doctrines, marching orders, and ideolog... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:41 | Unequal Health asks why some individuals are living longer and enjoying better health than others. By contrasting popular beliefs about the relevance of such factors as sex, race, poverty, and health habits, Grace Budrys moves beyond factors that receive a great deal... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:41 | Poverty is a relentless problem in America, and the current panoply of government programs designed to alleviate it are not working. Ending Poverty presents a new approach to government policy, one that is capable of eliminating preventable poverty within the foresee... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:41 | The impact of severe security crises on peace negotiations represents one of the most significant facets of modern conflict resolution theory to remain under-researched. It also stands out as the factor most likely to derail inherently sensitive negotiations. Negotia... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:42 | Of all the places and events in this nations history, Gettysburg may well be the name best known to Americans. Millions flock each year to the little town in south-central Pennsylvania where more than 135 years ago the largest, bloodiest, and most dramatic battle of ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:42 | Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to Shakespeare's imagination. Cinematic Shakespeare investigates how Shakespeare fi... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:43 | This fascinating book recounts the remarkable tale of a career UN official from Indonesia caught in the turmoil of international and domestic politics swirling around Cambodia during the tumultuous period after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. Writing from his experience... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:43 | Emotional Bridges to Puerto Rico examines the experiences of incorporation among two groups of middle-class Puerto Ricans: one that currently lives in the U.S. mainland and one that has resettled in Puerto Rico. The analysis focuses on their subjective interpretation... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:43 | In this fresh consideration of the origins of the ancient Greeks' ideas and practices concerning their own past, Carla M. Antonaccio demonstrates that hero cult and ancestor cult persisted, throughout the Iron Age, long before epic poetry's heroic narratives were wid... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:43 | In the short novel The Anastasia Syndrome, prominent historical writer Judith Chase is living in London and preparing for her marriage to Sir Stephen Hallett, expected to become England's next Prime Minister. Orphaned during World War II, Judith wants to trace her or... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:43 | Mary Higgins Clark, America's "e;Queen of Suspense,"e; delves into the mystery of psychic powers and communication with the dead in her gripping new thriller, Before I Say Good-Bye. When Adam Cauliff's new cabin cruiser, Cornelia II, blows up in New York harb... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:43 | No American reporter has more experience covering Iran or more access to the private corners of Iranian society than Elaine Sciolino. As a correspondent for Newsweek and The New York Times, she has reported on the key events of the past two decades. She was aboard th... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:44 | He was a poor student who somehow got into the finest schools. He was a National Guardsman who somehow missed a year of service. He was a failed businessman who somehow was made rich. He was a minority investor who somehow was made managing partner of the Texas Range... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:45 | A richly textured, deeply atmospheric, and engaging novel set in a small Louisiana town in the 1950s, The Cajuns tells a captivating tale of love, life, death, and intrigue in a wonderfully bizarre yet corrupt culture. The descendants of French Canadians who migrated... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:45 | From the creator and director of Transparent and Emmy nominated writer for Six Feet Under comes a hilarious and unforgettable memoir.When Jill Soloway was just thirteen, she and her best friend donned the tightest satin pants they could find, poufed up their hair and... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:46 | "e;Welcome to the Faith Club. We're three mothers from three faithsIslam, Christianity, and Judaismwho got together to write a picture book for our children that would highlight the connections between our religions. But no sooner had we started talking about our... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:46 | As a young man, New York Times bestselling author John Dunning earned his living for several years working behind the scenes on the racetrack circuit. Now he brings his memories of the horse world and his expertise in collectible books to this mesmerizing new Bookman... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:46 | A series of vicious attacks by the enigmatic M'Dok Empire has devastated the planet Tenara -- bringing the U.S.S Enterprise and another Federation starship, the Centurion, to the planet's aid. The Centurion's captain is Lucius Sejanus -- a powerful, magnetic man who ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:46 | Based on the epic two-part television episode, here now is the story STAR TREK fans have awaited for five long years, the story that bring together Spock -- the enigmatic Vulcan who personified the original, classic STAR TREK -- with the crew of the Next Generation. ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:47 | As a single mother struggling to get by in a tough neighborhood, policewoman Jessie Cline knows she can't protect her son from the streets forever. For his sake, she takes a job as assistant police chief in a small island town off the coast of Washington state where ... Полное описание |
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{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:49 | Women's Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalising Age explores the emergence of transnational, UN-oriented, feminist advocacy for womens human rights, especially over the past three decades. It identifies the main feminist influences that have shaped the ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:49 | Modernity was supposed to be the period in human history when the fears that pervaded social life in the past could be left behind and human beings could at last take control of their lives and tame the uncontrolled forces of the social and natural worlds. And yet, a... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 5:50 | In this extensively revised edition, Steve Fenton updates his concise and accessible introduction to ethnicity, drawing on new published work and recent social and historical changes. Discussing an extended range of theorists and illustrations from around the world, ... Полное описание |
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