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Le Bruit et la fureur de William Faulkner

"Bina uses his skills as an economist and his career research background as an oil expert to provide both a plethora of interesting information and acute analysis. . . . The study is well framed conceptually and grounded on thorough research. The sections on cartels and 'rent' add an important dimension to the field of oil economics." - Recommended in CHOICE

"The new book by Professor Bina places the trade in and production of petroleum into their global context, and relates them to changing conditions of political power at the international level. One need not be an expert to understand and appreciate the important arguments in this book." - John Weeks, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of London, UK

"This is a seminal work which demonstrates in convincing fashion, both in the abstract and concrete simultaneously, that the world is a different place since the 1970s; and, it needs to be understood as such. Conventional understanding of competition, imperialism and U.S. hegemony are seen as outdated; and policy prescriptions like, 'energy independence' and 'war for oil' delusional. If one wants to truly understand the history of oil within the context of capitalist development with all its economic and political ramifications this is the book to read." - Chuck Davis, Professor of Labor Studies, Indiana University, USA

"Cyrus Bina is a renowned expert on the economics and geopolitics of energy and of regional conflict. In this fascinating new book, he weaves together a grand narrative in which the history of oil, resource boon for some and curse for others, becomes a critical lens through which one can view postwar history. The cartelization of oil in the early phase runs parallel to American ascendancy, the oil crisis ushers in the crisis of advanced capitalism, and the subsequent decartelization and globalization of oil production runs side by side with the decline of US power. He argues that in the end Fukuyama's claim of the 'end of history' should be stood on its head: the history that has ended is that of American Hegemony, undone by the consequences of its manifold interventions and depredations." - Anwar Shaikh, Professor of Economics, New School for Social Research, USA

Oil, War, and Global Polity

A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy

Honorable Merchants: Commerce and Self-Cultivation in Late Imperial China

Grappa-Lexikon

"An original and creative examination of how America's 'machinery of death' is not only out of step with international norms, but international law as well. This book is a necessary addition to the library of any scholar who wants to understand the full legal ramifications of state-sanctioned death." - Todd C. Peppers, Henry H. & Trudye H. Fowler Chair, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Roanoke College, USA

"The complex national and international implications of the death penalty are typically obscured by Americans' acceptance of federalism-based state prerogatives concerning the imposition of criminal punishments. In An American Dilemma, Mary Welek Atwell remedies scholars' neglect of capital punishment's broader implications by illuminating legal issues and practical consequences that affect international relations and the place of the United States in the world community." - Christopher E. Smith, Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, USA

"'Finality' and 'federalism' are legal concepts the Supreme Court has elevated to insulate state death penalty procedures from federal judicial scrutiny. The concepts play a large role in the recent history of state execution of foreign nationals, executions that violate international law. Expertly weaving together US death penalty jurisprudence and the clash of state, federal, and international actors, Mary Welek Atwell paints a compelling picture not of American exceptionalism, but of exemptionalism from international standards." Paul Parker, Professor of Political Science, Truman State University, USA

International Law, Capital Punishment, and Federalism

An American Dilemma

“This monograph makes significant contributions to studies on the history of medicine, colonial history, African history, and diaspora studies. It offers a new lens into medical practice in the African colony and raises new ideas about the history of South-South global biomedical intervention.” (Donna A. Patterson, American Historical Review, Vol. 122 (2), April, 2017)“The authors wield an impressive command of the scholarly literature on colonial medicine, Kenyan history, and the Indian diaspora, but their thematic interests rarely stray far from the biographical trajectories and political and economic conditions of Indian doctors. … Readers interested in colonial Kenya, the Indian diaspora, and of course colonial medicine will find several gems in this study. … this is an authoritative study that will serve as a valuable reference for a host of overlapping readerships.” (James R. Brennan, Journal of the History of Medicine, Vol. 71 (4), October, 2016)“Anna Greenwood and Harshad Topiwala set out to detail the complex position of western-trained Indian doctors in Kenya from the late nineteenth century to 1940. … the book offers a unique and important view into a group of elite individuals who struggled with their complex positions in an ever-changing and segregationist society and in turn offers us a new window into the various players that were involved in the colonial process.” (Tiffany F. Jones, Social History of Medicine, Vol. 29 (3), August, 2016)

The Forgotten History

Indian Doctors in Kenya, 1895-1940

Real American Dinner Party & Other Short Plays

International Regimes in Global Health Governance

Genealogical memoirs of the family of Sir Walter Scott, bart., of Abbotsford, with a reprint of his Memorials of the Haliburtons

The Standardized Work Field Guide

A Cross-Linguistic Typology

Genders and Classifiers

Trawlerman's Turquoise

Developing Multicultural Counseling Competence: A Systems Approach

From the reviews:“It offers a rich and diverse collection of representations of Montreal as a unique place, as an informative set of insights about the city. … The book is highly readable, and the papers are accessible and well written. … As a working model for mapping research in urban environments, this collection provides a valuable transferable example for the mapping of any city, with findings unique to that particular urban context.” (Kaye Shumack, Cartographica, Vol. 47 (2), 2012)

Arts and Cartography Cross Perspectives

Mapping Environmental Issues in the City

“The principal theme of the book is the determination of elite women in this period to negotiate with their relatives and, if needs be, the law-courts, in support of their rights and those of their children. … These intertwined stories form part of a grander narrative proposed by Castiglione that contributes to our understanding of the history of emotions. … all will welcome this study of early modern motherhood based on the testimony of early modern mothers.” (M. Laven, English Historical Review, Vol. 133 (560), February, 2018)“This book traces the triumph of motherly love among the highest elites of seventeenth-century Rome. … Accounting for Affection will be required reading for historians of the family, the early modern state, and the role of emotions in history. Castiglione has done the field a service, and successfully placed motherhood, and mothers, at the heart of the early modern political imaginary.” (P. Renée Baernstein, Journal of Modern History, Vol. 89 (1), March, 2017)“Castiglione is to be commended for her own resourcefulness in assembling a large quantity of first-person accounts of the women’s range of interests and enterprises. … her book is a valuable account of the importance of women in the family dynamics and family politics of the early modern Roman aristocracy.” (Stanley Chojnacki, American Historical Review, Vol. 121 (4), October, 2016)

Mothering and Politics in Early Modern Rome

Accounting for Affection

“‘Ulysses’ Explained is an excellent book that combines smooth readability and sound scholarship and works perfectly well both as a guide for the general reader and as an enriching experience for the specialized Joycean.” (Laura Pelaschiar, James Joyce Quarterly, Vol. 53 (1-2), 2015-2016)

How Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare Inform Joyce’s Modernist Vision

Ulysses Explained

Mexicans' Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty

I'm Neither Here nor There

Mensa(r) Brilliant Brain Workouts: Keep Your Brain in Shape with 100 Number Games, Word Searches, Perplexing Puzzles, and More!

"This collection provides an important and timely contribution to current thinking regarding the use (and misuse) of incarceration throughout the world. 10 years after the death of Ashley Smith in Canada and the Corston Report in Britain, the authors provide valuable insights and analyses of the state of related reform efforts in both jurisdictions. This book urges readers to critically re-examine the norming and global reliance on the use of prisons and punishment and will hopefully inspire a future of decolonizing and decarceration, in favour of investment in and commitment to social, economic, racial and gender equality. "
- Senator Kim Pate, Senate of Canada, former Executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
"This is a book that demands our immediate attention. Across the world women are pipelined from lives of poverty, trauma, mental illness and marginalisation to lives of prison incarceration. Every writer in this impressive collection reports on the abject failure that penal solutions offer to women in trouble. Reform is not an option. The only solution is to abolish female imprisonment and to confront the economic and political issues which promote social injustice."
- Professor Penny Green, Queen Mary University of London

Critical Reflections on Corston Ten Years On

Women's Imprisonment and the Case for Abolition

Soils and Geotechnology in Construction

La edad de la inocencia

Praise for The Eagle Has Landed &#160; &ldquo;This solid and well-rounded anthology is highly recommended.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist, starred review &#160; &ldquo;An eclectic selection of the past 50 years in lunar science fiction, written by a who&rsquo;s who of speculative fiction writers . . .&#160;will appeal to fans of futuristic science fiction and historic space race aficionados.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &#160;Praise for Neil Clarke&rsquo;s Anthologies with Night Shade Books &#160; &ldquo;Readers should savor the stories&#160;a few at a time to get the most out of Clarke&rsquo;s&#160;superior selections&#160;. . . but there are&#160;no inferior pieces here. This is&#160;a fine, thoughtful book.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly,&#160;starred review for Not One of Us &#160; &ldquo;Well-known SF authors grace this . . . top-notch selection of imaginative and thought-provoking stories.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews, starred review for More Human Than Human &#160; &ldquo;Clarke&rsquo;s&#160;stellar reprint anthology&#160;explores the expansive variety of space exploration stories. . . .&#160;Outstanding works&#160;in which extreme environments bring out the best and worst of human nature.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly,&#160;Starred Review for The Final Frontier &ldquo;Twenty one fascinating tales from some of science fiction&rsquo;s new stars.&#160;The reprint collection is multicultural and diverse, with tales of all kinds and from some unusual places. . . .&#160;Many standouts in this one and likely something here for all sorts of different kinds of folks.&rdquo; &mdash;Manhattan Book Review,&#160;4.5/5 Stars for The Final Frontier &#160; &ldquo;This hefty anthology of imperial SF covers great space battles, small dramas within an empire, hopeless bureaucracy, and even living space stations, zooming in and out to capture every nuance . . . The diverse array of stories ensures that there&rsquo;s plenty of interest for any fan of large-scale SF.&rdquo;&#160; &mdash;Publishers Weekly on Galactic Empires &ldquo;Masterful editor Neil Clarke has assembled an exotic, bountiful treasure chest of reprint tales dedicated to that mode of SF that can arguably be said to constitute the very core of the field, the space opera.&rdquo; &mdash;Asimov&rsquo;s on Galactic Empires &#160; &ldquo;Clarke has assembled a wide range of authors &ndash; from old masters like Robert Silverberg to more recent talents such as Aliette De Bodard &ndash; each offering a different take on the central premise. . . There isn&rsquo;t a bad piece amongst them . . . the Galaxy really is there for the taking.&rdquo; &mdash;Starburst on Galactic Empires, reviewed by Alister Davison &ldquo;As editor Clarke points out in his introduction, when most people hear the term galactic empire, they immediately picture Darth Vader and Star Wars. But there is a long history of star-faring empires in the genre, with stories that imagine our human tendencies to explore and conquer among the stars. . . . The stories gathered here, all of which have appeared elsewhere, show the huge range of possibilities of the chosen theme.&rdquo;&#160; &mdash;Library Journal on Galactic Empires &ldquo;The first must-read anthology of the year, no question, is Neil Clarke&rsquo;s&#160;Galactic Empires, an ambitious (read: huge) collection of SF tales featuring far-flung confederations in the stars. The TOC is a who&rsquo;s-who of virtually everyone doing important work at short length in science fiction.&rdquo;&#160; &mdash;John O&rsquo;Neil,&#160;Black Gate on Galactic Empires &ldquo;Brings together some of the best voices writing in the genre today. . . . a stunning collection of short fiction.&rdquo; &mdash;WorldsInInk on Galactic Empires &#160;

50 Years of Lunar Science Fiction

The Eagle Has Landed

Sehr wertvolle Erkenntnisse für die Schule.

Babyboomer, Generation X bis Z - Altersgruppen verstehen in Bildung und Beruf

Wie tickst du? Wie ticke ich?

The spine-tingling #1 Sunday Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

The Sanatorium

'While Danner gives convincing accounts of individual poems, the revisionary power of his book lies in its making Edmund Spenser's Complaints central to the understanding of his life. By contextualizing the volume especially Mother Hubberds Tale , The Ruines of Time , and Virgils Gnat in 1591, he illuminates Spenser's estrangement from Elizabeth's court and suggests the dimensions of his boldness in attacking Lord Burghley, the most powerful man in Elizabethan England. In his introduction Danner performs the coup de grace on Greenlaw's moribund thesis about Spenser's supposed disgrace in 1579, and substitutes his own bold hypothesis about the causes of Burghley's enmity. As it develops its thesis, the book gives unusually careful attention to contemporary understandings of the Complaints and to the poet's self-presentation in its poems. It marks an important shift in Spenserian biography.' - William Oram, Smith College, USA

Edmund Spenser's War on Lord Burghley

'...van Herpen's book rises above many current Western publications about Russia.' Volodymyr Kravchenko, Forum for Ukrainian Studies

'A book which made quite a stir in academic circles.' Ukrainian Week

'This is a brief and incisive book, which helps you to understand the framework and methods behind Putin's Russia.' Goodreads

The Slow Rise of a Radical Right Regime in Russia

Putinism

‘A fascinating and penetrating study on Edith Stein, a Catholic Jewish Carmelite nun, and Regina Jonas, woman rabbi. Both were executed by the Nazis in Auschwitz, though two years apart. Silverman’s analysis offers creative insights into religious, gendered, and mixed identities. She explores their desires and visions; she reflects on their crossing of boundaries; and she offers a theology of liberation of resistance. A remarkable study that breaks out of traditional modes of approach and offers new insights.’ – Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School, USA
‘An innovative reading of the lives and thought of Edith Stein and Regina Jonas – a significant and highly readable contribution to both queer theology and studies of the Holocaust.’ – Melissa Raphael, University of Gloucestershire, UK

Religious Visionaries in the Time of the Death Camps

Edith Stein and Regina Jonas

Dieses Buch behandelt die grundlegenden Konzepte der Kontinuumsmechanik,
also der klassischen Feldtheorie der deformierbaren K&ouml;rper. Die Theorie
wird systematisch von der Kinematik &uuml;ber die Bilanzgleichungen, die Materialtheorie
und die Entropieprinzipien entwickelt. Als konkrete Anwendungen werden
ausf&uuml;hrlich der linear-elastische Festk&ouml;rper, die ideale Fl&uuml;ssigkeit und
die Newtonsche Fl&uuml;ssigkeit vorgestellt. Das Buch schlie&szlig;t mit einer Einf&uuml;hrung
in die Mischungstheorie. Generell wird Wert auf eine klare und verst&auml;ndliche
Darstellung gelegt, die lediglich elementare Kenntnisse der Analysis, linearen
Algebra und Newtonschen Mechanik voraussetzt. Der Text wird erg&auml;nzt durch
eine Vielzahl von ausgearbeiteten Problemen unterschiedlicher Schwierigkeit,
die den Leser und die Leserin dazu einladen, sich aktiv mit der Materie
auseinanderzusetzen. Das Buch wendet sich an Studenten und Studentinnen
der Physik, Mechanik, Ingenieur- und Geowissenschaften sowie der Angewandten
Mathematik nach dem Vordiplom.

Ein Grundkurs für Ingenieure und Physiker

Kontinuumsmechanik

From the reviews:“The volume contains an impressive collection of contributions by over 30 authors. … It is a book that will be of great value to a wide range of researchers and students in primatology, reproductive physiology, behavior, and evolutionary biology in general. The concluding chapter by Robert D. Martin is a real gem. … He identifies a number of paradoxes and unresolved issues. This final chapter is both an excellent place to begin reading Building babies, and a starting point for future research on the topic.” (John G. Fleagle, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 88 (2), June, 2013)“This exciting collection brings multiple perspectives to the challenge of understanding human and nonhuman primate development. … The importance of early life experiences and social relationships in shaping primate development and the explanatory power of an evolutionary perspective … are themes that run through the book. … Chapters draw on data from laboratory investigations, captive studies, and/or research on wild-living populations and highlight the insights that are gained when diverse approaches are used. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (S. Stinson, Choice, Vol. 50 (7), March, 2013)

Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective

Building Babies

“This monograph provides an introduction to the theory of virtual turning points and its applications as well as a historical view of the theory. … The monograph is written for researchers and students working in mathematical sciences.” (Takashi Aoki, zbMATH 1354.34003, 2017)

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