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‘Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.’ John Lubbock Lovers of the great outdoors will be inspired by this...
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Summersdale
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2014-05-05
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In den Korrespondenzen Karl Wolfskehls aus den Jahren seines neuseeländischen Exils, die er mit über den Globus verstreuten Freunden und Bekannten geführt hat, erscheint der antipodische Inselstaat als exemplarisches Exilland der Zeit, als europaferne «Ultima Thule des...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-05-05
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The chapters in this edited volume present multi-disciplinary case studies of prehistoric archaeological sites located on now-submerged portions of the continental shelf. Each chapter represents an extension of the known prehistoric record beyond the modern shoreline....
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Springer
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2014-05-05
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This book uses a post-modern approach to explore how Japanese returnee students (kikokushijo) and former returnees who work in Japanese industry, negotiate multiple identities. Methodological triangulation is used to study inner perception of face, emotional state and...
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Springer
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2014-05-05
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Association football is the richest, most popular sport in history with a multicultural global following. It is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for decades resisted all attempts to tame it. Cashmore and Cleland examine football's...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-05-02
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How can transitional justice institutions provide due diligence to the lived experiences of women during war and violent political upheaval?How can transitional justice provide redress to women for harms suffered?How can transitional justice help transform unequal...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-05-02
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This book identifies and analyzes livelihood impacts of recent environmental and socio-economic changes in urban and rural settings of the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh, north western Himalaya, India. The findings of the research deal with the broader objectives...
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Springer
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2014-05-02
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Culture of Memory in South Asia reconfigures European representations of India as a paradigmatic extension of a classical reading, which posits the relation between text and context in a determined way. It explores the South Asian cultural response to European “textual”...
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Springer
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2014-05-02
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Verbände haben sich mit einer Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Anspruchsgruppen auseinanderzusetzen. Zudem existieren verschiedene Möglichkeiten der Kommunikation bzw. der Zielgruppenansprache. Die Relevanz einer Integrierten Kommunikation über alle Kommunikationsinstrumente...
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Springer VS
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2014-05-02
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Who should provide food, and through what relationships? Whose livelihoods should be protected? For over 20 years the peasant farmers of La Via Campesina have been engaged in the fight against injustice, hunger and poverty under the banner of food sovereignty, 'the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-05-01
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Cosmopolitanism and Place considers the way contemporary Anglophone fiction connects global identities with the experience in local places. Looking at fiction set in metropolises, regional cities, and rural communities, this book argues that the everyday experience of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-01
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In today's multimedia environment, visuals are essential and expected parts of storytelling. However, the visual communication research field is fragmented into several sub-areas, making study difficult. Fahmy, Bock, and Wanta note trends and discuss the challenges...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-05-01
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Globalized Water presents a compilation of voices that forms a unique scientific exploration of contemporary water management models and governance issues. The book describes the water paradox—how a local resource has become a global product—and the implications of this...
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Springer
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2014-05-01
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Religious exoticism implies a deeply ambivalent relationship to otherness and to religion itself: traditional religious teachings are uprooted and fragmented in order to be appropriated as practical methods for personal growth. Western contemporary societies have seen...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-05-01
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HAVE YOU EVER…Obsessed over your body’s ‘problem areas’?Killed an hour on the Sidebar of Shame?Wondered whether to try ‘50 Sex Tips to Please Your Man’?Felt worse after doing any of the above?Holly and Rhiannon grew up reading glossy mags and, like most women, thought...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
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2014-05-01
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This volume presents an extended reflection on human dependency and the need to 'care' and be 'cared for'. Philosophers, theologians, social theorists, economists, and professional caregivers to discuss the challenges of professional caregiving, analyzing how societies...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-01
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The events surrounding the Trayvon Martin murder, trial and acquittal bring to public and private discourse the violent, brutal murders of Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Dr. King, while bringing back to memory the racially provoked murders of Black American...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-05-01
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What makes us human?How did we develop language, thought and culture?Why did we survive, and other human species fail?The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when there has been only one human species. How did this extraordinary...
Editeur :
Pelican
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2014-05-01
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This book argues that interior architects have a responsibility to practice their profession in collaborative ways that address the needs of communities and of to be the agents of social justice and cultural heritage. The book is divided into three sections, based on...
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Springer
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2014-04-30
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This collection highlights and extends contemporary women's and gender studies by presenting theoretical analyses and innovative research conceptualizations, applications and methodologies via a diverse variety of popular-in-the-classroom topics, such as changing...
Editeur :
Springer
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2014-04-30
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