Oneworld publications aug 2024 (6 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An enchanting middle grade fantasy adventure from South Africa's most renowned children's author, Jaco Jacobs.'A sweet, funny mystery about friendship, family - and feathers!' Holly WebbWilson Taylor is desperate to fit in. To not live in a house on wheels, to not have a famous mother and, especially, to not be named after a tennis racket.Wilson's family have just moved to a new town, where she meets Ava - a girl who doesn't fit inat all. There's only one problem: someone else has discovered Ava's secret, and they're determined to make her the star of their show.When Ava goes missing, it's up to Wilson and her new friend Errol to find her. Can they pull off a daring rescue mission before it's too late 'An enchanting fable, filled with adventure and mystery.' Anthony McGowan'A magical adventure bursting with humour and excitement!' Emma Beswetherick.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A new edition of Joseph Coohill's bestselling history of IrelandFrom the first prehistoric inhabitants of the island to the Windsor Framework for Northern Ireland, this uniquely concise account of Ireland and its people reveals how modern Irish society is the product of a rich, multivalent history. Combining factual information with a critical approach, Coohill covers all the key events, including the Great Famine, Home Rule, the Good Friday Agreement and Brexit. Newly revised and updated, this highly accessible and balanced account will continue to provide a valuable resource to all those wishing to acquaint themselves further with the complex history of Ireland and Irish people.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Margery Kempe. Aemilia Lanyer. Aphra Behn. Lady Mary. Jane Austen.Warned not to write - and certainly not to bite - these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history.'Smart, funny and highly readable. a tour de force.' A.L. KennedyEver since Sappho first put stylus to papyrus, women who write have been labelled mad, undisciplined and dangerous. Funny and provocative, Eve Bites Back offers an alternative history of English literature. Placing the female contemporaries of Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton centre stage, Anna Beer builds a vibrant new canon through Restoration wits, scandalous sensation novelists and medieval mystics.Delving into the lives and work of eight pioneers - Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Aemilia Lanyer, Anne Bradstreet, Aphra Behn, Mary Wortley Montagu, Jane Austen and Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Beer uncovers the struggles and triumphs of these gamechangers, ground-breakers and genre-makers.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Having children is one of the biggest decisions you'll make in your life. Increasingly, we aren't making it at all.ANEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF 2024'A book for lovers of sound reasoning.'THE NEW YORKERAcross the developed world, fewer and fewer people are becoming parents. We seek self-fulfilment; we want women to find meaning and self-worth outside the household; we wish to protect the planet from the ravages of climate change; we do what we can to protect others from senseless suffering. On the face of it, none of these goals are served by having children. Amid such pressures, how on earth can we make the choice to do so Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman offer a way out of this inertia and indecision by reminding us that in making the individual decision whether to have children, we confront a profound philosophical question: for all its pains and failures, is human life worth living What Are Children For is a stirring call to overcome fear and dread and embrace the value of human existence and a human future.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally completed mere months before the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Fred Halliday's study of twentieth-century Iran was not only incredibly timely but a deeply researched, thought-provoking work. It masterfully surveys the country's uneven capitalist development, state-building and class structure, security and military apparatus, dissent and opposition movements, and foreign relations. Even decades later it remains among the most sophisticated and compelling analyses of this period of Iranian history. Halliday persuasively argues against crude interpretations of the Pahlavi regime as an enlightened and modernising monarchy or merely a dependent client state. Instead, he contends that to make sense of the Pahlavi regime and its vulnerabilities, it is crucial to understand the dialectic of dictatorship, development and the imperial geopolitics of the global Cold War.This new edition also includes six of Halliday's essays on the Islamic Republic, demonstrating how his thinking on Iran and the revolution evolved over time.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Originally completed mere months before the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Fred Halliday's study of twentieth-century Iran was not only incredibly timely but a deeply researched, thought-provoking work. It masterfully surveys the country's uneven capitalist development, state-building and class structure, security and military apparatus, dissent and opposition movements, and foreign relations. Even decades later it remains among the most sophisticated and compelling analyses of this period of Iranian history. Halliday persuasively argues against crude interpretations of the Pahlavi regime as an enlightened and modernising monarchy or merely a dependent client state. Instead, he contends that to make sense of the Pahlavi regime and its vulnerabilities, it is crucial to understand the dialectic of dictatorship, development and the imperial geopolitics of the global Cold War.This new edition also includes six of Halliday's essays on the Islamic Republic, demonstrating how his thinking on Iran and the revolution evolved over time. 400 pp. Englisch.…