Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0198800061 ISBN 13: 9780198800064
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'That is my fear. That I stand between her and any moments of life that should be hers.'Set against the backdrop of the Home Rule Crisis of 1912, Exiles is James Joyce's only surviving play. It tells the story of writer Richard Rowan and his common-law wife Bertha, characters drawn from Joyce's own life with Nora Barnacle. After a decade of absence from Dublin, Richard and Bertha have returned home from Rome, still unmarried, with their young son Archie. Richard hopes that he will be greeted as a returning genius and rewarded with a comfortable university position. But this aspiration ends up taking a back seat to the erotic crisis that is unleashed by the couple's return to the place where they first met, and their encounters with two old flames and friends.In this play, Joyce revisits his own agonizing feelings of jealousy that were precipitated by similar trips home to Dublin.In the introduction and notes, Keri Walsh provides a comprehensive look issues of gender, sexuality, and performance as well as considering the nationalist and sectarian contexts of Dublin in 1912, the year of the play's setting.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0199582203 ISBN 13: 9780199582204
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Volcanoes are some of the most dramatic expressions of the powerful tectonic forces at work in the Earth beneath our feet. But volcanism, a profoundly important feature of Earth, and indeed of other planets and moons too, encompasses much more than just volcanoes themselves. On a planetary scale, volcanism is an indispensable heat release mechanism, which on Earth allows the conditions for life. IIt releases gases into the atmosphere and produces enormous volumes of rock, and spectacular landscapes - landscapes which, during major eruptions, can be completely reshaped in a matter of hours. Through geological time volcanism has shaped both climate and biological evolution, and volcanoes can affect human life, too, for both good and ill. Yet, even after much study, some of the fundamental aspects of volcanicity remain mysterious. This Very Short Introduction takes the readers into the inferno of a racing pyroclastic current, and the heart of a moving lava flow, as understood through the latest scientific research. Exploring how volcanologists forensically decipher how volcanoes work, Michael Branney and Jan Zalasiewicz explain what we do (and don't) understood about the fundamental mechanisms of volcanism, and consider how volcanoes interact with other physical processes on the Earth, with life, and with human society. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 019885465X ISBN 13: 9780198854654
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lush Diodorus sets the lads on fire,But now another has him in his net -Timarion, the boy with wanton eyes . . . Meleager, AP 12.109Encompassing four thousand short poems and more, the ramshackle classic we call the Greek Anthology gathers up a millennium of snapshots from ancient daily life. Its influence echoes not merely in the classic tradition of the English epigram (Pope, Dryden) but in Rudyard Kipling, Ezra Pound, Virgina Woolf, T. S. Eliot, H.D., and the poets of the First World War. Its variety is almost infinite. Victorious armies, ruined cities, and Olympic champions share space with lovers' quarrels and laments for the untimely dead - but also with jokes and riddles, art appreciation, potted biographies of authors, and scenes from country life and the workplace.This selection of more than 600 epigrams in verse is the first major translation from the Greek Anthology in nearly a century. Each of the Anthology's books of epigrams is represented here, in manuscript order, and with extensive notes on the history and myth that lie behind them.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, OUP USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0199378932 ISBN 13: 9780199378937
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a longstanding problem that has increasingly come to the forefront of international and national policy debates and news: from the US reauthorization of the Violence against Women Act and a United Nations declaration to end sexual violence in war, to coverage of gang rapes in India, cyberstalking and 'revenge porn', honor killings, female genital mutilation, and international trafficking. Yet, while we frequently read orlearn about particular experiences or incidents of VAWG, we are often unaware of the full picture.Jacqui True, an internationally renowned scholar of globalization and gender, provides an expansive frame for understanding VAWG in this book. Among the questions she addresses include: What are we talking about when we discuss VAWG What kinds of violence does it encompass Who does it affect most and why What are the risk factors for victims and perpetrators Does VAWG occur at the same level in all societies Are there cultural explanations for it What types of legal redress do victimshave How reliable are the statistics that we have Are men and boys victims of gender-based violence What is the role of the media in exacerbating VAWG And, what sorts of policy and advocacy routes exist to end VAWG This volume addresses the current state of knowledge and research on thesequestions. True surveys our best understanding of the causes and consequences of violence against women in the home, local community, workplace, public, and transnationally. In so doing, she brings together multidisciplinary perspectives on the problem of violence against women and girls, and sets out the most promising policy and advocacy frameworks to end this violence.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1516107136 ISBN 13: 9781516107131
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the shadow of a damning legacy, these proud sons take medieval Scotland by storm . . . and surrender to love's saving grace. When Padraig Boyd learns he is the sole legitimate heir to a Northumberland manor, he flees the impoverished fishing isle of Caedmaray to claim the estate and clear his missing father of criminal accusations. Arriving at imposing, mysterious Darlyrede House, he faces a formidable enemy in the castle's occupying lord, a challenging battleand an unexpected helper . . . With deadly traps awaiting him at every turn, Padraig finds an ally in Beryl, a beautiful maidservant who schools the rugged Scotsman in the rules of nobility. But as a tempting passion draws them in, so do the secrets that brought the cunning lass to this house of scandal and deceit. Unmasking her intentions is a high-stakes gameone that may arm Padraig with the most dangerous of weapons: the truth.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1516110420 ISBN 13: 9781516110421
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As the women of the Clifford Charity School for Wayward Girls fearlessly bring corrupt aristocrats to justice, they put their lives--and their hearts--on the line . . . Going undercover as a governess is a first for Cecilia Gilchrist. But once she's installed in Darlington Castle, discovering whether the mysterious marquess murdered his wife proves more daunting than she imagined. Dashing widower Gideon Rhys, Marquess of Darlington, is clearly harboring secrets--but is it possible a cold-blooded killer lurks behind his devastating gaze Trailing his every move only brings her closer to him. But if her heart misleads her, she could pay with her life . . . He never should have let her into his world, but now that Cecilia has infiltrated his home, his senses, and his heart, Gideon will do anything to keep her safe from the darkness that has robbed him of everything. Yet keeping her close only makes it more challenging. For the more Gideon falls for Cecilia, the greater the danger to her . . .
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190121076 ISBN 13: 9780190121075
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. In this Very Short Introduction to Gandhi's life and thought, Bhikhu Parekh outlines both Gandhi's major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. He looks at Gandhi's cosmocentric anthropology, his spiritual view of politics, his unique form of liberal communitarianism, and his theories of oppression, non-violent action, and active citizenship. He also considers how the success of Gandhi's principles was limited by his lack of coherent theories of evil, and of state and power, and how his hostility to modern civilization impeded his appreciation of its complexity.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190915196 ISBN 13: 9780190915193
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Cause of Freedom covers the long sweep of African American history from the seventeenth century to the present. Throughout that long arc, this book traces shifting definitions of citizenship as they relate to race and highlights the deep paradox at the core of U.S. history: the interdependence of slavery and freedom. In so doing, The Cause of Freedom examines key ideas that have shaped African American history, and the ways that these ideas circulate among both well-known figures and ordinary people. It synthesizes cultural, social, political, and intellectual history in order to excavate and analyze the African American past.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190056622 ISBN 13: 9780190056629
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waitingAfter languishing for decades on the fringes of political discussion, Medicare-for-All has quickly entered the mainstream debate over what to do about America's persistent healthcare problems. But for most informed Americans, this surge of public and political interest in Medicare-for-All has outpaced a strong understanding of the issues involved. This book seeks to fill this gap in our national discourse, offering an expert analysis of the policy and politics behind Medicare-for-All for the informed American.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190651733 ISBN 13: 9780190651732
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For a book that has consistently topped the best-seller lists since the invention of the modern printing press, the Bible remains wildly misunderstood. Inconsistencies and unexplained impossibilities are often set aside, with readers picking and choosing aphorisms and slogans at will. Such a pick-and-choose mentality is concerning, given the fact that the Bible remains influential in people's private lives and in public policy and discourse. Kristin Swenson's new book seeks to remind readers of the oddities and complications in the Bible, suggesting that those uncomfortable spots can offer remarkable opportunity for spiritual growth.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190943572 ISBN 13: 9780190943578
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In What's Luck Got To Do With It renowned law professor Edward D. Kleinbard argues that government's proper role is addressing the unfairness and injustice of brute luck. Considering government expenditure as social insurance, Kleinbard demonstrates how the path to greater economic growth, and a more equal sharing of that growth, lies in stronger government spending policies.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0195331400 ISBN 13: 9780195331400
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Seldom in history has a single military campaign had such immediate and far-ranging consequences as the series of battles and skirmishes known as 'Saratoga.' In the spring of 1777, determined to end the fighting once and for all, the British devised what they believed a war-winning strategy. By early fall, their entire northern army had surrendered. Kevin J. Weddle offers the most thorough account to date, showing how an operation that begin with such promise for the British turned to disaster, and why the underestimated American forces triumphed so decisively. Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolution, boosting Patriot confidence, demoralizing the Loyalist cause, and leading directly to the Franco-American alliance that would eventually secure independence. It was, as one American general called it, 'The compleat victory.'.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 019752981X ISBN 13: 9780197529812
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How are the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Russian incursions into Ukraine and Georgia, and China's occupation of islands in the South China Sea related In this book, Mark Crescenzi and Stephen Gent show how all three important moments in history are driven by the motivation to capture market power. Whether it was oil for Iraq, natural gas for Russia, or rare earth minerals for China, the goal isn't just the commodities themselves-it is the power to determine their price on the global market. They develop a new theory of market power politics that explains when and why states will delay cooperation or even fight wars in pursuit of this elusive goal.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197550975 ISBN 13: 9780197550977
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Practical, informed, and entertaining, Parenting Made Complicated is a complete resource for parents and professionals alike who are looking for dependable information about today's parenting controversies.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197267157 ISBN 13: 9780197267158
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book discusses developments in the history of British house names from the earliest written evidence to the twentieth century.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190902795 ISBN 13: 9780190902797
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, James Byrd offers a thorough analysis of how Americans, North and South, enlisted scripture to fight the Civil War. As Byrd reveals in this insightful narrative, no book was more important to the conflict than the Bible. From Massachusetts to Mississippi and beyond, the Bible was the nation's most read and respected book, and each side enlisted it in arguments over slavery, secession, patriotism, authority, white supremacy, and violence. The A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood draws on an astonishing array of sources to demonstrate the many ways that Americans enlisted the Bible in the nation's bloodiest, and arguably most biblically-saturated conflict.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0192894587 ISBN 13: 9780192894588
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is devoted to articulating the connections between the nature and value of faith and humility. The goal is to understand these two virtues in a way that does not discriminate between religious and secular. Jon Kvanvig claims that each provides a necessary, compensating balance to the potential downside of the other.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0199754373 ISBN 13: 9780199754373
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first biography of Rollo May, a psychoanalyst and popular philosopher of the 1950s through 1980s whose ideas reached millions of readers through such works as Love and Will and Man's Search for Himself and helped create popular acceptance of psychotherapy in its golden age.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190932643 ISBN 13: 9780190932640
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Audible Infrastructures reveals the material, environmental, and economic conditions that underlie the production and consumption of music. In showing how central natural resources, power grids, and transportation are to music, this book boldly reshapes how we understand musical cultures and their place in society.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197571867 ISBN 13: 9780197571866
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In an innovative approach, Holocaust Angst explores how Germans perceived and reacted to how Americans publicly commemorated the Holocaust. It argues that a network of mostly conservative West German officials and their associates in private organizations and foundations, with Chancellor Kohl located at its center, perceived themselves as the 'victims' of the afterlife of the Holocaust in America. They were concerned that public manifestations of Holocaust memory, such as museums, monuments, and movies, could severely damage the Federal Republic's reputation and even cause Americans to question the Federal Republic's status as an ally. From their perspective, American Holocaust memorial culture constituted a stumbling block for (West) German-American relations since the late 1970s.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197266967 ISBN 13: 9780197266960
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This study of hundreds of manuscripts and early printed books reveals that the Bible has never been an abstract text. This book offers a new history of the Bible in England, putting the advent of moveable-type print and religious reform in a new perspective.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190931442 ISBN 13: 9780190931445
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Alban Berg (1885-1935), a student of Arnold Schoenberg and one of the most prominent composers of the Second Viennese School, is counted among the pioneers of twelve-tone serialism. This new life-and-works study from authors Bryan R. Simms and Charlotte Erwin delivers a fresh perspective formed from comprehensive study of primary sources that reveal the forces that shaped Berg's personality, career, and artistic outlook. Berg is an accessible and all-encompassing resource for all readers who wish to learn about the life and music of this composer, one of the great figures in modern music.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197558534 ISBN 13: 9780197558539
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Suburban Islam, Justine Howe explores the rise of 'third spaces,' created by educated, middle-class American Muslims to challenge their exclusion from the American mainstream and to enact visions for American Islam different from those they encounter in their local mosques. Howe shows how third spaces have shaped not just the development of American Islam, but are also reshaping the rich religious landscape of America's suburbs.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197554369 ISBN 13: 9780197554364
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Featuring chapters by emerging and established scholars as well as by leading practitioners in the field, this Handbook both describes the state of algorithmic composition and also set the agenda for critical research on and analysis of algorithmic music.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0198870337 ISBN 13: 9780198870333
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book is aimed at psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and trainees in those disciplines, primary care physicians.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0198871279 ISBN 13: 9780198871279
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume aims to explore the implications of Brexit for the ongoing debate on the future of Europe, first by mapping the process of UK withdrawal from the EU through the Brexit referendum, negotiations, and extensions, and then by exploring effect of Brexit on the EU institutions, treaties, and integration processes.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 019755122X ISBN 13: 9780197551226
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How does contemporary right-wing media work In Beyond Bias, author Scott Krzych untangles recent right-wing documentary film and video to show how it privileges form over content and marshals incoherence as its prized aesthetic and rhetorical weapon.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0198866933 ISBN 13: 9780198866930
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An avalanche may be defined as the destabilization and flow of part of the snow cover. The book essentially deals with the former, focusing on avalanche triggering mechanisms. Avalanche triggering mechanisms have been debated for a long time. The book provides the reader with a re-foundation on clear scientific bases.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190068655 ISBN 13: 9780190068653
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One of the best-known and most celebrated new music ensembles, Bang on a Can has presented sold-out marathon concerts of experimental music and captured a new public for music. And where other institutions faltered amidst the vagaries of late capitalism, the renegade Bang on a Can survived--and thrived--in a tumultuous but idealistic moment that made new music what it is today. This book tells its story in full.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197534759 ISBN 13: 9780197534755
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - To deal with the climate crisis we need a new paradigm of technological and social development aimed at the restoration of ecological systems--the bio-digital energy paradigm. How do we get to this paradigm The book draws on more than 250 interviews across 17 key countries to present a practical answer this question. We need a strong state to lead. There are four possible leaders--the EU, US, China and India. China is best placed to lead. It is building experimental cities like eco-cities and sponge cities out of which could grow the climate survival governance that the world badly needs.