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Civil wars are nasty, brutish, and long. Monica Duffy Toft introduces this complex and timely topic. Civil wars are the most common form of large-scale political violence. In the past thirty years, the study of civil wars has been one of the largest growing segments of the international relations field. Their causes are complex, ranging from fights over access to housing, jobs, and arable land or other resources, to political contests over offices, rights, and representation. Because civil wars tend to drag on, motives and relevant actors shift. Groups form, collapse, coalesce, align and realign, and then fight amongst themselves. Governments themselves change through elections, coups, military defeats, or revolutions. Understanding the origins of civil wars and their trajectories therefore demands some appreciation of the economic, political, social, cultural, and geographic order of societies. If there is one factor that best predicts why a civil war erupts, it is a prior civil war. That is why knowledge of a country''s history of political violence, and associated narratives about who is to blame and why, are critical to understanding where a civil war might next occur. Do insurgents deserve the title of freedom fighters or are they simply criminals or terrorists? ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Sunday Times Smart Thinking Book of the Year 2022 • New York Times Bestseller• WINNER OF THE GLOBAL POLICY INSTITUTE AWARD • BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, The Times, Esquire, Prospect''When one of the world''s leading scholars of civil war tells us that a country is on the brink of violent conflict, we should pay attention. This is an important book'' Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies DieCivil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them.We are now living in the world''s greatest era of civil wars. While violence has declined worldwide, major civil wars are now being fought in countries including Iraq, Syria and Libya, and smaller civil wars are being fought in India and Malaysia. Even countries we thought could never experience another civil war - such as the USA, Sweden and Ireland - are showing signs of unrest. So how can we stop them?In How Civil Wars Start, acclaimed expert Professor Barbara F. Walter, who has advised on political violence everywhere from the CIA to the U.S. Senate to the United Nations, explains the rise of civil wars and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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This volume offers a broad overview of the conditions, motives, and practice of violence during the most prominent intra-state conflicts in Europe during the first half of the 20th century.This book seeks to move beyond accounts of civil war violence that focus on micro-level motives or grand cleavages, arguing instead that violence is best examined as a multi-dimensional phenomenon involving a range of structural, personal, and conjectural factors operating at various level of societal interaction. Making a case for methodological pluralism, the volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of historians and social scientists to address aspects of civil war violence from a broad range of empirical and methodological perspectives. The book consists of three thematic sections. The first section covers contextual issues related to civil war violence, including the role of ideology and social dynamics. The second and third sections comprise empirical case studies that examine the dimensions of violence in six prominent European civil wars. The volume focuses on these particular conflicts because they are almost universally recognized as instances of civil war, and this enables the volume to maintain its analytical focus on the dynamics of violence.This book will be of much interest to students of European history, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The English Civil Wars tore families and friendships apart, setting father against son and brother against brother. Raging across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the conflict was the greatest political upheaval in the British Isles in six hundred years, and led directly to the execution of King Charles I in 1649. Keith Dowen tells the absorbing story of the arms and armour of the civil wars, and demonstrates how emerging weaponry contributed to some of the most well-known battles in British history. The book forms part of a series of introductions to aspects of the Royal Armouries'' collection of arms and armour. Written by specialists in the field, they are packed full of fascinating information and stunning photography. Royal Armouries is the national museum of arms and armour, with sites at Leeds, the Tower of London and Fort Nelson, Hampshire.

Objev podobné jako Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars - Keith Dowen

A highly original history of the least understood and most intractable form of organised human aggression, from ancient Rome to our present conflict-ridden world We think we know civil war when we see it. Yet ideas of what it is, and isn't, have a long and contested history. Defining the term is acutely political, for ideas about what makes a war "civil" often depend on whether one is ruler or rebel, victor or vanquished, sufferer or outsider; it can also shape a conflict’s outcome, determining whether external powers are involved or stand aside. From the American Revolution to the Iraq war, pivotal decisions have hung on such shifts of perspective. The West’s age of civil war may be over, but elsewhere it has exploded – from the Balkans to Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Sri Lanka and, most recently, Syria. And the language of civil war has burgeoned as democratic politics has become more violently fought. This book's unique perspective on the roots, dynamics and shaping force of civil war will be essential to our ongoing struggles with this seemingly interminable problem.

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This book examines the history of Labour's civil wars and the underlying causes of the party's schisms, from the first split of 1931, engineered by Ramsay MacDonald, to the ongoing battle for the future between the incumbent, Keir Starmer, and those who fundamentally altered the party's course under his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn.

Objev podobné jako Labour`s Civil Wars - How Infighting Keeps the Left from Power (and What Can Be Done about It) - Patrick Diamond, Giles Radice

A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian.The political upheaval of the mid-seventeenth century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the powers of the throne, but the conflict of 1640-60 was more dramatic: the monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished, to be replaced by a republic and military rule.In this wonderfully readable account, Blair Worden explores the events of this period and their origins - the war between King and Parliament, the execution of Charles I, Cromwell''s rule and the Restoration - while aiming to reveal something more elusive: the motivations of contemporaries on both sides and the concerns of later generations.

Objev podobné jako The English Civil Wars - Blair Worden

A masterful history of the American Civil War and its reverberations across the continent by a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner

Objev podobné jako American Civil Wars - Alan John Percivale Taylor

Miller provides a clear and comprehensible narrative, a coherent and accurate synthesis, intended as a guide for students and the general reader to an extremely complex period in British history. His aim is to help readers avoid getting lost in a maze of detail and rather to maintain a grasp of the big picture. Although the English Civil War is usually seen, in England at least, as a conflict between two sides, it involved the Scots, the Irish and the army and the people of England, especially London. At some points, events occurred and perspectives changed with such disorienting rapidity that even those who lived through these events were confused as to where they stood in relation to one another.As the 1640s wore on, events unfolded in ways which the participants had not expected and in many cases did not want. Hindsight might suggest that everything led logically to the trial and execution of the king, but these were in fact highly improbable outcomes.Since the 1980s, a ''three kingdoms'' approach has become almost compulsory, but Miller''s focus is unashamedly on England. Events in Scotland and Ireland are covered only insofar as they had an impact on events in England.

Objev podobné jako A Brief History of the English Civil Wars - Professor John Miller

Sada obsahuje dva kroužkové sešity formátu A6 s 60 listy každý. Motiv je inspirován říší Empire z filmové ságy Star Wars. Sešity jsou vhodné pro psaní poznámek, kreslení nebo tvorbu příběhů.

• Dva sešity s celkem 120 listy formátu A6
• Autentický motiv Star Wars Empire s licencí
• Kompaktní formát vhodný pro nošení
• Vhodné pro děti od 3 let i dospělé fanoušky

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Fólie na karty Scratch Wars chrání karty před poškozením. Balení obsahuje 100 kusů obalů o rozměrech 6,6 x 9 cm. Produkt je vhodný pro děti od 8 let.

• Balení obsahuje 100 praktických fólií
• Chrání stávající i nové karty Scratch Wars
• Vhodné pro děti od 8 let
• Rozměry 6,6 x 9 cm přesně padnou na karty

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Krabička je určena pro ukládání karet karetní hry Scratch Wars. Je vhodná pro děti od 8 let a má rozměry 8 x 7 x 9,5 cm. Výrobek pochází z České republiky.

• Vhodná pro děti od 8 let
• Praktické řešení pro ukládání karet
• Vyrobeno v České republice
• Kompatibilní s kartami Scratch Wars

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Star Wars školní set Stormtrooper DPL12 obsahuje pravítko, gumu, ořezávátko, tužku a pero s motivem Stormtroopera. Jedná se o kompletní sadu základních psacích potřeb pro školní úkoly a kreativní projekty. Set je vhodný pro děti od 3 let a nese oficiální Star Wars licenci.

• Kompletní set základních školních potřeb v jednom balení
• Autentický licencovaný motiv Stormtroopera ze Star Wars
• Vhodné pro děti již od 3 let věku
• Podporuje kreativitu a školní přípravu zábavnou formou

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Scratch Wars Starter Lite je základní sada oblíbené české karetní hry. Obsahuje stírací kartu hrdiny, kartu zbraně a stírátko s tyčkou pro okamžité začátky. Hra je kompatibilní s mobilní aplikací pro iOS a Android.

• Kompletní základní sada pro okamžité hraní
• Kompatibilita s mobilní aplikací pro rozšířenou hru
• Vhodné pro děti od 10 let - bezpečný materiál
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Karta zbraně Zepplandia je stírací karta ze 4. edice hry Scratch Wars. Po načtení v aplikaci umožňuje vstup do online bojů, získávání kouzel a účast v turnajích. Karta je vhodná pro děti od 8 let a pochází z České republiky.

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• Kompatibilita s mobilní aplikací pro iOS a Android
• Vhodné pro děti od 8 let
• Možnost vytvoření celého vojenského týmu

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Plakát využívá lentikulární tisk k vytvoření 3D efektu s přeměnou dvou obrázků. Je opatřen plastovým rámem a závěsným očkem. Rozměr produktu je 25 x 20 cm.

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• Kvalitní plastový profilový rám pro snadné zavěšení
• Licenční motiv oficiální značky Star Wars
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Rozšíření Spinbay přidává do karetní hry Scratch Wars nové hrdiny, zbraně a herní prvky z přístavního prostředí. Obsahuje kombinaci stíracích a nestíracích karet, které zavádějí mechaniky kouzel a obchodování. Hra je určena pro jednoho hráče od 8 let s průměrnou dobou hraní 7 minut.

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• Přidává vzrušující prvek obchodování a sběratelství
• Vhodné pro samostatnou hru (1 hráč)
• Rychlá herní doba (cca 7 minut)

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Lampa s motivem Star Wars vytváří tematickou atmosféru v pokoji. Je vhodná pro děti od 6 let a napájena třemi AAA bateriemi. Výška lampy je 33 cm.

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• Vytváří tematickou atmosféru v dětském pokoji
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• Bezpečná a vhodná pro děti již od 6 let

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Stavebnice LEGO Star Wars 75405 Hvězdný křižník Home One obsahuje 559 dílků a umožňuje sestavit vlajkovou loď Povstalecké aliance. Model je umístěn na sestavitelném stojanu a obsahuje oddělitelnou boční část pro zobrazení interiérových detailů. Součástí je i malá lékařská fregata Nebulon-B.

• Kvalitní materiál a precizně zapadající dílky
• Rozvíjí představivost a motoriku
• Model na sestavitelném stojanu s cedulkou
• Boční část lze oddělit pro nahlédnutí na detaily interiéru

Objev podobné jako LEGO® Star Wars™ 75405 Hvězdný křižník Home One

Stavebnice LEGO Star Wars 75404 představuje model Útočné lodi třídy Acclamator s 450 dílky. Umožňuje přehrát si scény z filmu Klony útočí, konkrétně bitvu o Geonosis. Je určena pro dospělé od 18 let a obsahuje interaktivní návod v aplikaci LEGO Builder.

• Kvalitní materiál a precizně zapadající dílky
• Rozvíjí představivost a motoriku
• Interaktivní návod v aplikaci LEGO Builder s nástroji pro přibližování a otáčení
• Autentický model s podstavcem a cedulkou pro sběratele

Objev podobné jako LEGO® Star Wars™ 75404 Útočná loď třídy Acclamator

Kulatý penál Stormtrooper DPL6 s motivem Star Wars nabízí praktické uložení psacích potřeb pomocí zipu. Produkt je vhodný pro děti od 3 let a kombinuje funkčnost s populární filmovou tematikou. Jedná se o licencovaný školní doplněk pro fanoušky série.

• Autentický motiv Stormtrooper z filmové ságy Star Wars
• Praktický kulatý tvar s bezpečným zipem pro snadné ukládání
• Vhodný pro děti již od 3 let věku
• Licencovaný produkt s originálním designem

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Dětské povlečení s motivem Baby Yody ze Star Wars je vyrobeno z bavlny a má zipové zapínání. Souprava zahrnuje povlak na polštář a přikrývku. Design zobrazuje meditujícího Baby Yodu s logy Star Wars.

• Vyrobeno z 100% hladké bavlny renforcé pro pohodlí
• Praktické zipové zapínání pro snadnou manipulaci
• Design s uklidňujícím motivem Baby Yody z Mandaloriana
• Obsahuje povlak na polštář 70x90 cm a na přikrývku 140x200 cm

Objev podobné jako Dětské povlečení Star Wars Baby Yoda, 140 x 200 cm, 70 x 90 cm

Nástěnné světlo ve tvaru světelného meče z filmové série Star Wars. Výrobek je vyroben z plastu a je vhodný pro děti od tří let. Napájení je možné pomocí USB kabelu nebo tří AAA baterií.

• Autentický design světelného meče z univerza Star Wars
• Flexibilní napájení přes USB nebo 3× AAA baterie
• Bezpečné pro děti od 3 let z plastového materiálu
• Kompletní balení včetně USB kabelu pro okamžité použití

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The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political upheavals which spanned the British Isles in the mid-seventeenth century. It was fought on a wide range of religious, political and racial issues, and succeeded in dividing the traditional loyalties of class, friendship and family ties within all four kingdoms. This unprecedented period of disruption resulted in far-reaching political revolution, the re-evaluation of political representation and social structure, and ultimately laid the foundations of the British constitution we know today.In The English Civil War, Martyn Bennett introduces the reader to the main debates surrounding the Civil War, from the St Giles riots in Edinburgh in 1637 to the restoration of Charles II in May 1660. Complete with biographies of the key personalities and descriptions of events, battles and military institutions, Bennett covers the run-up to the conflict, the wars themselves and the aftermath.This comprehensive A–Z companion to the history of the civil wars provides all the facts and figures that an armchair general would ever need.

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Láhev Hydro s objemem 850 ml je určena pro děti od 6 let do školy nebo na volnočasové aktivity. Povrch zdobí motiv Star Wars. Láhev není vhodná do mikrovlnné trouby a do myčky se umývá pouze teplou vodou.

• Motiv Star Wars pro fanoušky
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Figurky Lys Solay a Training Droid jsou inspirovány seriálem Star Wars: Dobrodružství mladých Jediů. Umožňují dětem přehrávat akční souboje a využívat techniky Jediů. Jsou vhodné pro děti od 3 let a mají výšku 10,5 cm.

• Autentické figurky z oblíbeného seriálu Disney Junior
• Podporuje kreativní hru a akční soubojové scénáře
• Bezpečné a vhodné pro děti již od 3 let
• Věrné zpracování postav z univerza Star Wars

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Teleskopický plastový meč inspirovaný postavou Ahsoky Tano ze Star Wars. V rozloženém stavu měří 70 cm, ve složeném 25 cm. Je určen pro děti od 4 let.

• Snadné vysunutí čepele jedním pohybem
• Bezpečný plastový materiál vhodný od 4 let
• Autentický design inspirovaný postavou Ahsoky Tano
• Kompaktní skladování (25 cm složený)

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3D puzzle Princezna Leia od Ravensburger je plastová skládačka ze 54 dílků s technologií Easyclick, která nevyžaduje lepidlo. Puzzle je součástí kolekce Star Wars a je určeno pro děti od 10 let. Skládání rozvíjí vizuální vnímání, logické myšlení a jemnou motoriku.

• Prvotřídní kvalita každého plastového dílku
• Technologie Easyclick – stabilní sestavení bez lepidla
• Přesně zapadající dílky zaručují pevnost konstrukce
• Vhodné pro rozvoj trpělivosti a prostorové představivosti

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Tato 3D sada obsahuje 540 plastových dílků pro sestavení osmi planet z univerza Star Wars včetně Hvězdy smrti, Endoru a Hothu. Puzzle využívá technologii Easyclick pro stabilní spojení bez nutnosti lepení. Hotové modely lze vystavit na přiložených stojáncích nebo zavěsit.

• Prvotřídní kvalita každého plastového dílku
• Technologie Easyclick - stabilní spojení bez lepidla
• Možnost vystavení na stojánku nebo zavěšení
• Věrné modely 8 ikonických planet z univerza Star Wars

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Stavebnice LEGO Star Wars 75389 Temný Falcon představuje temnou verzi lodi Millennium Falcon ze speciálu Rebuild the Galaxy. Model obsahuje 1579 dílků a nabízí detailní interiér s funkčními prvky. Součástí je 6 minifigurek včetně exkluzivního Darth Jar Jara.

• Kvalitní zpracování a přesnost dílků
• Propracovaný interiér s výklopnými panely
• 6 minifigurek včetně exkluzivních postav
• Kompatibilita s dalšími stavebnicemi ze série

Objev podobné jako LEGO® Star Wars™ 75389 Temný Falcon

Povlečení je vyrobeno z bavlny a obsahuje motiv Death Star ze Star Wars se svíticím efektem. Souprava zahrnuje povlak na polštář 70 x 90 cm a povlak na přikrývku 140 x 200 cm. Motiv je oboustranný, což umožňuje variabilitu vzhledu.

• Svíticí efekt motivu Death Star pro atraktivní noční vzhled
• Vyrobeno z příjemné bavlny s rozměrovou a barevnou stálostí
• Oboustranný motiv umožňuje měnit vzhled podle nálady

Objev podobné jako Jerry Fabrics Bavlněné povlečení Star Wars Death Star svíticí, 140 x 200 cm, 70 x 90 cm

Kreativní set umožňuje dětem vytvořit obraz R2-D2 ze Star Wars technikou malování podle čísel na připravené plátno. Po vybarvení a zaschnutí lze obraz zarámovat do přiloženého rámečku. Set obsahuje plátno s předlohou, akrylové barvy, štětec a stojánek na kelímky.

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• Hotový obraz lze zarámovat do přiloženého rámečku
• Vše potřebné včetně barev a štětce v balení
• Jednoduchý systém malování podle čísel

Objev podobné jako CreArt 237302 Star Wars: R2-D2

Toto je 3D puzzle Luke Skywalker z kolekce Star Wars značky Ravensburger. Skládá se z 54 plastových dílků s technologií Easyclick, které do sebe přesně zapadají bez potřeby lepidla. Je vhodné pro děti od 10 let.

• Prvotřídní kvalita každého dílku
• Technologie Easyclick - bez nutnosti lepení
• Zaručená stabilita přesně zapadajících dílků
• Trénuje trpělivost, vizuální vnímání a logické myšlení

Objev podobné jako Hylkies Star Wars Luke Skywalker

Světelný meč Lightsaber Forge od Hasbra umožňuje fanouškům Star Wars prožít dobrodružství jako rytíř Jedi nebo lord Sith. Díly meče jsou kompatibilní s dalšími produkty z kolekce, což umožňuje kreativní kombinace. Produkt je vhodný pro hraní, cosplay i jako sběratelský předmět.

• Autentický design inspirovaný Star Wars
• Možnost kombinovat díly s dalšími meči z kolekce
• Tři barevné varianty pro výběr
• Vhodný pro hru, cosplay i sběratelství

Objev podobné jako Hasbro Světelný meč LS Forge Star Wars s příslušenstvím červený

Representations of civil war in classical and Christian Latin and their reception in French literature reveal the formative influence of the Roman civil wars on the modern imagination. Optimistic solutions defer resolution beyond the end of history. Within history, a decadent empire resolves republican discord at a terrible price.

Objev podobné jako Civil War and the Collapse of the Social Bond - Barbara Vinken, Michele Lowrie

Now in its second edition, A Short History of the Wars of the Roses is an accessible history of the English civil wars of the mid-15th century. It offers a comprehensive account of the major political events, detailing the 30-year struggle between the dynastic houses of Lancaster and York, and analysing the formal clashes of royalist and rebel armies, such as the battles at St Albans, Towton, and Bosworth. Grummitt explores the roles of the era’s key personalities, such as the ‘Kingmaker’ Earl of Warwick, and Margaret of Anjou, who ruled for a time in her husband’s stead – highlighting how their actions shaped events on a local and national scale.Grummitt places the violent developments of this complex period in the wider context of fifteenth-century kingship, and the development of English political culture – without losing sight of the impact of the war on the lives of those who both fought in and were touched by battle.Expanding on the successful foundations of the 1st edition, this 2nd edition has been updated to include:- New material analysing the struggle for Ireland (1459-64) - New research concerning the battle of Edgecote and the Northern and Lincolnshire rebellions of 1469-70- A new section ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako A Short History of the Wars of the Roses - David Grummitt

War in Ukraine, a global hunger crisis, the West''s cost of living crisis - the eruptions of 2022 were all too predictable. In Price Wars, Rupert Russell lays out just how these crises are connected and how many such events plunged the 2010s into a decade of turmoil. Entering the eye of the storm - from the trenches of Russian separatist-controlled Donbas to bomb disposal squads in Mosul to cattle raiders in Kenya - Russell discovers a butterfly effect of chaos in the real world being driven by chaos in the commodities markets. The price of food and oil has the power to bankroll foreign invasions, plunge continents into poverty and spark revolutions, civil wars and refugee crises. And these prices, whistle-blowing hedge fund managers and Nobel Prize winners told him, have become irrational. In this thrilling exposé of the dark financial forces that rule our world, Russell takes us on adventure into the inner workings of global disorder unlike any other.

Objev podobné jako Price Wars - Rupert Russell

During the fifteenth century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of battles that eventually saw the Tudor dynasty take power. In A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses, Desmond Seward tells the story of this complex and dangerous period of history through the lives of five men and women who experienced the conflict first hand. In a gripping narrative the personal trials of the principal characters interweave with the major events and personalities of one of the most significant turning points in British history.

Objev podobné jako A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses - Mr Desmond Seward

The world is in a mess. For more than a billion people, everyday life is played out against the backdrop of civil wars, military coups and failing economies. For them, the peaceful democracy taken for granted in the West seems an impossible pipe-dream. But solutions do exist - it is up to us to achieve them. Award-winning academic Paul Collier''s vision for the future of the developing world is eye-opening, provocative and refreshingly unequivocal.

Objev podobné jako Wars, Guns and Votes - Paul Collier

The reactionary Comicsgate campaign against alleged “forced” diversity in superhero comics revealed the extent to which comics have become a key battleground in America’s Culture Wars. In the first in-depth scholarly study of Marvel Comics’ most recent engagement with progressive politics, Superhero Culture Wars explores how the drive towards greater diversity among its characters and creators has interacted with the company’s commercial marketing and its traditional fan base. Along the way the book covers such topics as:· Major characters such as Miles Morales’s Spider-man, Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel, Jane Foster’s Thor, Sam Wilson’s Captain America and the Secret Empire series’ turncoat Captain America · Creators such as G. Willow Wilson, Jason Aaron, Nick Spencer and Michael Bendis · Marketing, the Marvel Universe, and online fan culture Superhero Culture Wars demonstrates how the marketing of Marvel comics as politically progressive has both indelibly shaped its in-world universe and characters, and led to conflicts between its corporate interests, its creators, and it audience.

Objev podobné jako Superhero Culture Wars - Dr Judith Leggatt, Dr Monica Flegel

''Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time, and Rapture is essential reading for the broken-hearted of all ages'' - Rose Tremain, author of The Road Home and Absolutely and ForeverRapture, the T.S Eliot Prize-winning collection from former Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom Carol Ann Duffy, is a book-length love-poem, and a moving act of personal testimony. What sets these poems apart from other treatments of the subject is that Duffy refuses to simplify the contradictions of love, and read its transformations - infatuation, longing, passion, commitment, rancour, separation and grief - as simply redemptive or destructive.Rapture is a map of real love, in all its churning complexity. Yet in showing us that a song can be made of even the most painful episodes in our lives, Duffy has accessed a new level of directness that sacrifices nothing in the way of subtlety of expression. The effortless virtuosity, directness, drama and humanity of Carol Ann Duffy''s verse have made her our most admired and best-loved contemporary poet. These are poems that will find deep rhymes in the experience of most readers, and nowhere has Duffy more eloquently articulated her belief that poetry should speak ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Rapture - Duffy Carol Ann

''Palmer spins a cracking tale that, despite its disconcerting subject, is piquantly cheerful and compassionate . . . With empathy and imagination, Palmer explores the master/apprentice relationship, first love and first rivalry, spite and kindness: conjuring a world to raise a wry smile'' New York Times---------------------------------------------------------------------------------A stunning, powerfully evocative new novel based on a true story - in 1726 in the small town of Godalming, England, a young woman confounds the medical community by giving birth to dead rabbits.Surgeon John Howard is a rational man. His apprentice Zachary knows John is reluctant to believe anything that purports to exist outside the realm of logic. But even John cannot explain how or why Mary Toft, the wife of a local farmer, manages to give birth to a dead rabbit. When this singular event becomes a regular occurrence, John realizes that nothing in his experience as a village physician has prepared him to deal with a situation as disturbing as this. He writes to several preeminent surgeons in London, three of whom quickly arrive in the small town of Godalming ready to observe and opine. When Mary''s plight reaches the attention of King George, Mary and her doctors are summoned to London, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen - Dexter Palmer

Duffy's Lucky Escape will transport you to a tropical paradise where Duffy the Sea Turtle lives amongst beautiful coral reefs and colourful fish only for Duffy to learn that not all that floats is food. As time is running out Duffy has a lucky escape when kind people step in to save the day.

Objev podobné jako Duffy's Lucky Escape - Ellie Jackson

Augusta Travers has spent the last three years avoiding the stifling expectations of New York society and her family''s constant disappointment. As the nation''s most fearless--and reviled--columnist, Gussie travels the country with her Kodak camera and spins stories for women unable to leave hearth and home. But when her adventurous nature lands her in the middle of a scandal, an opportunity to leave America offers the perfect escape. Arriving in India, she expects only a nice visit with childhood friends, siblings Catherine and Gabriel, and escapades that will further her career. Instead, she finds herself facing a plague epidemic, confusion over Gabriel''s sudden appeal, and the realization that what she wants from life is changing. But slowing down means facing all the hurts of her past that she''s long been trying to outrun. And that may be an undertaking too great even for her. Praise for Kimberly Duffy:"Duffy shines in elegant, flowing prose and delicate precision that underscores the nineteenth-century setting."--BOOKLIST starred review"An author to watch."--LIBRARY JOURNAL"Duffy''s writing is beautiful, deep, and contemplative."--JOCELYN GREEN, Christy Award-winning author of Shadows of the White City"Duffy [has a] capable pen and inimitable passion for portraying India."--RACHEL MCMILLAN, author of The London Restoration and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Every Word Unsaid - Kimberly Duffy

‘Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time’ - GuardianThe wonders of nature have inspired poets for centuries, stretching far back beyond the Romantics. Beautifully curated by Carol Ann Duffy, the poems in Earth Prayers span widely across time, but in their moments of joy, empathy or difference, even the earliest poems reveal a concern for the welfare of our planet. Duffy brings these early eco-poems into conversation with contemporary voices writing into the environmental crisis, and through this dialogue sounds a clarion call to cherish and defend the planet while we can.From John Clare to Lucille Clifton to Kathleen Jamie, the poets collected in Earth Prayers speak at times as stewards and ambassadors of the earth, at others in anger at those who would exploit nature, or to question their own part in its decline. And the earth speaks back: in Stephanie Pruitt’s ‘Mississippi Gardens’ the soil bears witness to the worst of human history, while in ‘Poem’ Jorie Graham relays the earth’s plea: ‘remember me’.To encounter nature, these poems tell us, is to be humbled, to have our own smallness magnified by the presence of the sublime. Earth Prayers is a testament to ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Earth Prayers - Carol Ann Duffy DBE

Carol Ann Duffy, appointed Poet Laureate in 2009, has chosen her favourite poems for children for this stunning collection of classic and modern verse, exquisitely illustrated by multi-award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett.Featuring such classic poems as ''The Owl and the Pussycat'' by Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll''s ''Jabberwocky'' alongside Edwin Morgan''s ''The Loch Ness Monster''s Song'' and ''Balloons'' by Sylvia Plath, 101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate''s Choice is a delight for children of all ages and a pleasure to read aloud.

Objev podobné jako 101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice - Carol Ann Duffy DBE

''FAULTLESS STORYTELLING'' Observer''A PORTRAIT OF SISTERHOOD ... POWERFUL, WISE, CELEBRATORY'' Daily MailA compelling novel about family secrets and the legacy of trauma, set against the changing fortunes of an English seaside town, from award-winning writer Stella Duffy. When Lucy discovers the body of her great aunt Kitty, with a puzzling note and empty pill bottles by her bed, she can''t believe that the formidable woman who held her family together is gone - or understand why she has taken her own life. Lucy is determined to decipher Kitty''s final message. What she finds will overturn everything she thought she knew about her family. Lullaby Beach takes the reader on a journey through three generations of a complicated, close-knit family whose joys and misfortunes track many of the most pressing conflicts and concerns of post-war Britain, from the promise and hypocrisies of 1950s London to the political divides and risky freedoms of the present day. ''Whether it''s down to the sure rhythm of Duffy''s faultless storytelling or the faded backdrop of the south coast of England, her latest novel is a comforting tale despite some gritty subject matter ... Wise, generous and atmospheric'' OBSERVER''Duffy is a fearless writer ... A portrait ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Lullaby Beach - Stella Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy has been a bold and original voice in British poetry since the publication of Standing Female Nude in 1985. Since then she has won every major poetry prize in the United Kingdom and sold over one million copies of her books around the world. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009.Her first Collected Poems includes all of the poems from her nine acclaimed volumes of adult poetry - from Standing Female Nude to Ritual Lighting - as well as her much-loved Christmas poems, which celebrate aspects of Christmas: from the charity of King Wenceslas to the famous truce between the Allies and the Germans in the trenches in 1914. Endlessly varied, wonderfully inventive, and emotionally powerful, the poems in this book showcase Duffy''s full poetic range: there are poems written in celebration and in protest; public poems and deeply personal ones; poems that are funny, sexy, heartbroken, wise. Taken together they affirm her belief that ''poetry is the music of being human''. Collected Poems is both the perfect single-volume introduction for new readers and a glorious opportunity for old friends to celebrate thirty years'' work by one of the country''s greatest literary talents. It confirms indisputably that ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Collected Poems - Carol Ann Duffy DBE

‘Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time’ - GuardianThe wonders of nature have inspired poets for centuries, stretching far back beyond the Romantics. Beautifully curated by Carol Ann Duffy, the poems in Earth Prayers span widely across time, but in their moments of joy, empathy or difference, even the earliest poems reveal a concern for the welfare of our planet. Duffy brings these early eco-poems into conversation with contemporary voices writing into the environmental crisis, and through this dialogue sounds a clarion call to cherish and defend the planet while we can.From John Clare to Lucille Clifton to Kathleen Jamie, the poets collected in Earth Prayers speak at times as stewards and ambassadors of the earth, at others in anger at those who would exploit nature, or to question their own part in its decline. And the earth speaks back: in Stephanie Pruitt’s ‘Mississippi Gardens’ the soil bears witness to the worst of human history, while in ‘Poem’ Jorie Graham relays the earth’s plea: ‘remember me’.To encounter nature, these poems tell us, is to be humbled, to have our own smallness magnified by the presence of the sublime. Earth Prayers is a testament to ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Earth Prayers - Carol Ann Duffy DBE

A heart-warming and hilarious novel about life, love, and the weight of all we leave unsaid, Duffy & Son is a quietly moving masterpiece from one of Ireland’s most gifted comic writers.Eugene Duffy is turning 70; his son Jim is turning 40.For decades now, they’ve been running the family hardware shop and living in good-natured bachelor harmony. But time is marching on, and with thoughts of old age weighing heavily on his mind, Eugene is growing increasingly concerned about his son’s future.He resolves to help in the best way possible: by finding Jim a wife. And he’s not going to let anyone – let alone Jim himself – stand in his way.Reminiscent of Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel A Man Called Ove, Duffy and Son contains a likeable but curmudgeonly main character, wry humour, tremendous heart, as well as a strong sense of community. It is a funny and heartwarming novel which celebrates the messiness of ordinary lives and would make a perfect reading group choice.

Objev podobné jako Duffy and Son - Damien Owens