Resisting Disappearance: Military Occupation and Women's Activism in Kashmir (Zia Ather)(Paperback)

Resisting Disappearance: Military Occupation and Women's Activism in Kashmir (Zia Ather)(Paperback)

Resisting Sectarianism: Queer Activism in Postwar Lebanon (Nagle John)(Paperback)

The Middle East is often portrayed as oppressively patriarchal and homophobic. Yet, in recent years the region has become a vibrant and important arena for feminist and LGBTQ activism. This book provides an insight into this emerging politics through a unique analysis of feminist and LGBTQ social

A Desolation Called Peace: Voices from Kashmir (Bhat Javaid Iqbal)(Paperback)

The accession of Kashmir to the Indian Union in 1947 had raised objections both in Kashmir and India, echoes of which continue to be heard even today. At the time, Sheikh Abdullah was the uncrowned king of Kashmir; today, his grave is under security lest it be vandalized. What accounts for this

Digital Protest and Activism in Public Education: Reactions to Neoliberal Restructuring in Israel (Berkovich Izhak)(Paperback)

Digital protest and activism in reaction to the consequences of neoliberalism in public education have become a global phenomenon in the second decade of the 21st century, emerging in countries such as the US, UK, France, and Israel. Teachers, parents, and other stakeholders in education are

Bargaining for Women's Rights: Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy (Kang Alice J.)(Paperback)

Gender relations in Muslim-majority countries have been subject to intense debate in recent decades. In some cases, Muslim women have fought for and won new rights to political participation, reproductive health, and education. In others, their agendas have been stymied. Yet missing from this

Ladakh, Jammu & the Kashmir Valley (Ibbotson Sophie)(Paperback)

Bradt's Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir remains the only standalone guide in English available to this stunning region of mountain wilderness and lush valleys. Although Ladakh is becoming an ever more popular destination, Zanskar, the Kashmir Valley and Jammu are still off the beaten path and full of

Organizing Freedom: Black Emancipation Activism in the Civil War Midwest (Harbour Jennifer R.)(Paperback)

Organizing Freedom is a riveting and significant social history of black emancipation activism in Indiana and Illinois during the Civil War era. By enlarging the definition of emancipation to include black activism, author Jennifer R. Harbour details the aggressive, tenacious defiance through which

Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War (Schofield Victoria)(Paperback)

Why has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquillity, become a major flashpoint, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance and challenging the integrity of the Indian state? This book examines the Kashmir conflict in its historical context, from the period

Kent at War (Holden Clive)(Paperback)

Kent has a long and illustrious military history dating back to the Roman occupation but the first great conflict of the twentieth century brought the horrors of war to a new generation. Thousands of the county's finest young men were sent off to fight in battlefields around the world including

Kashmir - The Case for Freedom (Roy Arundhati)(Paperback / softback)

Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world--and one of the most ignored. Under an Indian military rule that, at half a million strong, exceeds the total number of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom of speech is non-existent, and human- rights abuses and

Death in the Andes (Vargas Llosa Mario)(Paperback / softback)

In an isolated community in the Peruvian Andes, a series of mysterious disappearances has occurred. As the investigation progresses, Tomas entertains Lituma with the surreal tale of a precarious love affair. Death in the Andes is both a fascinating detective novel and an insightful political

Light on Tantra in Kashmir Shaivism: Chapter One of Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka (Lakshmanjoo Swami)(Paperback)

This profound text is concerned with the philosophy and practice known as Kashmir Shaivism. On account of its size and scope it is a veritable encyclopedia of non-dual Shaivism.Why was the Tantraloka written? In answer to this question Abhinavagupta tells us that, although in the schools of Kashmir

The Occupied Clinic: Militarism and Care in Kashmir (Varma Saiba)(Paperback)

In The Occupied Clinic, Saiba Varma explores the psychological, ontological, and political entanglements between medicine and violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir-the world's most densely militarized place. Into a long history of occupations, insurgencies, suppressions, natural disasters, and a

Tyldesley and Grieve's Muscles, Nerves and Movement in Human Occupation (McMillan Ian)(Paperback)

Now in its fourth edition 'Tyldesley and Grieve's Muscles, Nerves and Movement' has established itself as the leading textbook for the study of movement by occupational therapists. The book provides students with a sound understanding of the way in which bones, joints, muscles and nerves allow the

Love and Other Lies (McPherson Ben)(Paperback)

A mother and father search for the truth behind their daughter's disappearance in this stunning psychological suspense novel that takes Nordic noir to a level that is 'emotional, painful, and utterly memorable' (Alex Marwood, Edgar Award-winning author of The Poison Garden). Cal and Elsa have the

Occupation (Fuks Julin)(Paperback)

Known and celebrated in Brazil and abroad for his novel Resistance, Juli n Fuks returns to his auto-fictional alter ego Sebasti n in a narrative alternating between the writer's conversations with refugees occupying a building in downtown S o Paulo, his father's sickness, and his wife's pregnancy

Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin (Burley W. J.)(Paperback)

Wycliffe investigates the disappearance of a young girl - and becomes involved in a major criminal investigation . . . Chief Superintendent Wycliffe doubted whether he would enjoy his Christmas. With his wife away, he rashly accepted an invitation to stay with a Penzance lawyer and his family, but

Red to Green (Henry Laura A.)(Paperback)

Environmental activism in contemporary Russia exemplifies both the promise and the challenge facing grassroots politics in the post-Soviet period. In the late Soviet period, Russia's environmental movement was one of the country's most dynamic and effective forms of social activism, and it appeared

Resisting Neoliberalism in Education: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives (Lynch Kathleen)(Paperback)

Neoliberalism has been widely criticised because of its role in prioritising 'free markets' as the optimum way of solving problems and organising society. In the field of education, this leads to an emphasis on the knowledge economy that can reduce both persons and education to economic actors and

Race and Riots in Thatcher's Britain (Peplow Simon)(Paperback)

Through exploration of black British community activism in three geographical case studies, this book argues that the 1980-1 anti-police disturbances should be viewed as 'collective bargaining by riot'. Utilising many original sources, it charts dichotomous attitudes towards public inquiries and

Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel (White Ben)(Paperback)

After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, Israel has created an apartheid system in historic Palestine. Peace efforts have failed because of one hard truth: the best Israeli offers do not meet the minimum that a truly free Palestine would require--nor that international law would

The Inkberg Enigma (King Jonathan)(Paperback)

'Haven't you always thought there's something WEIRD about this town, Miro?' Miro and Zia live in Aurora, a fishing town nestled in the shadow of an ancient castle. Miro lives in his books; Zia is never without her camera. The day they meet, they uncover a secret. The fishing works, the castle, and

Corporate Governance, Ethics and Csr (Taylor John)(Paperback)

There has been an increase in shareholder activism in recent years that has affected companies like Walmart, Goldman-Sachs and Citigroup. Shareholders are taking charge, expressing their discontent with extravagant pay packages when such high profile companies have been ripe with scandals and had

What about Activism? (Madoff Steven Henry)(Paperback)

Curators and thinkers about contemporary art consider how to engage audiences in creative forms of protest and advocacy.With the global rise of a politics of shock, driven by nationalist and authoritarian regimes, what paths to resistance and sites of sanctuary can cultural institutions offer? In