The Paradoxes of Peacebuilding Post-9/11 (Baranyi Stephen)(Paperback)

The Paradoxes of Peacebuilding Post-9/11 (Baranyi Stephen)(Paperback)

Is sustainable peace an illusion in a world where foreign military interventions are replacing peace negotiations as starting points for postwar reconstruction? What would it take to achieve durable peace? This book presents six provocative case studies authored by respected peacebuilding

The Wren: A Biography (Moss Stephen)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of The Robin: A BiographyThe wren is a paradox of a bird. On the one hand wrens are ubiquitous. They are Britain's most common bird, with 8.5 million breeding pairs and have by far the loudest song in proportion to their size. They also thrive up and down Britain and

Claiming Belonging (Cury Emily)(Paperback)

Claiming Belonging dives deep into the lives of Muslim American advocacy groups in the post-9/11 era, asking how they form and function within their broader community in a world marked by Islamophobia. Bias incidents against Muslim Americans reached unprecedented levels a few short years ago, and

9-11 - 10th Anniversary Edition (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback / softback)

In 9-11, published in November 2001 and arguably the single most influential post 9-11 book, internationally renowned thinker Noam Chomsky bridged the information gap around the World Trade Center attacks, cutting through the tangle of political opportunism, expedient patriotism, and general

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (Huntington Samuel P.)(Paperback)

Kniha The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order:The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, now even more relevant in the post-September 11 world. A benchmark for informed speculation on those always fascinating questions: Just where are we in history? What hidden

The Ngo Game: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in the Balkans and Beyond (McMahon Patrice C.)(Paperback)

In most post-conflict countries nongovernmental organizations are everywhere, but their presence is misunderstood. In The NGO Game Patrice McMahon investigates the unintended outcomes of what she calls the NGO boom in Bosnia and Kosovo. Using her years of fieldwork and interviews, McMahon argues

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 (Kotkin Stephen)(Paperback)

A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world The product of a decade of intrepid research, Stalin is a landmark achievement. Stephen Kotkin offers a biography that, at long last, is equal to this shrewd, sociopathic, charismatic dictator in all his

The Eyes of the Dragon (King Stephen)(Paperback)

'It is just not possible to stop turning the pages' (The Washington Post) of this bestselling classic tale--an epic fantasy as only Stephen King could envision it. 'Once, in a kingdom called Delain, there was a king with two

Peacebuilding in Contemporary Africa - In Search of Alternative Strategies(Paperback / softback)

Peacebuilding in Contemporary Africa explores the challenges and opportunities faced by countries and societies transitioning from armed conflicts to peace in contemporary Africa. It evaluates the effectiveness, outcomes and failures of existing peacebuilding initiatives implemented by

Peacebuilding: The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1997-2017 (Chandler David)(Paperback)

This book is the first to chart the rise and fall of peacebuilding. Charting its beginnings, as an ad-hoc extension of peacekeeping responsibilities, and formalisation, as a UN-supported international project of building liberal states. Twenty years later, the grounding policy assumptions of

Black Cultural Production after Civil Rights (Patterson Robert J.)(Paperback)

The post-civil rights era of the 1970s offered African Americans an all-too-familiar paradox. Material and symbolic gains contended with setbacks fueled by resentment and reaction. African American artists responded with black approaches to expression that made history in their own time and

Unicorn (Murdoch Iris)(Paperback / softback)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN MEDCALFWhen Marian Taylor takes the post of governess at Gaze castle, remote house on a beautiful but desolate coast, she finds herself confronted with many strange mysteries. What kind of crime or catastrophe in the past still keeps the house under a brooding

A Critical History of German Film, Second Edition (Brockmann Stephen)(Paperback)

From early masterpieces such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Metropolis (1927) to the post-1945 films of Fassbinder, Herzog, and Wenders, German film constitutes a crucial part of the history of world cinema. It helped to shape Hollywood cinema and had a major impact on other cinemas as

Dyslexicon (Cain Stephen)(Paperback)

A double-lunged bong hit of mid-Eighties post-punk college rock, Gertrude Stein, art films, and the comedic legacy of Laurel and Hardy (including such great standup teams as HD and Ezra Pound, Jesus and Judas, and Steve McCaffery and bpNichol). Jeff Derksen says: 'If reading is sixty-nining, then

At the Same Time (Sontag Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Contains sixteen essays. Reflecting on literature, photography and art, post 9/11 America and political activism, this title includes these essays that encompass the themes that dominated the author's life and work, revealing why she remains one of the twentieth century's pre-eminent writers and

Humber Cars - The Post-war Years (Lewis Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Humber is a manufacturer of cars that was existed from the dawn of motoring, when in 1899 Thomas Humber produced his Humber Phaeton model. The company went on to manufacture various motor vehicles of quality but financial difficulties during the 1920s saw it being bought out in 1928 by the Rootes

Long Mars - (Long Earth 3) (Baxter Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

He becomes embroiled in the plight of the Next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their 'long childhood' in a hidden community located deep in the Long Earth. . ___________________The Long Mars is the third in The Long Earth

Reena Spaulings (Bernadette Corporation)(Paperback)

A novel set in post-9/11 New York City about a supermodel and the ultimate Broadway blockbuster.Set in post-9/11 New York City, Reena Spaulings was written by a large collective of writers and artists that bills itself as The Bernadette Corporation. Like most contemporary fiction, Reena Spaulings

Disordered World - A Vision for the Post-9/11 World (Maalouf Amin)(Paperback / softback)

Tranlsated from the French by George MillerA dazzling and ultimately hopeful exploration and analysis of our disordered and volatile post-9/11 world by one of the leading international writers and thinkers of our

Terrorism: How to Respond (English Richard)(Paperback)

Richard English argues here that the post-9/11 War on Terror has spectacularly failed and that we now need a radically new approach to dealing with international terrorism. Recent policies have ignored the lessons of the past, and Terrorism: How to Respond seeks to remedy this lack of vision by

Contemporary Conflict Resolution (Ramsbotham Oliver)(Paperback)

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The fourth edition of this hugely popular text explains the key concepts, charts the development of the field, evaluates successes and failures, and

Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 (Zuckoff Mitchell)(Paperback / softback)

Zen: The Path of Paradox (Osho)(Paperback)

In Zen: The Path of Paradox, Osho suggests Zen as a possible bridge between East and West, and between the scientific and the spiritual. 'Without science, the East has lost much; without meditation, the West has lost much. I am trying to bring together East and West, because together they will

Under the Dome (King Stephen)(Paperback)

Don't miss the 'harrowing' (The Washington Post) #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from master storyteller Stephen King that inspired the hit television series, following the apocalyptic scenario of a town cut off from the rest of the world. On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in