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Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai

Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1550–1700

by Anand A. Yang, Kieko Matteson, Tonio Andrade
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016

Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the fascinating history of its seaways. The East Asian maritime realm, from the Straits of Malacca to the Sea of Japan, has been a core region of international trade for millennia, but during the long seventeenth...
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Nichts als Lügen!

Kurzgeschichten

by Kerstin Surra, Christa Huber, Ulrike Zimmermann
Language: German
Release Date: March 30, 2014

Wissenschaftliche Studien belegen: Wir lügen jeden Tag, bewusst oder unbewusst, in Gedanken oder laut. Wir verschonen die Lieben mit der Wahrheit und lügen stattdessen, damit es erträglicher bleibt. Oder wir lügen, weil wir ein schlechtes Gewissen haben und eine Ausrede brauchen. Es gibt viele...
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Von Achtsamkeit bis Zuversicht

ABC des guten Lebens

by Gerd B. Achenbach, Prof. Regina Ammicht Quinn, Gottfried Bachl
Language: German
Release Date: February 20, 2017

Was ist ein gutes Leben? Was macht mein Leben einfacher, ohne es einzuschränken? Was tut mir gut, aber gleichzeitig auch anderen? Es sind bestimmte Werte, die sich in einer Einstellung, aber auch im Verhalten, im Tun ausdrücken. Welche das sein könnten, zeigt dieses Buch mit Themen wie Achtsamkeit...
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Ermutigung zum Aufbruch

Eine kritische Bilanz des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils

by Urs Baumann, Christoph Böttigheimer, Margit Eckholt
Language: German
Release Date: February 1, 2014

Inmitten einer Kirchenkrise geschieht das Unglaubliche: Mit Mut und Entschlossenheit kündigt Papst Johannes XXIII. das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil an. Er weiß, dass die Kirche ihre Botschaft den Menschen von heute nur noch dann vermitteln könne, wenn sie sich öffne, alle Fenster aufreiße und »einen...
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by Peter H. Werner, Lori H. Williams, Tina J. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011

This third edition of Teaching Children Gymnastics will help you tailor a gymnastics program to your teaching situation while combining the best facets of developmental skills, health-related fitness, and conceptual learning based on process characteristics of body, space, effort, and relationships....
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Geschichte des globalen Christentums

Teil 3: 20. Jahrhundert

by Akintunde Akinade, Thomas Bremer, Heath Carter
Language: German
Release Date: April 25, 2018

Der vorliegende Band präsentiert erstmals im deutschen Sprachraum eine umfassende, interkonfessionelle und -disziplinäre Geschichte des globalen Christentums im 20. Jahrhundert. Ausgewiesene (Kirchen-)HistorikerInnen und ReligionswissenschaftlerInnen zeichnen die Entwicklungen in diesem Jahrhundert...
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Töten per Fernbedienung

Kampfdrohnen im weltweiten Schattenkrieg

by Peter Strutynski, Jürgen Altmann, Tom Barry
Language: German
Release Date: January 30, 2014

Beinahe täglich fliegen unbemannte, schwer bewaffnete Drohnen ihre von der Öffentlichkeit weitgehend unbemerkten Einsätze. Vor Bildschirmen sitzende Krieger in US-amerikanischen Militärbasen, britischen und demnächst vielleicht auch deutschen Kasernen töten per Mausklick nach politischen Vorgaben....
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by J. J. Isler, Peter Isler
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011

Interested in learning to sail but feel like you’re navigating in murky waters? Sailing for Dummies, Second Edition introduces the basics of sailing, looks at the different types of sailboats and their basic parts, and teaches you everything you need to know before you leave the dock. In...
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Running on Empty

Canada and the Indochinese Refugees, 1975-1980

by Michael J. Molloy, Peter Duschinsky, Kurt F. Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017

The fall of Saigon in April 1975 resulted in the largest and most ambitious refugee resettlement effort in Canada’s history. Running on Empty presents the challenges and successes of this bold refugee resettlement program. It traces the actions of a few dozen men and women who travelled to seventy...
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by Richard J. Sommers, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Ted Tunnell
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009

The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. Following a year in which only one major battle was fought on Virginia soil, 1864 brought military campaigning to the Old Dominion. For the first time during the Civil War, the...
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The NSA Report

Liberty and Security in a Changing World

by Peter Swire, The President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications The President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, Richard A. Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014

"We cannot discount the risk, in light of the lessons of our own history, that at some point in the future, high-level government officials will decide that this massive database of extraordinarily sensitive private information is there for the plucking. Americans must never make the mistake...
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Impassioned Jurisprudence

Law, Literature, and Emotion, 1760–1848

by Simon Stern, J. T. Scanlan, Melissa J. Ganz
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015

In this volume of essays, scholars of the interdisciplinary field of law and literature write about the role of emotion in English law and legal theory in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The law’s claims to reason provided a growing citizenry that was beginning to establish its...
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Homer Simpson Marches on Washington

Dissent through American Popular Culture

by Joseph J. Foy, Timothy M. Dale, Jamie Warner
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010

The Simpsons questions what is culturally acceptable, showcasing controversial issues like homosexuality, animal rights, the war on terror, and religion. This subtle form of political analysis is effective in changing opinions and attitudes on a large scale. Homer Simpson Marches on Washington explores...
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Teaching America

The Case for Civic Education

by David J. Feith, Seth Andrew, Charles F. Bahmueller
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011

In Teaching America, more than 20 leading thinkers sound the alarm over a crisis in citizenship—and lay out a powerful agenda for reform. The book’s unprecedented roster of authors includes Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Bob Graham, Secretary Rod Paige, Alan Dershowitz,...
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