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Tugal Cihan: The Fall of the Turkish Model

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Just a few short years ago, the Turkish Model was being hailed across the world. The New York Times gushed that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) had effectively integrated Islam, democracy, and vibrant economics, making Turkey, according to the International Crisis Group, the envy of the Arab world. And yet, a more recent CNN headline wondered if…

Glass Charles: Syria Burning: A Short History of a Catastrophe

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Since its commencement in the upsurge of the Arab Spring in 2011, the Syrian civil war has claimed in excess of 200,000 lives, with an estimated 8 million Syrians, more than a third of the country's population, forced to flee their homes. A stalemate now exists but out of the vacuum has emerged the Sunni insurgents ISIS who now, it is estimated occupies some 35% of the country, as well as vast…

Meek James: Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The essential public good that Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and now Cameron sell is not power stations, or trains, or hospitals. It's the public itself. it's us. In a little over a generation the bones and sinews of the British economy — rail, energy, water, postal services, municipal housing — have been sold to remote, unaccountable private owners, often from overseas. In a series of brilliant…

Paul F. Fewster: X-Ray Scattering from Semiconductors and Other Materials

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: This third edition has been extended considerably to incorporate more information on instrument influences on the interpretation of X-ray scattering profiles and reciprocal space maps. Another significant inclusion is on the scattering from powder samples, covering a new theoretical approach that explains features that conventional theory cannot. The new edition includes some of the latest…

Luxemburg Rosa: The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg: Economic Writings 2

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) is widely regarded as one of the most creative writers of modern socialism and the foremost female theoretician of European radicalism. Her wide-ranging and incisive works, which include studies on capitalism's inherent drive for global expansion, the relation between spontaneity and organization, and the inseparability of democracy and socialism, have made her a pole…

Chomsky Noam: The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism

Скачать книгу (размер 2 727 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 536) Аннотация: A brilliant, shattering, and convincing account of United States-backed suppression of political and human rights in the Third World... It relentlessly dissects the official views of Establishment scholars and their journals. The best and brightest pundits of the status quo emerge from this book thoroughly denuded of their credibility.

Research Handbook on International Energy Law

Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: International energy law is an elusive but important concept. There is no body of law called international energy law, nor is there any universally accepted definition for it, yet many specialised areas of international law have a direct relationship with energy policy. The Research Handbook on International Energy Law examines various aspects of international energy law and offers a…

Hearn Karen: Cornelius Johnson

Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: A small in-focus book on the significant but hitherto under studied English-born painter Cornelius Johnson. Johnson's portraits are of exceptional quality, and, uniquely for a British artist of the period, he worked on every scale, from large groups to miniatures.

Andre Leon Talley: Oscar De La Renta: His Legendary World of Style

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: A sumptuous monograph tracing the life and legacy of fashion luminary Oscar de la Renta. In October 2014 one of the fashion world's champions, Oscar de la Renta, passed away, a great loss brightened by the innumerable successes of his half-century reign. The acclaimed fashion designer dressed first ladies from Kennedy to Obama, and celebrities from Beyonce to Sarah Jessica Parker. Renowned for…

Cockburn Patrick: The Rise of Islamic State

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Out of the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring and Syria, a new threat emerges. While Al Qaeda is weakened, new jihadi movements, especially ISIS, are starting to emerge. In military operations in June 2014 they were far more successful than Al Qaeda ever were, taking territory that reaches across borders and includes the city of Mosul. The reports of their military coordination and…

Juliet Wilson-Bareau: Goya: The Witches and Old Women Album

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: This groundbreaking reconstruction of Goya's so-called 'Witches and Old Women' album will offer rich insights into the artist's concerns and preoccupations and will immeasurably deepen our understanding of the artist. With its themes of witchcraft, madness and nightmares, the predominant imagery of the album offers a particularly important perspective on the development of Goya's interest in old…

Davis Lucy: Joshua Reynolds: Experiments in Paint

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Offering new insights into the artistic practice of Sir Joshua Reynolds, this catalogue investigates his radical manipulation of pigmants, oils, glazes and varnishes. It traces his experiments with colour, tone and handling, reveals his continual temptation to rework and revise his pictures, and illuminates his highly creative responses to the new exhibition culture of his day.

A Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: This comprehensive and thought-provoking Handbook reviews public sector economics from pluralist perspectives that either complement or reach beyond mainstream views. The book takes a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, drawing on economic elements in the fields of philosophy, sociology, psychology, history and law. The expert contributors present new methodological approaches across these…

Hibbert Clare: Rainforest Workout

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Rainforest Workout provides a first introduction to rainforest animals, plants, people, and climate. The rainforest landscape ties into a selection of exciting exercises: children are encouraged to balance like a monkey, prowl like a tiger, march like an elephant, and grow like a tree.

Beazley Ingrid: Street Art Fine Art

Скачать книгу (размер 1 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 252) Аннотация: Street Art Fine Art presents a collection of classic works of fine art by the old masters reinterpreted by today's most cutting-edge street artists. In this book, curator Ingrid Beazley draws parallels between classic and contemporary styles; showcasing how works from the Dulwich Picture Gallery's permanent collection by painters such as Rembrandt, Pynacker, Gainsborough, Franceshini, Van Aelst…

The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the 'Pragmatic Sociology of Critique'

Скачать книгу (размер 4 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 884) Аннотация: What is the relevance of Luc Boltanski's 'pragmatic sociology of critique' to central issues in contemporary social and political analysis? In seeking to respond to this question, this book contains critical commentaries from prominent social theorists attempting to map out the influence and broad scope of Boltanski's oeuvre.

Gold Catalysis: An Homogeneous Approach

Скачать книгу (размер 2 798 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 550) Аннотация: Research on designing new catalytic systems has been one of the most important fields in modern organic chemistry, and one reason for this is the predominant contribution of catalysis to the concepts of atom economy and green chemistry in the 21st century. Gold, considered catalytically inactive for a long time, is now a fascinating partner of modern chemistry, as scientists such as Bond, Haruta,…

Coleman Gabriella: Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Story of Anonymous

Скачать книгу (размер 2 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 452) Аннотация: Here is the definitive book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists that operates under the name Anonymous, by the woman the Chronicle of Higher Education calls the leading interpreter of digital insurgency and the Huffington Post says knows all of Anonymous' deepest, darkest secrets. Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the rise of…

Sand Shlomo: How I Stopped Being a Jew

Скачать книгу (размер 514 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 102) Аннотация: Shlomo Sand was born in 1946 in a displaced persons camp in Austria, to a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father; the family later migrated to Palestine. During his life, Sand came to question his Jewish identity, even that as a secular Jew. With this meditative and thoughtful mixture of essay and personal recollection, he articulates the problems at the centre of modern Jewish identity. How I…

Gradvall Jan: ABBA: The Official Photo Book

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: This is the first complete and authorized official visual history of ABBA, one of the greatest pop groups of the 20th century. ABBA has sold a stunning 400 million records, and in some markets has even surpassed the Beatles. This first and only official book on ABBA was created with the full cooperation of the band members themselves and containing more than 600 rare and heretofore unseen images…