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Librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle has a knack for solving murders – lots of them. Sometimes she’s concerned by just how many killers she’s had to track down in her quiet village, though none of her neighbours seem surprised by the rising body count…
But when someone close to Sherry ends up dead, and…
Kategorier: Filosofi Filosofi och religion Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Global growth sets new records, poverty and illiteracy rates fall, technological innovation creates amazing opportunities. Still we are deeply discontent, there is something fundamentally wrong with contemporary society. Democracies are paralysed and produce authoritarian bullies as leaders, a growing underclass…
Breathes new life into revolutionary ideas.
The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics continues to be an essential resource for students and faculty pursuing the latest developments in Christian and religious ethics, publishing refereed scholarly articles-a preeminent source for further research. The Journal also contains book reviews of the latest…
In Kwaio Religion, Roger Keesing examines how the Kwaio, challenged by 110 years of European colonialism and now by the militant Christianity of their own rapidly Westernizing nation, have managed to continue their ancestral ways. Drawing on fieldwork carried out over a lost 20 years, Keesing explores the…
The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics continues to be an essential resource for students and faculty pursuing the latest developments in Christian and religious ethics, publishing refereed scholarly articles on a variety of topics. The Journal also contains book reviews of the latest scholarship in the…
At the heart of Christian ethics is the biblical commandment to love God and to love one’s neighbor as oneself. But what is the meaning of love? Scholars have wrestled with this question since the recording of the Christian gospels, and in recent decades teachers and students of Christian ethics have engaged in…
What is justice? How can it be realised within society? These are universal concerns and are central to the primary scripture of Islam, the Qur’an. Utilising a pioneering theological and hermeneutic framework adapted from both classical Muslim literature and contemporary academic studies of the Qur’an,…
This book provides scholars and students alike with a set of texts that can deepen their understanding of the culture and society of the twelfth-century German kingdom. The sources translated here bring to life the activities of five noblemen and noblewomen from Rome to the Baltic coast and from the Rhine River to the…
Creating Christian Granada provides a richly detailed examination of a critical and transitional episode in Spain’s march to global empire. The city of Granada—Islam’s final bastion on the Iberian peninsula—surrendered to the control of Spain’s ”Catholic Monarchs” Isabella and Ferdinand on…
By making Korea a central part of comparative history of East Asian religion and society, this book traces the evolution of Korean religion from the oldest representation to that of the current day by utilizing wide-ranging interdisciplinary and comparative resources.
This book presents a holistic view of the enduring…
Welcome to the Diary Society, your safe space to record thoughts and feelings without worry that they will be read by someone else! This creative journal that comes complete with a lock and key ensures that what happens in your journal stays in your journal. From hopes and dreams to anxieties, joys, and everyday life,…
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Såsom lusen skadar rosen den lever på, så behandlar människan sin planet. Vi är jordens löss.
Det pratas vitt och brett om klimatet där en och annan betonar att vi befinner oss i en klimatkatastrof, medan andra tonar ner allvaret. ”Vadå klimatförändringar? Det var kallt i vinter och när halva sommaren…
In this timely and witty combination of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and Where’d You Go, Bernadette? a viral photo of a politician’s wife’s ”feminine hygiene malfunction” catapults her to unwanted fame in a story that’s both a satire of social media stardom and internet…
Kategorier: Genusvetenskap Genusvetenskap: kvinnor och flickor Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Sociala och etiska frågor Våld i samhället
Combat Violence against Women – Baltic-Nordic Women’s Civil Society Co-operation
”The violence against women is one of our times true catastrophes. Even if thousands of women are victims the problem does not get the attention it deserves from the society, including from legislative authorites and…
From hopes and dreams to anxieties, joys, and everyday life, you will learn about yourself as you work through the over 500 interactive prompts in this creative journal. It’s filled with thought-provoking questions on topics including family, school, personal values, relationships, emotions, gratitude, getting through…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
If you're reading this, I don't trust you.
You see, humans are sometimes kind to me. Some sweet ladies say hi to anyone they meet on the street. One human always saved me bakery treats.
But just as often, humans are not kind to those like me—stray cats. Many people think I'm dirty (which I am not). Some…
’ONE OF MY COZIEST READS OF THE YEAR’ EMILY HENRYShe found magic in the most unlikely of places.
Mika Moon follows three rules: hide your magic, keep your head down, and stay away from other witches. Mika is good at being alone, and she doesn’t mind it . . . mostly.
But when an unexpected invitation…
A novelization of the hit movie starring Robin Williams as Professor Keating, an inspiring, uplifting teacher who changes his students’ lives.
Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged…
Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Public Service Media (PSM) across Europe and beyond are increasingly under pressure, with both their role in a digital environment and their funding widely scrutinised. As a result, PSM organisations are constantly in a defensive position. Following attempts to demonstrate their “public value”, discussion is now…
Kategorier: Matematik och naturvetenskap Naturvetenskap Naturvetenskapens och teknikens inverkan på samhället
A definitive guide to the metaverse: why it’s important, why it matters to society, and how to create a metaverse that works for all of us
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’Brimming with big and convincing arguments about where human life is heading’ Arianna…
An illustrated cultural history of drug use from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals
• Featuring artwork from the upcoming High Society exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, one of the world’s greatest medical history collections
• Explores the roles drugs play in…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) was the first to record a personal account of initiation into Accepted Freemasonry. His writings help solve the debate between operative and “speculative” origins of Accepted Freemasonry, demonstrating that symbolic Freemasonry existed within the Masonic trade bodies. Ashmole was one of the…
The beloved #1 bestseller, now in a new tie-in edition to the upcoming major motion picture on Netflix.January, 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she's never…
Kategorier: Informationsteknik
What is Quality of Life in a society that has embraced information and communication technology (ICT)? What is Wisdom in this kind of society? And what things are helping or hindering us from having both wisdom and a good quality of life in ICT societies?
Taking the reader through a quick analysis of the current social…
Kategorier: Etiska frågor och debatter Etiska frågor: vetenskaplig och teknisk utveckling Informationsteknik It: allmänt Matematik och naturvetenskap Naturvetenskap Naturvetenskapens och teknikens inverkan på samhället Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala och etiska frågor
What is Quality of Life in a society that has embraced information and communication technology (ICT)? What is Wisdom in this kind of society? And what things are helping or hindering us from having both wisdom and a good quality of life in ICT societies?
Taking the reader through a quick analysis of the current social…
Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
What kind of routine media and communication practices do Estonian civil society organizations enact in their everyday work? What sort of symbolic and physical spaces are used, created, and accessed by Estonian civil society organizations and informal citizen groups when engaging internally and with their target…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
Is the metaverse a brave new world? An immersive digital playground? The next generation of online gaming? Or just the latest manifestation of our human tendency to create other realities?
Herman Narula argues that it is all of these things. His vision of the metaverse, deeply rooted in history and psychology, looks to…
We live today in what is called the information society, the expert society, or the knowledge society. Professionals may be called ‘bearers’ of the knowledge society, along with other expert groups at universities and think-tanks, as well as government investigators and researchers employed by private corporations.…
Kategorier: Informationsteknik
The concept of ”the metaverse” has exploded in the public consciousness, but its contours remain elusive. Is it merely an immersive virtual reality playground, one that Facebook and other platforms will angle to control? Is it simply the next generation of massive multiplayer online games? Or is it…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: kärlek och relationer
dark and funny YA thriller with a supernatural twist. From the winner of the Comedy Women in Print Prize ’A twisty, sexy, smart haunting of a book, full of eloquent rage’ Kiran Millwood-Hargrave Ten years ago, four students lost their lives in the infamous North Tower murders at the elite Carvell College…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Audrey and Ivy, determined to bring their fellow student Lola Radcliffe’s killer to justice, find themselves in the middle of another mystery when a friend disappears in suspicious circumstances. Their only clue is a mysterious card left by the enigmatic Magpie Society. With time running out and the police…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
A new edition of a seminal work-one that explores crucial changes within Europe from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century
Kategorier: Juridik
Two separate articles are joined here.
The first article deals with the role of religion for Swedish legislation in the fields of labour and employment law and of social security. It surveys the post-World War II period.
The second article deals with the role of religion in today’s encounter between religion and…
Kategorier: Alternativa trossystem Eklektiska och esoteriska religioner och trossystem Filosofi och religion Magi, alkemi och ockult tänkande Ockulta studier Religion och tro
For nearly 400 years, incredible myths and stories have been woven around the “invisible” Brothers of the Rose Cross, the Rosicrucians. It is said that they possessed the secret of man and God, that they could turn lead into gold, that they governed Europe in secret, that theirs was the true philosophy of Freemasonry,…
Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Cutting-edge student exploration of what it means to live in a digital society. Introduces key concepts and research essential for digital media, social media and media/data and society modules.
What does it mean to live in a digital society? Does social media empower political activism? How do we form and express…
Kategorier: Modern och samtida skönlitteratur Skönlitterära teman Skönlitterära teman: psykologi och känsloliv Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: allmänt Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor
”Cline skriver inget förutsägbart nidporträtt. Snarare är det här en psykologisk studie av en patriarks fall, med eko av Gudfadern-filmerna.”Aftonbladet
”så skarp och samtidigt inte ett ord för mycket”Arbetaren
”Cline lyckas dra så mycket…
Freelance photographer Harvey Caplin recorded ranch life in the American West from the 1940s to the 1980s, before the last roundup, capturing magnificent landscapes, picturesque people, and the growing population. This selection features his images of cowboys at the vast Bell Ranch near Tucumcari, New Mexico, on the…
Kategorier: Konst
The success of today’s American Indian silversmith follows a pathway blazed by the silver Indian jewelry makers that came before—those who brought the raw silver, channeled it, worked it, and made it profitable. In a large sense, the Fred Harvey name built the structure upon which many of today’s Southwestern…
Packed with useful information about historic Chester County, one of the original sections of Pennsylvania, this small, photo illustrated book introduces the distinctive land, buildings, furnishings and library which comprise the Chester County Historical Society in the old Quaker-settled town of West Chester. Contents…
Kategorier: Konst
This nineteenth century catalog of the Society de Beaux Arts of Paris displays a wide variety of bronze editions of the successful sculptures of the period. Such popular artist as the talented Moreau family, especially Auguste Moreau, Lemony and Allouard are represented, as well as many others. An index list the prices…