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Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
A panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore.
In this shining, powerful polemic, Minna Salami opens up a new view of gender equality through two simple questions. What happens when we consider feminism through an African lens, and Africa through a feminist one?
Why does feminism matter in Africa and how does African feminism relate to black liberation and global…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos.
There’s no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world’s favorite pop star, songwriter, storyteller, guitar hero, live performer, changing how music is made and heard.
Heartbreak Is The National…
Kategorier: Guider till museer och historiska platser Konst Konst: teman och motiv Livsstil, hobby och fritid Reseguider Resor och platser Utställningskataloger och konstsamlingar
A selection of treasures from the Maria Sk?odowska-Curie Museum in Warsaw, the only biographical museum in the world devoted to the Nobel laureate.
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos.
There’s no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world’s favorite pop star, songwriter, storyteller, guitar hero, live performer, changing how music is made and heard.
Heartbreak Is The National…
This is a coming-of-age novel about Oklahoma boy Willi Males who goes off to Yale to get educated and become a man. It takes place during the Vietnam War American Style which ate up the 60s and went on and on. Willi never experiences Vietnam but does experience Sweden, which is where he ends up after deserting his army…
Kategorier: Amerikas historia Andra tekniker och tillämpade vetenskaper Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Etnicitet Genusvetenskap Genusvetenskap: kvinnor och flickor Historia Historia och arkeologi Rymdforskning Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
The #1 New York Times bestseller
-WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION AWARD
The phenomenal true story of the…
National Geographic Traveler guidebooks contain must-know travel information, inspiring photography, insider tips, and expert advice you won’t find on the internet for bucket-list destinations around the world.
Thanks to its winning combination of storied art, fashion, food, wine, and breathtaking landscapes,…
Go on a global aerial odyssey with this photographic compendium of more than 200 full-color images from on high, by the world’s most innovative photographers at National Geographic.
See the world from a unique perspective with this gorgeous, oversized coffee table book-the perfect gift for lovers of art, nature,…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: mysterier och övernaturligt Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
“Incredibly immersive. The newest installment to the Miss Peregrine universe is stunning.”A deluxe companion to the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series. Everything you need to know about the peculiar world, written by Miss Peregrine herself. A gloriously rich and utterly…
Kategorier: Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Urbana samhällen
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new standard for…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Läromedel Läromedel: modersmål Läromedel: modersmål: läs- och skrivkunnighet Läromedel: modersmål: läsinlärning, metod och material Läromedel: språk
He’s quick. He’s silent. He has five rows of deadly teeth. Chomp! Meet the shark—the fish who ruled the deep before dinosaurs roamed the Earth! This fish has soft cartilage so he can glide, twist, and turn before his prey can say ”gulp!” He can smell a single drop of blood in 25 million…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pysselböcker, målarböcker och leksaksböcker
Kids will love these fun-packed pages loaded with 1,000 stickers of cute animals such as pandas, koalas, rabbits, kittens, puppies, and much more. Perfect for road trips, plane rides, rainy afternoons, or just to keep in the backpack for sticker sharing with friends, kids won’t be able to get enough of these…
Kategorier: Film Filosofi och religion Konst Religion och tro Religion: allmänt Religionshistoria Särskilda filmregissörer, filmskapare Scenkonst och film
This thesis explores the ways in which African filmmakers have historically addressed
Christianity and the Bible on the continent. It begins with the premise that on the African
continent, marked political films (Mazierska) are embedded in transnational dynamics involving
movements of economic and symbolic capital,…
National Geographic Traveler guidebooks contain must-know travel information, inspiring photography, insider tips, and expert advice you won’t find on the internet for bucket-list destinations around the world.
Japan is a multifaceted country with a rich history and culture and spellbinding beauty. Nature lovers…
Kategorier: Antologier Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
I vår antologi Dåtid, nutid & framtid samlas 19 författare, alla med anknytning till Kivik och Vitemölla på Österlen, för att fritt tänka kring tid och Kiviks Museums devis. Det är 19 olika essäer med allt från lokalhistoriska funderingar till globala utmaningar, företagsekonomi, att förverkliga sina drömmar,…
Based on the eponymous viral Twitter account, Museum Bums, a celebration of classical art, history, and shapely derrieres, encourages readers to learn something new while still managing to have a chuckle. What do Hieronymus Bosch, the Roman cult of Antinous, and the peach emoji all have in common? But of course, butts,…
Kategorier: Alternativa terapier, healing och hälsa Ande, kropp och själ Biografi: allmänt Biografi: naturvetenskap, teknik och medicin Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Medicin och omvårdnad Medicin: allmänt Medicinhistoria
A Silent Spring for the human body, this wide-ranging, genre-crossing literary mystery interweaves the author’s quest to understand the source of her own condition with her telling of the story of the chronically ill 19th-century diarist Alice James—ultimately uncovering the many hidden health hazards of…
From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity’s future
The land of the free. The home of the brave. But what has America achieved in the aim of ”spreading democracy” – except wreak havoc in country after country and…
A riveting story about uncovering family secrets and the power of forgiveness, set in India and the United States, from the bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick Honor
Remy Wadia left India for the United States long ago, carrying his resentment of his mother with him. He has now returned to Bombay to…
Kategorier: Fantasy Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor Urban fantasy
Skulle du tro att alla gamla gudar som människor någonsin har föreställt sig, Oden och Czernobog, Anansi och Ibis, Mama-Ji och baron SamediKali och leprechauner och demoner och alla de andra …
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Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Welcome to The Museum of Witchcraft, an eclectic exploration of witchcraft and magic through 100 objects, practices and symbols.
Every sense is tingling. Even the dust here is rich, imbued with the past. It’s cold, and quiet, so why don’t you feel completely alone? On your skin, you can feel the subtle…
Kategorier: Konst
Welcome, adventurer! Journey through fifty years of Dungeons and Dragons with this illustrated gift book.
Take a walk through fifty years of the beloved fantasy role-playing game – often referred to as the ’single most influential game of all time’.
Illustrated throughout with rarely-seen images and…
A ”powerful text” (Tavis Smiley) about how religion drove the fight for social justice in modern America
American Prophets sheds critical new light on the lives and thought of seven major prophetic figures in twentieth-century America whose social activism was motivated by a deeply felt compassion for those…
From one of America’s most celebrated storytellers come three dark, interlocking tales about the residents of a rural New York town, and the shocking headlines that become their local mythologies.
A husband sells property to a mysterious, temperamental stranger, and is hounded on social media when he publicly…
Kategorier: Etnicitet Konst Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Scenkonst och film Sociala grupper Teatervetenskap
The African-American actors and actresses whose names have shone brightly on Broadway earned their place in history not only through hard work, perseverance and talent, but, also, because of the legacy left by those who came before them. Like the doors of many professions, those of the theatre world were shut to…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker Bilderböcker med särskilda figurer Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år: uppleva världen Pysselböcker, målarböcker och leksaksböcker Pysselböcker: leta och hitta
Discover artefacts from around the world and throughout history on a day out to the museum with the Cat Family in this charming lift-the-flap book.
Popular Evangelicalism in American Culture explores the controversies, complexities, and historical development of the evangelical movement in America and its impact on American culture. Evangelicalism is one of the most dynamic and growing religious movements in America and has been both a major force in shaping…
Why is so little heard about John Cotton, who was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest Puritan preacher in America? Why has he alone remained an enigma among the founding fathers of American protestantism? Professor Ziff examines Cotton’s career as a teacher and preacher, both in England and New…
In the mid-twentieth century, American Catholic churches began to shed the ubiquitous spires, stained glass, and gargoyles of their European forebears, turning instead toward startling and more angular structures of steel, plate glass, and concrete. But how did an institution like the Catholic Church, so often seen as…
The nation – particularly in Exodus and Numbers – is not an abstract concept but rather a grand character whose history is fleshed out with remarkable literary power. In her innovative exploration of national imagination in the Bible, Pardes highlights the textual manifestations of the metaphor, the many…
From a small group of devout Puritan settlers, the USA ultimately became the richest, most powerful Empire in the history of the world. Yet it is now in a process of implosion and decay. This book, inspired by Frankfurt School Critical Theory, offers a unique historical, cultural and characterological analysis of…
From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars
Gay marriage, transgender rights, birth control–sex is at the heart of many of the most divisive political issues of our age. The origins of these conflicts,…
The Francis Effect explores how a church once known as a towering force for social justice became known for a narrow agenda most closely aligned with one political party, and then looks at the opportunities for change in the “age of Francis.” Pope Francis has become an unlikely global star whose image has graced the…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence. As early as 1917, the Bureau began to target religious communities and groups it believed were hotbeds of anti-American politics. Whether these religious communities were pacifist groups…
In recent years the rapid growth of Christian charismatic movements throughout sub-Saharan Africa has drastically reconfigured the region’s religious landscape. As a result, charismatic factions play an increasingly public role throughout Africa, far beyond the religious sphere. This book uses a multi-disciplinary…
American Unitarians were not onlookers to the drama of Protestantism in the nineteenth century, but active participants in its central conundrum: biblical authority. Unitarians sought what other Protestants sought, which was to establish the Bible as the primary authority, only to find that the task was not so simple…
As Americans rethought sex in the twentieth century, the Catholic Church’s teachings on the divisive issue of contraception in marriage were in many ways central. In a fascinating history, Leslie Woodcock Tentler traces changing attitudes: from the late nineteenth century, when religious leaders of every variety…
Now in an updated second edition, African American Religion remains an invaluable overview of the great diversity of religious groups within the modern African American community. This plethora of forms reflects a tension that has characterized African American religion since its beginnings—a tension between…
Kategorier: Arkitektur Arkitektur: konstruktion och design Konst Konst: teman och motiv Utställningskataloger och konstsamlingar
Published on the occasion of the first presentation of the future Art Mill Museum, due open in 2030 in Doha, Qatar.
Christianity spread across North Africa early, and it remained there as a powerful force much longer than anticipated. While this African form of Christianity largely shared the Latin language and Roman culture of the wider empire, it also represented a unique tradition that was shaped by its context. Ancient African…