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Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
A panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore.
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A Financial Times Translated Fiction Book of the Year
Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai
Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to…
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With the dark, mythical magic of the Winternight trilogy, and the slow-burn romance of Spinning Silver, NORTH IS THE NIGHT is a feminist fantasy adventure that shows the power of female friendship and how love — both romantic and familial — can conquer even death itself.
In the harsh interior of the…
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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…
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Lush. Dark. Romantic. Introducing a newly reimagined tale written in the vein of Beauty and the Beast and Hades and Persephone. Long before civilization, there were the gods. And before the gods, there was the earth, the celestial bodies, and air given flesh. They are the Anemoi-the Four Winds-and they have been…
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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…
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Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Between 2019 and 2023, media researchers from Södertörn University in UNISINOS and Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) in Brazil, engaged in a collaborative effort to explore Scandinavian and South American perspectives on mediatisation, connecting universities from opposite sides of the world.
The project aimed…
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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…
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Kategorier: Sport, idrott och friluftsliv
Hit the ground running with 50 awesome accounts of epic runs throughout North America. Sprint through Miami Beach’s Architectural District; race across the Lost Lake Trail in Alaska; discover California’s wild beauty at the Big Sur Marathon – with stories from iconic athletes, travel tips, maps, and…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
… att de fortfarande finns kvar idag? Här i vårt land?
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Och att detta land har skapat nya gudar åt sig, kreditkortens…
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Driven by a yearning to experience the vast skies and frozen beauty of the North, Gavin Francis goes in search of the people living along the northern limits of Europe. From the first Greek explorers to the Vikings to modern polar adventurers, he travels through history and legend to find out why – and how…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Following three years of ethnomusicological fieldwork on the sacred singing traditions of evangelical Christians in North-East Scotland and Northern Isles coastal communities, Frances Wilkins documents and analyses current singing practices in this book by placing them historically and contemporaneously within their…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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The Buddhist monk Upagupta, who preached and taught meditative practices in Northwest India over two thousand years ago, is venerated today by the laity in parts of Burma, Thailand, and Laos as a protective figure endowed with magical powers. In this monumental work John Strong offers a systematic presentation of the…
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Get inspired for your next adventure with this incredible collection of 100 unforgettable North American destinations that are far from the tourist trail.
From under-the-radar national parks to small towns with big personalities, these remarkable unsung spots have so much to offer. Travelers will also learn more about…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Beginning in September of 1924, Alfred North Whitehead presented a regular course of 85 lectures which concluded in May of 1925. These represent the first ever philosophy lectures he gave and capture him working out the philosophical implications of the remarkable turns physics had taken in his lifetime. This volume…
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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…
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Combines empirical data and original analysis in a uniquely detailed account of Christianity in North Africa and West AsiaThis comprehensive reference volume covers every country in North Africa and West Asia, offering reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and…
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Kategorier: Etnicitet Etniska minoriteter och mångkultur Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Ursprungsbefolkningar
A book in which various well-known and lesser-known Native Americans talk about life from the indigenous perspective, their views on white people, and the problems of not respecting nature and other people in an ever-changing world.
The most essential part of the book is presentations of quotes by Geronimo, Sitting…
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Kategorier: Alternativa trossystem Ande, kropp och själ Etnicitet Filosofi och religion Genusvetenskap Genusvetenskap: kvinnor och flickor Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Religion och tro Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
• A celebration of the journey of African-American women toward a new spirituality grounded in social awareness, black American tradition, metaphysics, and heightened creativity. • Features illuminating insights from Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, Lucille Clifton, Dolores Kendrick, Sonia Sanchez, Michele…
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Kategorier: Etnicitet Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
Explores Native American spirituality to show how you can live a simple and reverent life in a complex world.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR – FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the…
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Kategorier: Etnicitet Etniska minoriteter och mångkultur Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria Ursprungsbefolkningar
Provides a basic reference work on the history of the interactions in North America between the Native American peoples and those, primarily from Europe and Africa, who arrived after 1492. Includes essays on: national policies; military situation; political relations; economic relations; religious relations; and the…
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This book is a readable compendium of patents, diagrams and explanations of the many incredible inventions of the originator of the modern era of electrification. In Tesla’s own words are such topics as wireless transmission of power, his towers for transmitting electrical power, death rays and radio-controlled…
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’Epic . . . weaves a Cloud Atlas-style narrative of humanity under pressure and nature under threat’ Guardian, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
’A little piece of magic’ Sunday Independent, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
’Enthralling . . . A timely musing on what and who are lost to history’ The Economist,…
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Kategorier: Amerikas historia Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Historia Historia och arkeologi Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Conspiracy theories are not new to our modern time. They date back to biblical times when Moses sent his spies out to check out what the Egyptians were doing. Espionage is, also, linked to various conspiracies and is all mixed up in the same bag of tricks and form any decent conspiracy or theory.
In this new, fact…
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First edition is out-of-print – this new expanded edition brings back this title with a bang.
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Dolmens are mysterious stone structures scattered around previously inaccessible parts of Russia. Built by an ancient megalithic culture, these structures have been both revered and looted for centuries. Very little is known about these stone creations, though one thing is for sure: their power is undeniable. Join…
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