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    Series Book 1 - Spies in Trouble
    Matheus is a teenager who has just discovered that he is a Birth-Spy. Moreover, he has learned that his family is in great danger.Matheus will have to join forces with his friends to try to defeat Dom Murgaelhi, a man threatening the survival of all spies. ... Read more

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  • Enterprises, Industry and Innovation in the People's Republic of China

    Questioning Socialism from Deng to the Trade and Tech War

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyses and critically evaluates the development of two key components of China’s economy: the network of productive enterprises, and the national innovation system, from the inception of market-oriented reforms to the present day. The approach is a partly novel one, albeit inspired to classical political economy, rooted in the structure and evolution of social relations of production ... Read more

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  • The Nineteenth-Century Novel and the Pre-Cinematic Imagination

    Fragmentation, Animated Movement and the Modern Episteme

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book fills a gap in existing scholarship on the history of the novel in relation to visual culture by discussing the visual fascination that novelists such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Honoré de Balzac and George Eliot show for several types of pre-cinematic spectacle. It also identifies a so far neglected aspect of novel theory that nineteenth-century authors elaborated by ... Read more

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  • The Emergence of Pre-Cinema

    Print Culture and the Optical Toy of the Literary Imagination

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The book investigates the dispersed emergence of the new visual regime associated with nineteenth-century pre-cinematic spectacles in the literary imagination of the previous centuries. Its comparative angle ranges from the Medieval and Baroque period to the visual and stylistic experimentations of the Romantic age, in the prose of Anne Radcliffe, the experiments of Friedrich Schlegel, and in ... Read more

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  • Socialist Economic Development in the 21st Century

    A Century after the Bolshevik Revolution

    Series series Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Business and Management
    Over a hundred years after the first socialist revolution broke the global monopoly of capitalism, a new class of socialist-oriented socioeconomic development is coming to the fore. Capitalism is still dominant worldwide, although its hegemony is no longer undisputed, and humankind is now faced with a key existential challenge. This book proposes an alternative path to overcoming the worldwide ... Read more

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    Leicester City's Premier League victory was the 5,000-1 triumph that delighted the world.But how did Claudio Ranieri pull off one of the greatest achievements in sport?This is the inside story of the rise and rise of the butcher’s son from Rome, whose hard work, passion for the game and ability to learn from his mistakes have earned him the respect of players, fans and owners worldwide.Gabriele ... Read more

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    An accessible, informative, and humorous introduction to the power of medicine for young readers.Uh-oh—Raccoon feels blerg and ick. Read along as he and his friends do symptoms checks, get examined, get diagnoses, and each, in turn, get the medicine they need. Readers will learn that medicine can make you feel more comfortable, help you heal, help prevent you from getting sick, and more. Written ... Read more

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  • Encyclopedia of Case Study Research

    Case study research has a long history within the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, dating back to the early 1920′s. At first it was a useful way for researchers to make valid inferences from events outside the laboratory in ways consistent with the rigorous practices of investigation inside the lab. Over time, case study approaches garnered interest in multiple disciplines as ... Read more

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    This book maps out the temporal and geographic coordinates of the trope of sensationalism in the long nineteenth century through a comparative approach. Not only juxtaposing different geographical areas (Europe, Asia and Oceania), this volume also disperses its history over a longue durée, allowing readers to perceive the hidden and often unacknowledged continuities throughout a period that is ... Read more

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    Series series International Studies in Poverty Research
    As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) pass their 2015 deadline and the international community begins to discuss the future of UN development policy, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals brings together leading economists from both the global North and South to provide a much needed critique of the prevailing development agenda. By examining current development efforts, goals and ... Read more

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    An accessible and humorous introduction to maps for budding navigators.A raccoon narrator embarks on a big adventure in this exciting exploration of maps for the youngest readers. Traditional maps of cities, roads, and parks are joined by some less conventional ones such as inside the body, each one methodically introduced with humor and clear explanation. A clever, colorful, and engaging first ... Read more

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  • The Aborigines of Western Australia

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    In "The Aborigines of Western Australia," Albert F. Calvert embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the cultural, social, and historical dimensions of indigenous Australian life. This meticulously researched work is characterized by its rich descriptive prose and analytical depth, drawing on firsthand observations and an array of scholarly references. Calvert's literary style reflects a blend of ... Read more

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