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Martin Heidegger

Edited by Stephen Mulhall ...

Series series International Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought
Although Heidegger's writings are not extensively concerned with the analysis of political concepts or with advocating particular arrangements of political institutions, his basic way of understanding the human relation to the world accords a constitutive significance to its social, cultural and historical dimensions. There is thus a political aspect to his thinking about every philosophical ... Read more

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Although Heidegger's writings are not extensively concerned with the analysis of political concepts or with advocating particular arrangements of political institutions, his basic way of understanding the human relation to the world accords a constitutive significance to its social, cultural and historical dimensions. There is thus a political aspect to his thinking about every philosophical
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L'Avant-guerre allemande en Europe

by André Soulange-Bodin, Ligaran ...

Extrait : "Mais ce qui restait ignoré dans notre pays, c'est dans quelles conditions la pénétration allemande s'est manifestée chez les nations voisines, comment elles en ont souffert autant et même plus que nous."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN :Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de grands classiques de la littérature ainsi que des livres rares, dans les domaines suivants :● ... Read more

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Extrait : "Mais ce qui restait ignoré dans notre pays, c'est dans quelles conditions la pénétration allemande s'est manifestée chez les nations voisines, comment elles en ont souffert autant et même plus que nous."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN :Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de grands classiques de la littérature ainsi que des livres rares, dans les domaines suivants :●
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My Revision Notes: WJEC GCSE History

by R. Paul Evans, Rob Quinn ...

Series series My Revision Notes
Exam board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Target success in WJEC GCSE History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam preparation tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.With My Revision Notes ... Read more

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Exam board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Target success in WJEC GCSE History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam preparation tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.With My Revision Notes
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The Painted Word

A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins

by Phil Cousineau ...

To untangle the knot of interlocking meanings of these painted words, logophile and mythologist Phil Cousineau begins each fascinating word entry with his own brief definition. He then fills it in with a tint of etymology and a smattering of quotes that show how the word is used, ending with a list of companion words. The words themselves range from commonplace — like biscuit, a twice-baked cake ... Read more

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To untangle the knot of interlocking meanings of these painted words, logophile and mythologist Phil Cousineau begins each fascinating word entry with his own brief definition. He then fills it in with a tint of etymology and a smattering of quotes that show how the word is used, ending with a list of companion words. The words themselves range from commonplace — like biscuit, a twice-baked cake
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De la mesure en toutes choses

by Fabrice Boudjaaba, Jean-Michel Courty, Marie Gaille ...

Series series Société
Les mesures sont centrales dans le fonctionnement de nos sociétés : pas de transaction commerciale sans entente sur la quantité des marchandises achetées, pas de chemins de fer sans une commune mesure du temps... Partager un même système de mesure instaure confiance et fiabilité des relations et des transactions.Jusqu'au XIXe siècle, l'hétérogénéité domine : un pied mesurait ainsi 32,482 cm à ... Read more

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Les mesures sont centrales dans le fonctionnement de nos sociétés : pas de transaction commerciale sans entente sur la quantité des marchandises achetées, pas de chemins de fer sans une commune mesure du temps... Partager un même système de mesure instaure confiance et fiabilité des relations et des transactions.Jusqu'au XIXe siècle, l'hétérogénéité domine : un pied mesurait ainsi 32,482 cm à
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Der Maya-Kalender 500-401 v.Chr.

Haab - Tzolkin - Long Count für jeden einzelnen Tag

by Leo Munt ...

Die erste Gesamtausgabe der drei Maya-Kalender - Tzolkin + Haab + Long Count - für jeden einzelnen Tag vom Beginn 3114 v.Chr. bis 2100 n.Chr. ... Read more

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Die erste Gesamtausgabe der drei Maya-Kalender - Tzolkin + Haab + Long Count - für jeden einzelnen Tag vom Beginn 3114 v.Chr. bis 2100 n.Chr.
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Roots of Strategy: Book 4

by David Jablonsky ...

Selections from four legends in maritime and air strategy: Mahan, Corbett, Douhet and Mitchell. Introduction by noted military strategist and author David Jablonsky. ... Read more

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Selections from four legends in maritime and air strategy: Mahan, Corbett, Douhet and Mitchell. Introduction by noted military strategist and author David Jablonsky.
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Connecting History: National 4 & 5 Hitler and Nazi Germany, 1919–1939

by Ella Richardson ...

Exam board: SQALevel: National 4 & 5Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First assessment: Summer 2018Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow's citizens, today.Bringing together lesser-told narratives, academic excellence, accessibility and a sharp focus on assessment success, this series provides a rich, relevant and ... Read more

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Exam board: SQALevel: National 4 & 5Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First assessment: Summer 2018Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow's citizens, today.Bringing together lesser-told narratives, academic excellence, accessibility and a sharp focus on assessment success, this series provides a rich, relevant and
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Enlightenment, Nationalism, Orthodoxy

Studies in the Culture and Political Thought of Southeastern Europe

by Paschalis M. Kitromilides ...

Series series Variorum Collected Studies
The first section of this volume aims to examine various aspects of the impact of Enlightenment thought in the Balkans in the 18th and 19th centuries. Particular topics include the idea of modernization, with respect to the role of science or the position of women, and the growth of new forms of political consciousness, but Professor Kitromilides is throughout concerned with the conflict between ... Read more

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The first section of this volume aims to examine various aspects of the impact of Enlightenment thought in the Balkans in the 18th and 19th centuries. Particular topics include the idea of modernization, with respect to the role of science or the position of women, and the growth of new forms of political consciousness, but Professor Kitromilides is throughout concerned with the conflict between
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The Muslim Conquest of Iberia

Medieval Arabic Narratives

by Nicola Clarke ...

Series series Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Medieval Islamic society set great store by the transmission of history: to edify, argue legal points, explain present conditions, offer political and religious legitimacy, and entertain. Modern scholars, too, have had much to say about the usefulness of early Islamic history-writing, although this debate has traditionally focused overwhelmingly on the central Islamic lands.This book looks instead ... Read more

$117.99 CAD

Medieval Islamic society set great store by the transmission of history: to edify, argue legal points, explain present conditions, offer political and religious legitimacy, and entertain. Modern scholars, too, have had much to say about the usefulness of early Islamic history-writing, although this debate has traditionally focused overwhelmingly on the central Islamic lands.This book looks instead
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Full History

On the Meaningfulness of Shared Action

by Steven G. Smith ...

How can we take history seriously as real and relevant? Despite the hazards of politically dangerous or misleading accounts of the past, we live our lives in a great network of cooperation with other actors; past, present, and future. We study and reflect on the past as a way of exercising a responsibility for shared action.In each of the chapters of Full History Smith poses a key question about ... Read more

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How can we take history seriously as real and relevant? Despite the hazards of politically dangerous or misleading accounts of the past, we live our lives in a great network of cooperation with other actors; past, present, and future. We study and reflect on the past as a way of exercising a responsibility for shared action.In each of the chapters of Full History Smith poses a key question about
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Where is Turkey Headed?

Culture Battles in Turkey

by Rainer Hermann ...

"Where is Turkey Headed? Culture Battles in Turkey" looks into the dynamics of social change in Turkey from the broad perspective of a German journalist who lived in Istanbul for nearly two decades. With a panoramic view of the history of the Turkish republic, including the late Ottoman era, the author presents a critical analysis of the cultural, economic and political transformation Turkey has ... Read more

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"Where is Turkey Headed? Culture Battles in Turkey" looks into the dynamics of social change in Turkey from the broad perspective of a German journalist who lived in Istanbul for nearly two decades. With a panoramic view of the history of the Turkish republic, including the late Ottoman era, the author presents a critical analysis of the cultural, economic and political transformation Turkey has
... Read more
Douzillac. Du côté de Mauriac.

by André-Pierre Chavatte ...

Fleuron de la commune de Douzillac, le château de Mauriac domine la rivière Isle, affluent de la Dordogne. Ce château fut la résidence des familles Taillefer, Talleyrand-Périgord et plus récemment de la famille Dumoncel. Dépendant du château, le moulin de Mauriac a traversé les siècles en diversifiant ses activités au fil du temps. Le château de Mauriac était le siège de la juridiction dite de ... Read more

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Fleuron de la commune de Douzillac, le château de Mauriac domine la rivière Isle, affluent de la Dordogne. Ce château fut la résidence des familles Taillefer, Talleyrand-Périgord et plus récemment de la famille Dumoncel. Dépendant du château, le moulin de Mauriac a traversé les siècles en diversifiant ses activités au fil du temps. Le château de Mauriac était le siège de la juridiction dite de
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Les journalistes

Monographie de la presse parisienne ( Edition intégrale )

by Honoré de Balzac ...

Series series Oeuvres de Honoré de Balzac
Balzac dénonce ici la toute puissance des journalistes de son temps, leur vanité vénale, la versatilité de leurs jugements et l’influence abusive qu’ils exercent sur les gouvernements. Ce textes dans ce livre - Monographie de la presse parisienne méritent plus que jamais d’être lus et relus. ... Read more

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Balzac dénonce ici la toute puissance des journalistes de son temps, leur vanité vénale, la versatilité de leurs jugements et l’influence abusive qu’ils exercent sur les gouvernements. Ce textes dans ce livre - Monographie de la presse parisienne méritent plus que jamais d’être lus et relus.
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Der Maya-Kalender 3000-2901 v.Chr.

Haab - Tzolkin - Long Count für jeden einzelnen Tag

by John Seberg ...

Die erste Gesamtausgabe der drei Maya-Kalender - Tzolkin + Haab + Long Count - für jeden einzelnen Tag vom Beginn 3114 v.Chr. bis 2100 n.Chr. ... Read more

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Die erste Gesamtausgabe der drei Maya-Kalender - Tzolkin + Haab + Long Count - für jeden einzelnen Tag vom Beginn 3114 v.Chr. bis 2100 n.Chr.
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Proximate Histories

Entangled Temporalities in Contemporary African Fiction

by Russell West-Pavlov ...

This book explores how African fiction offers revolutionary models for understanding temporality and reimagining history in our catastrophe-ridden twenty-first century. Examining eight works from diverse African writers – ranging from Achebe’s classic Things Fall Apart, via works by Coetzee and Dangarembga, to contemporary novels by Makumbi, Mengiste, Mujila, Owuor and Serpell – the book ... Read more

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This book explores how African fiction offers revolutionary models for understanding temporality and reimagining history in our catastrophe-ridden twenty-first century. Examining eight works from diverse African writers – ranging from Achebe’s classic Things Fall Apart, via works by Coetzee and Dangarembga, to contemporary novels by Makumbi, Mengiste, Mujila, Owuor and Serpell – the book
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The Abbasid House of Wisdom

Between Myth and Reality

by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu ...

This volume examines the library of the Abbasid caliphs, known as "The House of Wisdom" ("Bayt al-Hikma"), exploring how this important institution has been misconceived by scholars’.This book places the palace library within the framework of the multifaceted cultural and scientific activities in the era of the caliphs, Harun al-Rashid and al-Ma’mun, generally regarded as the Golden Age of Islamic ... Read more

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This volume examines the library of the Abbasid caliphs, known as "The House of Wisdom" ("Bayt al-Hikma"), exploring how this important institution has been misconceived by scholars’.This book places the palace library within the framework of the multifaceted cultural and scientific activities in the era of the caliphs, Harun al-Rashid and al-Ma’mun, generally regarded as the Golden Age of Islamic
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Feminist Afterlives of the Witch

Popular Culture, Memory, Activism

by Brydie Kosmina ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
The book investigates the witch as a key rhetorical symbol in twentieth- and twenty-first century feminist memory, politics, activism, and popular culture. The witch demonstrates the inheritance of paradoxical pasts, traversing numerous ideological memoryscapes. This book is an examination of the ways that the witch has been deployed by feminist activists and writers in their political efforts in ... Read more

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The book investigates the witch as a key rhetorical symbol in twentieth- and twenty-first century feminist memory, politics, activism, and popular culture. The witch demonstrates the inheritance of paradoxical pasts, traversing numerous ideological memoryscapes. This book is an examination of the ways that the witch has been deployed by feminist activists and writers in their political efforts in
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Джон Кальвін

Протестантська Реформація в Європі

by Aude Cirier ...

Translated by Yaroslav Melnik ...

Джон Кальвін - французький проповідник, один з ключових діячів Реформації, що охопила Європу в 16 столітті. Кальвін був найбільш відомий як засновник Реформатської церкви та реорганізації системи освіти в Женеві. Він присвятив своє життя встановленню способу життя відповідно до Святого Письма. Всього за 50 хвилин ви дізнаєтесь, як його дії фундаментально вплинули на християнську ортодоксію і ... Read more

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Джон Кальвін - французький проповідник, один з ключових діячів Реформації, що охопила Європу в 16 столітті. Кальвін був найбільш відомий як засновник Реформатської церкви та реорганізації системи освіти в Женеві. Він присвятив своє життя встановленню способу життя відповідно до Святого Письма. Всього за 50 хвилин ви дізнаєтесь, як його дії фундаментально вплинули на християнську ортодоксію і
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Surviving Hurricane Erin

Practical Survival Lessons, Preparedness Strategies, and Real Stories of Resilience from the Storm That Changed Everything

by Lexi Hustle ...

Surviving Hurricane Erin: Practical Survival Lessons, Preparedness Strategies, and Real Stories of Resilience from the Storm That Changed EverythingWhen Hurricane Erin struck, lives were turned upside down. Yet in the chaos, ordinary people discovered extraordinary strength. This book captures their stories—and equips you with the knowledge and tools to face any storm with confidence.Inside ... Read more

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Surviving Hurricane Erin: Practical Survival Lessons, Preparedness Strategies, and Real Stories of Resilience from the Storm That Changed EverythingWhen Hurricane Erin struck, lives were turned upside down. Yet in the chaos, ordinary people discovered extraordinary strength. This book captures their stories—and equips you with the knowledge and tools to face any storm with confidence.Inside
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Honest Abe

101 Little-Known Truths about Abraham Lincoln

by Brian Thornton ...

One hundred fifty years after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains one of America's most fascinating, brilliant, and visionary leaders. He's idolized as a hero, a legend, and even a secular saint. In this engaging, intelligent book, you will learn about more than just his savvy political skills and Civil War power plays, including:How Lincoln escaped death more than once as a childWhy the Lincolns ... Read more

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One hundred fifty years after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains one of America's most fascinating, brilliant, and visionary leaders. He's idolized as a hero, a legend, and even a secular saint. In this engaging, intelligent book, you will learn about more than just his savvy political skills and Civil War power plays, including:How Lincoln escaped death more than once as a childWhy the Lincolns
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Et la Prusse cessa d’exister

Ou comment la France devint l’ennemi héréditaire de l’Allemagne (1806-1945)

by Jean-Luc Ancely ...

Citons Henri Heine (poète rhénan, juif et antiprussien) : « Napoléon souffla sur la Prusse et la Prusse cessa d’exister. »Ce livre a l’intention de faire revivre les étranges évènements qui se déroulèrent en Allemagne, puis en Pologne, à compter de l’automne 1806. L’Europe vit sur un mythe : celui de l’invincibilité de l’armée prussienne, celle du Grand Frédéric II. Ce mythe, Napoléon, maniant le ... Read more

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Citons Henri Heine (poète rhénan, juif et antiprussien) : « Napoléon souffla sur la Prusse et la Prusse cessa d’exister. »Ce livre a l’intention de faire revivre les étranges évènements qui se déroulèrent en Allemagne, puis en Pologne, à compter de l’automne 1806. L’Europe vit sur un mythe : celui de l’invincibilité de l’armée prussienne, celle du Grand Frédéric II. Ce mythe, Napoléon, maniant le
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Threads of Imagination, Stories Behind the Story

by Kolumbán Lilla ...

DescriptionThis book explores the Dracula myth, analyzing the connections between history, fiction, and the legends surrounding Bran Castle in Transylvania. Far from having a real historical basis, the associations between Count Dracula, Vlad the Impaler, and Bran Castle are debunked based on research, including the theory of the influence of the orientalist Vámbéry Ármin on Bram Stoker. The book ... Read more

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DescriptionThis book explores the Dracula myth, analyzing the connections between history, fiction, and the legends surrounding Bran Castle in Transylvania. Far from having a real historical basis, the associations between Count Dracula, Vlad the Impaler, and Bran Castle are debunked based on research, including the theory of the influence of the orientalist Vámbéry Ármin on Bram Stoker. The book
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US Airborne Units in the Pacific Theater 1942–45

by Gordon L. Rottman ...

Series Book 26 - Battle Orders
This book examines the wide variety of airborne units that served in the PTO, including the legendary 1st Special Service Force.The nature of the enemy and the terrain in the PTO, and long distances that had to be covered, provided significant and diverse challenges to both Army and Marine Corps parachute units. Among the units discussed herein are the 12,000-strong 11th Airborne Division; the ... Read more

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This book examines the wide variety of airborne units that served in the PTO, including the legendary 1st Special Service Force.The nature of the enemy and the terrain in the PTO, and long distances that had to be covered, provided significant and diverse challenges to both Army and Marine Corps parachute units. Among the units discussed herein are the 12,000-strong 11th Airborne Division; the
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