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The Geopolitics of Melting Mountains

An International Political Ecology of the Himalaya

by Alexander E. Davis ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
The book addresses the urgent need for rethinking the geopolitics and ecology in the Himalaya, by emphasising the entanglements between these two factors. Most international relations analyses of the Himalaya emphasize the central role of the region’s states and their great power struggles. By reducing the region to its state actors, however, we miss the intense more-than-human diversity of the ... Read more

$116.99 USD

The book addresses the urgent need for rethinking the geopolitics and ecology in the Himalaya, by emphasising the entanglements between these two factors. Most international relations analyses of the Himalaya emphasize the central role of the region’s states and their great power struggles. By reducing the region to its state actors, however, we miss the intense more-than-human diversity of the
... Read more
The Imperial Discipline

Race and the Founding of International Relations

by Alexander E Davis, Vineet Thakur, Peter Vale ...

This book questions the accepted origins of the field of International Relations (IR). Commonly understood to have emerged from the horrors of WW1 with the goal of bringing about world peace, the authors argue that on the contrary, IR came from a somewhat less noble tradition – that of the Round Table.The Round Table were a network of imperialists emerging in the late 1800s across five key British ... Read more

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This book questions the accepted origins of the field of International Relations (IR). Commonly understood to have emerged from the horrors of WW1 with the goal of bringing about world peace, the authors argue that on the contrary, IR came from a somewhat less noble tradition – that of the Round Table.The Round Table were a network of imperialists emerging in the late 1800s across five key British
... Read more
The Red Atlas

How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World

by John Davies, Alexander J. Kent ...

The "utterly fascinating" untold story of Soviet Russia's global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian).From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have ... Read more

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The "utterly fascinating" untold story of Soviet Russia's global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian).From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have
... Read more
Historical Dictionary of the Latter-day Saints

by Thomas G. Alexander, Davis Bitton ...

Series series Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian church that was organized by six men in western New York in 1830 under the leadership of Joseph Smith, the church has grown to more than 16 million members today. A restoration of the primitive church organized by Jesus Christ in the first century C. E., the church’s membership was originally all Americans. The church is now, however, ... Read more

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian church that was organized by six men in western New York in 1830 under the leadership of Joseph Smith, the church has grown to more than 16 million members today. A restoration of the primitive church organized by Jesus Christ in the first century C. E., the church’s membership was originally all Americans. The church is now, however,
... Read more
Holding On To Forever

by S.B. Alexander, Siobhan Davis ...

Secretly dating Coach Parker’s daughter was never part of the plan. Neither was becoming her dealer…ADAMReturning to my drug-dealing past wasn’t on the agenda when I accepted the full ride to play ball at Cypress U. But Mom lost her job. And my sister’s medical bills are mounting. So, I’ve no choice but to change the playbook.When Emily walks into my life, like a fallen goddess with the ultimate ... Read more

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Secretly dating Coach Parker’s daughter was never part of the plan. Neither was becoming her dealer…ADAMReturning to my drug-dealing past wasn’t on the agenda when I accepted the full ride to play ball at Cypress U. But Mom lost her job. And my sister’s medical bills are mounting. So, I’ve no choice but to change the playbook.When Emily walks into my life, like a fallen goddess with the ultimate
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Scars of Winter

A Dark Mafia Forced Proximity Romance

by Alisson Bento ...

Narrated by Alisson Bento, Alexander Smith, Noah Williams, Sophia Davis, Isla Taylor ...

Unabridged

20 hours 2 min

Thirty days. One house. A killer and her target trapped in a game of lies.Five years ago, a fire took everything from Aileen Mullins. Her home. Her parents. Her life. She emerged from the ashes with a new face, a new name, and a single purpose: to kill the man who lit the match.Sylvester O'Brien. The Wolf of the Catskills. A ruthless mafia recluse who hides in a brutalist fortress of concrete and ... Read more

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Thirty days. One house. A killer and her target trapped in a game of lies.Five years ago, a fire took everything from Aileen Mullins. Her home. Her parents. Her life. She emerged from the ashes with a new face, a new name, and a single purpose: to kill the man who lit the match.Sylvester O'Brien. The Wolf of the Catskills. A ruthless mafia recluse who hides in a brutalist fortress of concrete and
... Read more
Hegel on Pseudo-Philosophy

Reading the Preface to the "Phenomenology of Spirit"

by Associate Professor Andrew Alexander Davis ...

The preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit (1807)is one of the most widely-read texts in Hegel's corpus, and yet we still lack a clear understanding of its aims. Providing a fresh perspective on Hegel's preface, Andrew Davis contends that it should be read as an overview of what philosophy is not.Contesting previous investigations that have assumed Hegel's purpose in the preface is to introduce ... Read more

$33.99 USD

The preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit (1807)is one of the most widely-read texts in Hegel's corpus, and yet we still lack a clear understanding of its aims. Providing a fresh perspective on Hegel's preface, Andrew Davis contends that it should be read as an overview of what philosophy is not.Contesting previous investigations that have assumed Hegel's purpose in the preface is to introduce
... Read more
The A to Z of Mormonism

by Davis Bitton, Thomas G. Alexander ...

Series series The A to Z Guide Series
Mormonism is the unofficial name for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which originated in the early 1800s. Mormonism refers to the doctrines taught by Joseph Smith, doctrines that are believed to be original gospel preached by Jesus Christ. The Mormons oppose abortion, homosexuality, unmarried sexual acts, pornography, gambling, tobacco, consuming alcohol, tea, coffee, and the use ... Read more

$47.99 USD

Mormonism is the unofficial name for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which originated in the early 1800s. Mormonism refers to the doctrines taught by Joseph Smith, doctrines that are believed to be original gospel preached by Jesus Christ. The Mormons oppose abortion, homosexuality, unmarried sexual acts, pornography, gambling, tobacco, consuming alcohol, tea, coffee, and the use
... Read more
Recovery from Disaster

by Ian Davis, David Alexander ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change
Disasters can dominate newspaper headlines and fill our TV screens with relief appeals, but the complex long-term challenge of recovery—providing shelter, rebuilding safe dwellings, restoring livelihoods and shattered lives—generally fails to attract the attention of the public and most agencies. On average 650 disasters occur each year. They affect more than 200 million people and cause $166 ... Read more

$91.99 USD

Disasters can dominate newspaper headlines and fill our TV screens with relief appeals, but the complex long-term challenge of recovery—providing shelter, rebuilding safe dwellings, restoring livelihoods and shattered lives—generally fails to attract the attention of the public and most agencies. On average 650 disasters occur each year. They affect more than 200 million people and cause $166
... Read more
New Perspectives on Hegel's Philosophy of Right

Edited by Associate Professor Andrew Alexander Davis, Professor Sebastian Rand ...

This collection of new perspectives on Hegel's Philosophy of Right breaks down some of the most stubborn barriers between the book and its readers. From its polemical preface to its closing ruminations on the state and world history, Hegel's seminal text can appear antiquated and conservative to even the most motivated reader. These essays remove those obstacles by demonstrating how radical many ... Read more

$93.99 USD

This collection of new perspectives on Hegel's Philosophy of Right breaks down some of the most stubborn barriers between the book and its readers. From its polemical preface to its closing ruminations on the state and world history, Hegel's seminal text can appear antiquated and conservative to even the most motivated reader. These essays remove those obstacles by demonstrating how radical many
... Read more
Promoting Regulation and Flexibility in Thinking

Development of Executive Function

by Kristen M. Weede Alexander, Karen M. Davis O’Hara ...

Series series Applying Child and Adolescent Development in the Professions Series
This concise guide introduces the importance of executive function for social and emotional well-being and effective learning. It clearly explains the research that underpins important topics such as working memory, organization, self-regulation, attention and cognitive flexibility, and how they apply to the real-world settings in which we work with children, adolescents, and families. This ... Read more

$39.99 USD

This concise guide introduces the importance of executive function for social and emotional well-being and effective learning. It clearly explains the research that underpins important topics such as working memory, organization, self-regulation, attention and cognitive flexibility, and how they apply to the real-world settings in which we work with children, adolescents, and families. This
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Sold to the Night

A Dark Enemies to Lovers Vampire Romance

by Alisson Bento ...

Narrated by Alisson Bento, Alexander Smith, Noah Williams, Sophia Davis, Isla Taylor ...

Unabridged

11 hours 11 min

She was the collateral. He was the monster who collected.A debt paid in blood. A soul bound by magic. And a love that could burn New Orleans to the ground.Winona Shorts lived a quiet life among the dust and paper of the Bibliotheca Obscura... until the storm came.Searching for her missing brother in the flooded French Quarter, Winona breaks into the restricted archives and finds something far ... Read more

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She was the collateral. He was the monster who collected.A debt paid in blood. A soul bound by magic. And a love that could burn New Orleans to the ground.Winona Shorts lived a quiet life among the dust and paper of the Bibliotheca Obscura... until the storm came.Searching for her missing brother in the flooded French Quarter, Winona breaks into the restricted archives and finds something far
... Read more

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