Alexandra: 2078 books
by Alexandra J. Dover
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
My story starts out with me immigrating to America at the young age of four. This is a unique story of true events that I endured in life. I will talk about my depression from the young age of five and all the heartache compounded with my depression. From the young age of five is when I came to realize...
Human Strengths and Resilience
Developmental, Cross-Cultural, and International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
Human Strengths and Resilience is intended to serve as a bridge between these two rapidly expanding disciplines by focusing on the critical issue of human strengths and resilience in cross-cultural and international perspective. To achieve these ambitious goals the editors have assembled an international...
by Alexandra Fiada
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
A guide to understanding the Greeks which takes an insightful, irreverent look at their character and attitudes
Xenophobia: an irrational fear of foreigners, probably justified, always understandable.
Xenophobe's Guides: an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of nations,...
Publics, Elites and Constitutional Change in the UK
A Missed Opportunity?
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
This book explores the governance of the UK, and the process of constitutional change, between Scotland’s independence referendum in September 2014 and the UK general election in May 2015. The book contrasts the attitudes of the public, captured through an original survey, with those of politicians,...
Romans and Barbarians Beyond the Frontiers
Archaeology, Ideology and Identities in the North
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This first thematic volume of the new series TRAC Themes in Roman Archaeology brings renowned international experts to discuss different aspects of interactions between Romans and ‘barbarians’ in the north-western regions of Europe. Northern Europe has become an interesting arena of academic debate...
by Alexandra Mohr
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2002
Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0 (B), Humboldt-University of Berlin (American Culture Studies), course: The American Dream, 7 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Sam Shepard is known as one of the most accomplished playwrights...
Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture
The archaeology and science of kitchen pottery in the ancient mediterranean world
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
The 23 papers presented here are the product of the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and approaches to the study of kitchen pottery between archaeologists, material scientists, historians and ethnoarchaeologists. They aim to set a vital but long-neglected category of evidence in its wider social,...
Over Land and Sea
Chelsea FC in the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Chelsea Football Club had only been in existence for nine years when war was declared in 1914, but it already formed a vibrant new part of the community. At home they participated in their first FA Cup Final (dubbed the "Khaki FA Cup Final") in 1915, held recruitment drives at matches, debated...
by Alexandra Kess
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
One of the major challenges faced by the emergent Protestant faith was how to establish itself in a hitherto Catholic world. A key way it found to achieve this was to create a common identity through the fashioning of history, emphasising Protestantism's legitimacy and authority. In this study, the...
by Andreas Umland, Andrey Makarychev, Nina Rozhanovskaya
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Featuring a special section on “Identity Clashes: Russian and Ukrainian Debates on Culture, History, and Politics” This issue's special section explores the discursive gaps, tensions, and ruptures between Ukrainian and Russian narratives of national identity. It gives the floor to Russian and...
The Remaking of Social Contracts
Feminists in a Fierce New World
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) argues that social contracts must be recreated if they are to fulfil the promise of human rights. In The Remaking of Social Contracts, leading thinkers and activists address a wide range of concerns - global economic governance, militarism,...
by Alexandra Daley
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
A short story of two young men, each with their own priorties just trying to be with whom they ought to be until they can decide who, they want to be.
Trans Studies
The Challenge to Hetero/Homo Normativities
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Winner of the 2017 Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
From Caitlyn Jenner to Laverne Cox, transgender people have rapidly gained public visibility, contesting many basic assumptions about what gender and embodiment mean. The vibrant discipline...
by Alexandra Shytsman
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Throw a stress-free, festive holiday gathering for your family of friends! This unique and beautifully packaged Friendsgiving guide is filled with inspired menus, twenty-five creative recipes, tips, and more.
Friendsgiving is everything you love about Thanksgiving-- think memorable Turkey Day...