Asa: 124 books

From the internationally bestselling authors of Some Kind of Peace, this eBook features an original short story, “Strangers,” plus bonus materials, including: · Extended excerpt from Some Kind of Peace, the first Siri Bergman thriller · EXCLUSIVE sneak preview of More Bitter Than Death,...

This book, written in an accessible style and illustrated with drawings by the author and with many other images, discusses the basic principles of discourse theory and applies them to various aspects of popular culture, media and everyday life. Among the topics it analyzes are speed dating, advertising, jokes, language use, myths, fairy tales and material culture.

When Mina’s father dies, she returns to Korea to visit a family she barely knows, desperately looking for some answers. But her mother is reluctant to discuss the past, especially the war, or the reasons that Mina was sent so far away as a child, to America. Her younger sister seems unable to grow...

The Victorian era is rightly associated with the industrial revolution in Britain and the ascendancy of a materialist, commercially-oriented middle class. The threat to spiritual values was felt strongly in the realm of religion but also in the secular realm of the arts and literature. This volume...

Lightning gave her powers, but she paid a steep price. Forensic artist Molly Nyland survived a freak lightning strike as a child that marked her skin with Lichtenberg figures and gave her the ability to tell when what people describe doesn’t match what they actually witnessed. This truth...

In this volume, which is the outcome of the four-year long collaboration project SARA (Scandinavian and Atlantic Rock Art) between the archaeology department at University of Gothenburg and the Laboratory of Heritage of Spanish National Research Council, nine papers summarize new excavation and survey...

"İslam bizi geri bıraktı, Batı karşısında yenilgilerimizin sebebi İslam'dır!" hükmü, giderek bir inanç, bir yaşama biçimi halini aldı. Bunu da modernlik kisvesi altında hınç ve taassupla dolu telkinler halinde yaydılar; bu tür ideolojilere ve akımlara neredeyse meşruiyet...

In 1946, William Bullitt, the first U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, U.S. Ambassador to France at the outbreak of the Second World War, and onetime close advisor to FDR, wrote the first book-length, comprehensive analysis of the emerging Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union....

A useful introduction to the critical study of tourism, this brief text applies semiotics and cultural theory to deal with some of our most iconic global destinations. It offers accessible analyses of 18 famous tourist locations from the Taj Mahal to Red Square, and from the Eiffel Tower to Antarctica....

Gizmos or: The Electronic Imperative offers a concise series of analyses on the transformative impact of digital devices on American society. With approaches ranging from semiotic theory to psychoanalytic theory, sociological theory to personal reflection, Berger taps the span of knowledge from his...

The FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbooks are designed for use by instructors and applicants preparing for the FAA Knowledge Exam and Oral & Practical (O&P) Exams required for obtaining an Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) certificate with Airframe or Powerplant rating or both (also called...

Valkyren - die Töchter Odins - sind weibliche Geistwesen aus der nordischen Mythologie, die die ehrenvoll Gefallenen in das himmlische Walhall bringen. Sie jagen auf Sturmwolken und ihren fliegenden Pferden über das Schlachtfeld. In ihren glänzenden Rüstungen reflektieren sie das Mondlicht. 17...

Gripping, atmospheric and sexy, this is British horror at its best. Kathy Bilic is adopted. Until now, she's had only a vague memory of her real family. But terrifying dreams and visions of her sister Amber are waking her in the night. When Amber starts giving her messages, Kathy gets a sickening...

Op midzomernacht wordt in het noorden van Zweden de feministische predikante Mildred Nilsson dood aangetroffen. Ze is opgehangen aan haar voeten, in de kerk. Nilsson een herrieschopper, die met zowel haar werkgever, de mannen in het dorp en de jachtvereniging in conflict is geraakt had veel vijanden....