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The new edition of this best-selling insight into terrorism today has been fully updated and revised to include what the author terms the newmilitant Moslem international.Drawing directly on the words and ideas of terrorists themselves, this book is an examination of patterns, current trends and future threats in terrorism worldwide. It explores

The 2016 Presidential Election: The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake critically analyzes the 2016 presidential election. The chapters in this book identify key factors behind the election of Donald J. Trump, explore the unconventional campaign, analyze the unexpected election result,...

Este volumen es una muestra de la vitalidad cultural y poética de Zapotlán el Grande a través de la organización y premiación del certamen de los juegos florales, la jovial justa provenzal que los zapotlenses —entre ellos Juan José Arreola, de quien celebramos el centenario— comenzaron a...

Esta antología presenta una compilación de la obra de Lizardi en versiones parcialmente modernizadas para facilitar la lectura. Los textos aquí reunidos recorren varios géneros literarios como la poesía, la fábula o la dramaturgia.

Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives,...

The collection contains fifty-one poems divided into five sections, each (except the truncated last) containing eleven poems. The first section, Ozark Dark, introduces the rocky landscape and heavy mud of the Ozarks, the coyotes, bobcats, and deep poverty with which farm families cope. In the second...

THE WORLD IS CAST INTO DARKNESS In the year 1336, the Brethren, a secret brotherhood dedicated to fighting against war and sowing peace, find themselves little more than an ill-conceived idea as everything they thought to be true is put to the test. Thirteen years after the death of...

Welcome to Harry Potter Places Book Two--OWLs: Oxford Wizarding Locations, the second of five guidebooks designed to help Potterites visit Potterverse places in the UK, including real-life places mentioned in JKR's novels and movie film sites. On the website you'll find the OWLs Table of Contents and learn about all the Harry Potter Places travel guidebooks.

Furchterregend! Bemitleidenswert! Niedlich! Monster haben viele Facetten. Manche von ihnen arbeiten in ungeliebten Nebenjobs und andere suchen nach einem Sinn in ihrem Leben. Vielleicht gibt es aber auch Ungeheuerlichkeiten, die einfach nur auf Abenteuer aus sind. Identitätskrisen reichen dem normalen...

In 1982 I was travelling in a suburban train between Boston and New York. I suddenly felt a stirring at the base of my spine and a trickle quickly turned into a rush of energy moving upward. Another will seemed to be working within me and I felt a mandate to shift my posture. Feeling awkward and embarrassed...

So why do I write? I write for many reasons. Sometimes, I write just to escape from this reality An escape into an imagined paradise. Or in remembrance of a paradise once experienced but long since forgotten. Sometimes, I write from memories of a past life; One very different and far removed...

It is unfortunately true that the terms education and culture are not synonymous. Too often we find that the children in our public schools, while possessed of the one, are signally lacking in the other. This is a state of things that cannot be remedied by teaching mere facts. The Greeks, many years...

 This is a book about someone going through a process of growth. It is a group of poems that highlight what growth is. These poems span over 20 years starting as early as 1993. You see a girl's growing pains as she starts out with dating and ends with falling in love. It highlights what we know...

This is Book Two in my new series. It is a collection of nine short stories written from inside prison. Here is why I write, taken from Book One, Poetry from the Inside: So why do I write? I write for many reasons. Sometimes, I write just to escape from this reality An escape into an imagined paradise. Or...