Erik Alexander: 7 books

While spending his holidays on the paradisiac Seychelles, the British ornithologist John Deed is confronted with a prominent rumour. The French pirate Olivier Levasseur is said to have buried his vast hoard of gold on one of these islands! Deed’s curiosity is aroused. Despite being on holiday, he...

Hollywood films have been influential in the portrayal and representation of race relations in the South and how African Americans are cinematically depicted in history, from The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Gone with the Wind (1939) to The Help (2011) and 12 Years a Slave (2013). With an ability...

Elsie McKee, "Calvin and His Colleagues as Pastors: Some New Insights into the Collegial Ministry of Word and Sacraments"; Jeffrey R. Watt, "Childhood and Youth in the Geneva Consistory Minutes"; Christoph Strohm, "Methodology in Discussion of 'Calvin and Calvinism'";...

Vous aimez les grands livres ? Vous manquez de temps ? Alors vous allez rire ! À 20 ans, nous nous sommes emparés de 75 chefs-d’œuvre de la littérature mondiale pour en extraire avec Twitter, la quintessence. Sacrilège ? Imposture ? Du monde grec à Shakespeare, Voltaire ou Proust, parodie,...

Why are some regions and cities so good at attracting talented people, creating high-level knowledge, and producing exciting new ideas and innovations? What are the ingredients of success? Can innovative cities be created and stimulated, or do they just flourish by mere chance? This book analyses...

This book is about European IR theoretical traditions, their origins, and key figures. Theorizing is among the most important activities that take place within scientific disciplines. Scholars therefore routinely talk/debate about the discipline of IR and its theories, theories are often used to form...

Spaß, Spannung, Abenteuer - Erinnerungen. Das alles findet ihr nur in diesem Buch voller Geschichten einer Schulklasse, die sich nicht immer an die Regeln hält. Jeder ist einzigartig und gemeinsam schaffen sie es immer wieder, Unerwartetes zu leisten. 27 AutorInnen zwischen 13 und 61 Jahren....