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The first edition received widespread praise, including from eminent scholars such as Gita Sen and Amina Mama (see quotes below) The only book on the subject to cover the Global South as a whole and to bring together such a wide variety of disciplines and approaches. Offers a critical feminist perspective on development. Bridges the gap between development scholarship and feminist activism. 

The world already suffers a bitter taste of hell on earth, in a World War II where Nazi warlocks battle with Gray Tower wizards in the streets of Europe and in the shadows. The Gray Tower, in its quest to stabilize a world that hangs on a delicate balance, has issued an order: Kill the Drifter. Isabella...

We're all grown up right? Or are we? Do things in the night still make you wanna cry to Mama? Well you can't anymore, she's not around. Time to face your demons, man or woman. Mama ain't here, but all she ever wanted was to hear your laughter, and to know you're safe. You're not safe. It's just you...

Raina Black steals treasures from warlords, spies on governments and corporations, and sleeps like a baby at night. But after a particularly rough job where she inexplicably wakes up in a tomb in Cairo, things get weird. First, Noah Mason, a man she swears she saw die, approaches her, claiming...

When Noah Mason's boss ventures into Faerieland and doesn't return, he figures he ought to get her back before apocalyptic chaos reigns. Lady Arabella is the only person on earth who can open and shut doorways to the mythical land of magic and terror, and if her power falls into the wrong hands, everyone's...

The Soul Eater. Aria is supposed to hunt down this dangerous witch, but she's her sister, and believes she can still be saved. All she has to do is strip Mira of her soul-devouring powers, but it will come at a price. Jacob is still fighting his own battles in Miracle Falls, trying to...

Tracking down a demon in the spirit world should be easy--said no one ever. But Kelsey Diviner is dedicated to her training, as she balances her days as a therapist with her evenings as a ghost whisperer and protector of the supernatural realm. However, when she and her uncle come across evidence...

This book examines the volatile landscape of the Chinese economy and the barriers to its continuing development. The author argues that underlying inefficiencies in China’s financial system currently prevent the further growth of its institutions and inhibit reform of monetary and fiscal policy....

Aikido goes beyond martial arts: it does not only resolve conflict in a constructive way but it also develops our intuition. It gives us an insight that changes old paradigms and transforms our current vision of the world, our mind and spirit, through the practice of harmonious universal movements...

Magic and Medieval Society presents a thematic approach to the topic of magic and sorcery in Western Europe between the eleventh and the fifteenth century. It aims to provide readers with the conceptual and documentary tools to reach informed conclusions as to the existence, nature, importance and...

Written entirely in Spanish, this is the ideal introduction to Spanish linguistics for students. Using clear explanations, it covers all the basic concepts required to study the structural aspects of the Spanish language - phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax - as well as the history of...

La fotografía y otras manifestaciones artísticas como fuente documental para la historia

This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes as well as protecting and sheltering targeted victims—including the dead—during the Cold War state violence in Latin America. In light of newly unearthed archival evidence, testimonial memories, and...

El presente libro surge del interés por reconstruir las trayectorias de las poblaciones indígenas, reconstituidas desde prácticas estatales y a partir de sus propias estrategias de participación como actores sociales y políticos de las sociedades americanas decimonónicas.