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A thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, Silent Warfare is an insiders guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world. Leading intelligence scholars Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt clearly explain such...

Colombia is at a historic crossroads as its leaders implement peace accords that will end an undeclared but bitter civil war that has raged for more than half a century. Building a nation at peace will require the input and collaboration of both Colombians and the world community. Yet relatively little...

The relationship of texts and maps, and the mappability of literature, examined from Homer to Houellebecq. Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bearings in the imaginative world of the...

Because God has made himself known in his Word, a commitment to a high view of Scripture is of paramount importance. Sadly, more and more people—not only from outside the church but also from within—are denying the complete truthfulness of God’s Word. Edited by pastor John MacArthur,...

Experts from different disciplines offer novel ideas for improving research oversight and protection of human subjects. The current framework for the regulation of human subjects research emerged largely in reaction to the horrors of Nazi human experimentation, revealed at the Nuremburg trials,...

Communicating Globally: Intercultural Communication and International Business uniquely integrates the theory and skills of intercultural communication with the practices of multinational organizations and international business. Authors Wallace V. Schmidt, Roger N. Conaway, Susan S. Easton, and William...

Diccionario con los términos de economía y finanzas más habituales.

«Le persone possono trasformarsi in una lacrima o in un pugno – a volte la differenza tra le due cose è molto sottile» e racchiude la storia di un’intera famiglia. Dopo aver mandato all’aria il suo matrimonio, la scrittura ed essere fuggito lontano, Ari torna in Islanda per incontrare il...

È la tristezza degli angeli la neve che cade dal cielo illuminando i lunghi inverni d’Islanda, e che le raffiche dei venti trasformano in accecanti bufere. Il postino Jens è scampato a stento alla loro furia quando arriva alla locanda del Villaggio, soccorso dal ragazzo orfano che vi è stato...

Reykjavík, primi anni Cinquanta. In un piccolo appartamento seminterrato Sigvaldi e Helga toccano il cielo con un dito abbandonandosi alla loro giovane e travolgente passione e decidono di chiamare la figlia Ásta. Ásta come una grande eroina della letteratura nordica, Ásta perché ást in islandese...

What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars?  As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into aliens … and what they’ve left behind.  Alien artifacts:  what might they reveal about us as we try to unlock their secrets? ...

Imagine: you are seated about a blazing campfire, your and the other bards. Tales of Achilles, Beowulf, Alexander, Odysseus, Conan, Tarzan, Joan of Arc and other heroes are told, along with new ones that carry on with the Jungian archetypes so central to our very nature. Men and women who brave the...

The Dark is coming! Call your friends over. You don't want to go through this alone. You will be taken back into the past, down to the depths of the ocean and across the borderline between our world and the next. You will see snapshots from the lives of small children, old-time cockney gangsters and...

NEW WARRIORS IN AN ANCIENT BATTLE… The ongoing battle against the immortal Elder Gods enters the modern age. Magic, mayhem, and murder no longer reign in dusty books discovered in decrepit libraries. Today's monsters can be called by more than uncanny rituals in candlelit basements. Madness...