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Russia's people of empire

life stories from Eurasia, 1500 to the present

A fundamental dimension of the Russian historical experience has been the diversity of its people and cultures, religions and languages, landscapes and economies. For six centuries this diversity was contained within the sprawling territories of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and it persists ...

Demonizing the jews

Luther and the Protestant Church in nazi Germany

The acquiescence of the German Protestant churches in Nazi oppression and murder of Jews is well documented. In this book, Christopher J. Probst demonstrates that a significant number of German theologians and clergy made use of the 16th-century writings by Martin Luther on Jews and ...

La Reconquista

(Revista Desperta Ferro. Antigua y Medieval, Nº 13, año 2012)

SUMARIO: • La guerra medieval en la Península Ibérica, por Mario Orsi • El Imperio almohade, por Maribel Fierro, CSIC • Mesnadas cristianas al servicio de la fe islámica, por José Luis de Mesa • Las terceras taifas y el surgimiento del emirato nazarí de Granada, por Francisco Vidal ...

Control de convencionalidad y efectos de las sentencias

A partir de la Carta de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, aprobada en San Francisco el 26 de junio de 1945, y luego con la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, adoptada y proclamada por la Asamblea General el 10 de diciembre de 1948 ...

Augustus Carp

Augustus Carp es la autobiografía de un superintendente de la escuela dominical que se dedica a denunciar los pecados y debilidades de los demás ignorando, al mismo tiempo, los suyos. Aunque hace campaña en contra de la lujuria, del ocio, de beber y de fumar ...

Nutshells company Law

An essential revision and starter guide, presenting the essentials of the law in clear and straightforward language. Features such as diagrams and checklists make Nutshells easy to use, while the inclusion of model questions and answer plans help students test their knowledge. Nutshells are an ...

Schmitthoff the Law and practice of international trade

Schmitthoff's Export Trade, now in its twelfth edition, is the leading text in the field of international trade law and provides the reader with a comprehensive treatment of the subject including the sale of goods, finance and transportation of exports, insurance, customs law and ...

Imagem e reflexo

religiosidade e Monarquia no Reino Visigodo de Toledo (Séculos VI-VIII)

A análise das relações entre religiosidade e Monarquia no período que engloba desde a conversão do Reino de Toledo até sua destruição é o objeto de estudo de Ruy de Oliveira Andrade Filho neste livro. Andrade passa em revista práticas muito distintas quanto ao espaço ...

Las dos guerras de España

La historia contemporánea de España está marcada por dos grandes guerras: la de la Independencia (1808-1814) y la Guerra civil (1936-1939). Ronald Fraser se ha especializado en el estudio de ambas contiendas, a cuya historia ha contribuido con dos obras maestras como son La maldita ...

Soldados a caballo

una extraordinaria historia de guerra del siglo XXI

Esta es la historia de los soldados de las Fuerzas especiales norteamericanas y agentes de la CIA, a quienes, tras los atentados del 11-S de 2001, se les encomendó la formidable tarea de derrotar a los talibanes de Afganistán, lo que consiguieron en una campaña ...

A labyrinth of kingdoms

10.000 miles through islamic Africa

In 1849 Heinrich Barth joined a small British expedition into unexplored regions of Islamic North and Central Africa. One by one his companions died, but he carried on alone, eventually reaching the fabled city of gold, Timbuktu. His five-and-a-half-year, 10,000-mile adventure ranks among the ...

¡Bienvenidos a tiempos interesantes!

En China, si realmente odias a alguien, lo maldices diciendo: «¡Que vivas en tiempos interesantes!». En nuestra historia, «tiempos interesan- tes» son, de hecho, tiempos de guerra y lucha por el poder. Los radicales fundamentos de Žižek ofrecen herramientas con las que destapar, como hiciera ...

The good muslim

reflections on classical islamic Law and theology

In this thought-provoking book, Mona Siddiqui reflects upon key themes in Islamic law and theology. These themes, which range through discussions about friendship, divorce, drunkenness, love, slavery and ritual slaughter, offer fascinating insights into Islamic ethics and the way in which arguments developed in medieval ...

Saharan frontiers

space and mobility in Northwest Africa

The Sahara has long been portrayed as a barrier that divides the Mediterranean world from Africa proper and isolates the countries of the Maghrib from their southern and eastern neighbours. Rather than viewing the desert as an isolating barrier, this volume takes up historian Fernand ...

A concise history of New Zealand

New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million years ago to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein Smith highlights the ...

Political parties in Britain

This introduction to political parties in Britain offers an examination of the main parties' individual characteristics (including policy, organisation and support) and explains the impact of smaller parties. Key themes traced throughout the book are the factors contributing to parties' fortunes and identities, and the ...

After La Dolce Vita

a cultural prehistory of Berlusconi's Italy

This book chronicles the demise of the supposedly leftist Italian cultural establishment during the long 1980s. During that time, the nation's literary and intellectual vanguard managed to lose the prominence handed it after the end of World War II and the defeat of Fascism ...

Hunting in the shadows

the pursuit of Al Qa'ida since 9/11

This comprehensive, landmark history chronicles our ongoing battle against al-Qa ida, the greatest threat the West has faced in the modern era. An internationally recognized authority on terrorism and counterinsurgency, Seth G. Jones presents a dramatic narrative of the on-the-ground police work; the elaborate, multiyear ...

Levinas, subjectivity, education

towards an ethics of radical responsibility

Levinas, Subjectivity, Education explores how the philosophical writings of Emmanuel Levinas lead us to reassess education and reveals the possibilities of a radical new understanding of ethical and political responsibility. Presents an original theoretical interpretation of Emmanuel Levinas that outlines the political significance of his ...

The Cambridge History of jewish philosophy

Volume 2: The Modern Era

The second volume of The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy provides a comprehensive overview of Jewish philosophy from the seventeenth century to the present day. Written by a distinguished group of experts in the field, its essays examine how Jewish thinking was modified in its ...