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Author : Pamela Bauer Mueller
Publisher : Piata Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,97 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780980916300
In this sweeping historical saga, you will discover the Millionaires' joys, tribulations, and deeply guarded secrets - told through the unique voices of four Club employees.
Author : George Gaylord Simpson
Publisher : Books on Demand
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 1996
Category :
ISBN : 9780783733111
Author : Edna O'Brien
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 44,94 MB
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 178022804X
'A powerful, complex fable, mysteriously conceived and deeply felt . . . Brilliant' Irish Times When Josie, confined to bed in her dilapidated country mansion, sees the door swing back and the hooded face appear, she knows who it is. Into her world comes McGreevy, bloody crusader for a united Ireland, who has chosen her house for sanctuary. Within the incarcerating walls of the house, an undercurrent of love develops between two people who think differently but feel the same. Destiny has flung them together and, as the police net closes in, fear dawns in Josie that McGreevy has used her house for more than refuge. And there may be no escape for either of them. 'A writer at the height of her powers' Tatler 'A work of insight, sympathy and breath-holding suspense' Daily Mail 'O'Brien at her shrewd and lyrical best' Sunday Times 'So well written you won't be disappointed whatever you are looking for' Literary Review 'A sharp and thoughtful depiction of the modern Irish question . . . poetically written' The Times
Author : Gregory D. Miller
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,58 MB
Release : 2012-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0801464137
In The Shadow of the Past, Gregory D. Miller examines the role that reputation plays in international politics, emphasizing the importance of reliability-confidence that, based on past political actions, a country will make good on its promises-in the formation of military alliances. Challenging recent scholarship that focuses on the importance of credibility-a state's reputation for following through on its threats-Miller finds that reliable states have much greater freedom in forming alliances than those that invest resources in building military force but then use it inconsistently. To explore the formation and maintenance of alliances based on reputation, Miller draws on insights from both political science and business theory to track the evolution of great power relations before the First World War. He starts with the British decision to abandon "splendid isolation" in 1900 and examines three crises--the First Moroccan Crisis (1905-6), the Bosnia-Herzegovina Crisis (1908-9), and the Agadir Crisis (1911)-leading up to the war. He determines that states with a reputation for being a reliable ally have an easier time finding other reliable allies, and have greater autonomy within their alliances, than do states with a reputation for unreliability. Further, a history of reliability carries long-term benefits, as states tend not to lose allies even when their reputation declines.
Author : Eric Kjellgren
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : 158839011X
This handsome book examines the island's diverse artistic heritage and presents and discusses more than fifty works.
Author : Patricia Faasse
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9069845415
For almost a hundred years, the Willie Commelin Scholten laboratory was the hub of phytopathology research in the Netherlands, where generations of students learned the principles of plant pathology. In Splendid Isolation reconstructs the history of this unique institution, from its beginnings as a small private laboratory in the late nineteenth century to its final days as a renowned university research center. This unique volume chronicles how the laboratory’s scientific reputation spread far beyond the country’s borders as it diagnosed and researched thousands of plant diseases.
Author : William Lonsdale Watkinson
Publisher : Full Well Ventures
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 2024-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN :
"How is the disciple to be kept in a world like this? How is the Redeemer’s prayer, “I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil,” to be answered in the disciple’s safety? Generally, when we reflect on this matter, we conclude that God saves His children by exercising over them a celestial guardianship, that He entrusts them to a celestial police, that they are sustained by angels’ hands lest they dash their foot against a stone. But this is an altogether insufficient explanation. God saves His people from within rather than from without; and it is to this interior divine action that we must look for our salvation. He makes us invincible through the soul."
Author : Madeline Drexler
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 25,3 MB
Release : 2014-05-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781499362640
What does Bhutan understand about happiness that the rest of the world does not? Award-winning journalist and author Madeline Drexler recently traveled to this Himalayan nation to discover how the audacious policy known as Gross National Happiness plays out in a fast-changing society where Buddhism is deeply rooted—but where the temptations and collateral damage of materialism are rising. Her reported essay blends lyrical travelogue, cultural history, personal insights, and provocative conversations with top policymakers, activists, bloggers, writers, artists, scholars, religious leaders, students, and ordinary citizens in many walks of life. This book is sure to fascinate readers interested in travel, Buddhism, progressive politics, and especially the study and practice of happiness.
Author : Sheridan Gundry
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 23,21 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Gisborne District (N.Z.)
ISBN : 9780473226411
Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 28,68 MB
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1139496468
Within a variety of historical contexts, The Shaping of Grand Strategy addresses the most important tasks states have confronted: namely, how to protect their citizens against the short-range as well as long-range dangers their polities confront in the present and may confront in the future. To be successful, grand strategy demands that governments and leaders chart a course that involves more than simply reacting to immediate events. Above all, it demands they adapt to sudden and major changes in the international environment, which more often than not involves the outbreak of great conflicts but at times demands recognition of major economic, political, or diplomatic changes. This collection of essays explores the successes as well as failures of great states attempting to create grand strategies that work and aims at achieving an understanding of some of the extraordinary difficulties involved in casting, evolving and adapting grand strategy to the realities of the world.