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The Island of Last Truth

By: Flavia Company

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A novel of adventure, survival, and psychological suspense with “a surprise ending worthy of Hitchcock” (Publishers Weekly). Legend in the academic world has it that Dr. Matthew Prendel, an expert sailor, had been shipwrecked years ago. His boat was attacked by pirates. He survived thanks to an incredible stroke of luck while his entire crew perished, but then found himself embroiled in a ferocious fight for survival between two castaways on a desert island. There, too, he was lucky and came out the victor. But perhaps luck played no part in it. Perhaps something darker was at play, something bigger at stake. The only sure thing is that Matthew Prendel disappeared for five whole years. He has been back in New York now for a while, or so they say. One should never rely entirely on hearsay . . . A blend of adventure story and noir mystery, The Island of Last Truth is a riveting tale filled with both suspense and incisive psychological observation.

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1609458699

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US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa

A Bridge between Global Conflict and the New World Order, 1988-1994

By: Flavia Gasbarri

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US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa

A Bridge between Global Conflict and the New World Order, 1988-1994

By: Flavia Gasbarri

This book investigates the end of the Cold War in Africa and its impact on post-Cold War US foreign policy in the continent. The fall of the Berlin Wall is widely considered the end of the Cold War; however, it documents just one of the many "ends", since the Cold War was a global conflict. This book looks at one of the most neglected extra-European battlegrounds, the African continent, and explores how American foreign policy developed in this region between the late 1980s and the early 1990s. Drawing on a wide range of recently disclosed documents, the book shows that the Cold War in Africa ended in 1988, preceding the fall of the Berlin Wall. It also reveals how, since then, some of the most controversial and inconsistent episodes of post-Cold War US foreign policy in Africa have been deeply rooted in the unique process whereby American rivalry with the USSR found its end in the continent. The book challenges the traditional narrative by presenting an original perspective on the study of the end of the Cold War and provides new insights into the shaping of US foreign policy during the so-called ‘unipolar moment’. This book will be of much interest to students of Cold War history, US foreign policy, African politics and international relations.

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204

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Routledge

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1000071588

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9781000071580

Biomarkers in Allergy and Asthma, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

By: Flavia Hoyte,Rohit K. Katial

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Biomarkers in Allergy and Asthma, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

By: Flavia Hoyte,Rohit K. Katial

This issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Flavia Hoyte and Rohit Katial, is devoted to Biomarkers in Allergy and Asthma. Articles in this issue include: Exhaled Nitric Oxide; Biomarkers in Exhaled Breath Condensate (EBC); Role of Eosinophils in Asthma; Bronchoprovocation Testing in Asthma; Periostin and DPP4; Role of Neutrophils in Asthma; Urinary LTE4; Biomarkers in Nasal Polyps; IgE as a Biomarker in Asthma; Genetics of Asthma; and Biomarker-directed Therapies for Asthma.

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169

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323641407

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9780323641401

Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism

By: Flavia Martinelli,Frank Moulaert,Andreas Novy

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Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism

By: Flavia Martinelli,Frank Moulaert,Andreas Novy

This book re-evaluates a rich scientific heritage of space- and history-sensitive development theories and produces an integrated methodology for the comparative analysis of urban and regional trajectories within a globalized world. The main argument put forward is that current mainstream analyses of urban and regional development have forgotten this rich heritage and fail to address the connections between different dimensions of development, the role of history and the importance of place and scale relations. The proposed methodology integrates elements from different theories – radical economic geography, regulation approach, cultural political economy, old and new institutionalism – that all share a strong concern with time and space dynamics. They are recombined into an interdisciplinary (meta)theoretical framework, capable of articulating the overall problem of socio-economic development and providing methodological anchors for comparative case-study analysis, while recognizing context specificities. The analytical methodology focuses on key dynamics and relations, such as strategic agency and collective action, institutions and structures, culture and discourse, as well as the tension between path-dependency and path-shaping. The methodology is then applied to eight urban and regional cases, mostly from Western Europe, but also from the United States and China. The case studies confirm the relevance of time- and space-sensitive analysis, not only for understanding development trajectories, but also for policy making. They ultimately highlight that, while post-war institutions were able to address systemic contradictions and foster a relatively inclusive development model, the neoliberal turn has led to reductionist policies that not only have resulted in an increase in social and spatial inequalities, but have also undermined growth and democracy.

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361

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Routledge

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1135119597

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9781135119591

Liminal Moves

Traveling along Places, Meanings, and Times

By: Flavia Cangià

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Liminal Moves

Traveling along Places, Meanings, and Times

By: Flavia Cangià

Moving, slowing down, or watching others moving allows people to cross physical, symbolic, and temporal boundaries. Exploring the imaginative power of liminality that makes this possible, Liminal Moves looks at the (im)mobilities of three groups of people - street monkey performers in Japan, adolescents writing about migrants in Italy, and men accompanying their partners in Switzerland for work. The book explores how, for these ‘travelers’, the interplay of mobility and immobility creates a ‘liminal hotspot’: a condition of suspension and ambivalence as they find themselves caught between places, meanings and times.

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181

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Berghahn Books

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1800730497

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9781800730496

Deixis and Frames of Reference in Hellenistic Dedicatory Epigrams

By: Flavia Licciardello

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Deixis and Frames of Reference in Hellenistic Dedicatory Epigrams

By: Flavia Licciardello

The book presents an analysis of communicative structures and deictic elements in Hellenistic dedicatory epigrams. Moving from the most recent linguistic theories on pragmatics and considering together both Stein- and Buchepigramme, this study investigates the linguistic means that are employed in texts transmitted on different media (the stone and the book) to point to and describe their spatial and temporal context. The research is based on the collection of a new corpus of Hellenistic book and inscribed dedicatory epigrams, which were compared to pre-Hellenistic dedicatory epigrams in order to highlight the crucial changes that characterise the development of the epigrammatic genre in the Hellenistic era. By demonstrating that the evolution of the epigrammatic genre moved on the same track for book and stone epigrams, this work offers an important contribution to the ongoing debate on the history of the epigrammatic genre and aims to stimulate further reflection on a poetic genre, which, since its origins in the Greek world, has been successful both in ancient and modern literary traditions.

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480

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110681676

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9783110681673

Ride the Frontier

Exploring the Myth of the American West on Screen

By: Flavia Brizio-Skov

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Ride the Frontier

Exploring the Myth of the American West on Screen

By: Flavia Brizio-Skov

With fresh appraisals of popular Westerns, this book examines the history of the genre with a focus on definitional aspects of canon, adaptation and hybridity. The author covers a range of largely unexplored topics, including the role of "heroines" in a (supposedly) male-oriented system of film production, the function of the celluloid Indians, the transcultural and transnational history of the first spaghetti Western, the construction of femininity and masculinity in the hybrid Westerns of the 1950s, and the new paths of the Western in the 21st century.

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McFarland

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1476683069

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9781476683065

International Law in Disaster Scenarios

Applicable Rules and Principles

By: Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani

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International Law in Disaster Scenarios

Applicable Rules and Principles

By: Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani

The book identifies the main international concepts and rules that are of special relevance in disaster settings and critically analyses how they are implemented in such contexts. It shows that, although the crucial and growing importance of disaster response has resulted in a complex framework of international obligations, it is nonetheless guided by certain general principles/values. In particular, through an in-depth analysis of sovereignty, international cooperation and solidarity, and their manifestations in disaster contexts, the book assesses the concrete scope and nature of the obligations of the state affected by the disaster, and those of the international community, respectively. Considerable attention is devoted to the applicable legal framework governing disaster response in mixed situations of disaster and armed conflict, and to the main problems and operational challenges entailed by the involvement of foreign military personnel and assets in disaster response. The book’s overall objective is to provide an authoritative overview of the development, core issues and challenges in international law with regard to disaster scenarios, and to serve as a valuable and comprehensive reference guide.

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Springer Nature

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3030505979

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9783030505974

Teaching Statistical Concepts

By: Anne Hawkins

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Teaching Statistical Concepts

By: Anne Hawkins

There is growing recognition that statistics should be part of the core curriculum for the compulsory schooling of all children, leading to a now urgent need for teachers to be trained in both statistical content and appropriate teaching methods. This book lays the foundation for teacher's responses to these changes, exploring how best to teach those applied skills which are now seen to be a more relevant part of the content of statistical courses.

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Routledge

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1317898109

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9781317898108

Public Opinion towards the EU

Triumphalism, Euroscepticism or Banal Representations?

By: Flavia Alupei-Durach

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Public Opinion towards the EU

Triumphalism, Euroscepticism or Banal Representations?

By: Flavia Alupei-Durach

This volume investigates the public opinion of the EU in the context of the present economic crisis and other significant challenges currently faced by the Union, the latest being the refugee crisis. Scholarly knowledge in the field of EU attitudes in general and Euroscepticism in particular is thoroughly documented here, and is followed by an analysis of public perceptions of the EU’s crisis management capabilities, proving that the EU’s legitimacy and effectiveness are currently being challenged to the highest degree. The research-based contribution of this book is two-fold, focusing on EU attitudes at a macro-level on one hand, and the opinions of Romanian experts on the other. It provides insights into attitudes towards the EU in Central and Eastern Europe, a region which is still somewhat underexplored by social sciences scholars, and in Romania in particular. On a larger scale, significant differences between clusters of states are identified, suggesting that not even increasing Euroscepticism manages to create a common frame of reference for all Europeans regarding EU-related issues. In terms of Romanian expert opinion, the book provides evidence for a gradual evolution from highly symbolic and sometimes even triumphalist representations of the EU towards mildly critical positions, based on instrumental perceptions. Such changes mark a new stage of Europeanization, in which the EU’s presence has become ordinary. For the Eastern European elite, increased familiarity with the EU accommodates demitization and criticism without denouncing European integration as a doomed project.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443898465

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9781443898461

Under the Rose

A Confession

By: Flavia Alaya

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Under the Rose

A Confession

By: Flavia Alaya

Set against the political upheaval of the 1960s, a Catholic feminist remembers how her romantic relationship with a priest inspired them both to take responsibility for their own life choices. Beneath its seemingly scandalous surface, Flavia Alaya's life story goes to the heart of women's struggles for independence, self-definition, and sexual agency. A radiant but sheltered Italian-American woman on a Fulbright in Italy, Flavia was twenty-two years old when she met Father Harry Browne. When the attraction that began in a cafe in Perugia grew too compelling to resist, they embarked on a relationship that violated one of the most powerful taboos of the Church and of society, yet endured for over two decades. By day, they were subsumed in progressive community organizing. By night, they were subsumed in a relationship carried out, even through the birth of their three children, in absolute secrecy—sub rosa, or "under the rose.

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Feminist Press at CUNY

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1936932369

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9781936932368

Popular Italian Cinema

Culture and Politics in a Postwar Society

By: Flavia Brizio-Skov

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Popular Italian Cinema

Culture and Politics in a Postwar Society

By: Flavia Brizio-Skov

With its monsters, vampires and cowboys, Italian popular culture in the postwar period has generally been dismissed as a form of evasion or escapism. Here, four international scholars re-examine and reinterpret the era to show that popular Italian cinema was not only in tune with contemporary political and social trends, it also presaged the turmoil and rebellion of the 1960s and 1970s. Their analysis of peplum (or 'sword and sandal') films, horror films, spaghetti westerns and comedy Italian-style shows how genre cinema reflected the changes wrought by modernization, urbanization, consumerist culture and the sexual revolution. With striking insights into the links between popular culture and politics, this book will be indispensable for specialists in film and media studies, Italian and cultural studies, as well as social history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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085772097X

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9780857720979

Functional Molecular Materials

An Introductory Textbook

By: Matteo Atzori,Flavia Artizzu

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Functional Molecular Materials

An Introductory Textbook

By: Matteo Atzori,Flavia Artizzu

The field of molecular materials represents an exciting playground for the design, tailoring, and combination of chemical building blocks as carriers of physical properties and aims at the understanding and development of novel functional molecular devices. Within this extraordinarily widespread framework, the realization of materials with the desired functionalities can only be achieved through a rational design strategy based on a solid understanding of the chemical and physical features of each constituting building block. This book provides a general overview of molecular materials, discussing their key features in a simple and organic way by focusing more on basic concepts rather than on specialized descriptions, in order to supply the non-expert reader with the immediate fundamental tools and hints to understand and develop research in this field. With this view, it is a step-by-step guide toward the preparation of functional molecular materials, where the knowledge and understanding so far attained by the scientific community through the investigation of significant archetypical examples is deconstructed down to the fundamental basis and then presented in reverse, from the base to the top.

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400

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CRC Press

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1351233653

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9781351233651

Multiple Sclerosis

A Practical Manual for Hospital and Outpatient Care

By: Carlos A. Perez,Andrew Smith,Flavia Nelson

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Multiple Sclerosis

A Practical Manual for Hospital and Outpatient Care

By: Carlos A. Perez,Andrew Smith,Flavia Nelson

Affecting an estimated 2.5 million people worldwide, multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological cause of debilitation in young adults. Incurable, and with the precise causes still unknown, both diagnosis and management of the condition is complicated. This book summarizes the latest understanding of the causes of the disease, using accessible, bullet-point text to describe key clinical features and diagnostic criteria. Disease-modifying therapies and management of symptoms, including fatigue, tremor and cognitive changes, are covered in detail. With a chapter focusing solely on presentations in the emergency room, the importance of recognizing these neurological emergencies is emphasised, along with indications for admission in MS patients. The impact of MS on women's reproductive health and the increasing recognition of MS in pediatric patients is also explored. An up-to-date and practical approach to the accurate diagnosis and management of MS, this is an invaluable resource for both hospital and outpatient settings.

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1108900291

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9781108900294

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The Island of Last Truth

The Island of Last Truth

US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa

US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa

Biomarkers in Allergy and Asthma, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Biomarkers in Allergy and Asthma, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism

Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism

Liminal Moves

Liminal Moves

Deixis and Frames of Reference in Hellenistic Dedicatory Epigrams

Deixis and Frames of Reference in Hellenistic Dedicatory Epigrams

Ride the Frontier

Ride the Frontier

International Law in Disaster Scenarios

International Law in Disaster Scenarios

Teaching Statistical Concepts

Teaching Statistical Concepts

Public Opinion towards the EU

Public Opinion towards the EU

Under the Rose

Under the Rose

Popular Italian Cinema

Popular Italian Cinema

Functional Molecular Materials

Functional Molecular Materials

Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

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