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The Oil Road

Journeys From The Caspian Sea To The City Of London

By: James Marriott,Mika Minio-Paluello

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The Oil Road

Journeys From The Caspian Sea To The City Of London

By: James Marriott,Mika Minio-Paluello

From Caspian drilling rigs and Caucasus mountain villages to Mediterranean fishing communities and European capitals, this is a journey through the heart of our oil-obsessed society. Blending travel writing and investigative journalism, it charts a history of violent confrontation between geopolitics, profit and humanity. From the revolutionary futurism of 1920s Baku to the unblinking capitalism of modern London, this book reveals the relentless drive to control fossil fuels. Harrowing, powerful and insightful, The Oil Road maps the true cost of oil.

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Verso Books

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1781681287

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9781781681282

The Playing Fields of Eton

Equality and Excellence in Modern Meritocracy

By: Mika Tapani LaVaque-Manty

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The Playing Fields of Eton

Equality and Excellence in Modern Meritocracy

By: Mika Tapani LaVaque-Manty

Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, The Playing Fields of Eton takes us on a three-century tour of modern mental and physical life. We visit gymnasiums and dueling fields, murderball courts and Olympic venues, and while immersed in thought-provoking stories of people wrestling with the twin pursuit of equality and excellence, we find ourselves learning what it might mean to be modern. With equal measures of erudition and gentle humor, Mika LaVaque-Manty convincingly refutes the view that egalitarian progress forecloses possibilities for human excellence." ---Elisabeth Ellis, Texas A&M University "A very insightful and clearly written philosophical inquiry into the nature of sport." ---Marion Smiley, Brandeis University "A marvelously original analysis of the tensions---and interdependence---between equality and excellence in modern political life. From eighteenth-century dueling to contemporary doping in sports, LaVaque-Manty illuminates the bodily life of democracy at play, and challenges us to think in new ways about the connections between achievement and autonomy. The Playing Fields of Eton is an important book that pushes liberal and democratic theory in fruitful new directions." ---Sharon Krause, Brown University Can equality and excellence coexist? If we assert that no person stands above the rest, can we encourage and acknowledge athletic, artistic, and intellectual achievements? Perhaps equality should merely mean equality of opportunity. But then how can society reconcile inherent differences between men and women, the strong and the weak, the able-bodied and the disabled? In The Playing Fields of Eton, Mika LaVaque-Manty addresses questions that have troubled philosophers, reformers, and thoughtful citizens for more than two centuries. Drawing upon examples from the eighteenth-century debate over dueling as a gentleman's prerogative to recent controversies over athletes' use of performance-enhancing drugs, LaVaque-Manty shows that societies have repeatedly redefined equality and excellence. One constant remains, however: sports provide an arena for working out tensions between these two ideals. Just as in sports where athletes are sorted by age, sex, and professional status, in modern democratic society excellence has meaning only in the context of comparisons among individuals who are, theoretically, equals. LaVaque-Manty's argument will engage philosophers, and his inviting prose and use of familiar illustrations will welcome nonphilosophers to join the conversation. Mika LaVaque-Manty is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472022075

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9780472022076

Innovations in Fuzzy Clustering

Theory and Applications

By: Mika Sato-Ilic

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Innovations in Fuzzy Clustering

Theory and Applications

By: Mika Sato-Ilic

This book presents the most recent advances in fuzzy clustering techniques and their applications. The contents include Introduction to Fuzzy Clustering; Fuzzy Clustering based Principal Component Analysis; Fuzzy Clustering based Regression Analysis; Kernel based Fuzzy Clustering; Evaluation of Fuzzy Clustering; Self-Organized Fuzzy Clustering. This book is directed to the computer scientists, engineers, scientists, professors and students of engineering, science, computer science, business, management, avionics and related disciplines.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540343563

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9783540343561

Japanese Cinema and Otherness

Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

By: Mika Ko

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Japanese Cinema and Otherness

Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

By: Mika Ko

Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films. However, the way these groups are presented has not been a subject of investigation. This study examines the representation of so-called Others – foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans – in Japanese cinema. By combining textual and contextual analysis, this book analyses the narrative and visual style of films of contemporary Japanese cinema in relation to their social and historical context of production and reception. Mika Ko considers the ways in which ‘multicultural’ sentiments have emerged in contemporary Japanese cinema. In this respect, Japanese films may be seen not simply to have ‘reflected’ more general trends within Japanese society but to have played an active role in constructing and communicating different versions of multiculturalism. In particular, the book is concerned with how representations of ‘otherness’ in contemporary Japanese cinema may be identified as reinforcing or subverting dominant discourses of ‘Japaneseness’. the author book also illuminates the ways in which Japanese films have engaged in the dramatisation and elaboration of ideas and attitudes surrounding contemporary Japanese nationalism and multiculturalism. By locating contemporary Japanese cinema in a social and political context, Japanese Cinema and Otherness makes an original contribution to scholarship on Japanese film study but also to bridging the gap between Japanese studies and film studies.

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Routledge

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1135238855

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9781135238858

The Future of Political Theology

Religious and Theological Perspectives

By: Aakash Singh,Mika Luoma-aho,Dr Péter Losonczi

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The Future of Political Theology

Religious and Theological Perspectives

By: Aakash Singh,Mika Luoma-aho,Dr Péter Losonczi

Recent shifts in the contemporary cultural, political, and religious landscape are engendering intensive attention concerning political theology. New trends and traditional ideas equally colour these movements. Given that a medley of recent books and articles have exhaustively treated both the history and the current resurgence of political theology, we now find ourselves faced with the task of reinventing and redefining the future of political theology. This book presents a rich overview of fresh, contemporary theoretical approaches uniquely prioritizing the prospects of the future of political theology, but also making room for significant interventions from philosophy and political theory. Including prominent essays on Judaic, Islamic, Buddhist and Christian perspectives, this book balances elements from post-modern theology with more classical as well as anti-post-modern approaches.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409481727

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9781409481720

The Power of Unearned Suffering

The Roots and Implications of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Theodicy

By: Mika Edmondson

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The Power of Unearned Suffering

The Roots and Implications of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Theodicy

By: Mika Edmondson

This book explores the roots and relevance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s approach to black suffering. King’s conviction that “unearned suffering is redemptive” reflects a nearly 250-year-old tradition in the black church going back to the earliest Negro spirituals. From the bellies of slave ships, the foot of the lynching tree, and the back of segregated buses, black Christians have always maintained the hope that God could “make a way out of no way” and somehow bring good from the evils inflicted on them. As a product of the black church tradition, King inherited this widespread belief, developed it using Protestant liberal concepts, and deployed it throughout the Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s as a central pillar of the whole non-violent movement. Recently, critics have maintained that King’s doctrine of redemptive suffering creates a martyr mentality which makes victims passive in the face of their suffering; this book argues against that critique. King’s concept offers real answers to important challenges, and it offers practical hope and guidance for how beleaguered black citizens can faithfully engage their suffering today.

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Lexington Books

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1498537332

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9781498537339

Context, Plurality, and Truth

Theology in World Christianities

By: Mika Vahakangas

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Context, Plurality, and Truth

Theology in World Christianities

By: Mika Vahakangas

The world has shrunk in the processes of globalization, and the old ways of actively ignoring plurality in theology are no longer viable. Contextual differences between different Christian traditions and theologies are highly visible due to improved communications and migration. These differences also witness that this plurality has existed since the very beginning of Christianity. Religious studies demonstrate that no religion is pure and hermetically sealed from others, but they all are syncretistic in the sense of giving and taking. In the world of religions, where boundaries are porous and the internal plurality of Christianity is vast, there is a temptation either to reject the plurality in a fideistic manner or succumb to relativism. The first solution is intellectually hard to defend, and relativism is often seen as detrimental to Christian identity. This book proposes a way of recognizing the contextual and syncretistic dimensions of pluralism while not surrendering to relativism. Christian identity and tradition can be affirmed while staying open to the challenges of pluralism.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532682646

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9781532682643

Earn It!

Know Your Value and Grow Your Career, in Your 20s and Beyond

By: Mika Brzezinski

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Earn It!

Know Your Value and Grow Your Career, in Your 20s and Beyond

By: Mika Brzezinski

A straight-talking guide for the newest members of the workforce, with road-tested advice for landing a job, navigating the new world of work, establishing a personal brand, and getting the recognition (and money) you deserve. The whirlwind of job applications, interviews, follow-up, resume building, and networking is just the beginning. What happens after you've landed the job, settled in, and begun to make a difference-where do you go from here? What if you feel stuck in what you thought would be your dream profession? New York Times bestselling author Mika Brzezinski and producer Daniela Pierre-Bravo provide an essential manual for those crucial next steps. Earn It! is a practical career guidebook that not only helps you get your foot in the door; it also shows you how to negotiate a raise, advocate for more responsibility, and figure out whether you're in the career that's right for you. A blueprint for your future success, Earn It! features insightful and inspiring interviews with leaders in media, fashion, and business, recruiters, HR, execs, and kickass young female entrepreneurs like Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin of theSkimm, Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud, and Jane Park, founder of the cosmetic subscription company Julep.

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Legacy Lit

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1602865922

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9781602865921

Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Emergencies in the time of COVID-19

An Introduction to Global Politosomatics

By: Mika Aaltola

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Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Emergencies in the time of COVID-19

An Introduction to Global Politosomatics

By: Mika Aaltola

This book reviews the political significance of COVID-19 in the context of earlier pandemic encounters and scares to understand the ways in which it challenges the existing individual health, domestic order, international health governance actors, and, more fundamentally, the circulation-based modus operandi of the present world order. It argues that contagious diseases should be regarded as complex open-ended phenomena with various features and are not reducible merely to biology and epidemiology. They are, as such, fundamentally politosomatic, namely that they disrupt, agitate, and trigger large-scale processes because individual somatic-level anxieties stem from individuals’ sensing immediate danger through the networks of their local and global connectedness. The author further argues that pandemics have somatic effects in political expressions that transform the epidemic into national security dramas which should not, for the sake of efficient health governance, be treated as aspects extraneous to the disease itself. The book highlights that when a serious infectious disease spreads, a 'threat' is very often externalized into a culturally meaningful 'foreign' entity. Pandemics tend to be territorialized, nationalized, ethnicized, and racialized. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of global health and governance, pandemic security, epidemics, history of medicine, geopolitics, international relations, and general readers interested in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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1000532224

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9781000532227

The Essence of the Music Business

Philosophy

By: Mika Karhumaa

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The Essence of the Music Business

Philosophy

By: Mika Karhumaa

This classic of music business books has received a second edition. The fully revised piece delves even deeper into the most important insight of modern music management – the endearing inter-dependence between the artist and the manager. In accepting this, it is possible to achieve strategically sustainable results – also in terms of music. The music industry is an artist-centered business environment. Many operations are the result of an artist’s management or the artist themselves managing initiatives or reactions. This book deals with the environment and practices affecting it. Where the first volume of this book series dealt with agreements, this second part represents the realities and themes generally perceived to be worth pursuing. The first volume intended to understand agreements, whereas in this book we try to understand the artist. Knowledge of the music industry is central. Reciprocity and understanding the needs of others is a cornerstone to successful operations. When the artist’s management and other background forces are able to imagine themselves in the artist’s position, it is easier to relate their own activities towards achieving common goals. On the other hand, when an artist understands their affiliates’ and their needs, it is easier for them to accept the measures they have to take. The author of this book has had an over two-decade career as an international artist manager and legal advisor. His first book was considered widely throughout the world. This second volume deals with the same topic from another perspective. Although it is specially targeted for artists and managers, it is also suitable for general information needs. The book is well suited also for educational use.

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Mika Karhumaa

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9526946928

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9789526946924

All Things At Once

By: Mika Brzezinski

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All Things At Once

By: Mika Brzezinski

As the co-host of MSNBC's popular show Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski has established herself as a leading political news journalist and beloved television personality. But success hasn't always come easy for Mika. Growing up the only daughter of former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, she struggled to find an identity in a family of overachievers. She worked her way up the ranks of network television to surpass even her own ambitions, reaching the very top of the ladder, only to get canned less than a year later. After an unsuccessful stint as a stay-at-home mom, Mika went back to the workplace with encouragement from her eight-year-old daughter. She decided to start all over again with a beginner's job at age forty, a step back that proved to be a brilliant career move. Mika stumbled into Morning Joe and the rest is history. Now, in a time when many women are losing their jobs or struggling to find the perfect balance between work and home, Mika guides women of all ages to a place where they can find peace and fulfillment in their lives. In the tradition of Gail Sheehy's classic Passages, this illuminating book shows women how to reach their full potential in all areas of life and at every stage of their journey. Blending the personal with the prescriptive, Brzezinski's book will address the perpetual question of how to “have it all” when it comes to work and family; the importance of remaining equally humble in the face of great success and seemingly devastating setbacks; as well as the necessity of knowing and embracing our limitations so that we may transcend them.

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Hachette Books

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1602861188

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9781602861183

Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Scares

An Introduction to Global Politosomatics

By: Mika Aaltola

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Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Scares

An Introduction to Global Politosomatics

By: Mika Aaltola

Reactions to pandemics are unlike any other global emergency; with an emphasis on withdrawal and containment of the sight of the infected. Dealing with the historical and conceptual background of diseases in politics and international relations, this volume investigates the global political reaction to pandemic scares. By evaluating anxiety and the political response to pandemics as a legitimisation of the modern state and its ability to protect its citizens from infectious disease, Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Scares examines the connection between international health governance and the emerging Western liberal world order. The case studies, including SARS, Bird Flu and Swine Flu, provide an understanding of how the world order, global health governance and people’s bodies interact to produce scares and panics. Aaltola introduces an innovative new concept of ‘politosomatics’ based on the relationship that links individual stress, strain, and fear with global circulations of power to evaluate increasingly global bio-political environments in which pandemics exist. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of International Relations, Global Health, International Public Health and Global Health governance.

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Routledge

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1136650156

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9781136650154

The Osirian Codex

Yuyah Mika'el Ben Shimon

By: Yuyah Mika’el Ben Shimon

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The Osirian Codex

Yuyah Mika'el Ben Shimon

By: Yuyah Mika’el Ben Shimon

The Osirian Codex was written as if were three sage scribes each having a different point of views but in essence all of them are looking at the same thing from different windows. This literary work of esoteric philosophy, ethics and wisdom also includes the subtitle, "Twt-Mos and the Homosexual", the "Eye of Heru", "The Divine Androgyny, Adam" and others esoteric and apocryphal work, which may be radical. The book is also apocalyptic and apocryphal in some sense but it is not intended to harm no one or to impose and convert but to show and reflect gnosis, the salvation of humanity and the path of esoteric enlightenment.

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Palibrio

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1463369085

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9781463369088

The Secret of The Kingdom

By: Mika Waltari

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The Secret of The Kingdom

By: Mika Waltari

Against a background of the strife-torn land of Judea two thousand years ago, Mika Waltari has written what is certainly his most important novel. Seeking the meaning to his life in the study of philosophy, the young Roman. Marcus Manilianus, discovers in an Alexandrian library a vast number of predictions, all tending to confirm his own feeling that the world is about to enter upon a new era. Two chance encounters with Jews who proclaim the coming of a world leader whom they call the Messiah or King, cause Marcus to resolve to make a visit to the Holy City of the Jews. He arrives outside Jerusalem in time to see crowds—some curious, some shocked—staring up at three crosses on a nearby mound. Above the center cross, an inscription had been fixed: JESUS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE JEWS. The quest that ensues leads Marcus through all parts of Jerusalem and into contact with men and women of all stations of life who had known this remarkable man. And by degrees, wonderful if strange things are revealed to him of Jesus’ teaching, and he experiences the odd sensation of almost believing in the destiny of this crucified Roman among the alien Jews, Stands alone on the borderline of two worlds, feelings he belongs to neither, and it becomes vital to him to find “the way, “the Kingdom,” to again knowledge and certainty, not merely belief. What follows, as Marcus pursues his search for the promised secret of the Kingdom, bring to a climax as exciting and deeply moving a novel as Mika Waltari, certainly one of the world’s outstanding historical novelists, has ever written. It is a story of a time long past, yet it deals with a theme as modern as today: the dilemma of modern man and his culture in gaining and retaining a faith. And always present throughout the novel is the splendor, the irony and humor which have so delighted millions of readers of other Waltari novels from The Egyptian to The Etruscan.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1787200426

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9781787200425

In Search of Foundations for African Catholicism

Charles Nyamiti's Theological Methodology

By: Mika Vähäkangas

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In Search of Foundations for African Catholicism

Charles Nyamiti's Theological Methodology

By: Mika Vähäkangas

This study deals with the interaction between neo-Thomism and African traditional thinking in Charles Nyamiti's theological methodology. The approach of the study is groundbreaking as it is the first monograph published on the theological method of any African theologian. The question about the position and relevance of Western philosophical-theological systems in a non-Western context also has a wider relevance concerning contextual theologies in general. Nyamiti's theology is a germane and a fruitful choice for the study of this issue because of his programmatic attempt to build a coherent African Roman Catholic theological system. His theology is also well-known for its strong African flavor in elaborating theological questions within the framework of orthodox Roman Catholic doctrine.

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BRILL

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9004320032

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9789004320031

Inside Active Directory

A System Administrator's Guide

By: Sakari Kouti,Mika Seitsonen

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Inside Active Directory

A System Administrator's Guide

By: Sakari Kouti,Mika Seitsonen

Inequality in Education: Comparative and International Perspectives is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes a series of methods for measuring education inequalities. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on global trends in the distribution of formal schooling in national populations. It also offers a strategic comparative and international education policy statement on recent shifts in education inequality, and new approaches to explore, develop and improve comparative education and policy research globally. Contributing authors examine how education as a process interacts with government finance policy to form patterns of access to education services. In addition to case perspectives from 18 countries across six geographic regions, the volume includes six conceptual chapters on topics that influence education inequality, such as gender, disability, language and economics, and a summary chapter that presents new evidence on the pernicious consequences of inequality in the distribution of education. The book offers (1) a better and more holistic understanding of ways to measure education inequalities; and (2) strategies for facing the challenge of inequality in education in the processes of policy formation, planning and implementation at the local, regional, national and global levels.

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Addison-Wesley Professional

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0201616211

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9780201616217

Arguments and Fists

Political Agency and Justification in Liberal Theory

By: Mika LaVaque-Manty

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Arguments and Fists

Political Agency and Justification in Liberal Theory

By: Mika LaVaque-Manty

This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.

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Psychology Press

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0415931983

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9780415931984

Know Your Value

Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth (Revised Edition)

By: Mika Brzezinski

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Know Your Value

Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth (Revised Edition)

By: Mika Brzezinski

The bestselling motivational guide that TheAtlantic.com calls "a rallying cry for women to get the money they deserve." Why are women so often overlooked and underpaid? What are the real reasons men get raises more often than women? How can women ask for -- and actually get--the money, the job, the recognition they deserve? Prompted by her own experience as cohost of Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski asked a wide range of successful women to share the critical lessons they learned while moving up in their fields. Power players such as Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Harvard's Victoria Budson, comedian Susie Essman, and many more shared their surprising personal stories. They spoke candidly about why women are paid less and the pitfalls women face -- and play into. Now expanded to address gender dynamics in the #MeToo era, Know Your Value blends compelling personal stories with the latest research on why many women don't negotiate their compensation, why negotiating aggressively usually backfires, and what can be done about it. For any woman who has ever wondered if her desire to be liked can be a liability (yes), if there is a way to reclaim her contribution after it's been co-opted in a meeting (yes), and if there are strategies men use to get ahead that women should too (yes!), Know Your Value provides vital advice to help women be their own best advocates.

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Hachette Books

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1602865957

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9781602865952

What I Want My Daughter to Know About Women

A Book for Women Written by a Man Who Loved Many

By: Bob Mika

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What I Want My Daughter to Know About Women

A Book for Women Written by a Man Who Loved Many

By: Bob Mika

What I Want My Daughter to Know about Women by Bob Mika was written from his life's experiences, with his daughter's interests in mind. He wanted to share with her what he has learned from his many relationships, and the meaning of true love. Bob Mika has always wanted a family, and he spent his entire life looking for that special woman, to have his children and share a life. He has opened his feelings to many women, who in return, left him disappointed. He explains throughout the book what it feels like to be in love, and what are the differences in love and attraction, and why women need to understand that men are not mind readers. What's the purpose of romance is, and why relationships between men and women can be so challenging. He explains how not following your inner self, and later regretting it, can affect your outlook. He talks about your mindset on how you treat others, how the aEURoeaverage man'saEUR biggest problems are with dating, sex, relationships, and marriage. He explains to his daughter the ups and downs of dating, and what to look for in a partner and a relationship, either in herself or her partner. Having that happy feeling of your lifelong dream of becoming a father come true! This story of his life is a captivating story of one man's determination, and his love for his daughter.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1644710250

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9781644710258

The Knights of El Shaddai

The Blessing

By: Mika Wilson

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The Knights of El Shaddai

The Blessing

By: Mika Wilson

Have you ever wanted to soar on the back of a dragon? Would you battle deadly aliens in an intergalactic clash, or travel the universe as an interstellar superhero? If you dream of adventure and romance, then "The Knights of El Shaddai" is the story for you! Follow the protectors of the universe as they fight to defend the innocent, and defeat an ancient psychic evil. In "The Knights of El Shaddai – The Blessing", Keir O'Kirk, a brave young knight, embarks on a quest to win the heart of a lady, and uncover a secret that will change the universe. Will he claim his destiny and his love before a demon from his past destroys the future?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1543414435

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9781543414431

Sun Cults Versus Thunder Cults

Punic Origins of Druidism and Christianity : Globalization Treatise

By: Mika Virpiranta

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Sun Cults Versus Thunder Cults

Punic Origins of Druidism and Christianity : Globalization Treatise

By: Mika Virpiranta

This treatise posits that Druidism and Christianity were established by sun-worshipping Punic colonizers of Europe.

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952498556X

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9789524985567

The Challenge of Global Commons and Flows for US Power

The Perils of Missing the Human Domain

By: Mika Aaltola,Juha Käpylä

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The Challenge of Global Commons and Flows for US Power

The Perils of Missing the Human Domain

By: Mika Aaltola,Juha Käpylä

Global commons are domains that fall outside the direct jurisdiction of sovereign states - the high seas, air, space, and most recently man-made cyberspace - and thus should be usable by anyone. These domains, even if outside the direct responsibility and governance of sovereign entities, are of crucial interest for the contemporary world order. This book elaborates a practice-based approach to the global commons and flows to examine critically the evolving geopolitical strategy and vision of United States. The study starts with the observation that the nature of US power is evolving increasingly towards the recognition that command over the flows of global interdependence is a central dimension of national power. The study then highlights the emerging security and governance of these flows. In this context, the flows and the underlying global critical infrastructure are emerging as objects of high-level strategic importance. The book pays special attention to one of the least recognized but perhaps most fundamental challenges related to the global commons, namely the conceptual and practical challenge of inter-domain relationships-between maritime, air, space, and cyber-flows that bring about not only opportunities but also new vulnerabilities. These complexities cannot be understood through technological means alone but rather the issues need to be clarified by bringing in the human domain of security.

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Democratic Vulnerability and Autocratic Meddling

The "Thucydidean Brink" in Regressive Geopolitical Competition

By: Mika Aaltola

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Democratic Vulnerability and Autocratic Meddling

The "Thucydidean Brink" in Regressive Geopolitical Competition

By: Mika Aaltola

This book investigates complex regressive dynamics in contemporary Western democracies. They include not only severe polarization in domestic politics, but also efforts by external autocratic powers to co-opt the increasingly digitalized political processes in the West. The discussion on democratic vulnerability and regression has rarely been historically and theoretically reflective. The aim is to fill this relative void by drawing on classical sources to inform about the political anxieties and agitations of our present time as the Western world moves towards new critical elections. The key concept of the analysis, a Thucydidean brink, refers to a critical point where the attraction felt towards an outside geopolitical competitor becomes stronger than the political affinity felt towards one’s domestic political opponent. As political polarization, societal decomposition and the collusive tendencies grow in strength, political factions and political candidates in western societies can be(come) drawn to autocratic actors. Perhaps most alarmingly, the resulting nexus between democracies and autocracies can further intensify mutual regression and form downwards-sloping spirals that are not ultimately under any strategic control. This book draws from the experiences of recent elections in major Western democracies to illustrate the widening and deepening underlying regressive tendency.

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Springer Nature

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3030546020

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Smart Bites for Baby

300 Easy-to-Make, Easy-to-Love Meals that Boost Your Baby and Toddler's Brain

By: Mika Shino

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Smart Bites for Baby

300 Easy-to-Make, Easy-to-Love Meals that Boost Your Baby and Toddler's Brain

By: Mika Shino

Even though we know that babies and children learn primarily through their senses, American babies are still eating mushy food from a jar -- at a time when their brains are growing exponentially and they are most open to trying new things. Smart Bites for Baby offers a better approach to cooking for babies and toddlers. Drawing on world cuisine, this cookbook includes 300 easy recipes made with nutrient-rich ingredients, such as fish, berries, and sesame. The meals emphasize color, texture, and flavor, and are proven to engage and stimulate the growing brain. Parents will also find more nutritious versions of the foods toddlers love, from mac n' cheese to popsicles. Shino's smart bites nourish the minds and bodies of our children.

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Da Capo Lifelong Books

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0738215848

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Indigenous Education and the Metaphysics of Presence

A Worlded Philosophy

By: Carl Mika

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Indigenous Education and the Metaphysics of Presence

A Worlded Philosophy

By: Carl Mika

Indigenous Education and the Metaphysics of Presence: A worlded philosophy explores a notion of education called ‘worldedness’ that sits at the core of indigenous philosophy. This is the idea that any one thing is constituted by all others and is, therefore, educational to the extent that it is formational. A suggested opposite of this indigenous philosophy is the metaphysics of presence, which describes the tendency in dominant Western philosophy to privilege presence over absence. This book compares these competing philosophies and argues that, even though the metaphysics of presence and the formational notion of education are at odds with each other, they also constitute each other from an indigenous worlded philosophical viewpoint. Drawing on both Maori and Western philosophies, this book demonstrates how the metaphysics of presence is both related and opposed to the indigenous notion of worldedness. Mika explains that presence seeks to fragment things in the world, underpins how indigenous peoples can represent things, and prevents indigenous students, critics, and scholars from reflecting on philosophical colonisation. However, the metaphysics of presence, from an indigenous perspective, is constituted by all other things in the world, and Mika argues that the indigenous student and critic can re-emphasise worldedness and destabilise presence through creative responses, humour, and speculative thinking. This book concludes by positioning well-being within education, because education comprises acts of worldedness and presence. This book will be of key interest to indigenous as well as non-indigenous academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of philosophy of education, indigenous and Western philosophy, political strategy and post-colonial studies. It will also be relevant for those who are interested in philosophies of language, ontology, metaphysics and knowledge.

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Routledge

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1317540239

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The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture

By: Mika Haritos-Fatouros

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The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture

By: Mika Haritos-Fatouros

Using case studies and interviews as well as theoretical material, this book discusses the psychological and social processes by which a torturer is produced.

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Psychology Press

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0415282764

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9780415282765

The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (Manga) Vol. 4

By: Nanako Tsujimura,Mika Akatsuki

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The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (Manga) Vol. 4

By: Nanako Tsujimura,Mika Akatsuki

Seigi Nakata is a second-year student at Kasaba University who is majoring in economics. He works part-time at a jewelry shop run by the breathtakingly beautiful jeweler Richard. One day, while Seigi is talking to his schoolmate (and crush) Tanimoto, he meets her good friend Shinkai. Through a twist of fate, Seigi finds himself wrapped up with mysterious rumors of a cursed emerald at Shinkai's ballet troupe!

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Seven Seas Entertainment

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1685799914

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Does EU Merger Control Discriminate Against Small Market Companies?

Diagnosing the Argument with Conclusions

By: Mika Oinonen

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Does EU Merger Control Discriminate Against Small Market Companies?

Diagnosing the Argument with Conclusions

By: Mika Oinonen

Although the question posed by the title of this book has generated considerable debate, the essential issue remains open and largely blurred. While some believe that there is no so-called 'small market problem', others discern discrimination against small market companies (i.e., companies with a strong position in their home markets but a modest position in the European and global markets) and a consequent need for changes in competition law. The author of this enormously helpful work here sets the stage for meaningful discussion by analysing the EC Merger Regulation's objectives, economic foundations, and application practice to present a reasoned view of the issues that can be considered relevant for such a discussion. Considering their effect on the 'small market problem', the author scrutinizes such factors as the following: the Commission's methodology for delineating relevant markets in merger assessments; unnecessary prohibition caused by overestimation of the market power of small market mergers; erroneous approval of cases that should actually be prohibited; impact of the so-called 'Harvard' and 'Chicago' schools of competition theory and their key policy implications; process-related alternative views of competition and new synthesizing approaches; relevant criteria for a proper analysis of market power; concentration measures and market shares; barriers to entry; price and profitability analyses; and product definition v. geographic definition of markets. In a final chapter, the author presents some tentative conclusions, normative in nature, concerning the problem and the relevant issues relating to it. As the first in-depth analysis of the issues that are actually involved - with its particular diagnosis of the assessment of market power in considering the relevant issues for the problem - this study brings into salience the terms of the debate on the 'problem', and thus takes a giant step forward towards defining what needs to be done. Competition lawyers, policymakers, and academics in Europe and elsewhere will find the discussion of great value.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9041132619

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9789041132611

The First 1000 Days of Early Childhood

Becoming

By: Mikhail Gradovski,Elin Eriksen Ødegaard,Niina Rutanen,Jennifer Sumsion,Carl Mika,E. Jayne White

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The First 1000 Days of Early Childhood

Becoming

By: Mikhail Gradovski,Elin Eriksen Ødegaard,Niina Rutanen,Jennifer Sumsion,Carl Mika,E. Jayne White

This book provides a philosophical, socio-political and theoretical understanding of the notion of Becoming in the context of the related concepts, and in contemplation of the notion of Being. Deriving from different traditions from various countries, these concepts act as windows on contemporary early years settings and communities around the world where adults map out infant becomings. This book is a valuable resource for early childhood educators, students, professionals, researchers, and policy makers around the globe who seek to understand the locatedness of infant becomings in space and time.

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Springer Nature

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9813296569

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9789813296565

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