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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia

By: Morten Strange

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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia

By: Morten Strange

This beautiful guide depicts over 600 species in almost 700 color photographs, offering detailed descriptions of each bird's voice and habits. Many of the photographs in this magnificent volume appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the rarest species.

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Princeton University Press

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0691114951

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9780691114958

Herod Antipas in Galilee

The Literary and Archaeological Sources on the Reign of Herod Antipas and Its Socio-economic Impact on Galilee

By: Morten Hørning Jensen

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Herod Antipas in Galilee

The Literary and Archaeological Sources on the Reign of Herod Antipas and Its Socio-economic Impact on Galilee

By: Morten Hørning Jensen

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, 2005.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161503627

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9783161503627

The Language Game

How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World

By: Morten H. Christiansen,Nick Chater

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The Language Game

How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World

By: Morten H. Christiansen,Nick Chater

Forget the language instinct—this is the story of how we make up language as we go Language is perhaps humanity’s most astonishing capacity—and one that remains poorly understood. In The Language Game, cognitive scientists Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater show us where generations of scientists seeking the rules of language got it wrong. Language isn’t about hardwired grammars but about near-total freedom, something like a game of charades, with the only requirement being a desire to understand and be understood. From this new vantage point, Christiansen and Chater find compelling solutions to major mysteries like the origins of languages and how language learning is possible, and to long-running debates such as whether having two words for “blue” changes what we see. In the end, they show that the only real constraint on communication is our imagination.

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Basic Books

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1541674979

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9781541674974

A Difficult Death

The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen

By: Morten Høi Jensen

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A Difficult Death

The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen

By: Morten Høi Jensen

While largely unknown today, Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen was the leading prose writer in Scandinavia in the late nineteenth century. Despite his untimely death from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-eight, Jacobsen became a cult figure to an entire generation and continues to occupy an important place in Scandinavian cultural history. In this book, Morten Høi Jensen gives a moving account of Jacobsen's life, work, and death.--Adapted from book jacket.

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Yale University Press

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0300218931

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9780300218930

Urban Cthulhu: Nightmare Cities

By: Henrik Sandbeck Harksen,Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.,Glynn Owen Barrass,T. E. Grau,John Goodrich,Pete Rawlik,Ian Davey,Thomas Strømsholt,Jayaprakash Satyamurthy,Morten Carlsen,Robert Tangiers

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Urban Cthulhu: Nightmare Cities

By: Henrik Sandbeck Harksen,Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.,Glynn Owen Barrass,T. E. Grau,John Goodrich,Pete Rawlik,Ian Davey,Thomas Strømsholt,Jayaprakash Satyamurthy,Morten Carlsen,Robert Tangiers

What lurks in the damp recesses of urban existence? These new tales of weird fiction are a blend of urban horror, pulp noir and dark fantasy. Lovecraftian horrors and Cthulhu Mythos monsters have never been this gritty. From haunted Kingsport across the globe to shadowy Berlin and the otherworldly music of Bangalore. From kind, sexy neighbors to cyberpunk paranoia an The King in Yellow. A journalist's search with unexpected results. What really happened to Walter Gilman, and what is the origin of the witch Keziah Mason? And witness humanity fail against the forces from beyond. From weird sounds to screams of madness. Entropy. Chaos. Disorder. Death. Beneath cities, on the outskirts of ruined, aeon-old cities and INSIDE cities. The stench, the decay, the hopelesness... it is everywhere. Welcome to URBAN CTHULHU: NIGHTMARE CITIES.

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Lulu.com

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8799499444

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9788799499441

Bearing with Strangers

Arendt, Education and the Politics of Inclusion

By: Morten T. Korsgaard

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Bearing with Strangers

Arendt, Education and the Politics of Inclusion

By: Morten T. Korsgaard

Bearing with Strangers looks at inclusion in education in a new way, regarding education as a discipline with practical and theoretical concepts and criteria which emanate from education and schooling itself. By introducing the notion of the instrumental fallacy, it shows how this is not only an inherent feature of inclusive education policies, but also omnipresent in modern educational policy. It engages schooling through an Arendtian framework, constituted by and in a specific practice with the aim of mediating between generations. It outlines a didactic and pedagogical theory that presents inclusion not as an aim for education, but as a constitutive feature of the activity of schooling. Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt, the book offers a novel and critical perspective on inclusive education, as well as a contribution to a growing literature re-engaging didactic and pedagogical conceptions of teaching and the role of the teacher. Schooling is understood as a process of opening the world to the young and of opening the world to the renewal that the new generations offer. The activity of schooling offers the possibility of becoming attentive toward what is common while learning to bear with that which is strange and those who are strangers. The book points to valuable metaphors and ideas – referred to in the book as ‘pearls’ – that speak to the heart of what schooling and teaching concerns. Bearing with Strangers will be of great interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of philosophy of education, inclusive education and educational policy.

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Routledge

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1351233149

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9781351233149

Urban Hunters

By: Lars Højer,Morten Axel Pedersen

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Urban Hunters

By: Lars Højer,Morten Axel Pedersen

An ethnography of the Mongolian capital city of Ulaanbaatar during the nation's transition from socialism to a market-based economic system Urban Hunters is an ethnography of the Mongolian capital city, Ulaanbaatar, during the nation's transition from socialism to a market-based economic system. Following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, Mongolia entered a period of economic chaos characterized by wild inflation, disappearing banks, and closing farms, factories, and schools. During this time of widespread poverty, a generation of young adults came of age. In exploring the social, cultural, and existential ramifications of a transition that has become permanent and acquired a logic of its own, Lars Højer and Morten Axel Pedersen present a new theorization of social agency in postsocialist as well as postcolonial contexts.

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Yale University Press

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0300196113

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9780300196115

Blouse

By: Morten Hjerl-Hansen

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Blouse

By: Morten Hjerl-Hansen

Articles from The Other Newspaper. The purpose of The Other Newspaper is to give the public a new, discomforting and humorous reflection of the way we consume news on traditional media and posts on the social media that cause the reader to question whether the world needs to change and whether one can live online.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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8743009603

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9788743009603

Doghead

A Novel

By: Morten Ramsland

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Doghead

A Novel

By: Morten Ramsland

This exuberant saga--winner of Book of the Year in Denmark--follows three generations of a wildly dysfunctional Norwegian family. A huge international success . . . ["Doghead"] combines rambunctiousness, salty humor, and poetic imagination--"Independent on Sunday" (UK).

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Macmillan

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0312376545

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9780312376543

Rearticulating Motives

By: Morten Nissen

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Rearticulating Motives

By: Morten Nissen

This book presents a theory of motives that has evolved over decades in dialogue with academics and with practitioners. The key proposal is that of collectively cultivating meta-motives – rather than the ubiquitous recipes for manipulating self-regulation. Cultivating meta-motives can proceed through rearticulating motives. Such rearticulation engages with theories and practices of motivation and motives. First, this is a discussion of the psychologies of motivation, and a reflection of post-psychology as a way forward. Second, this discussion takes us back to fundamental problems with subjectivity, and with psychology, even critical psychology, as a way of addressing it. Third, out of this theoretical work come concepts that are put to work in understanding practices of modelling and cultivating motives – clinical, social work, and educational practices. In the first instance, as a critique of contemporary pragmatic practices, and then by rearticulating aesthetic practices as ways to expand and overcome those. Fourth, this has implications for the cultivation of the competence in care for motives, and for the place of theory in this competence. The book provides both a theoretical argument and a resource for those professionals in education, social work, and health who seek a qualitative understanding of what they do.

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Springer Nature

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3031434943

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9783031434945

Photographic Guide to the Birds of Thailand

Including Southeast Asia & the Philippines

By: Morten Strange

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Photographic Guide to the Birds of Thailand

Including Southeast Asia & the Philippines

By: Morten Strange

Tuttle is proud to present the very first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of mainland Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Borneo. Included are the birds of Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Indochina, as well as those found in South China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This book covers 668 species and contains more than 700 colour photographs. There is a distribution map for each species. Many of the photographs in this magnificent volume appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the most important species. The concise text provides vital information that will ensure accurate identification of species in one of the world's most diverse avifauna regions. Indispensable reading for all bird lovers.

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462914349

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9781462914340

Not Quite Shamans

Spirit Worlds and Political Lives in Northern Mongolia

By: Morten Axel Pedersen

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Not Quite Shamans

Spirit Worlds and Political Lives in Northern Mongolia

By: Morten Axel Pedersen

The forms of contemporary society and politics are often understood to be diametrically opposed to any expression of the supernatural; what happens when those forms are themselves regarded as manifestations of spirits and other occult phenomena? In Not Quite Shamans, Morten Axel Pedersen explores how the Darhad people of Northern Mongolia's remote Shishged Valley have understood and responded to the disruptive transition to postsocialism by engaging with shamanic beliefs and practices associated with the past.For much of the twentieth century, Mongolia's communist rulers attempted to eradicate shamanism and the shamans who once served as spiritual guides and community leaders. With the transition from a collectivized economy and a one-party state to a global capitalist market and liberal democracy in the 1990s, the people of the Shishged were plunged into a new and harsh world that seemed beyond their control. "Not-quite-shamans"—young, unemployed men whose undirected energies erupted in unpredictable, frightening bouts of violence and drunkenness that seemed occult in their excess— became a serious threat to the fabric of community life. Drawing on long-term fieldwork in Northern Mongolia, Pedersen details how, for many Darhads, the postsocialist state itself has become shamanic in nature.In the ideal version of traditional Darhad shamanism, shamans can control when and for what purpose their souls travel, whether to other bodies, landscapes, or worlds. Conversely, caught between uncontrollable spiritual powers and an excessive display of physical force, the "not-quite-shamans" embody the chaotic forms—the free market, neoliberal reform, and government corruption—that have created such upheaval in peoples' lives. As an experimental ethnography of recent political and economic transformations in Mongolia through the defamiliarizing prism of shamans and their lack, Not Quite Shamans is an attempt to write about as well as theorize postsocialism, and shamanism, in a new way.

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Cornell University Press

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080146093X

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9780801460937

Fire Within

By: Morten W. Simonsen

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Fire Within

By: Morten W. Simonsen

The end of the Taroshian Empire is near. It starts with a thousand howling wolfmen, streaming across the Red Strait to exact vengeance. It starts with secrets, with a missing wife and son and a covered-up murder. It starts with treachery, sown deep into every layer of human society. When Empires die, their last breaths have a way of becoming storms, and the wind is picking up. Conflict within and war abroad strain the Empire's resources. Were she to fall, it might not only mean the end of an era, it might be the end of mankind. An epic fantasy set in a grim world on the brink of an environmental crisis. Mother Earth calls for justice. Fire Within grabs hold of readers and doesn't let go until the last sentence. A fantastical debut from Morten Simonsen that will leave you begging for more. -Victoria Chandler, Chandler Editing

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Morten W. Simonsen

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8269177601

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9788269177602

Synchronicity as Transpersonal Modality

An Exploration of Jungian Spirituality in the Frame of Transrational Philosophy

By: Morten Frederiksen

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Synchronicity as Transpersonal Modality

An Exploration of Jungian Spirituality in the Frame of Transrational Philosophy

By: Morten Frederiksen

Morten Frederiksen explores Carl Gustav Jung’s elusive notion of synchronicity from a transrational perspective and relates synchronicity to the transpersonality of the "All-One". This is done by expanding the content and meaning of Wolfgang Dietrich ́s layers of Elicitive Conflict Mapping (ECM) through re-relating them to Ken Wilber ́s model of the structures of consciousness; with synchronicity as the literal connecting principle. The result, then, is an expanded notion of the transrational peace philosophy which includes Wilber ́s model of stages shorn of its evolutionary slant and fathoms synchronicity in its theoretical outlook and practical application.

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Springer

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3658142286

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9783658142285

Political Globalization

State, Power and Social Forces

By: Morten Ougaard

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Political Globalization

State, Power and Social Forces

By: Morten Ougaard

Morten Ougaard provides a new and distinct theoretical perspective to the analysis of the globalization of politics. The book analyzes global governance as the partial and uneven globalization of different aspects of statehood. It focuses on the institutional infrastructure, highlighting the role of the G7/OECD nexus in providing strategic leadership; discusses an emerging global function of societal persistence or public goods; governance and relations of power between social forces; and finally it discusses American hegemonic leadership in the light of the dual power/persistence perspective.

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1403943990

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9781403943996

Red Dove

Tell Truth to Darkness

By: Sonia Antaki,Elisabeth Morten

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Red Dove

Tell Truth to Darkness

By: Sonia Antaki,Elisabeth Morten

It’s 1891 and fourteen-year-old Red Dove joins survivors of the tragedy of Wounded Knee to tour Europe with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. In Red Dove, Listen to the Wind, her Lakota grandfather’s medicine pouch taught her the value of empathy. Now, in book two of the trilogy, she must find the courage to face injustice--and speak her truth.

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GUILDFEST

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1735214817

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9781735214818

Forty-Nine Steps

Forty-Nine Steps in a Male Midlife Crisis

By: Morten Meldgaard

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Forty-Nine Steps

Forty-Nine Steps in a Male Midlife Crisis

By: Morten Meldgaard

This book testifies to one aspect of existence, namely the reality of a so-called “Inner life”. It is about creating, establishing, and evolving an inner life as a basis of hope. It is about nurturing and maintaining a healthy relationship with yourself and your spirit. A rich inner life is cardinal to the well-being of any human, and this book is about that. In the humdrum of everyday life; e-mails, iPad policies, mid-life crisis, menopause, budget-cuts, fake news, climate change, and what have you; this book is about hope. About building hope. Nurturing hope. Expressing hope. For what you might ask? That there might soon be a future, where we all realize that love is the highest expression of knowledge, truth, and progress. Our engine of survival.

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Archway Publishing

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1480889555

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9781480889552

Shark Drunk

The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean

By: Morten Andreas Strøksnes

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Shark Drunk

The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean

By: Morten Andreas Strøksnes

In the great depths surrounding the Lofoten islands in Norway lives the infamous Greenland shark. At twenty-six feet in length and weighing more than a ton, it is truly a beast to behold. But the shark is not just known for its size alone: its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known to make people drunk and hallucinatory. Shark Drunk is the true story of two friends--the author and the eccentric artist Hugo Aasjord--as they embark on a wild pursuit of the famed creature--from a tiny rubber boat"--

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Knopf

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0451493486

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9780451493484

Retuning Education: Bildung and Exemplarity Beyond the Logic of Progress

By: Morten Timmermann Korsgaard

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Retuning Education: Bildung and Exemplarity Beyond the Logic of Progress

By: Morten Timmermann Korsgaard

This book responds to the need for new ways of defining the aims and forms of education, in an age that has seen the ideals of progress and growth lead the planet and its inhabitants to the brink of extinction. Arguing that contemporary ideas of performance and accountability counter "the heart" of education, the book calls for a retuning of education that encourages the younger generation to study objects and ideas for their own sake, rather than to appease established and conventional notions in society – therefore stepping into a common space of reflection and study. The chapters examine why and how we educate, and offer the alternative of engaging with educational questions, not determined by the logic of progress and growth but with an objective of creating a relation to the world around us. Using the works of Hannah Arendt combined with the tradition of Allgemeine Pädagogik to argue for a new conception of Bildung, the book encourages a method that emphasises outrospection over introspection. Ultimately questioning modern-day education, the book redirects and retunes education away from being wholly concerned with achievement and growth, and will therefore be of interest to students, researchers and academics in the fields of philosophy of education, education and curriculum studies, education policy and politics, and sociology of education.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040015301

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9781040015308

Michel Foucault: A Research Companion

By: Sverre Raffnsøe,Morten S Thaning,Marius Gudmand-Hoyer

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Michel Foucault: A Research Companion

By: Sverre Raffnsøe,Morten S Thaning,Marius Gudmand-Hoyer

Michel Foucault continues to be hugely influential. His diagnoses challenge us to rethink crucial phenomena such as madness, discipline, the human sciences, the state, neoliberalism, sexuality and subject formation. Based on his work in its entirety, and with special emphasis on his many recently published lecture series, this book provides an updated, comprehensive and original account of his thought. By reading Foucault as a philosopher, it offers an extensive systematic assessment and discussion of his unique conception of philosophical practice and brings a unifying trajectory in his work to light.

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Springer

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1137351020

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9781137351029

Desmontia - The Magic Dimension

A new world in a new story

By: Morten Boutrup

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Desmontia - The Magic Dimension

A new world in a new story

By: Morten Boutrup

Desmontia - The Magic Dimension Embark on an extraordinary journey into Desmontia - The Magic Dimension, a groundbreaking novel that seamlessly melds the allure of mystery books, fantasy books, and personal development and growth books, all delivered through an immersive first-person perspective. Within the hidden confines of Desmontia lies an underground universe, home to the Desmontians — a peace-loving people yearning for tranquility but ensnared in the sinister clutches of Hadisos, a malevolent despot wielding dark magic to subjugate them. Meet Deamore, the uncrowned queen and spiritual guardian, leading the Desmontians in their valiant struggle for freedom. As the narrative unfolds, Martin finds himself inadvertently trapped in this mesmerizing world, setting the stage for an epic tale of courage, resilience, and personal growth. Author Morten Boutrup poured 17 years into crafting this riveting masterpiece — a harmonious blend of mystery, fantasy, and personal development and growth books. Immerse yourself in a realm brimming with caves, dungeons, and supernatural beings, offering a captivating narrative suitable for readers of all ages. Whether you crave thrilling fighting and battles, enchanting fairy tales, or the warmth of romance, Desmontia caters to every literary taste. This novel transcends genres, captivating both young and mature audiences alike. Packed with male humor, kids' delight, and a touch of feminine wit, it guarantees laughter and excitement. Desmontia is not just a book; it's an adventure that combines the best elements of young adult fantasy books and fantasy books for adults. The story is not only an exploration of fantasy; it's an odyssey filled with adventure and action, creating an experience that is as funny and humorous as it is gripping. With every turn of the page, readers will find themselves immersed in a world where mystery, fantasy, and personal development intertwine seamlessly, creating a unique narrative that defies convention. Desmontia is the perfect gift for Christmas, anniversaries, birthdays, and graduations — a timeless adventure wrapped in the magic of storytelling. Available in both paperback and Kindle formats, this extraordinary book is a thoughtful gift for anyone seeking a captivating escape. Uncover the entrance to Desmontia in the mystical Jeksen Valley, 15 kilometers southwest of Aarhus, Denmark. Immerse yourself in a captivating world where magic, adventure, and action intertwine — a realm brought to life by the creative genius of Morten Boutrup. Don't miss your chance to experience the magic of Desmontia — order your copy now and let the adventure begin!

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8797478814

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9788797478813

Agent Storm

My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA

By: Morten Storm,Paul Cruickshank,Tim Lister

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Agent Storm

My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA

By: Morten Storm,Paul Cruickshank,Tim Lister

The true story of a jihadi convert seeking redemption in “a rollicking read and a rare insider’s account of Western spying in the age of al Qaeda” (The New York Times Book Review). Standing over six feet tall with flaming red hair, Morten Storm was an unlikely jihadi. But after a troubled youth in his native Denmark, Storm found peace and purpose in his conversion to Islam. His absolute devotion only grew after he attended a militant madrasa in Yemen, named his son Osama, and became close friends with American-born terrorist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Then, after a decade of jihadi life, he not only rejected extremism—he began a quest for atonement, becoming a double agent for the CIA as well as British and Danish intelligence agencies. Agent Storm takes readers inside the fanatical jihadist mindset and into the shadows of the world’s most powerful spy agencies in an action-packed account that “reads like a screenplay for a James Bond movie written by Joel and Ethan Coen” (The Washington Post).

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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080219236X

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9780802192363

Akutō and Rural Conflict in Medieval Japan

By: Morten Oxenboell

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Akutō and Rural Conflict in Medieval Japan

By: Morten Oxenboell

This volume offers the first in-depth analysis in English of an understudied phenomenon in medieval Japanese history: the so-called akutō (literally, “evil bands”). Employing chronicles, laws, and legal documents from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, as well as recent Japanese scholarship, Morten Oxenboell examines the significance of akutō in legal proceedings to provide a nuanced understanding of how rural communities organized for and engaged in violent conflicts. He deconstructs the image of akutō as instigators of violence by underlining the significance of the term as a rhetorical device used by litigants to voice their grievances in Kamakura legal proceedings. The many instances in which akutō appear offer a clear example of the ways in which the new legal vocabulary concealed realities behind rhetorical flourishes and narratives of violence and predation. Violence was certainly a part of the negotiation for rights and privileges in the estate system, and Oxenboell demonstrates how conflicts developed and were untangled by local actors, who were rarely given a voice in sources from this period. By peeling away the rhetoric, he presents us a unique view of rural populations organizing their communities in the face of violence, whether as victims of outside aggression or as aggressors themselves against landlords or neighbors. The book therefore goes beyond the usual focus on elites in medieval Japanese history by concentrating on local mobilization schemes and strategies, which were often framed and defamed by central elites. Rural residents, who could not rely on the authorities for protection, handled their own security concerns via complex social mechanisms that tied together locals and absentee landlords in an uneasy relationship of mutual dependency. By examining the fissures in this relationship—in the form of akutō complaints—Oxenboell shows that violent activism was part of the daily management of estates and that such conflicts do not indicate an absence of order but rather a system of checks and balances that helped create a vibrant society.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824875338

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9780824875336

Collaborative Damage

An Experimental Ethnography of Chinese Globalization

By: Mikkel Bunkenborg,Morten Nielsen,Morten Axel Pedersen

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Collaborative Damage

An Experimental Ethnography of Chinese Globalization

By: Mikkel Bunkenborg,Morten Nielsen,Morten Axel Pedersen

Collaborative Damage is an experimental ethnography of Chinese globalization that compares data from two frontlines of China's global intervention—sub-Saharan Africa and Inner/Central Asia. Based on their fieldwork on Chinese infrastructure and resource-extraction projects in Mozambique and Mongolia, Mikkel Bunkenborg, Morten Nielsen, and Morten Axel Pedersen provide new empirical insights into neocolonialism and Sinophobia in the Global South. The core argument in Collaborative Damage is that the different participants studied in the globalization processes—local workers and cadres; Chinese managers and entrepreneurs; and the authors themselves, three Danish anthropologists—are intimately linked in paradoxical partnerships of mutual incomprehension. The authors call this "collaborative damage," which crucially refers not only to the misunderstandings and conflicts they observed in the field, but also to their own failure to agree about how to interpret the data. Via in-depth case studies and tragicomical tales of friendship, antagonism, irresolvable differences, and carefully maintained indifferences across disparate Sino-local worlds in Africa and Asia, Collaborative Damage tells a wide-ranging story of Chinese globalization in the twenty-first century.

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Cornell University Press

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1501759825

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9781501759826

The Pleasure Center

Trust Your Animal Instincts

By: Morten L. Kringelbach

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The Pleasure Center

Trust Your Animal Instincts

By: Morten L. Kringelbach

Many people believe that pleasure and desire are obstacles to reasonable and intelligent behavior. In The Pleasure Center, Morten Kringelbach reveals that what we desire, what pleases us--in fact, our most base, animalistic tendencies--are actually very important sources of information. They motivate us for a good reason. And understanding that reason, taking that reason into account, and harnessing and directing that reason, can make us much more rational and effective people. In exploring the many facets of pleasure, desire and emotion, Kringelbach takes us through the whole spectrum of human experience, such as how emotion fuels our interest in things, allowing us to pay attention and learn. He investigates the reward systems of the brain and sheds light on some of the most interesting new discoveries about pleasure and desire. Kringelbach concludes that if we understand and accept how pleasure and desire arise in the complex interaction between the brain's activity and our own experiences, we can discover what helps us enjoy life, enabling us to make better decisions and, ultimately, lead happier lives.

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Oxford University Press

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0199717397

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9780199717392

Be Financially Free

How to become salary independent in today’s economy

By: Morten Strange

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Be Financially Free

How to become salary independent in today’s economy

By: Morten Strange

Wouldn’t it be great to be free from financial worries? To be able to live the life you choose instead of working your life away? You can achieve this if you understand how the economy works, how consumerism seduces you into debt, and how to use the tools at your disposal correctly. Financial independence is too important to let others manage it for you. Morten Strange, financial analyst, ‘citizen economist’ and naturalist, draws from his 50 years of experience through the 1973 oil crisis and various stock market crashes and economic recessions to show you how to manage your money so you can be financially free. He explains, in simple terms, the mechanics of financial products and types of investments such as savings, bonds, shares and property, and offers practical guidelines you can apply immediately. What sets this book apart is its focus on the current economy and the ominous direction that it is taking. While most analysts focus on short-term solutions, Be Financially Free takes a global view. In this time of impending ecological limits and the end of economic growth, what will you need to do to achieve – and protect – your financial independence in the long term? Illustrated with charts, diagrams and case studies, this revelatory book will empower you to embark on the path to financial freedom.

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Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd

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9814751782

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9789814751780

The Ethical Investor’s Handbook: How to grow your money without wrecking the Earth

By: Morten Strange

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The Ethical Investor’s Handbook: How to grow your money without wrecking the Earth

By: Morten Strange

Global warming, overpopulation, the biodiversity crisis... the world we live in is in a state of emergency. This is not just an ecological problem; it is an economic problem as well. The state of the natural world impacts – and is impacted by – human society. Our actions have long-term consequences, so we must be wise in the choices we make, not least in the companies/practices we support through our investment decisions. In The Ethical Investor’s Handbook, author Morten Strange connects the dots, to show how economics and finance play a direct role in perpetuating this crisis. What can we as individual investors do to avoid wrecking the Earth while growing our wealth? How can we navigate the capital allocation space without compromising our ethical values? It can be done – some of the Big Boys have done it – and this invaluable new book shows us how. Delving into topics such as alternative energy sources, conservation and natural capital, The Ethical Investor’s Handbook offers practical advice on how to build a sustainable green portfolio that reaps handsome returns. There are pitfalls and stranded assets to avoid, but also new opportunities if you know where to find them. Do-gooders, with the right understanding of the issues at hand, can make a good buck!

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Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd

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9814841072

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9789814841078

Great by Choice

Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

By: Jim Collins,Morten T. Hansen

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Great by Choice

Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

By: Jim Collins,Morten T. Hansen

Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns withanother groundbreaking work, this time to ask: why do some companies thrive inuncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research,buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins andhis colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly greatenterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous and fast-moving times. This book isclassic Collins: contrarian, data-driven and uplifting.

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Harper Collins

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0062121006

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9780062121004

Photographic Guide to the Birds of Malaysia & Singapore

Including Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Borneo

By: Morten Strange

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Photographic Guide to the Birds of Malaysia & Singapore

Including Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Borneo

By: Morten Strange

Whether traveling through Southeast Asia or relaxing at home, bird lovers will enjoy this thorough and colorful Malaysian & Singapore bird watching guide. This illustrated bird watching book is the first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of Malaysia and Singapore, mainland Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Borneo. Included are the birds of Thailand and Vietnam, as well as those found in South China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This birding book covers 668 species and contains more than 700 color photographs. There is a distribution map for each species. Many of the photographs in this magnificent volume appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the most important species. The concise text provides vital information that will ensure accurate identification of species in one of the world's most diverse avifauna regions. Indispensable reading for all bird lovers.

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