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US Foreign Policy and the Horn of Africa

By: Mr Peter Woodward

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US Foreign Policy and the Horn of Africa

By: Mr Peter Woodward

Examining US involvement in the Horn of Africa, this volume addresses the relationship between the US and the Islamic movement in this region. Peter Woodward explores the interests of the United States in the region through two cases: Sudan and Somalia. He also discusses the effects of the Eritrean-Ethiopian war on US policy and posture in the region, along with the effects of other regional wars. The book looks at the relationship between US perceptions of Islamism and brings a unique perspective to the ongoing debate over US policy in the Islamic world. It will be of interest to those working in or researching foreign policy, as well as peace, security and conflict issues.

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375

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409495736

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9781409495734

The G20

Evolution, Interrelationships, Documentation

By: Mr Peter I Hajnal

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The G20

Evolution, Interrelationships, Documentation

By: Mr Peter I Hajnal

This essential book, a companion volume to The G8 System and the G20: Evolution, Role and Documentation (Hajnal, 2007), is an authoritative work of reference on the G20, G8 and G20 reform, and relevant information sources. Hajnal thoroughly traces the origins of the G20; surveys the G20 finance ministers' meetings since 1999; and the series of G20 summits since 2008. He examines agenda-setting and agenda evolution; discusses the question of G20 membership and surveys the components of the G20 system. The book goes on to analyse the relationship of the G20 with international governmental organizations, the business sector, and civil society and looks at the current relationship between the G8 and the G20. He also discusses how G20 performance can be monitored and evaluated.

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329

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409439305

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9781409439301

Geoarchaeology

The Earth-science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation

By: George Robert Rapp,Christopher L. Hill,Rapp,MR Christopher L Hill

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Geoarchaeology

The Earth-science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation

By: George Robert Rapp,Christopher L. Hill,Rapp,MR Christopher L Hill

Considering the history and theory of geoarchaeology, this book discusses soils and environmental interpretations; initial context and site formation; methods of discovery and spatial analyses; estimating time; and others. It is for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology

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357

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Yale University Press

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0300109660

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9780300109665

Wayfinding

The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World

By: M. R. O'Connor

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Wayfinding

The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World

By: M. R. O'Connor

At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. "A marvel of storytelling." —Kirkus (Starred Review) In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision—especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world without maps or instruments. O'Connor goes to the Arctic, the Australian bush and the South Pacific to talk to masters of their environment who seek to preserve their traditions at a time when anyone can use a GPS to navigate. O’Connor explores the neurological basis of spatial orientation within the hippocampus. Without it, people inhabit a dream state, becoming amnesiacs incapable of finding their way, recalling the past, or imagining the future. Studies have shown that the more we exercise our cognitive mapping skills, the greater the grey matter and health of our hippocampus. O'Connor talks to scientists studying how atrophy in the hippocampus is associated with afflictions such as impaired memory, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, depression and PTSD. Wayfinding is a captivating book that charts how our species' profound capacity for exploration, memory and storytelling results in topophilia, the love of place. "O'Connor talked to just the right people in just the right places, and her narrative is a marvel of storytelling on its own merits, erudite but lightly worn. There are many reasons why people should make efforts to improve their geographical literacy, and O'Connor hits on many in this excellent book—devouring it makes for a good start." —Kirkus Reviews

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202

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250200237

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9781250200235

Making Nothing Happen

Five Poets Explore Faith and Spirituality

By: Dr Nicola Slee,Mr Mark Pryce,Ms Ruth Shelton,Professor Eleanor Nesbitt,Professor Gavin D'Costa

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Making Nothing Happen

Five Poets Explore Faith and Spirituality

By: Dr Nicola Slee,Mr Mark Pryce,Ms Ruth Shelton,Professor Eleanor Nesbitt,Professor Gavin D'Costa

Making Nothing Happen is a conversation between five poet-theologians who are broadly within the Christian tradition - Nicola Slee, Ruth Shelton, Mark Pryce, Eleanor Nesbitt and Gavin D'Costa. Together they form The Diviners - a group which has been meeting together for a number of years for poetry, and theological and literary reflection. Each poet offers an illuminating reflection on how they understand the relation between poetry and faith, rooting their reflections in their own writing, and illustrating discussion with a selection of their own poems. The poets open up issues for deeper exploration and reflection, including: the nature of creativity and the distinction between divine and human creation; the creative process as exploration, epiphany and revelation; the forging of identity through writing; ways in which the arts reflect, challenge and dialogue with faith, and faith can inform and challenge the arts; power and voice in poetry and faith; and ways in which race, gender and culture interact with and shape poetic and theological discourse. This book will be of interest to poets and theologians, to all who read poetry and are interested in the connections between literature and faith, to those seeking inspiration for preaching, liturgy and pastoral care, and to those committed to the practice and nurturing of a contemplative attitude to life in which profound attention and respect are offered to words and to the creative Word at work.

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233

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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147240694X

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9781472406941

A Decade of Transition

Achievements and Challenges

By: Mr.Oleh Havrylyshyn,Mr.Saleh M. Nsouli

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A Decade of Transition

Achievements and Challenges

By: Mr.Oleh Havrylyshyn,Mr.Saleh M. Nsouli

This volume reviews the experience of 25 non-Asian transition economies 10 years into their transformation to market economies. The volume is based on an IMF conference held in February 1999 in Washington, D.C., to take stock of the achievements and the challenges of transition in the context of three questions: How far has transition progressed ineach country? What factors explain the differences in the progress made? And what remains to be done?

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International Monetary Fund

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158906013X

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9781589060135

The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

From Snow White to WALL-E

By: Mr David Whitley

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The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

From Snow White to WALL-E

By: Mr David Whitley

In the second edition of The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation, David Whitley updates his 2008 book to reflect recent developments in Disney and Disney-Pixar animation such as the apocalyptic tale of earth's failed ecosystem, WALL-E. As Whitley has shown, and Disney's newest films continue to demonstrate, the messages animated films convey about the natural world are of crucial importance to their child viewers. Beginning with Snow White, Whitley examines a wide range of Disney's feature animations, in which images of wild nature are central to the narrative. He challenges the notion that the sentimentality of the Disney aesthetic, an oft-criticized aspect of such films as Bambi, The Jungle Book, Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, and Finding Nemo, necessarily prevents audiences from developing a critical awareness of contested environmental issues. On the contrary, even as the films communicate the central ideologies of the times in which they were produced, they also express the ambiguities and tensions that underlie these dominant values. In distinguishing among the effects produced by each film and revealing the diverse ways in which images of nature are mediated, Whitley urges us towards a more complex interpretation of the classic Disney canon and makes an important contribution to our understanding of the role popular art plays in shaping the emotions and ideas that are central to contemporary experience.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409479382

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9781409479383

Book's by Mr Peter Woodward

US Foreign Policy and the Horn of Africa

US Foreign Policy and the Horn of Africa

The G20

The G20

Geoarchaeology

Geoarchaeology

Wayfinding

Wayfinding

Making Nothing Happen

Making Nothing Happen

A Decade of Transition

A Decade of Transition

The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

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