Geschichte

This introductory textbook offers a fully integrated perspective of medieval Britain, from 1000 to 1500. Written in an engaging and accessible style and organised thematically, the book emphasises elements of medieval life over political narrative. It will be an essential resource for undergraduate students taking courses on medieval Britain.

100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories about history's bravest, baddest but little known 'nasty' women from across the world.

This book assesses the life and success of the writer Paulo Coelho, one of the most fascinating and contemporary writers in the world, through new lenses. This study explores the development of holistic wellness (HWM) and faith development (FDT) throughout the writer's life.

Jasbir K. Puar continues her pathbreaking work on the liberal state, sexuality, and biopolitics to theorize the production of disability, using Israel's occupation of Palestine as an example of how settler colonial states rely on liberal frameworks of disability to maintain control of bodies and populations.

Why the Dutch are Different is the internationally bestselling portrait of a fascinating people and the country that was the setting for Tulip Fever.

In the traditions of Paulo Coelho and Mitch Albom comes REBIRTH, a novel of reconciliation and forgiveness, inspired by the author's own pilgrimage of walking the legendary five-hundred and fifty mile Camino de Santiago across Spain.

Tanu offers the first ethnographic study of young people who experience high levels of international mobility while growing up, either moving across national borders or by attending international schools with trans-national student bodies.

With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was the greatest human disaster, not only of the twentieth century, but possibly in all of recorded history. The author recounts the story of the pandemic, tracing it from Alaska to Brazil, from Persia to Spain, and from South Africa to Odessa.

The Islamic Jesus reveals startling new truths about Islam in the context of the first Muslims and the early origins of Christianity. Muslims and the first Christians - saw Jesus as not divine but rather as a prophet and human Messiah and that salvation comes from faith and good works, not merely as faith, as Christians would later emphasize.

This book outlines how Germans convinced their politicians to pass laws allowing citizens to make their own energy, even when it hurt utility companies to do so. The authors explore how, by taking ownership of energy efficiency at a local level, community groups are key actors in the bottom-up fight against climate change.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is an investigation of algorithmic contingency and an elucidation of the contemporary situation that we are living in: the regular arrival of algorithmic catastrophes on a global scale. Through a historical analysis of philosophy, computation and media, this book proposes a renewed relation between nature and technics.

American teenagers hear mixed messages about sex and sexuality. Struggles over teen sexuality norms and their enforcement are a major cultural battleground. What are these norms, and what makes them effective or ineffective?

This is the first urban history of Rome to span its entire three-thousand-year history. It examines the processes by which Rome's leaders have shaped its urban fabric by organizing space, planning infrastructure, designing ritual, controlling populations, and exploiting Rome's standing as a seat of global power and a religious capital.

The thrilling true story of a Marine special forces unit in a battle for their lives in Afghanistan from the New York Times bestselling author of Level Zero Heroes.

The business of journalism has an extensive, storied, and often romanticized history. This addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know (R) series looks at the past, present and future of journalism, considering how the development of the industry has shaped the present and how we can expect the future to roll out.