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  • The Girl Who Escaped ISIS

    Farida's Story

    by Farida Khalaf, Andrea C. Hoffmann ...
    Translated by Jamie Bulloch ...
    Our world as it once wasIn August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school. However, her peaceful mountain village in northern Iraq was an ISIS target as their genocide against the Yazidi people began.The catastropheISIS murdered the men and boys in the village, including Farida's father and brother, and took the women hostage. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Place of No Return

    How I Survived China's Uyghur Camps

    by Andrea C. Hoffman, Mihrigul Tursun, Andrea C. Hoffmann ...
    Translated by Rachel Hildebrandt Reynolds ...
    Her crime: she is Uyghur. Mihrigul Tursun's story is a powerful testimony of bravery in the face of unimaginable crimes. Her three children were forcibly taken from her before she was taken to a so-called re-education camp. Months later, she could only take two of her children back into her care alive. During her detention, Mihrigul Tursun was physically and mentally tortured and forcibly ... Read more

    $20.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canal du Midi

    The Ultimate Guide

    by Andrea Hoffmann ...
    This is a must-have compact travel guide to the Canal du Midi, a picturesque waterway in Southern France, popular for boating trips and holidays.The Canal du Midi is recognised as one of the most beautiful and popular waterways in Europe. It is an UNESCO world heritage site and attracts many visitors every year. It's widely regarded as the perfect boating region for wine tasting, sightseeing at ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • A Gift from Darkness

    How I Escaped with my Daughter from Boko Haram

    by Patience Ibrahim, Andrea C Hoffmann ...
    When Patience Ibrahim's husband died, she feared that her life was over. She had prayed every night for a baby to complete her family, and suddenly she found herself a nineteen-year-old widow, alone in the world. But when she fell in love again, a happy future seemed possible. Patience married once more , and was overjoyed to discover that she was pregnant.A few days later, everything fell apart. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Handbook of South American Regionalism

    Edited by José Briceño-Ruiz, Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the processes of regional integration and cooperation in South America. It discusses the tradition of regional cooperation and various regional initiatives in South America from the 1960s onwards, despite cycles of progress and setbacks. It analyses country perspectives on regionalism by looking at some of the more active cooperation partners like ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Raif Badawi: The Voice of Freedom

    My Husband, Our Story

    by Ensaf Haidar, Andrea C Hoffmann ...
    The whole world knows the face of the young man with the bright black eyes. He is in the process of becoming an icon, a symbol, similar to the famous photo of Che Guevara. The face is that of Raif Badawi, who was nominated for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. Arrested in Saudi Arabia, he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment and 1000 lashes - a de facto death sentence.The woman who succeeded in ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Photography as Meditation

    Tap Into the Source of Your Creativity

    by Torsten Andreas Hoffmann ...
    For many people, photography serves as a form of meditation; a way to separate themselves from their stressful lives. In this book, Torsten Andreas Hoffmann explores an approach to artistic photography based on Japanese Zen-Philosophy.Meditation and photography have much in common: both are based in the present moment, both require complete focus, and both are most successful when the mind is free ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Climate Change in Regional Perspective

    European Union and Latin American Initiatives, Challenges, and Solutions

    Edited by Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, Paula Sandrin, Yannis E. Doukas ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This Open Access book addresses climate change in Europe and Latin America from a comparative regionalism studies (CRS) perspective. Written by an international team of scholars and experts, chapters critically analyze proposals for mitigating climate change while contributing to the mutual understanding about the issues at stake across regions. The book is divided into three main sections. In the ... Read more

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    The Girl Who Beat ISIS

    Farida's Story

    by Farida Khalaf, Andrea C. Hoffmann ...
    Narrated by Lara Sawalha ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 33 min

    In August 2014, Farida, like any ordinary teenage girl, was enjoying the summer holidays before her last year at school. But Farida lived in the mountains of northern Iraq — and what happened next was unimaginable. Her village was an ISIS target.ISIS jihadists murdered the men and boys, including her father and brother, before taking Farida and the other women prisoner. This is the story of what ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Closing or Widening the Gap?

    Legitimacy and Democracy in Regional Integration Organizations

    by Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, Anna van der Vleuten ...
    Series series Non-State Actors in Global Governance
    Combining normative analysis and theory-driven empirical research in a comparative framework, this volume clarifies and explains the connections between regional international governance, legitimacy and democracy. It focuses on the quality of democracy and the legitimacy of policy making in multilevel regional systems. The volume offers a much-needed clarification of confusing concepts such as ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

  • The Rural-Urban Interface

    An Interdisciplinary Research Approach to Urbanisation Processes Around the Indian Megacity Bengaluru

    Edited by Ellen Hoffmann, Andreas Buerkert, Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel, Kotrakere Basegowda Umesh, Prasannakumar Pethandlahalli Shivaraj, Prem José Vazhacharickal ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Bengaluru is one of the fastest growing megacities in India. As such, it provides an in-situ laboratory for studying rural-urban transitions. While urbanization is most evident in the changing landscape with increasing built-up areas, it comes along with changes in ecosystem functions, new economic opportunities, changes in social organization and individual attitudes and behavior. All of these ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • Semiconductor Nanophotonics

    Materials, Models, and Devices

    Edited by Michael Kneissl, Andreas Knorr, Stephan Reitzenstein, Axel Hoffmann ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in the development of semiconductor nanostructures and nanophotonic devices. It covers epitaxial growth processes for GaAs- and GaN-based quantum dots and quantum wells, describes the fundamental optical, electronic, and vibronic properties of nanomaterials, and addresses the design and realization of various nanophotonic devices. ... Read more

    $204.99 CAD