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  • Tracing the Indo-Europeans

    New evidence from archaeology and historical linguistics

    Edited by Thomas Olander, Kristian Kristiansen, Birgit Anette Olsen ...
    Recent developments in aDNA has reshaped our understanding of later European prehistory, and at the same time also opened up for more fruitful collaborations between archaeologists and historical linguists. Two revolutionary genetic studies, published independently in Nature, 2015, showed that prehistoric Europe underwent two successive waves of migration, one from Anatolia consistent with the ... Read more

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  • German Calendar No December

    by Sylvia Ofili ...
    Olivia Evezi's childhood is a happy one; her days are spent listening to highlife records and poring over the colourful postcards from Germany. When she leaves her hometown of Warri behind to live out her Enid Blyton fantasies in a boarding school in Lagos, instead of adventure and lacrosse, she is met with punishments, endless chores and hazing rituals. Olivia's restlessness takes her to Germany, ... Read more

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  • African Philosophy and the Politics of Food Systems

    Edited by Birgit Boogaard, Mogobe Ramose, Sally Diop, Yeshewas Ebabu Worku, David Ludwig ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This open access edited volume argues that food systems need to be questioned on ethical and epistemic grounds, and firmly posits African philosophy as a valuable and much-needed source in doing so. It presents critical perspectives on the ethical and epistemic complexities of food systems whilst also providing a practical outlook through success stories of food systems underpinned by African ways ... Read more

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  • You Would Have Missed Me

    by Birgit Vanderbeke ...
    Translated by Jamie Bulloch ...
    'I can't remember what it was like being born, but from what they used to tell me it seemed almost as if everything had been fine up to that point.'Standing in her family's two-bedroom flat in the Promised Land, a little girl realizes that once again she won't be getting a cat for her birthday. She's been wanting one ever since she was five – all the way back to when they were living in the ... Read more

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  • Theorising Media and Time

    Temporalities, Media Practices and Politics of Time in a Digital Era

    Edited by Birgit Bräuchler, Nina Grønlykke Mollerup ...
    Series Book 13 - Anthropology of Media
    Digital media perpetuates every aspect of our lives, including our temporal perceptions. Time and attention have become one of the most precious resources, for users as well as corporate business. This book sheds light on these critical connections and how they influence not only our daily lives, but also how they exist in emerging power structures. It brings advances in the anthropological ... Read more

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  • Even Without Blood

    The remarkable story of an orphaned boy in WWII Java

    by Birgit Treipl ...
    How would you feel if, at eight years old, you lost your parents, a war began, and you were declared an enemy of the state? This is the reality for a young boy named Victor on the brink of WWII. Even Without Blood is a profoundly moving debut novel based on a true story of familial displacement spanning Indonesia, Austria, Holland, and Canada. This novel was first published in Dutch as Schuilen ... Read more

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  • Bewitching Birgit

    Magic New Mexico / Zolon Warriors

    by Tianna Xander ...
    Series series Magic New Mexico / Zolon Warriors
    Birgitta Anderson, or Birgit, as she is known has three problems in her life: a lousy sense of direction, a broken-down car, and a strange mechanic named Reno. The first problem she was born with; the second a good junkyard could take care of, but the last might be a little more difficult to deal with—especially when it comes with three matchmaking brothers.Reno Brewerigeron has his hands full ... Read more

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  • CBRN Protection

    Managing the Threat of Chemical, Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear Weapons

    Edited by Andre Richardt, Bernd Niemeyer, Frank Sabath, Birgit Hülseweh ...
    Originating in the armed forces of the early 20th century, weapons based on chemical, biological or nuclear agents have become an everpresent threat that has not vanished after the end of the cold war. Since the technology to produce these agents is nowadays available to many countries and organizations, including those with terrorist aims, civil authorities across the world need to prepare ... Read more

    $106.99 CAD

  • The Mussel Feast

    by Birgit Vanderbeke ...
    Translated by Jamie Bulloch ...
    The modern German classic that has shaped an entire generation.A mother and her two teenage children sit at the dinner table. In the middle stands a large pot of cooked mussels. Why has the father not returned home? As the evening wears on, we glimpse the issues that are tearing this family apart.'I wrote this book in August 1989, just before the Fall of the Berlin Wall. I wanted to understand how ... Read more

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  • Politics, Religion and Gender

    Framing and Regulating the Veil

    Edited by Sieglinde Rosenberger, Birgit Sauer ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
    Heated debates about Muslim women's veiling practices have regularly attracted the attention of European policymakers over the last decade. The headscarf has been both vehemently contested by national and/or regional governments, political parties and public intellectuals and passionately defended by veil wearing women and their supporters. Systematically applying a comparative perspective, this ... Read more

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  • Squire and Sword

    by Birgit Constant ...
    Series Book 0.5 - The Northumbria Trilogy
    All he needs is the sword of a true warrior – or so he thinks.England AD 1070. In the fenlands of East Anglia, the Saxon resistance against the Norman king smoulders.Loïc, a young squire, knows that every man has to stand their ground against the rebels, but he only attracts the scorn and spite of the other squires during fighting practice. He must prove himself in combat if he wants to teach the ... Read more

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  • Lawyers, Gatekeeping and Access to Justice

    A Critical Analysis

    Edited by Jonathan Soeharno, Birgit Spiesshofer ...
    Series series Globalization: Law and Policy
    Lawyers face increasing pressure from clients, politicians, prospective hires and international and civil society organisations to act as gatekeepers: to reject certain clients or cases or mitigate their involvement. This can be at variance with the traditional role of lawyers to provide access to justice.This volume presents a systematic exploration of the gatekeeping debate. It discusses the key ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

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