“…The book then traces this tension back to an intrinsic ambivalence within the modern conception of individual liberty, which is both repressed and preserved by liberal conceptions of responsibility and punishment. …”

“…In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system--one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware. …”

“…This 150-year milestone gives us an opportunity to look back at this exceptional site and its associated materials in order to demonstrate that it still holds a unique potential in the debates about these Late Pleistocene hunting and gathering societies. …”

“…Through extensive, intimate interviews with all seventeenliving chiefs and two former presidents, award-winning journalist and producer Chris Whipple pulls back the curtain on this unique fraternity. In doing so, he revises our understanding of presidential history, showing us how James Baker's expert managing of the White House, the press, and Capitol Hill paved the way for the Reagan Revolution--and, conversely, how Watergate, the Iraq War, and even the bungled Obamacare rollout mighthave been prevented by a more effective chief. …”

“…With style and lucidity, Delsol likens contemporary Western man to the mythical figure Icarus, fallen back to earth after trying to reach the sun, alive but badly shaken and confused. …”

“…This authoritative guide to the Geneva Securities Convention is the first and only UNIDROIT backed analysis of the content of the international treaty. …”

“…Dans un deuxième temps, une reprise plus synthétique et systématique met en évidence les axes et les principes fondamentaux d'une théologie de l'art chez Karl Rahner et propose ainsi l'esquisse d'une théologie fondamentale de la création artistique." --book jacket, back cover…”

“…"Narrative Devices in the Shiji: Retelling the Past offers the first systematic analysis of narratives in early Chinese historical writings from 400 BCE to 100 CE, with a focus on the Shiji (Records of the Historian), a vast collection of historical accounts completed by Sima Qian (145–86 BCE). …”

“…Additional texts come from fashion industry professionals who worked with and knew Kublin best: an interview with his partner and muse, the model Katinka Bleeker; memories from the Italian fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri, who began his career as Kublin’s assistant in Paris in the 1960s; and a piece by Lydia Slater, editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar UK, who looks back on Kublin’s work for the magazine at a pivotal time in its history. …”

“…"The complete history of the Roman Empire - how it was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects, from the eighth century BCE to the dawn of the Middle Ages.Rome in the archaic age was a minor satellite between the Etruscan and Greek world. …”

“…Composed mostly of Palestinian scholars and scholars of Palestinian heritage, it is the first book in which the indigenous Palestinians not merely "write back", but principally aim to lay the foundations for decolonial social science research on Palestine" -- Contracubierta…”

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“…Pero no se trata en este libro de lo que los exiliados dijeron de Unamuno, sino de lo que él les hizo decir a ellos: desde su función seminal en la germinación de una filosofía de lo trágico en María Zambrano a su ejemplo como intelectual total para Max Aub o la ansiedad de su influencia sentida por Antonio Sánchez Barbudo; desde el efecto que su poesía causará en Luis Cernuda o José Bergamín a su consagración como filósofo por Juan David García Bacca o Segundo Serrano Poncela, su ejemplo, el de quien se les adelantó más de una década en el triste destino del destierro, será semilla fértil y conflictiva. …”

“…Comprehensive state-mandated changes during the early twentieth century were not enough to hold back the nationalist tide of 1911, but they provided a new foundation for the Republican and Communist states that would follow."…”

“…In an apricot-colored building in Zurich, surrounded by curiously planted forget-me-nots, Gaustine has opened the first "clinic for the past," an institution that offers an inspired treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces a past decade in minute detail, allowing patients to transport themselves back in time to unlock what is left of their fading memories. …”

“…If contemporary democracies are going to take back control and compete with autocratic systems on the world stage while avoiding their own suicide through polarization and paralysis fueled by untrustworthy information, they need a radical renovation that responds to the forces undermining them. …”

“…This elegant volume invites us to take a step back from our busy lives, to reconnect with nature, and to listen to the tiny philosophers of the sky. …”

“…Se abre así el lugar para la instauración, en alianza inequívoca con ese discurso, de la clínica del trastorno, atada a las diferentes versiones del DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), donde las TCC (Terapias Cognitivo Comportamentales) hacen su jugada de abolición del sujeto, bajo la rúbrica de la programación: todo lo que no es programable, pasa de este modo a la categoría del trastorno. …”

“…Despite a record number of parties and candidates, the winners were the two big parties – the heavily church-backed SDL, the party of choice of the majority of indigenous Fijians; and the Fiji Labour Party, the party preferred by most Indo-Fijians. …”

“…This eye-opening book provides an inspiring vision of how you can take back control of the data you generate every day. …”