“…The volume includes seventeen essays, accompanied by newly discovered archival material and illustrations, which address a wide range of topics: from the shifting meaning and character of the objects themselves, the so-called object biographies, their restitution processes after 1945, conflicting ideas about their appropriate location, political interests in their preservation, actors and networks involved in salvage operations, to questions of intellectual and cultural transfer processes revolving around the moving objects and their literary resonances. Thus, it offers a fascinating insight into lesser-known dimensions of the aftermath of the Holocaust and the history of Jews in postwar Europe…”

“…In the context of European migration, the book describes the case of Latvia, which is interesting due to the multiple waves of excessive emigration, continuously high migration potential among European Union member states, and diverse migrant characteristics. It provides a fascinating insight into the social and psychological aspects linked to migration in a comparative context. …”

“…Literary Hispanophobia and Hispanophilia in Britain and the Low Countries (1550-1850) explores the protracted interest in Spain and its culture, and it exposes the co-existent ambiguity between scorn and fascination that characterizes Western historical perceptions, in particular in Britain and the Low Countries, two geographical spaces with a shared sense of historical connectedness and an overlapping, sometimes complicated, history with Spain…”

“…For the Polish Jews after the Holocaust, the legends of origin undergo a fascinating transformation into legends of destruction.Jewish Poland-Legends of Origin brings to light the more obscure legends of origin as well as those already well known. …”

“…It offers a precious and fascinating testimony for anyone wishing to discover or rediscover the already multiple face that was that of the Levantine metropolis before the civil war…”

“…In juxtaposing and analysing a wide range of texts which despite their significance are rarely discussed together, Feminist Moments provides a fascinating historical narrative of feminist thought which will be highly valuable to students and scholars of the history of political thought, political philosophy and gender and literary studies."…”

“…Son récit tient à la fois du journal de voyage classique (lieux visités, portraits de personnages rencontrés) et de réflexions plus politiques. Leopold Weiss est fasciné par le mouvement national arabe naissant. …”

“…However, when sustained as a methodological figure beyond the scope of its own description, the landscape soon reveals a darker, far more fascinating and far less explored side of the authors' oeuvres: a vengeful, seemingly defeatist resentment against the status quo, which gives way to the more latent and biting elements of the authors' prose, such as irony, the unheimlich, an anti-heroic agenda, the apocalyptic aesthetics of a disaster-prone fictional world, as well as an understanding of history and literature through the figures of failure and marginality. …”

“…This indispensable, synoptic, and interpretive view of the letters as a whole will be equally of interest to scholars and teachers making use of Van Gogh's letters as it will be to those who have long been fascinated by the artist. This is the third book by Patrick Grant on the letters of Vincent van Gogh. …”

“…They show that many pieces of the puzzle have been collected in the many sub-displiclines of psychology and that putting them together in an integrative fashion stays a fascinating enterprise…”

“….), Mme de Maintenon se révèle une personnalité d’exception et une femme d’influence dont le sillage historique a durablement marqué l’imaginaire français et continue de fasciner. Sans espérer percer le secret qu’elle a patiemment construit autour d’elle, cet ouvrage tente, en revalorisant en Mme de Maintenon la femme politique comme la femme de lettres, d’en circonscrire les limites. …”

“…Ses vestiges archéologiques, d’une beauté intemporelle, nourrissent en France une fascination de plus de deux siècles. Elle s’exprime par une étroite coopération dont le maître d’œuvre est depuis 1969 la Section française de la direction des Antiquités du Soudan (SFDAS). …”

“…De la reconstruction d’après-guerre aux mobilisations des années 1968, des relations complexes de la France avec ses anciennes colonies à celles qu’elle entretient avec les dictatures militaires d’Europe septentrionale et d’Amérique du Sud, cet ouvrage collectif retrace le demi-siècle d’un « campus monde » unique en son genre et offre une synthèse inédite d’histoire sociale et transnationale sur une institution représentant pour les sciences sociales un fascinant observatoire de la mondialisation…”

“…Sa seconde édition, enrichie d’un séduisant dossier iconographique, rehausse encore la fascination qu’exerce, encore aujourd’hui, la rencontre protéiforme entre Palais et Cité. …”

“…Interviennent désormais à leurs côtés, voire parfois à leur place, d’autres institutions comme les organisations internationales, les entreprises multinationales, les organisations non gouvernementales, les régions, ou encore les villes globalisées. Or, on ne dispose d’aucune indication claire, et encore moins d’un « droit international des institutions », permettant de répondre aux trois questions essentielles de l’organisation sociale et politique que sont la représentation, la règlementation et la responsabilité. …”

“…Le poids du féminin et du masculin, comme constructions sociales, est ici mesuré au sein d’un secteur atypique : à partir d’un travail d’archives, de traitement iconographique et d’entretiens, est étudié l’impact des critères de genre sur la définition et la répartition du travail, les parcours individuels, l’organisation de la filière de production et, en retour, les représentations qui lui sont associées…”

“…"Experiences From the Light shares more than 50 fascinating stories of extraordinary, true-life adventures of light, including spiritual awakenings, near-death experiences, unexplainable synchronicities, and stories of love and heart. …”

“…Along with an incisive foreword by Hugo- and Nebula-award winning author David Brin, you'll also find: Explorations of the increasing pace of technological development; Explanations of why seemingly unusual and surprising breakthroughs might be just around the corner; and Maps to navigate the potential minefields that await us as AI and quantum computing come together. A fascinating and thought-provoking compilation of insights from some of the leading technological voices in the world, Convergence convincingly argues that we should prepare for a world in which very little will remain the same and shows us how to get ready…”

“…This book will be most useful for neuroscientists and other scientists alike and will contribute to the training of current and future students who find the plastic nervous system as fascinating as many generations before them…”

“…In this raw and delightful critique, learn the fascinating ways to think beyond screens using three principles that can lead us toward more meaningful innovation. …”