This book tells the stories of disabled people who have been influential in creating modern mass media. Through the voices of key disabled media makers and collaborators, the author highlights the ways in which their contributions are changing society’s understanding of disability and shaping mass media and culture....

Embark on a gripping historical journey through "The Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922): Greece vs. Turkey," a captivating book that unveils the dramatic clash of two nations striving for territorial supremacy and national identity. Explore the origins of the conflict, the rise of legendary figures like Mustafa Kemal Ata...

This book examines the actors that shape societal dynamics leading to, or preventing, violent extremism from taking roots in their communities, including state representatives, religious institutions, and civil society actors. The volume contributes to an emerging stream of research focusing on intra- and inter-grou...

In essence the Celts were not an urban people, their mitre was for lakes, glens and groves. Their special points were islands and Tor. In Ireland the only modern Celtic state, the population is still predominantly rural or dwellers of small towns, and indeed the main large town in modern Ireland were all Viking esta...

Audiences for contemporary German film and television are becoming increasingly transnational, and depictions of German cultural history are moving beyond the typical post-war focus on Germany’s problematic past. Entertaining German Culture explores this radical shift, building on recent research into transnational ...

Die weltweite Bedrohung durch religiös motivierten Terrorismus und Gewalt scheint größer zu sein als je zuvor. Kann es sein, dass das radikale Antlitz des Islamismus nicht so sehr die Eigenheit einer bestimmten Religion ist, sondern auf eine Gemeinsamkeit aller monotheistischen Varianten verweist? Der Ägyptologe und...

Introducing the ultimate guide to exploring the world, "The World in Your Hands". This comprehensive book provides a wealth of information on every country on the planet (they are in alphabetical order from volume 1 to 10 - each volume will contain 20 countries), covering all aspects of their history, language, food...

There has been much study in recent decades, of the way that cities have been built and planned and there is still much research to be undertaken. The following book is an attempt to synthesis the available knowledge, much of which is disparate and contained in a number of fields, and to coalesce this into a concept...

Credo che queste due storie abbiano la loro ragione di esistere perché il punto di vista più diffuso sulla seconda guerra mondiale continua a essere quello - o quelli - ufficiale. Nonostante in tutto il mondo siano alla portata di chiunque canali culturali, storici, di informazione in tutte le lingue e di ogni tende...

On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine. Coming after years of tensions following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and thinly veiled direct armed support for separatists fighting in Donbass and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, observers gave Ukraine’s military little chance o...

Why shoot a revolver when a modern semi-automatic carries more rounds, reloads faster, is flatter and slimmer, and is no more costly? Revolvers are no-problem guns. Because it has a relatively straightforward design, a revolver is very reliable. A semiautomatic is sensitive to cartridges, and stories about jammed ac...

公視年度時代生活劇《茶金》的靈感原型！ 一本充滿恩怨情仇的茶商家族回憶錄， 一部記錄真人實事的臺灣地方發展史！ 從日治時期到1980年代，一個跌宕起伏的客家望族故事， 主人翁姜阿新縱横商場，經營茶業、林業、糖廠、運輸、食品事業， 反映了臺灣經濟起飛前後的政經、文化、人性現象……， 家族親友間的聚散離合更印證世間的悲歡紛擾皆平常...

當西歐的民族主義浪潮席捲而至，被消失的恐懼迫使他們拔竿而起， 但即便都是被壓迫的弱小族群，為何彼此之間的衝突卻難以止歇？ 1780年，哈布斯堡帝國君主約瑟夫二世發布飭令、決心建立以徳語為主的現代化帝國，他始終沒有料想到這個毫無民族意識的政策，卻意外點燃民族主義的戰場，破碎了帝國疆土、撕裂了團結意識，多元民族便在殘敗的帝國...

The world food crisis (1972–1975) gave rise to new development concepts. To eradicate world hunger, small peasants were supposed to use ‘modern’ inputs like high-yielding seeds, fertilizer, pesticides and irrigation. This would turn subsistence producers into business owners, transform rural areas, invigorate nation...

L'ouvrage de référence sur l'histoire des juifs, enfin en poche. Voici un peuple dont le passé et le présent se confondent avec ceux de l'humanité tout entière, enjambant les siècles, les continents et les civilisations, depuis l'Egypte des pharaons jusqu'à la Russie soviétique, en passant par le monde gréco-romain,...

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