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How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America
Between 1990 and 2020, women candidates won only 6% of the world's presidential races. How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America explains the factors, strategies, and perceptions that help (or hinder) women to democratically access their country's highest political office. Catherine Reyes-Housholder introduces a theory of gendered incentives and perceived potential to reveal why a political party would break with tradition and nominate a woman. She also shows how citizens respond when women candidates are running in incumbent parties or competing to displace those in power. Drawing on comparative research on the presidency and gender, How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America examines the successful campaigns of Michelle Bachelet in Chile and Dilma Rousseff in Brazil, as well as why Blanca Ovelar lost her presidential race in Paraguay. Reyes-Housholder's findings indicate that voter sexism is not a major factor; however, women do not triumph in these elections in the same ways that men do. Rather, the central unknown factor behind women's victories is how they become candidates of major parties—and gender profoundly influences who parties nominate. How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America is a valuable investigation of women and executive politics.
Death Was Not on the Guest List
From USA Today bestselling author Jenni L. Walsh comes a witty Jazz Age mystery where rivalry, ambition, and deceit glitter under every chandelier…and no one gets out until the killer is unmasked. In Chicago’s Gold Coast district, twenty of the city’s most glamorous socialites gather for a charity whist drive at the Bellevue House mansion. Brightest among them are Ginevra King Mitchell and Edith Cummings, real-life debutantes who inspired Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby. But when their sharp-tongued hostess turns up dead and a blizzard traps everyone inside, suspicion and gossip give way to fear. After all, one guest has a habit of burying husbands, another a proclivity for poison. Their charming veneers belie jealousies, ambitions, and deceits aplenty, enough to drive any one of them to kill. As whispers turn to accusations, the police start closing in. Ginevra and Edith compete to solve the murder, uncovering secrets far more dangerous than the gossip columns ever revealed. But when a second body is found—strangled with Ginevra’s own pearls—their restless rivalry becomes a race for survival. Who’s next? And is the answer hidden in Fitzgerald’s exasperating novel?
Brain Games
Delilah Harper is embarking on her biggest challenge yet after completing four years of medical school. With a residency at one of the best hospitals in the country, she’ll stop at nothing to achieve her dream of becoming a neurosurgeon. And that includes letting Bradly Gallow get the best of her. Undeniably attractive, Bradly’s also arrogant and, unfortunately for Delilah, extremely intelligent. Since day one of medical school, Delilah and Bradly have engaged in a heated battle to mark their territory as the top student, acing every exam, excelling at every lab–lock step in terms of their achievements. As fate would have it, they match at the same hospital, carrying their rivalry across the country. While battling to be the hospital’s top resident, the two begin the Brain Games—a competition in which they fight for the best cases and keep tabs to see who will finally get to assist during their first major surgery. The games seem simple enough, until a different sort of tension builds, and hidden feelings complicate their years-long rivalry. In this gripping and spicy medical drama, matters of the head and heart clash in ways that would bring even a neurosurgeon to their knees.
Raně novověká Bohemia litteraria
Reprezentativní antologie umělecké novolatinské literatury v Českém království je rozdělena podle žánrových oblastí a vnitřně strukturovaná do dvou částí, na literaturu do r. 1620 (renesanční humanismus) a literaturu pobělohorskou (barokní humanismus) s paralelním českým překladem a odborným komentářem. Obě části antologie předchází dvojice delších úvodních studií postihujících obecné rysy literárního vývoje v obou obdobích. Jednotlivé žánrové oblasti jsou uvedeny studiemi koncipovanými podle jednotného vzorce: informace o žánru, jeho charakteristikách a vývoji v daném období, o jeho hlavních představitelích a konkrétních významných dílech. Vybrané ukázky jsou opatřeny heslovitou vstupní informací o dílech.
Romance pro křídlovku, 2. vydání
Romance pro křídlovku představuje lyrickoepický vrchol Hrubínovy básnické tvorby. Příběh z autorova mládí, kde vzpomíná na svou první lásku. Doslov Zdeněk Slabý
ilustroval: Adriana Rohde Kabele
Babymoni: Let''s Eat!
Plates, Forks, and Fun—Babymoni’s Ready to Help!It’s time to eat—and Babymoni is ready to help! In this sweet and sturdy board book for toddlers, little readers follow Babymoni as she sets the table with plates, utensils, and a tablecloth. With easy to read text and charming illustrations, Babymoni: Let’s Eat introduces young children to the joy of helping and the importance of mealtime routines.Based on the beloved Minimoni character, this toddler-friendly version brings the same warmth and whimsy to a younger audience—perfect for babies and preschoolers learning about everyday life.Available in both English and Spanish editions!Based on a Beloved Character – Features a younger version of Minimoni, the star of the trusted and popular Minimoni series.Supports Daily Routine Learning – Helps toddlers engage in everyday activities like mealtime, building positive habits and emotional connections through repetition and play.Perfect for Babies and Toddlers – A thoughtful gift for baby showers, birthdays, or early learning libraries.Sturdy Board Book Format – Durable pages designed for little hands to explore again and again.Encourages Independence and Participation – Supports early development by modeling helpful behaviors in a fun, age-appropriate way.For more than 75 years, Albatros Media has been crafting original and innovative children''s books that are both playful and educational, fostering curiosity and a thirst for knowledge in young minds. We deliver the highest quality children’s books from novelty, picture, pop-up, and how-to books to nonfiction and fairy tales.
My Life, The Total Disaster
A boy’s dreaded chore becomes a cause worth fighting for in an award-winning, heart-lifting, and hilarious novel about friendship, community, and self-discovery. When disaster-prone twelve-year-old Matt Pesce accidentally sets his neighbor’s hedges on fire, his parents sentence him to community service at a senior center. But what help can Matt possibly be to the likes of the General, who’s glued to old war documentaries, a pair of elderly chess champions, and the ladies of the knitting clu? hile his coolness cred at school may have taken a dive, Matt never guessed he’d light such a spark in the lives of his unlikely new friends. A bonus is a teen volunteer who is, without a doubt, the most beautiful girl Matt has ever seen. But when the bank threatens to close the center, Matt embarks on a mission to save it—with a plan so monumentally brilliant he’s trademarked it. Join the unforgettable Matt in this prize-winning novel from Italy, as he rewrites his story and just maybe finds his place in the world too. © 2020, 2026 by Francesco Muzzopappa, all rights reserved. Translation © 2026 by Jamie Richards.
Shorter Ulysses
A Shorter Ulysses was intended to serve as a companion volume to Burgess''s A Shorter Finnegans Wake, which he was commissioned to create in 1966. This is the first time that Burgess''s shortened version of James Joyce''s Ulysses has been published. Describing this commission in his autobiography, Burgess explains that he was asked to create a beginner''s abridged version of about 200 pages with a commentary to link the passages of Joyce''s original text and an explanatory preface. The surviving notes towards A Shorter Ulysses suggest that Burgess envisaged that A Shorter Ulysses would follow a similar format. The document was discovered in Burgess''s house in Bracciano, which was purchased in the early 1970s, and thus probably dates from this period. Also included in this volume is Burgess''s Introduction to Ulysses for a 1982 Book of the Month Club edition of the novel. In a brilliant essay opening the book, Burgess manages to convey in just under 3000 words the very essence of the work. His concluding words are: ''We are, having overcome its difficulties, at last free to appreciate its humour and humanity. Its early denouncers saw mostly filth and ugliness. We can hear its music and rejoice in its tolerance and decency and, yes, affection for fallen man''. Last, but certainly not least, this volume includes Blooms of Dublin, a musical play by Burgess, based on Ulysses. It was first broadcast on BBC radio and Radio Telefis Eireann in February 1982 to celebrate the hundredth birthday of James Joyce, and it was published for the first time in 1986. Burgess had begun developing the work as early as the mid 1960s and, according to him, a draft of the libretto and score had been completed as early as 1971. The draft score was subsequently converted by Burgess into a complete orchestral work in preparation for the radio broadcast. Burgess''s biographer and Director of the International Burgess Foundation, Andrew Biswell, provides a foreword to this fascinating volume.
Archipelago Vol. 1
Earth 2103 - A large part of the world is underwater. Global warming and the sudden acceleration of the melting of the poles have caused a sharp rise in sea level, in the form of Three Great Waves which arrived unexpectedly. These tsunamis not only flooded entire countries, but also wiped out telecommunications, agriculture, and energy production. Those who managed to survive must operate in a new and fragmented society of scarce resources - a dark age in which new powers emerge, such as the North African League, ready to conquer the part of Europe left on the water. It is there that Jare, a young woman with hidden powers who lives in the Basque Archipelago, will find herself unexpectedly plunged into a world of dangerous intrigue that seeks to disrupt old balances and create new alliances.
Somebody Worth Killing
Meet Nadia Davis, a doting mom and loving wife who has a big secret: she’s actually an assassin. And she really needs a babysitter who shows up on time.Nadia Davis is living the dream as a successful working mom with a career she loves, two adorable little girls, and a devoted husband who has no idea that she’s secretly a hired assassin and psychopath who kills certified bad guys. So when Nadia finds out she’s been “mommy tracked” by her assassin’s agency and is no longer getting the bigger, more exciting jobs, she demands an important mark…somebody worth killing.But it turns out that big kill is the last person she expects—her husband. How is the sweet, kind, teller-of-dad jokes she’s promised her life to an evil villain who needs exterminating? Has their whole life together been a lie? Now Nadia must choose between the two things she loves most in life, the career that keeps her sane or the family she thought she knew.
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan
“Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than cherry blossom” are the opening words to Inazo Nitobe’s Bushido: The Soul of Japan. It was 1900 and Inazo, a Japanese academic living in the USA, had been prompted to write the book after an American professor had wondered how the Japanese imparted moral education on their children if schools didn’t offer any religious instruction. The answer, Inazo realised, was through Bushido. Bushido is the chivalric code of moral principles that the Samurai followed: rectitude, courage, benevolence, respect, honesty, honour and loyalty. Influenced by Confucianism, Shinto and Zen Buddhism, it tempers the violence of a warrior with wisdom and serenity. Alongside Sun Tzu’s The Art of War and Machiavelli’s The Prince, Inazo’s book has become influential among military and corporate leaders looking for ways to manage their people and overcome their opponents. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with a timeless design, Bushido: The Soul of Japan includes the classic Inazo text with a new introduction. It will appeal to anyone interested in leadership, the code of the Samurai and Japanese culture.
Touched by Twilight, Volume 2
'If I don't forgive you... Who else can?'Shen Feng, the youngest of the Shen family, once vowed to surpass his childhood mentor and first love, the powerful and graceful Xiao Xing. But when a deadly feud erupts between their families, their bond is torn apart by betrayal and bloodshed. Ordered to destroy the Xiao family, Shen Feng defies fate and spares Xiao Xing — knowing it means losing him forever. Fifty years later, after his father’s assassination, Shen Feng returns home... only to come face to face with the man he thought he'd lost for good. As past and present collide, can love survive the shadows of loss and regret...?
Exiles
James Joyce’s play Exiles follows the story of writer Richard Rowan, who, along with his 'common-law wife’ Bertha and their son Archie, has come home to Dublin after ten years away. The couple’s return triggers an existential questioning, an anxiousness which is exacerbated by meetings with old friends and lovers. All this is set against the background of the summer of 1912, when Ireland and even England were threatening to tear themselves apart over Ulster. Exiles is a profound exploration of jealousy, doubt and the complexity of human desire; it is also about the torments of disunion in both the public and private realm.
With a new introduction and notes by Andrew Gibson.
Zajko by už mal spinkať
Zajko ešte nemôže spať. Čaká na tata, ktorý sa naňho stále neprišiel pozrieť. A tak Zajko vykĺzne z postieľky, do vozíka si naloží všetko, čo by mohol tato potrebovať, a vydá sa na výpravu za tatom. Oceňované autorky Amy Hest a Renata Liwska prinášajú čarovný príbeh na dobrú noc, ktorý vás zohreje ako kožúšky dvoch ospalých zajacov. Zajko by už mal spinkať uisťuje malých čitateľov, že aj keď je v noci tma a ticho, sú v bezpečí a stále ich niekto ľúbi.
Minecraft manga: Cesta na konec světa 1
Světoznámá hra zaměřená na svobodný pohyb a kreativitu se nyní představuje také jako manga! Nenechte si ujít příběh, který přesahuje dokonce i široké možnosti herní zábavy a vydejte se s hlavním hrdinou Nikem a jeho přáteli za dobrodružstvím až na okraj světa!
A Kárpát-medence 50 színes madara
Az ember régóta éles szemmel figyeli a madarakat; hiszen sokak vélekedése szerint a természet legkedvesebb gyermekei. Herman Ottó írja: "A madarak az anyatermészet legvonzóbb, a röpülés tulajdonságánál fogva irigylésre méltó lényei." Madarakkal erdőben, mezőn, folyók és tavak mentén, parkok fáin, bokrain találkozhatunk. Csodálattal nézzük kecses repülésüket, példát veszünk szorgoskodásukról, amint művészi fészküket megalkotják, és tojásaikat kiköltik. Bámulatba ejt bennünket, amint a fiókákat fáradhatatlanul etetik a szülők. A természetet kedvesen tölti be a madarak - sokszor messze hangzó - éneke. Az évről évre visszatérő vándormadarak - a gólyák, a fecskék - szülőhelyhez való ragaszkodása csodálatra méltó. A madarak kitartása a hosszú vándorút során mindenkiből elismerést vált ki.
A Kárpát-medence 50 színes madara című kiadvány a nagyközönség számára készült, célja, hogy gyönyörködtessen és segítse a környezetünkben élő madarak megismerését és felismerését. A kiadványban fellelhető ötven kép művészien, ugyanakkor valósághűen mutatja be azokat a színpompás madarakat, melyekkel kis szerencsével, türelemmel bármelyikünk találkozhat.
A képek mellett megtaláljuk a madarak rövid leírását is. Megtudhatjuk többek között az adott madár főbb jellemzőit: hol él, mivel táplálkozik, általában hány tojást rak, miként neveli fiókáit. Információt kapunk továbbá az egyes madarak szaknyelvi és népnyelvi neveinek eredetéről, valamint énekükről, hangjukról.
Bátran állíthatjuk, hogy a természetben nincs még egy olyan teremtés, amely a vele foglalkozónak olyan mélységes és bensőséges örömet tudna szerezni, mint a madár. Ezért is ajánljuk jó szívvel kiadványunkat minden madárkedvelőnek.
Romeo a Julie, 6.vydání
Slavná a nesmrtelná Shakespearova tragedie o lásce dvou milenců z nesvářených rodů Monteků a Kapuletů vychází v nádherném básnickém překladu Josefa Topola jako 74. svazek edice D.
