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Sacred Places Tell Tales
Cairo's synagogues shed new light on the transformation Egyptian society and its Jewish community underwent from 1875 to the presentSacred Places Tell Tales is the previously untold history of Egyptian Jewry and the ways in which Cairo's synagogues historically functioned as active institutions in the social lives of these Jews. Historian Yoram Meital interprets Cairo's synagogues as exquisite storytellers. The synagogues still stand in Cairo, and they shed new light on the social, cultural, and political processes that Egyptian society and the Jews underwent from 1875 to the present. Studying old and new synagogues in the Egyptian capital, their locations, the items they stored, and the range of religious and nonreligious activities they hosted reveals the social heterogeneity and the diverse ways in which modern Jewish sociocultural identity was constructed within Cairo's Sephardi, Ashkenazi, and Karaite communities. Meital contends that studying the congregations and the social services provided in synagogues reveals the local Jewish community's customs, cultural preferences, socioeconomic gaps, and class divisions.Sacred Places Tell Tales narrates not only the past but also the unprecedented transformations that have occurred in recent years in Egypt. While only a handful of Jews live in Egypt, the preservation of Jewish heritage, first and foremost synagogues and cemeteries, enjoy a growing interest in public discourse and popular culture. This new desire to preserve Jewish heritage is inseparable from the ongoing public debate about Egyptian society, its characteristics, and its identity, past and present. By contextualizing Jewish heritage preservation in a longer Egyptian and Jewish history, Meital opens a window into one of the most significant political discussions dividing Egyptian society today.
Life on the Octopus Farm
In 2021, the London School of Economics found that octopuses are sentient beings, capable of experiencing pain, distress, and happiness, and that high-welfare farming of them would therefore be impossible. But the enormous international demand for octopus meat continues to grow even as wild octopus populations decline, prompting a race to bring the first farm-raised product to market. At the same time, firestorms of protest in Europe and the United States over the ethics of farming such an intelligent creature are pressuring lawmakers to ban the practice altogether. After working at one of the world’s first octopus farms, on the Yucatán Peninsula, award-winning journalist Richard Schweid embarked on a global adventure to explore the ethics and future of octopus aquaculture. He traveled to octopus-farming sites in Mexico, Spain, and Japan where he met people on both sides of the ethical debate: marine biologists, businesspeople, restaurateurs, animal rights advocates, octopus farmers, and everyday fishermen whose livelihoods depend on wild octopus. In this vibrant account of his experiences, Schweid also engages pressing related issues: environmental impact; the need for sustainable farming opportunities in underresourced communities; and how global desires for specific foods place pressure on local populations. Ultimately, the appetite for octopus demonstrates the conundrums of our interconnected world—across countries, through oceans, and via the food we consume.
Girl Without a Country
Should willingness to kill be a requirement for U.S. citizenship?Girl Without a Country tells the compelling, confounding story of Martha Graber—a Mennonite, registered nurse, and conscientious objector who in 1929 was twice denied citizenship because she refused to say she would take up arms to defend the United States. The unexpected denials, which came despite Martha's pledge to give her life for her adopted country, caught the attention of a diverse group of peace advocates, religious leaders, lawyers, and politicians, setting up a climactic third court appearance. Martha's nineteen-month fight for citizenship made national news, featuring dramatic testimony, historical insights, and interesting backstories that stretched from Alsace-Lorraine in western Europe to America's heartland. Elegantly written by Martha's maternal grandson with never-before-published details and closely connected with a controversial Supreme Court decision, Girl Without a Country surfaces an array of topical issues, ranging from immigration and naturalization to conscientious objection and patriotism. Perhaps most importantly, Martha's story considers what it truly means to be an American.
Reds, Revolutions, and Rebellions
Reds, Revolutions, and Rebellions investigates how insurgent strategies from three revolutionary states – Mao's China, Guevara's Cuba, and Ho Chi Minh's Vietnam – shaped the tactics of armed movements across the Global South. The afterlife of twentieth-century communist guerilla warfare still echoes in contemporary warfare as armed Islamist groups, often seen as violently opposed to leftist principles, adopt the same military methods and tactics that Chinese leader Mao Zedong once espoused. Investigating the strategic thought of communist revolutionary movements in China, Cuba, and Vietnam, within the framework of the Global Cold War and the theoretical tensions that existed within and around the Third World Left, Benjamin R. Young exposes how these movements became the centers of revolutionary strategy and offered the most viable examples for decolonization.To examine the historical trajectory and genealogy of communist insurgency strategy from the Chinese and Cuban revolutions to the present day, Young draws on declassified intelligence reports, memoirs, and security studies scholarship to follow the migration of insurgent ideas and reveal how armed groups have studied and repurposed leftist military doctrine. He traces the ways in which communist military theory traveled far beyond its original context, challenging the assumption that insurgency was always local or ideologically fixed. In showing how leftist revolutionary war theory became a global language of resistance, Reds, Revolutions, and Rebellions reframes our understanding of both insurgency and counterinsurgency and provides a reason why, long after their revolutions, China, Cuba, and Vietnam still shape how rebels fight and how empires respond.
Sakamoto Days 12: Točíme!
Šišiba bojuje s Jocumurou, Osaragi zase s gejšou, a kjótskými uličkami se valí potoky krve! Avšak Šišibu váže k Jocumurovi dávné pouto z doby, kdy byl ještě jeho učedníkem. Co jen se mezi nimi tenkrát stalo? V JCC se mezitím odehrává finální scéna zápasu mezi Sakamotem a Kanagurim!
A Crack in the Map
Told in multiple voices over the course of one-hundred and twenty-five years, A Crack in the Map *is the evocative and immersive story of a house and its residents. From an elegant and simple premise, three timelines are spun: the stories of Jake, Lydia, and Lucy as the nineteenth century gives way to the twentieth; of Miriam and Lenny, whose time in the house spans the mid-twentieth to early twenty-first century; and of Rosie and Steve in the present. Each is overlaid with the voice of the house itself, with its own perspective on life and death, shelter and material existence. Inventive, linguistically deft, pushing at boundaries of form and narrative, *A Crack in the Map can be read in a myriad of ways, giving readers a kaleidoscope of viewpoints. ‘A novel in pieces’, written in glistening, embodied prose, A Crack in the Map, explores what we mean by home and security, how place keeps memory, how stories are told and how ownership excludes young people from shelter. A moving, enchanting and riveting second novel from a distinctive and innovative writer.
Lofoty a Vesterály
Vydejte se na průzkum říše půlnočního slunce díky 60 vybraným trasám
Navštivte odlehlé Lofoty a poznejte jedinečnou krásu severu. Čekají vás zde hluboké fjordy, rybářské vesnice, vikinské památky i velkolepá horská krajina. Vyrazte na okružní trasu k písčité pláži Kvalvika, pokochejte se výhledy z hory Reinebringen a pak zamiřte na Vesterály a podnikněte výstup na nejvyšší vrchol Moysalen. Většinu túr lze podniknout i s dětmi.
Černé Indie
Román čtenáře zavádí do prostředí skotských uhelných dolů po jejich oficiálním uzavření. Příběh sleduje rodinu důlního inženýra, která v hlubinách objevuje osadu vybudovanou bývalými horníky, a rozvíjí se v napínavé vyprávění plné technických detailů, tajemných úkazů i rodinných tajemství, jež se odehrává v unikátním podzemním světě.
Kniha vychází za kompletního ilustračního doprovodu, původních černobílých a barevných rytin, v kartonovém pouzdru, s černobílým přebalem, raženou plátěnou šitou vazbou a se zlatou ořízkou knižního bloku.
A Post-Liberal Peace
In A Post-Liberal Peace, Monalisa Adhikari shows how rising powers like India and China are reshaping global peace governance. Over recent decades, both countries have deepened engagement with institutions built on liberal principles, including those related to peacebuilding. Their growing role raises critical questions about how their approaches diverge from liberal models and their impact on the domestic politics of conflict-affected states.Focusing on India and China's involvement in peace processes in Nepal and Myanmar, Adhikari demonstrates that these powers advance distinctive, state-centered programs that privilege regional stakeholders, stability, development, and pragmatism. Operating under conditions of "negotiated coexistence" with liberal peacebuilders, their initiatives neither fully align with nor openly contest existing actors, limiting cooperation while avoiding confrontation. This pluralized form of international engagement enables domestic elites to resist external pressures, producing hybrid peace orders that incorporate some liberal elements yet remain largely at the status quo - and often illiberal.Rich with archival and interview evidence, A Post-Liberal Peace sheds light on alternative forms of peacebuilding and their on-the-ground effects in an increasingly multipolar world.
American Burial Ground
In popular mythology, the Overland Trail is typically a triumphant tale, with plucky easterners crossing the Plains in caravans of covered wagons. But not everyone reached Oregon and California. Some 6,600 migrants perished along the way and were buried where they fell, often on Indigenous land. As historian Sarah Keyes illuminates, their graves ultimately became the seeds of U.S. expansion.By the 1850s, cholera epidemics, ordinary diseases, and violence had remade the Trail into an American burial ground that imbued migrant deaths with symbolic power. In subsequent decades, U.S. officials and citizens leveraged Trail graves to claim Native ground. Meanwhile, Indigenous peoples pointed to their own sacred burial grounds to dispute these same claims and maintain their land. These efforts built on anti-removal campaigns of the 1820s and 30s, which had established the link between death and territorial claims on which the significance of the Overland Trail came to rest.In placing death at the center of the history of the Overland Trail, American Burial Ground offers a sweeping and long overdue reinterpretation of this historic touchstone. In this telling, westward migration was a harrowing journey weighed down by the demands of caring for the sick and dying. From a tale of triumph comes one of struggle, defined as much by Indigenous peoples' actions as it was by white expansion. And, finally, from a migration to the Pacific emerges instead a trail of graves. Graves that ultimately undergirded Native dispossession.
Baby Montessori Animals
Introduce babies to dozens of animal shapes in this visually-stimulating addition to the Baby Montessori Expanded board book series. These shapes are easily recognisable due to the high-contrast images printed in the first three colours babies can perceive: red, black, and white. From household pets to wild animals, these chunky board books are the perfect introduction to shapes and animals for developing minds!Designed with expert guidance, these sturdy board books feature easily recognisable animals and shapes, sparking visual development and early sensory growth with every glance.Age-Appropriate Format: The square, sturdy format is perfect for small hands, encouraging dexterity and focus.Inspired by the Montessori Method: Stimulate developing minds through this series of three-color, high-contrast images with no text.Stimulates Early Growth: Simple shapes, bold colours, and immediate themes (like animals and the world) capture attention and encourage curiosity, early associations, and sensory growth, turning reading into a visual, multisensory experience.Expertly Developed: Created in cooperation with cognitive development experts, focusing on visual clarity, safe materials, and effective communication for newborns.Introduction to Animals: A first introduction to animals of all shapes and sizes.Age 0 plus.
Mapping Power – History of Landscape in the Jordan Valley
An excavation of the Jordan Valley’s hidden history, depicting how mapping has not only documented territorial disputes but actively shaped them. For millennia, landscapes have been battlegrounds of power, history, and identity—nowhere more so than in the Jordan Rift Valley. In Mapping Power: History of Landscape in the Jordan Valley, Ben Gitai unearths the hidden forces that have shaped Naharayim/Al-Baqoura, a politically charged site at the crossroads of empire and conflict. Blending political geography and historical analysis, Gitai reveals how mapping and cartography have been wielded as tools of control by successive rulers, ranging from the Ottoman Empire and the British Mandate to present-day territorial disputes. Over one hundred and fifty years, this valley has been transformed by competing visions of land, water, and national identity, making it a microcosm of the enduring tensions in the Holy Land. Offering an intricate analysis of place and power, this book challenges conventional narratives of landscape history and exposes how maps do not merely document history but shape it.
Along the Line – Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography
Transforms the study of borders into an immersive visual and intellectual experience, revealing how boundaries are drawn and lived. Part travelogue, part scholarly inquiry, Along the Line reimagines the study of borders through the lens of lived experience and graphic storytelling. Beginning with the COVID-19 border closures of 2020, Juliet Fall embarks on a three-year journey tracing the boundary between France and Geneva, uncovering the deep historical and personal significance of these invisible lines. Through vivid sketches and a feminist political geography perspective, this work confronts conventional academic narratives and demonstrates how borders shape both landscapes and lives. Through a blend of theory with immersive storytelling, Fall invites readers to slow down, observe, and rethink their understanding of space, mobility, and belonging. Along the Line is a groundbreaking contribution to border studies, political geography, and international relations, and also a powerful example of how creative and visual methods can transform academic research.
Ferrari Under the Bed
A detailed history of the competitive life and retirement of the Ferrari 166 Mille Miglia 0046M.Darrell Westfaul owned the Ferrari 166 Mille Miglia 0046M for forty years, purchasing it as his first car when he was twenty-one. This was followed by over five decades of researching its past owners and uncovering the history they shared with it. This book results from Westfaul''s quest to gather obscure and previously unknown first-hand information about a Ferrari that not only had a successful competition career but also traveled extensively in retirement. Over its lifetime, it reached three continents and crossed the Atlantic numerous times.Had it remained in its original form, it would have been a rare and significant car. However, the modifications it underwent have made it truly unique and historically important. This book delves into the reasons behind every change, offering as much insight as can be gleaned.This volume includes a detailed account of 0046M''s competition history, with the voices of the men who raced it, transcribed directly from their memories, as well as conversations with others whose lives intersected with the car. Ultimately, this book tells the story of a man, his car, and the bond they shared over many years.
Állatfarm
,,Minden állat egyenlő, de néhány állat egyenlőbb a többinél."
,,Hajrá, Állatfarm, hajrá, állatok!" - zárja összeterelt hívei előtt mondott beszédét Napóleon, a Major Farm vezérsertése. Szükség is van a biztató szólamokra, hiszen a kis brit gazdaság lakói hiába űzték el kegyetlen gazdájukat, embertelen állatállamukat nemcsak kívülről fenyegetik, belül is sok az ellenség - az ellenforradalomra készülő John gazda és az áruló Hógolyó malac ügynökei már a tyúkólban is ott vannak. Személyi kultusz, megtorlás és háborús propaganda - semmilyen ár nem drága, ha az Állatfarm jövője a tét.
Ismerős történet?
A szovjet cenzoroknak bizonyára az volt, ugyanis nyomban betiltották George Orwell 1945-ben megjelent politikai szatíráját. Ez a sors várt a könyvre a világ összes többi diktatúrájában is, Magyarországon egészen 1989-ig csak szamizdatban volt hozzáférhető. És míg az '50-es években a CIA még lelkesen támogatta a kisregény rajzfilmes feldolgozását, napjaink Amerikájában időről időre felmerül az eltávolítása egyes iskolai könyvtárakból. Mert rezsimek jönnek és mennek, de az Állatfarm figyelmeztetése örök - az emberarcúság maszkja mögött gyakran mohó disznóvigyor rejtőzik.
Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Level 3: Bab Is Too Vain!
A real baobab tree looks like it is upside down: its branches look like roots. How did that happen? The story describes how Bab, the boastful baobab tree, is taught a much needed lesson. The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 36 enchanting stories from all over the world, complementing the original Traditional Tales titles published in 2011. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and values. All the stories are carefully levelled and matched to the phonics progression of the Oxford Reading Levels, enabling children to read the stories independently. The stories can also be used alongside other phonics programmes, such as Floppy''s Phonics and Essential Letters and Sounds. The inside cover notes will guide teachers and parents/carers in supporting their children when reading the stories. The stories will delight children while developing the essential reading skills of decoding and comprehension. Written and illustrated by authors and artists from around the world, these tales are a true global series, perfect for any child anywhere.
V tieni manipulátora
Najnovšie dielo Miroslava Búrana poskytuje zaujímavé čítanie s hlbokým ponorom do psychológie postáv, čitateľ s napätím očakáva rozuzlenie zložitých situácií., keď autor predkladá životné príbehy niekoľkých postáv, ktoré sa odvíjajú v dvoch nepomenovaných mestečkách na západnom Slovensku a v celkom nedávnom časovom rámci. Autorovou ambíciou bolo poukázať na rôzne manipulatívne stratégie, podarilo sa mu to bez nadmerného mentorovania či teoretizovania, celkom nenápadne, prostredníctvom zaujímavo spracovaných príbehov ústredných protagonistov. Románoví manipulátori prechádzajú tvrdou školou života, štádiom katarzie i osobnostným dozrievaním, takže nádej na dosiahnutie harmónie v ich vzťahoch predsa len existuje. Je ich opätovné zblíženie možné a deje sa tak aj v reálnom živote? Možno pokladať za uspokojivé riešenie práve to, ktoré naznačil autor?
Krv sa stane zábavou
Mŕtve dievča v aute uprostred sídliska. Verdikt doktora Lengyela je jednoznačný - mladá, zdravá, pekná, len trochu mŕtva. Smrť spôsobil pervitín, jeden vpich do žily a život vyprchal. Problémy nastanú, keď detektívi z oddelenia vrážd o Vierke zistia, že nikdy nebrala drogy, nefajčila, pila len biele víno, aj to príležitostne. Obsah žalúdka a rozbor krvi hovoria niečo iné. Aj podozrivé zmiznutie jej frajera prispeje k tomu, že celý prípad sa hneď po prvých výsluchoch zahalí rúškom tajomstva. Neostáva nič iné, len vrátiť sa na začiatok a podľa zaužívaných pravidiel vyšetrovania rozpletať záhadu mŕtvej Vierky trpezlivo, krok za krokom. Prvé zistenia sú zaujímavé, jej vážna známosť Marek nie je len obyčajný elektrikár a o Vierku ako o dôležitú svedkyňu majú záujem aj iné zložky polície, bohužiaľ, neskoro. Ani Marekovi kamaráti, banda holohlavých chuligánov v bomberách a kanadách, nie sú mimo podozrenia, hoci navonok sa tvária ako stelesnená spravodlivosť a tvrdá ruka zákona zároveň, v skutočnosti majú ich nočné nájazdy väčšinou krvavý koniec. Chlapci zo stoštyridsaťjednotky sa neponáhľajú, vedia, že páchateľ je na blízku a nemá kam uniknúť. Keby tušili, čo sa chystá v piatok, pohli by si, zatkli by tých, ktorí si to zaslúžia, už vo štvrtok a život v Našom Meste by sa od toho zlomového osudného dňa uberal úplne iným smerom.
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