Under the current cartographies of globalism, where frontiers mutate, vacillate, and mark the contiguity of discourse, questioning the Spanish border seems a particularly urgent task. The volume engages a wide spectrum of ambivalent regions—subjects that currently are, or have been seen in the past, as spaces of negotiation and contestation. However, they converge in their perception of the “Spanish” nation-space as a historical and ideological construct that is perpetually going through...
Ajakirjaniku ja kirjaniku Leonid Mletšini (s. 1957) nimi ei ole meie lugejale võõras, tema kahe raamatu „Välisministrid. Romantikud ja küünikud“ ning „KGB. Riiklike julgeolekuorganite esimehed. Paljastatud saladused“ tõlked eesti keelde on tõsist huvi äratanud. Leonid Brežnevi nimega on seotud terve ajastu Nõukogude riigi ajaloos, mis järgnes Nikita Hrutovi voluntaristlikule valitsemisajale. Autor jälgib Brežnevi elukäiku, tema tõusude ja mõõnadega kujunemislugu ning saamist NLKP peasekretäriks,...
Van klipdagga en dawidjieswortel uit die Karoo-aarde wat krag en gesondheid aan mens en dier gee tot die luis van Auschwitz wat jou dood beteken – dis die reikwydte van die wêreld wat in Brouhaha aangevat word. Stories om oor te lag of treurig te word. En as jy laatnag nog aan die verhale knibbel en ’n bietjie angstig word, gaan kombuis toe en maak vir jou ’n Warmtoddy.Die resep is op bl. 288.
George Brown (1818-1880) was the influential editor of the Toronto Globe , the most powerful newspaper in British North America. He was also leader of the Liberal Party, arch-rival of John A. Macdonald, and the statesman who held the key to Confederation at its most critical stage. This second volume traces the sectional conflict that brought political deadlock by 1864 and makes clear Brown's vital function in finding a way out. It also sets out in meticulous detail his career after...
The Arab-Israeli war of 1973, the first oil price shock, and France’s transition from Gaullist to centrist rule in 1974 coincided with the United States’ attempt to redefine transatlantic relations. As the author argues, this was an important moment in which the French political elite responded with an unprecedented effort to construct an internationally influential and internally cohesive European entity. Based on extensive multi-archival research, this study combines analysis of French policy...
Kortverhale op die snykant van die liefde, dit is Izak de Vries se jongste bundel. Kitsliefde oor die internet, ongebreidelde begeerte, oop verhoudings . . . bevredig dit die mens se soeke na die liefde? Begeerte, wys hy, bly lewend deur die onvervulbaarheid daarvan. Die liefde bly daarom, soos skryfwerk oor die liefde, altyd net dit: byna liefde.
In this investigation of the life and varied careers of True Davidson, Eleanor Darke seeks to discover what can be «truly said about True» – a fascinating and contradictory woman who was always ahead of her time. "There was no quitter in her make-up and she fought like a banshee for whatever she believed in – which was people, truth, Canada. People either loved her or loathed her. None was indifferent. All her life True Davidson stood for human values. And traditions. Her courage and...
"Candide" is the famous satire and best-known work by Voltaire. First published in 1759, «Candide» is the story of its central character who travels throughout Europe and South America experiencing and witnessing much misfortune on the way. It is within the clever construct of this narrative that Voltaire refutes the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, whose central idea was that life was the best of all possible worlds and that disasters, should they occur, were harbingers of better...
"Candide" is the famous satire and best-known work by Voltaire. First published in 1759, «Candide» is the story of its central character who travels throughout Europe and South America experiencing and witnessing much misfortune on the way. It is within the clever construct of this narrative that Voltaire refutes the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, whose central idea was that life was the best of all possible worlds and that disasters, should they occur, were harbingers of better...
Cetywayo and His White Neighbours is a 1882 nonfiction book by Henry Rider Haggard. It was based on his time working in South Africa.
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre.