Att ha och inte ha
Rikedom, kvinnor och berömmelse är inte så märkvärdigt som många tror. Det tycker i alla fall den före detta rockstjärnan Mason Star. Han har både haft och mist det. Nu, flera år senare, är han på väg att förlora ännu mer: sin son, och Mulligans - kollek[...]
Ernest Hemingways roman Att ha och inte ha i nyöversättning och med ett initierat efterord av Christian Ekvall.Huvudpersonen i Att ha och inte ha ? Harry Morgan ? är en av det hemingwayska författarskapets mest oförglömliga hjältar. En gång i tiden var han en hederlig medborgare. Numera är [...]
Uttåget ur Egypten hör till det judiska folkets mest storslagna berättelser. Här står slaveri mot frihet, uppbrott mot stagnation, offer mot förövare.
Alla vi - modernitetens barn - kan känna in och igen oss i detta drama. Förutom grundberättelsen inkluderas i boken Denna afton[...]
Using introductions, end of chapter reviews, fact-filled tables, and related multiple-choice questions, this title provides the reader with the biochemistry overview. It includes clinical case studies for understanding basic science, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases.[...]
The first textbook dedicated to global sourcing in textiles and apparel. Global Sourcing in the Textile and Apparel Industry, 1e is the first text to examine the crucial function of global sourcing in the textile and apparel industries, providing practical insight into both how and why global sourci[...]
Ha-Joon Chang's "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism" turns received economic wisdom on its head to show you how the world really works. In this revelatory book, Ha-Joon Chang destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us an alternative view of the world, including: there's no such[...]
A foreign film importer, Gi-yeong is a family man with a wife and daughter. An aficionado of Heineken, soccer, and sushi, he is also a North Korean spy who has been living among his enemies for twenty-one years.
Suddenly he receives a mysterious email, a directive seemingly from the home office.[...]
In the fast-paced, high-urban landscape of Seoul, C and K are brothers who have fallen in love with the same woman--Se-yeon--who tears at both of them as they all try desperately to find real connection in an atomized world. A spectral, nameless narrator haunts the edges of their lives as he tells o[...]
' ...methodologically innovative ...precise and perceptive and conscious ...' - "Text and Performance Quarterly". '"Woman, Native, Other" is located at the juncture of a number of different fields and disciplines, and it genuinely succeeds in pushing the boundaries of these disciplines further. It i[...]
The award-winning author of "Waiting "and "War Trash" returns to his homeland in a searing new novel that unfurls during one of the darkest moments of the twentieth century: the Rape of Nanjing.
In 1937, with the Japanese poised to invade Nanjing, Minnie Vautrin--an American missionary and the d[...]
From the award-winning author of "Waiting" and "War Trash: " a riveting tale of espionage and conflicted loyalties that spans half a century in the entwined histories of two countries--China and the United States--and two families.
When Lilian Shang, born and raised in America, discovers her fa[...]
What if your greatest wish could be granted? The enigmatic mansion on 6 Roland Street belongs to one Mr. Void, who resides on the seventh floor. Unbeknownst to the rest of the tenants in Void's mansion, their greatest wishes could be granted. And as the stories of the residents intertwine, they soon[...]
Chronicles one of the most brutal and crucial confrontations between Americans and the Viet Cong, when 450 U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the Ia Drang Valley and were immediately surrounded by two thousand North Vietnamese soldiers. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.[...]
"In Waiting, Ha Jin portrays the life of Lin Kong, a dedicated doctor torn by his love for two women: one who belongs to the New China of the Cultural Revolution, the other to the ancient traditions of his family's village. Ha Jin profoundly understands the conflict between the individual and societ[...]
Colloquial Vietnamese is easy to use and completely up-to-date. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, this course provides a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Vietnamese. No prior knowledge of the language is required.Colloquial Vietnamese is: interactive w[...]
CD's copyright date 2003, book c1994 reprinted 2003.
"This book focuses on China's increasing involvement in global governance as a result of the phenomenal rise in its global power. It provides a comprehensive assessment of China's increasing influence over how world affairs are being managed, how other major powers are reacting to the increasing Chi[...]
The dwellings of hundreds of African ethnic groups offer a variety of conceptions and building practices that contradict the widespread image of the primitive hut commonly attributed to rural Africa. Each house or group of houses is designed not only to shelter the members of a family, but also to e[...]
Winner of the 2012 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) World-renowned filmmaker and feminist, postcolonial thinker Trinh T. Minh-ha is one of the most powerful and articulate voices in both independent filmmaking and cultural politics. Elsewhere, Within H[...]
Endless travel in cyberspace, virtual reality, and the dream of limitless speed: technology changes our sense of self. In this new book, Trinh Minh-ha explores the way technology transforms our perception of reality. "We are all engaged in social rituals in our daily activities," she writes, "and b[...]
Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny--and why? In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter, cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems uncovers what's happening in our h[...]