Studies of Northern Ireland's ex-combatants ignore religion, while advocates of religious interventions in transitional justice exaggerate its influence. Using interview data with ex-combatants, this book explores religious influences upon violence and peace, and develops a model for evaluating the[...]

Imagine a nation?banishing the outside world for two centuries, crushing all vestiges of Christianity, forbidding its subjects to leave its shores on pain of death, and harbouring a deep mistrust of European ideas. The narrow window onto this nation-fortress is a walled, artificial island attached t[...]

The film tie-in edition of David Mitchell's prize-winning novel. The film, released internationally in 2012, stars Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Halle Berry, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant and Jim Broadbent.

A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a young Pacific islander witnessing the n[...]

Each of these slipcased limited editions is signed and numbered, and has a ribbon marker and specially illustrated endpapers. With a print run of just 500, this is a treat for collectors. One drowsy summer's day in 1984, teenage runaway Holly Sykes encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindn[...]

What's wrong with calling a burglar brave? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? Why is every film and TV programme a sequel o[...]

It's clever, it's creative, and most of all, it's fun: super origami made with those stick-it desk notes found on every desk. These projects make work just a little more entertaining.
Everyone has them in the office and even at home: ordinary pads of sticky notes in a range of colors and sizes. [...]

Skyatlas består av seks ulike historier der hver enkelt har gjenklang i den neste. Her finner vi sjøreisen, brevromanen, miljøthrilleren, dagboksromanen, science-fiction og apokalypsebeskrivelsen vevd sammen til et tankevekkende hele. Det er en bok som inneholder alt! Det er på én gang en overd[...]

Pilvikartasto on kiehtova romaani läpi vuosisatojen kestävästä vapauden etsinnästä, joka kietoo yhteen kuusi elämää eri aikakausilta ja maailmankolkista. Eri tyylilajeja nerokkaasti hyödyntävä tarina avautuu kerros kerrokselta huikaisevaksi kirjalliseksi seikkailuksi."Erinomainen kirja,[...]

Pilvikartasto on brittikirjailija David Mitchellin (s. 1969) kolmas romaani. Kirjan kerrontatekniikkaa on verrattu venäläiseen maatuska-nukkeen, jossa jokaisen nuken sisältä paljastuu uusi nukke. Mitchellin luoma jännite, ihmisyyden olemuksen luotaaminen ja monikerroksinen sanataide pitävät l[...]