This accessible, exquisite novel shines with gentle humor and explores themes of moving, family, nature, and immigration. It tells the story of Aref Al-Amri, who must say good-bye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michig[...]

I Moderne oppvekst samles filosofen, psykologen, sosiologen, pedagogen, forskere og praktikere i å utvikle en flerfaglig tilnærming til barns og unges oppvekstvilkår i det moderne. Boken henvender seg til alle profesjoner som har barns oppvekst som sitt fagfelt. Den er skrevet for studenter, unde[...]

Etter de grusomme hendelsene 22.7. 2011 opplevde vi i Norge en nasjonal samling rundt kjærlighet og roser. Tilsynelatende spontant oppsto en ideologiproduksjon hvor Ap-staten og nasjonalstaten ble ett, det nye norske Vi. På et blunk var gatene fylt av "kjærlighet". Men samtidig med de tragiske he[...]

Her kommer oppfølgeren til Pilates-mattetrening, som ble produsert og distribuert i 2005. Her finner du nye og bedre øvelser, bedre kvalitet og nye utfordringer! Tilrettelagt både nybegynner og de som har trent Pilates i lengre tid. DVD'n består også av en bedre og mer nøyaktig innføring av[...]

Indholdsfortegnelse gengivet af Dansk Bibliotekscenter: Udvikling af ledelse og organisationer - viden til fremtiden ; Ledelsesperspektiv (Ledelse i den nye offentlige orden - et scenarie. Hverdagsledelse i en sygehusafdeling. Udfordringer til gymnasieledelse og medarbejdere. Måske er dennye l[...]

Sexuality has always been an obsessive human concern; it has often been the real subject of cultural, religious, and political discourses that did not dare to mention it or did not have the language for addressing it directly. We now possess both the language and the cultural temerity to discuss sex[...]

The critically acclaimed author of The Paradox of American Power offers a sweeping look at the nature of leadership in today's world and argues that the most effective leaders are the ones who combine hard and soft power skills in proportions that vary with different situations.[...]

With The Powers to Lead, Joseph S. Nye Jr. offers a sweeping look at the nature of leadership in today's world, in an illuminating blend of history, business case studies, psychological research, and more. As he observes, many now believe that the more authoritarian and coercive forms of leadership-[...]

Updated in its 9th edition, Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation is a concise and penetrating introduction to world politics in an era of complex interdependence. This text employs lessons from theory and history to examine conflict and cooperating among global actors and thus to provide re[...]

Where were you when the lights went out? At home during a thunderstorm? During the Great Northeastern Blackout of 1965? In California when rolling blackouts hit in 2000? In 2003, when a cascading power failure left fifty million people without electricity? We often remember vividly our time in the d[...]

Where were you when the lights went out? At home during a thunderstorm? During the Great Northeastern Blackout of 1965? In California when rolling blackouts hit in 2000? In 2003, when a cascading power failure left fifty million people without electricity? We often remember vividly our time in the d[...]

Technology has long played a central role in the formation of Americans' sense of selfhood. From the first canal systems through the moon landing, Americans have, for better or worse, derived unity from the common feeling of awe inspired by large-scale applications of technological prowess. American[...]