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The purpose of the book is to highlight the critical and intercultural potential of foreign languages and foreign language education. The book addresses the complexity of the experience of (foreign) languages and offers both theoretical interdisciplinary suggestions and applied examples of activities.

Melanie Klein left Germany in 1926 and settled in London where she soon quarrelled with Anna Freud. Klein pioneered the psychoanalysis of children and applied her insights on the infantile origins of unconscious drives to adult analysis. Her relationship with her own children was troubled.

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This study provides a broad examination of historical memory of World War II. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the contributors analyze how the war is perceived, how it was commemorated on the seventieth anniversary of its conclusion, and how contemporary politics affects historical memory.

The first encyclopedia to analyze, summarize, and explain the complexities of men's lives and the idea of modern manhood.

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An epic poem touching on issues of racism, intolerance and environmental destructions.

Serving as an indispensable resource for students and general-interest readers alike, this three-volume work provides a comprehensive view of mental health that covers both mental well-being and mental illness.

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Sarah A. Mattice develops a comparative intervention in contemporary metaphilosophy. Drawing on resources from hermeneutics, cognitive linguistics, aesthetics, and Chinese philosophy, she explores how philosophical language is deeply intertwined with the definition and practice of the discipline.

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Cross-referencing neurobiological knowledge with the invariance hypothesis, relevance theory, and frame semantics, Metaphor from the Ground Up: Understanding Figurative Language in Context unifies metaphor theory, fundamentally rethinks context, and moves linguistics into the twenty-first century.

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Method as Identity considers how social identity shapes methodological standpoints. With a refreshing hip hop sensibility, Miller and Driscoll reorient the contemporary academic study of religion toward recognition of the costs and benefits of manufacturing critical distance from our objects of study.

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(, New edition)

An intrepid spaceboy, a broken-down spaceship and lashings of adventure The perfect boy-centered picture book for 2 to 4 year olds

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This book explores the domestic and international relations of countries in the Middle East and North Africa using the focus of ideas and repeat interactions employed by constructivism. This book incorporates rich history and analyses of political trends and figures of the region to develop a deeper understanding of Middle East politics.

(Paperback, 21st birthday celebratory ed)

Written by the author of "The Virgin Suicides" with an introduction by Colm Toibin.

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While no one wants to experience loss, there is tremendous learning to be had from grievingwhether from the loss of a job, loved one, a home, or ones own hopes and dreams. This book views loss and change during midlife as fertilizer for new dreams. Many stories of loss show how grieving can evolve into a period of new beginnings.

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A book of recipes and reflections that reveal the life-changing happiness of cooking.

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Alaskan investigator Kate Shugak is in trouble and trying to stay hidden. But her best friend needs her help solve a case, one that turns out to be more dangerous than either of them assumed.

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Building upon cases of the United States, South Africa, and Malta, this book examines issues of migration in the early twenty-first century. It explores dynamics of opposition to and acceptance of migrants and refugees as nations continue to experience cycles of human movement.

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This book examines, from the angle of more than a dozen perspectives, the heritage of Mikhail Bakhtin, one of the most prominent thinkers and influential literary figures of the twentieth century. It opens a new critical discourse that reshapes our current understanding of Bakhtin.

From the introduction of gunpowder to the era of nuclear weapons, military technological advances have been at the forefront of change. These changes in weaponry have led to the outcome of many historical events and the downfall or success of major civilizations. This book looks at the impact military weaponry has had on historical events.

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Based on over a decade of qualitative research, Milk on the Side explores the lived experiences of parents and other caregivers of children who, either intentionally or accidentally, have practiced "extended" nursing (breastfeeding or chestfeeding a child beyond two years)

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Based on over a decade of qualitative research, Milk on the Side explores the lived experiences of parents and other caregivers of children who, either intentionally or accidentally, have practiced "extended" nursing (breastfeeding or chestfeeding a child beyond two years)

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Proposes a new approach to the study of mental phenomena which applies selectionist ideas to problems of mind and behavior.