Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches offers nine case studies from several academic disciplines. The chapters describe the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity within the Muslim communities of Amdo and illustrate complex social interactions with other Amdo communities. While relations between Han Chinese and Tibetans, and between Han Chinese and Muslims in Qinghai and Gansu, have already attracted scholarly attention, this volume has a special foc...

This 5,000 word story contains:* Oral Sex* Exhibition Sex* Stranger Sex* Werewolf SexCarmen didn’t know what to expect when she was told that she was going to be put into an arranged mating but the last thing she ever expected was to fall madly in lust on first sight.From the moment she sees him, before she is even told he is her designated mate, all she can ...

Née en 1908 à Paris, Simone de Beauvoir obtient l’agrégation de philosophie en 1929. Elle consacre sa vie à l’écriture de fictions et d’essais. Son œuvre théorique s’inscrit dans le courant de la philosophie existentialiste, dont elle développe une conception originale en l’articulant aux théories de Hegel, de Marx et de la phénoménologie ainsi qu’aux méthodes des sciences sociales. Avec Le deuxième sexe, paru en 1949, elle fonde la philosophie du genre, un champ de la philosophie...

Désireuse de marquer son premier siècle d’existence et d’édifier un monument qui survive à une éphémère célébration, l’École normale supérieure avait publié en 1895 un Livre du Centenaire qui retraçait l’histoire des cent années écoulées depuis le décret de la Convention. Ce livre dont la Bibliothèque de l’École conserve précieusement un exemplaire dans sa réserve est aujourd’hui introuvable. À l’approche du bicentenaire, il a paru souhaitable de le réimprimer pour le rendre au public. [.....

A “heartfelt and thoroughly enriching” (Aimee Nezhukumatathil, New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders) work that expands on how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics Circle finalist Camille T. Dungy diversifies her garden to reflect her heritage.In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden poet and scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the...

Governments around the world are seeing the locality as a key arena for effecting changes in governance, restructuring state/civil society relations and achieving sustainable growth. This is the first book to critically analyse this shift towards localism in planning through exploring neighbourhood planning; one of the fastest growing, most popular and most contentious contemporary planning initiatives.Bringing together original empirical research with critical perspectives on gove...

An unforgettable, poetic, raw, and emotional debut novel about love, secrets, and survival, perfect for fans of Jahquel J., Shvonne Latrice, and Elle Kayson.Love doesn’t always come wrapped in peace. Sometimes it appears amidst chaos.Niyah Evans is a registered nurse with a bleeding heart and a backbone built from survival. After raising her younger brother on her own and grinding her way through nursing school, she thought she finally had ...

Tasha and Juelz were the perfect definition of meant for each other. To everyone watching, they were inseparable. An unbreakable bond of heat, passion, and a future they were determined to secure.But even the strongest bond has a breaking point.When a private, agonizing struggle begins to tear at their seams, the weight of what they can’t have becomes a suffocating cage. Driven by the pressure and the deafening quiet of their home, Juelz is forced into a betrayal that threa...

An aspiring pop star crafts a fake relationship with a small-town boy to rehab her image, until her ex and her real feelings get in the way in this “delightful” (Booklist, starred review) romance perfect for fans of Lynn Painter.Love Thompson went viral. Now she has it all—fifty million followers, brand deals, a Hollywood address, and the fast track to the music career she’s always dreamed of—until…she doesn’t.Afte...

In this provocative and broad-ranging work, the authors argue that the ways in which knowledge - scientific, social and cultural - is produced are undergoing fundamental changes at the end of the twentieth century. They claim that these changes mark a distinct shift into a new mode of knowledge production which is replacing or reforming established institutions, disciplines, practices and policies.Identifying features of the new mode of knowledge production - reflexivity, transdisc...

Gagner de l’argent en dormant. La promesse est partout, vendue par des “gourous” qui exhibent des voitures de location et te font croire à l’argent magique. Face à cette complexité et à ces illusions, tu te sens paralysé(e), convaincu(e) que ce monde n’est pas pour toi.Tu rêves de te libérer de l’échange “temps contre argent”, mais tu es coincé(e). Face aux centaines d’idées disponibles, tu ne sais pas laquelle choisir. Tu crois ne pas avoir de compétence spéciale....

No art manifestation is really isolated. However new it may seem, it is always based upon the previous epochs. The true masters do not give lessons, because art cannot be taught, but they set the example. To admire them does not mean to imitate them: it means the recognition in them of the principles of originality and the comprehension of their source, so that this eternal source may be called to life in oneself, this source which springs from a sincere and sympathetic vision of the aspec...