In the twenty-first century, democracies across the globe are in crisis. The strength of basic democratic institutions and core enduring political principles and values are eroding in key regions and countries. Authoritarian regimes are rising and populist leaders are emerging. Democracy in Crisis across the World weaves threads of history and politics in two parts to analyze how long this trend may last and what the future may bring. By first examining the state of democracy in Sub-Sahara...

In Inequality and Governance in an Uncertain World: Perspectives on Democratic & Autocratic Governments, the authors address structural and systemic inequalities in democratic and autocratic governments from a multidimensional perspective in nine world regions (Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Eurasia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, and Latin America). Their focus is on issues of race, caste, class, gender, religion, culture, and ...

“One of the most significant books in my life.” –Obie Fernandez, Author, The Rails Way“Twenty years ago, the first edition of The Pragmatic Programmer completely changed the trajectory of my career. This new edition could do the same for yours.” –Mike Cohn, Author of Succeeding with Agile , Agile Estimating and Planning , and User Stories Applied“. . . filled with practical advice, both technical and professional, that will s...

Vous rêvez de programmer et ne savez pas par où commencer ? Vous souhaitez vous lancer en douceur, sans zèle ni maux de tête ? Le Programmeur pragmatique est fait pour vous. Il se démarque par son approche holistique, synthétique et accessible. Le principe : développer une culture du bon sens et de l'esprit critique, clé du talent des programmeurs, en alliant méthodologie, exemples concrets, outils et astuces techniques.Un ouvrage évolutif qui vous accompagnera tout au long de votr...

Nos réactions, nos émotions, nos décisions découlent d'un long processus qui se nourrit de notre histoire, de nos expériences passées, et fait que notre cerveau est différent de celui du voisin.• Que se passe-t-il alors quand plusieurs cerveaux collaborent ?• En quoi chacun de nous est-il potentiellement talentueux ?• Comment développer ses talents et son agilité mentale ?• Que faire pour articuler les talents et coopérer avec les autres ?Dans cet ouvrag...

Thomas Merton was arguably the twentieth century's most widely published and widely read spiritual writer. This book explores Merton's prophetic writings and experience as they offer guidance for spiritual seekers in their search to experience God, to simplify their lives, to live more humanly, and to shape Christian community in the face of alienation, consumerism, noise, and technology. The book includes parts of three previously unpublished conference contributions by Merton on technolo...

A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua and comic strip artist Donnie Pitchford, The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection is a series of new stories and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows.A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1This half-hour anthology represents more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director. Each half-hour...

Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS) includes scholars and practitioners throughout the world working in peace studies, conflict analysis and resolution, conflict management, appropriate dispute resolution, and peace and justice studies. They come to the PCS field with a diversity of ideas, approaches, disciplinary roots, and topic areas, which speaks to the complexity, breadth, and depth needed to apply and take account of conflict dynamics and the goal of peace. Yet, a number of key concerns...

What others in the trenches say about The Pragmatic Programmer...“The cool thing about this book is that it’s great for keeping the programming process fresh. The book helps you to continue to grow and clearly comes from people who have been there.”—Kent Beck, author of Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change“I found this book to be a great mix of solid advice and wonderful analogies!”—Martin ...

The Summer 2025 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Summer 2025 issue, edited by Victor LaValle, features prose by Helen Phillips, Deesha Philyaw, S.A. Cosby, Joanna Pear...

The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist from the provinces who has come to conquer Paris and is conquered by the flaws in his own genius. While his boyhood friend Pierre Sandoz becomes a successful novelist, Claude's originality is mocked at the Salon and turns gradually into a doomed obsession with one great canvas. Life - in the form of his model and wife Christine and their deformed child Jacques - is sacrificed on the altar...

Trash und Tentakel, Lovecraft und Liebesspiele, Künstler und Kranke, Hentai, Horror und Halluzinationen, Alkohol und Atemnot, Weltraum und Wahnsinn, Biker, Bienen und Bordelle – all das versammelt und tummelt sich auch in der zweiten Inkarnation unserer völlig durchgeknallten Tentakelporn-Anthologie, denn die beteiligten Autorinnen und Autoren sind allesamt irre. Irre einfallsreich, irre versaut oder düster oder beides, irre mutig und irre wunderbar. Lückenfüller 2 – Jetzt noch abgrundtief...