The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved drawing comparisons between the CMHR and institutions elsewhere in the world that emphasize human rights and social justice.

Understanding Atrocities is a wide-ranging collection of essays bridging scholarly and community-based efforts to understand and respond to the global, transhistorical problem of genocide. The essays in this volume investigate how evolving, contemporary views on mass atrocity frame and complicate the possibilities for the understanding and prevention of genocide. The contributors ask, among other things, what are the limits of the law, of history, of literature, and of education in underst...

In our complex, consumerist societies, the intricacy of personal interactions and the number of goods and products available often prevents us from direct knowledge of what lies ‘behind’ food behaviors, ingredients, and the origins of the modern food and agriculture supply chain. Over the last decade or so, scholars, lawyers and engaged lay vegans have had many discussions about vegan rights and discrimination as issues intrinsic to animal rights, but the final frontier remains intact: the...

The Chinese Buddhist canon is a systematic collection of all translated Buddhist scriptures and related literatures created in East Asia and has been regarded as one of the “three treasures” in Buddhist communities. Despite its undisputed importance in the history of Buddhism, research on this huge collection has remained largely the province of Buddhologists focusing on textual and bibliographical studies. We thus aim to initiate methodological innovations to study the transformation of t...

Découvrez une version pour enfant richement illustrée du livre le plus lu dans le monde : la BibleCe premier épisode de la Bible raconte la création du monde, le Paradis, Adam et Eve ainsi que la naissance de Caïn et Abel.Au commencement, il n'y avait rien ! Rien qu'un immense vide froid et sombre sans vie. Un jour, il y a très longtemps, Dieu créa le ciel et la terre. On ne sait combien de temps il fallut pour créer la vie sur terre, car, à cette époqu...

The purpose of Communicating in the Anthropocene: Intimate Relations is to tell a different story about the world. Humans, especially those raised in Western traditions, have long told stories about themselves as individual protagonists who act with varying degrees of free will against a background of mute supporting characters and inert landscapes. Humans can be either saviors or destroyers, but our actions are explained and judged again and again as emanating from the individual. And yet...

The staggering rate of environmental pollution and animal abuse despite constant efforts to educate the public and raise awareness challenges the prevailing belief that the absence of serious action is a consequence of a poorly informed public. In recent decades alternative explanations of social and political inaction have emerged, including denialism. Challenging the information-deficit model, denialism proposes that people actively avoid unpleasant information that threatens their estab...

This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific progress and what life will look like in the genetic age.

There’s no such thing as Vampires… right?That’s what Jake’s good friend Ariana thought. So why did somebody drop a body covered with bites at the hospital where she works? And why is she being followed by creepy dudes?Jake wants answers, and he’s going to get them no matter the cost. He’s also going to learn that, “We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spi...

Discover a richly illustrated children's version of the world's most read book: the BibleIn this first book, find out about the creation of the world, Adam and Eve and the birth of Cain and Abel.In the beginning, there was nothing! Only a huge, cold, dark and lifeless emptiness. One day, a very long time ago, God created heaven and earth. No one is quite sure how long it took to create life on earth because one day could have lasted a million years.

Commercials tell us what to buy. Songs tell us what to feel. News channels tell us what to think. Television shows us what we should see.What do you do when a small group of people control all of these outlets?Up is down. Danger is safe. Wrong is right.Jake Muller has been dropped into a world that has been engineered to destroy him… good luck with that.

Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways they address these challenges. The book explores the development of major crop...