Dorothy Day’s unpretentious account of the life of St. Thérèse of Lisieux sheds light on the depth of Day’s Catholic spirituality and illustrates why Thérèse’s simplicity and humility are so vital for today. Whether you are called to the active life like Day or a more hidden existence like Thérèse, you will discover that these paths have much in common and can lead you to a love that has the power to transform you in ways that are unexpected and consequential.Now back in print, thi...

Välkommen till världen av ”Hart Tech”, där hjärtat och teknologin kolliderar i en storm av passion. Författare Maria-Therése Brandberg väver en historia om två själar vars öden blir ohjälpligt sammanflätade i kärnan av New Yorks affärsvärld.Aidan Hart, ett briljant datageni, har dedikerat sitt liv åt sitt företag, Hart Tech. Kärlek och romantik finns inte på hans agenda, då de endast stör den kalla logik som styr hans beslut. Olivia Johnson, den nya HR-partnern med svensk-amerikans...

As private companies assume a growing role in climate adaptation, their strategies may harm society and ecosystems unless grounded in responsible business conduct. This Element offers a new perspective on responsible business conduct in climate adaptation, presenting a theoretical framework that explains how regulatory and political factors external to firms influence their consideration of societal needs when adapting to climate change. Using a novel quantitative and qualitative dataset, ...

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Hon tänkte ju inte döda honom. Bara litegrann. En dag får Asta, 83, nog och slår ihjäl den rasistiske knölen Herman. Men att bli av med en död kropp på 90 kilo är svårare än man kan tro. Asta skjuter listigt över skulden på en anställd på äldreboendet Solglimten, packar sin väska och rymmer ut i världen; fylld av entusiasm och livslust snarare än skam och ånger. Men som efterlyst är det knepigt att ta sig fram, särskilt om man i kvällspressen utpekas som dubbelmördare. Asta lyckas med hjäl...

Hon tänkte ju inte döda honom. Bara litegrann. En dag får Asta, 83, nog och slår ihjäl den rasistiske knölen Herman. Men att bli av med en död kropp på 90 kilo är svårare än man kan tro. Asta skjuter listigt över skulden på en anställd på äldreboendet Solglimten, packar sin väska och rymmer ut i världen; fylld av entusiasm och livslust snarare än skam och ånger. Men som efterlyst är det knepigt att ta sig fram, särskilt om man i kvällspressen utpekas som dubbelmördare. Asta lyckas med hjäl...

This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area’s population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry. Drawing on ethnographic research into Peruvian mining localities, the author analyses a series of relationships which are characterized by confrontations, clientelism, demobilization and strategic collaboration. By presenting a detailed account of micro practices and showing how these proce...

This collection of more than a dozen essays focuses on the political dynamics of race, class, and nationalism in the contemporary Caribbean. Despite the plethora of studies on nationalism in the Caribbean, few have attempted to look at the phenomenon as a political invention that does not—and cannot—serve the interests of all: how essentialist, reductive, overdetermining nationalism is a political and conceptual confusion that forever stalls the project of universal human emancipation....

When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and that she possesses a special talent for bringing lovers together. The young heiress next busies herself with finding a suitable husband for her friend and protégé, Harriet Smith, setting off an entertaining sequence of comic mishaps and misunderstanding in this sparkling...

When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and that she possesses a special talent for bringing lovers together. The young heiress next busies herself with finding a suitable husband for her friend and protégé, Harriet Smith, setting off an entertaining sequence of comic mishaps and misunderstanding in this sparkling...

Therese Raquin is one of the most famous realistic novels of Zola, and is a tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes of Parisian society of the nineteenth century. Located in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a drab haberdashery shop in the passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, this powerful novel tells of how the heroine and her lover, Laurent, kill her husband, Camille, but are subsequently haunted by visions of the dead preventing the enjoyment of the fruits of their crime.

When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and that she possesses a special talent for bringing lovers together. The young heiress next busies herself with finding a suitable husband for her friend and protégé, Harriet Smith, setting off an entertaining sequence of comic mishaps and misunderstanding in this sparkling...