Understanding of the pathology and causation of anorectal diseases is constantly increasing. This has led to changes in how treatment is cho sen. There is almost no anorectal condition for which some new thera peutic approach has not been recently tried, and several of these do not involve surgery at all. In any developing field it is important to maintain contact with change. Surgery of Anorectal Diseases does this in abundance by its very breadth and by the detailed and up-to-date manner...

"Impressive story of surmounting tremendous difficulties to help others." -Kirkus ReviewsStanding alone in the baggage claim of JFK International Airport, 9-year-old Christine anxiously awaited the arrival of her new parents. After the untimely death of her beloved mother and the abandonment by her father, Christine was sent by her grandmother to the United States in the hope of a better future. Little did Christine know that the journey would isolate her from h...

“Vapurun merdiveninden inerken hâkî renkli elbiseli bir zabit pasaportuma baktı. Merdivenden ayaklarım yepyeni bir karaya, bir âleme doğru ilerliyordu. Ayağım vapurun sahile yaslanan merdiveninin son kademesinde idi. Bir saniye sonra ayak basacağım toprağı hâlâ kafamda tasarlayamamıştım.Moskova ve Sovyetler İhtilali’ne dair birçok kitaplar okumuştum. Fakat bence bunların tek kabahatleri bir taraflı olmaları idi. Ya hayranlar ütopiye benzer bir âlemden bahsetmişler yahut da düşmanlar...

Given the historical and cultural richness of countries in the Middle East region, as well as the economic development many have exhibited in recent years, tourism planning and development gains much significance for both scholars and practitioners. Turbulence, conflicts and crises exhibited in the area add further dimensions that need to be incorporated in tourism strategies and planning, and be taken into consideration by experts at an institutional, corporate and educational level. Furt...

Cat Society is a witty and bonkers story of life and politics in Westminster – reimagining the debates, events and headlines of recent years had the world been run by cats. A lot changes. A lot doesn’t.The country is on the brink of bankruptcy, and backbencher Douglas Schnitty is disappointed with the thousands of homeless cats sleeping by the bins. He gets frustrated with higher powers who only seem to care about their own interests and preserving the country’s finances.

What Is a People? seeks to reclaim "people" as an effective political concept by revisiting its uses and abuses over time. Alain Badiou surveys the idea of a people as a productive force of solidarity and emancipation and as a negative tool of categorization and suppression. Pierre Bourdieu follows with a sociolinguistic analysis of "popular" and its transformation of democracy, beliefs, songs, and even soups into phenomena with outsized importance. Judith Butler calls out those w...

The Iranian Revolution represented to intellectuals and professionals the potential of spiritual values to triumph over the great power of economic imperialism. Yet out of this revolution has emerged an identity crisis that touches Islamic ideological heights and reaches down to the very ground of Islamic practice. The contributors to this collection, experts on Iranian cultural and political history, analyze the 'fragmented self' of today's Iranian, refracted through that country's instit...

Où l'on verra quand et comment l'esclavage de type américain a engendré le système racial. Où l'on comprendra pourquoi le développement de rapports d'égalité à l'intérieur de la communauté blanche a favorisé la cristallisation de rapports sociaux spécifiquement raciaux. Où l'on assistera au lancement de la contre-révolution coloniale en France par le général de Gaulle. Où l'on saisira que le combat anticolonialiste des Arabes palestiniens et le combat antiraciste des Arabes et des Noirs en...

Abdolkarim Soroush has emerged as one of the leading moderate revisionist thinkers of the Muslim world. He and his contemporaries in other Muslim countries are shaping what may become Islam's equivalent of the Christian Reformation: a period of questioning traditional practices and beliefs and, ultimately, of upheaval. Presenting eleven of his essays, this volume makes Soroush's thought readily available in English for the first time. The essays set forth his views on such matters as the f...

This book explores the interconnections between urbanization and capitalism to examine the current condition of cities due to capitalism. It brings together interdisciplinary insights from leading academics, activists and researchers to envision progressive, anti-capitalist changes for the future of cities.The exploitative nature of capitalist urbanization, as seen in the manifestation of modern cities, has threatened and affected life on Earth in unprecedented ways. This book unra...

Yağmur gibi, boran gibidir aşk.Saran, sarmalayan, kendine çağıran, kendini durmadan hatırlatan, kendini durmadan çoğaltan aşk.İbrahim Sadri, aşkın haritasını çizdiği yeni kitabında yanına şarkıları, şiirleri ve filmleri de alarak okurunostaljik bir seyre davet ediyor.Yeni bir sayfa açmak için fırsat kollayanlara, uzun gecelerin çetelelerini unutmaya çalışanlara, koca bir ömrün hesabını tutanlara...Aşktan yola çıkıp aşkla sürdürülecek bir yolculuğun pusulası:…v...

Veritable enfant de la mer et du fenua, Rupeaarii, chef sur l'ile mythique de Bora Bora, partage avec vous ses souvenirs à travers 10 recettes simples et incontournables de la gastronomie polynésienne. Tama'a maitai!