Les « années 1968 » se caractérisent par une forte résurgence des nationalismes minoritaires, des régionalismes protestataires et des aspirations autochtones dans le monde occidental – de la Bretagne au Québec en passant par la Catalogne, le Pays de Galles, l’Australie et la Nouvelle-Zélande.Cet ouvrage passe en revue des cas parmi les plus représentatifs ainsi que des exemples moins connus, s’attardant à la chronologie, aux causes et aux conséquences du renouveau nationaliste de l...

An undercover Federal Police Officer. Two Mexican assassins. Australian hitmen on Harleys. A corrupt federal cop. An eclectic mix of personalities - all with opposing agendas.Jackson Traynor worked deep undercover as a senior, trusted member of the Australian arm of an illegal drug syndicate, overseeing the distribution of tons of illegal drugs imported into the country from Mexico. Now, Traynor has enough evidence to send a lot of people to prison for a very long time. But betrayi...

Major Crime investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are on the hunt again.This time their prey, using the vast and remote Aussie Outback as a hiding place, is killing innocent holidaymakers near some of the Territory's popular tourist attractions.When a cop's wife is killed, the investigation escalates. Boxed in the iconic Kata Tjuta, the killer seems prepared to go to any lengths in order to make his way out. And this time, Sam's girlfriends' life is also on the line....

It's hot, remote, desolate and dangerous - and about as deep into the infamous Australian outback as anyone would dare to venture. An eminent neurosurgeon and his family, on the holiday of a lifetime, are shot dead, their shattered bodies left to the ravages of the desert sun and carrion-eating wildlife.Detective Inspector Russell Foley and his best friend, Detective Sergeant Sam Rose, are sent into the heart of the legendary Harold Lasseter, "Lost Reef of Gold" country, to investi...

The Australian Outback is a hot, remote, desolate place to die. Skeletal remains of several young women have been discovered in the bottom of a long abandoned well, and Major Crime Investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are assigned to the case.Foley and Rose soon learn a number of young backpackers, traveling around Australia on the adventure of a lifetime, have been reported missing in the area. Are these the remains of those unfortunate young women?As yet another young...

An abandoned military training base hidden in the middle of the Australian outback.A school teacher and her class, kidnapped in broad daylight.A ransom demand of two million dollars, three former Australian Army commandos, and a desperate, corrupt politician, all looking for a better life.Major crime detectives Russell Foley and Sam Rose are assigned to find the hostages, bring them home safe and sound, and capture the kidnappers in the process.But can Foley...

As John Henry Newman reflected on 'The Idea of a University' more than a century and a half ago, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of the nation's most eminent thinkers on higher education to reflect on the nature and purposes of the American university today. They detail the life and rather sad times of the American university, its relationship to democracy, and the place of the liberal arts within it. Their mordant reflections paint a picture of the American university in crisis....

Young, beautiful and deadly, best friends Amber, Ebony and Anna are on a mission to leave a past littered with tragedy behind them. With a determination spurred by the promise of a future free of financial hardship, they travel to Alice Springs, in the heart of the Australian continent, to rob banks and kill their way to a better life. Their plan is bold, daring, and meticulously executed; what could go wrong?As the body count rises fast, Major Crime investigators Russell Foley and...

Parishes are the missing middle in studies of American Catholicism. Between individual Catholics and a global institution, the thousands of local parishes are where Catholicism gets remade. American Parishes showcases what social forces shape parishes, what parishes do, how they do it, and what this says about the future of Catholicism in the United States. Expounding an embedded field approach, this book displays the numerous forces currently reshaping American parishes. It draws from soc...

The first four books in Gary Gregor's 'Foley & Rose', a series of Australian crime mysteries, now in one volume!Vengeance List: In steamy Darwin, a cop is brutally murdered at the police headquarters, followed by the savage killings of members of the legal fraternity. Lead homicide investigator Russell Foley struggles to connect the dots and confronts his own demons, while former detective and private investigator Sam Rose is hired to investigate in secret. Can Fol...

All seven books in Gary Gregor's 'Foley & Rose', a series of Australian crime novels, now in one volume!Vengeance List: After a cop is brutally killed at the police headquarters in steamy Darwin, right under the noses of his colleagues, lead homicide investigator Russell Foley is assigned to the case. More murders soon follow, leaving investigating officers baffled. Meanwhile, Sam Rose - private investigator, former police detective and one-time best friend of Russ...

Ancients and moderns alike have constructed arguments and assessed theories on the basis of common sense and intuitive judgments. Yet, despite the important role intuitions play in philosophy, there has been little reflection on fundamental questions concerning the sort of data intuitions provide, how they are supposed to lead us to the truth, and why we should treat them as important. In addition, recent psychological research seems to pose serious challenges to traditional intuition-driv...