Though children have never been absent from international studies discourse, they are too often reduced to a few simplistic and unidimensional framings. This book seeks to recover children’s agency and to recognize the complex variety of childhoods and the global issues that affect them. Written by an international list of contributors from Europe, Africa, North America, and Australasia, chapters present highly nuanced accounts of children and childhoods across global political time and sp...

International Politics and Film introduces readers to the representational qualities of film but also draws attention to how the relationship between the visual and the spatial is constitutive of international politics. Using four themes—borders, the state of exception, homeland and distant others—the territorial and imaginative dimensions of international affairs in particular are highlighted. But this volume also makes clear that international politics is not just something "out...

In dem kleinen Ort Erene auf der Südinsel Neuseelands, eingebettet zwischen majestätischen Bergen und tiefblauen Buchten, kennt jeder jeden. Niemand schließt seine Haustür ab. Ist die Wirtin nicht in der Bar, darf man sich selbst bedienen. Doch nun schauen sich alle im Dorf misstrauisch um. Ihre heile Welt ist zerstört, seit unweit des Leuchtturms eine Frau erwürgt und die Klippen hinuntergestoßen wurde. Niemand will das Opfer je zuvor gesehen haben. Abel McCarten wollte hier im Fiordland ...

The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crisesA peanut farmer from Georgia, Jimmy Carter rose to national power through mastering the strategy of the maverick politician. As the face of the "New South," Carter's strongest support emanated from his ability to communicate directly to voters who were disaffected by corruption in politics.But running as an outsi...

You have just encountered a possible stroke patient. You ask yourself: what should I do first? How do I know it is a stroke? Is it too late to reverse the damage? This book provides integral assistance in answering these critical questions. All content is arranged in chronological order, covering all considerations in assessing and treating patients in the emergency room, stroke unit, and rehabilitation facilities. This new edition offers readers the latest information on stroke treatment,...

Screening the Nonhuman draws connections between how animals represented on screen translate into reality. In doing so, the book demonstrates that consuming media is not a neutral act but rather a political one. The images humans consume have real world consequences for how animals are treated as actors, as pets, and in nature. The contributors propose that altering the representations of animals can change the way humans relate to non/humans. Our hope is for humans to generate more ethica...

Get motivated with words of wisdom from the most successful people in their fields!Take a new approach to success! Let words of wisdom from billionaires, entrepreneurs, and businesspeople motivate you and help you on your own path to success.In this witty collection of business know-how, you will find quotations grouped into categories that reflect the full scope of business success, from "Pit Bull Management" to "Slaying Life's Goliaths." Great Quotes ...

A dramatic account of the politics and personalities behind NBC's calamitous attempt to reinvent late-night television.When NBC decided to move Jay Leno into prime time to make room for Conan O'Brien to host the Tonight show-a job he had been promised five years earlier-skeptics anticipated a train wreck for the ages. It took, in fact, only a few months for the dire predictions to come true. Leno's show, panned by critics, dragged down the ratings-and the ...

When Death comes to claim Nella May Carter, she catches His interest with her capacity to find beauty and love even amidst the hell of slavery. So Death - bored, disgusted by humanity, and believing the Earth would be greatly improved should humans no longer exist - lures Nella into a Faustian bargain: the chance at immortal life if she proves that Death is mistaken.The price: Nella must entertain his fascination and challenge his beliefs until he is satisfied... or surrender herse...

Carter Thompson has left the Prosecutors Office, and has been working as a private investigator ever since. After receiving a call from a distraught father to find his missing daughter, Thompson takes the case.His search for the girl takes him into the world of model agencies, nightclub owners and drug-dealing gangsters, many of whom he has a past with. And if that's not enough, Carter's old boss from the Prosecutors Office also needs him to help out with his son, who's started to ...

The first three books in 'Carter Thompson Mysteries', a series of crime fiction by Sean O'Leary, now available in one volume!City Of Sin: Young Rhia was in the wrong place at the wrong time; now, both the police and a group of right-wing fanatics are after her. The only one on her side is Indigenous investigator Carter Thompson. Rhia has a stolen USB full of secrets that could destroy the New Light Church. With a dangerous plan in motion, can Rhia and Carter clear ...

La joven Rhia está siendo perseguida bajo el asfixiante calor del verano de Sídney.Se encontraba en el lugar equivocado en el momento inoportuno. Ahora van a por ella la policía y un grupo de fanáticos de extrema derecha. El único que está de su lado es el investigador indígena Carter Thompson, de la oficina del fiscal.Rhia tiene en su poder un USB robado que contiene secretos que podrían destruir a la Iglesia New Church. Cuando la Iglesia suelta a su perro de presa, la inv...