When Lucy Faas' agent convinces her to stay at a secluded home near Santa Barbara owned by someone named Alexander Murphy, she comes with the sole intention of rekindling her abandoned music career, hoping that this time she can write songs without having to mine personal trauma for their subject. Lucy never expected that she would be joining a makeshift family of celebrities there hiding from the bored, scandal-hungry populace and the paparazzo's persistent lens; she certainly never expec...

Global Asias: Tactics & Theories is the inaugural volume in an exciting new series that explores critical concerns animating Global Asias scholarship. It challenges the silos of academic knowledge formation that currently make legible and organize the study of Asia and its multiple diasporas. Transits, Indigeneity, Epistemology, Language, and A/Geography: These keywords highlight potential overlaps and points of disagreement between area studies, ethnic studies, and diaspora studi...

Now in a completely updated, full-color edition, this leading textbook has been thoroughly revised to reflect the sweeping economic, social, and political changes the past decade has brought to Europe and to incorporate new research and teaching approaches in regional geography. The authors have especially expanded their discussion of climate change and other environmental challenges facing Europe; migration and the rise of right-wing populist movements; and Brexit and other issues facing ...

La creciente rapidez de la expansión de la civilización y de la tecnología hace que el mundo que nos rodea se transforme a pasos agigantados (cambio climático y sus consecuencias, urbanización acelerada y migraciones masivas) y acentúa la importancia cada vez mayor del conocimiento y valoración de la Geografía. Relegada a menudo a una posición subordinada, ésta, como materia que atañe a la organización de la interconexión de las poblaciones, los diferentes entornos ambientales y los lugare...

Este livro é o guia perfeito para todos os leitores que desejam ir além das fake news e da histeria para mergulhar realmente no pensamento político. Aqui, os autores Graeme Garrard e James Bernard Murphy pintam um retrato vívido dos trinta maiores pensadores políticos e mostram como suas ideias surgiram de suas próprias vidas e épocas e evoluíram além delas. Entre os filósofos abordados estão Confúcio, Platão, Santo Agostinho, Maquiavel, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Hegel, Marx, Niet...

Ever since humans sketched primitive maps in the dirt, the quest to understand our surroundings has been fundamental to our survival. Studying geography revealed that the earth was round, showed our ancestors where to plant crops, and helped them appreciate the diversity of the planet.Today, the world is changing at an unprecedented pace, as a result of rising sea levels, deforestation, species extinction, rapid urbanization, and mass migration. Modern technologies have brought peo...

THE POWER OF LOVE is an award-winning chronicle of the soul's quest. Dr. Fran Grace, a professor of religion, narrates her life journey and describes her personal encounters with some of the century's most memorable spiritual figures. Reviewers say it "is a masterpiece," "splendid and moving narrative," "reveals love in its many facets," "feeds the heart and soul," "awakens the mind." At age 15, the author had a mystical experience that nearly shattered her. She joined a fundamentalist sec...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work. 1. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) 2. The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri) 3....

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Das großartige Meisterbuch vom Guru des positiven Denkens Joseph Murphy!Dieses Hörbuch enthält die wichtigsten Lehren und Erkenntnisse des großen Meister des Positiven Denkens Joseph Murphy, schlüssig und prägnant zusammengefasst.Dr. Joseph Murphy war einer der erfolgreichsten Autoren der Lebenshilfeliteratur. Durch seine Bücher und seine rege Vortragstätigkeit in der ganzen Welt wurde er zum Wegbereiter des Positiven Denkens.Im Unterbewusstsein des Menschen hat Mur...

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"Die Macht Ihres Unterbewusstseins" gilt als das Schlüsselbuch des positiven Denkens, das bis heute nichts an Aktualität verloren hat. Es hat das Bewusstsein und das Leben von Millionen von Menschen entscheidend verändert und verbessert. Der Bestsellerautor Dr. Joseph Murphy ermöglicht uns innere und äußere Entfaltung, indem er zeigt, wie sich berufliche, private und gesundheitliche Hürden durch die positive Programmierung des Unterbewusstseins und die darin verborgene Kraft überwinden las...