Shirley Cameron struggles with depression, feelings of rejection and a sense of unworthiness. Living in the UK, far away from her Christian family in South Africa, she finds herself in and out of relationships and struggling with her faith. If God loves her, then why do so many things close to her heart seem to get taken away? So when she is diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer), she at first concludes it is punishment from God, that she hasn’t performed well enough.But then Go...

Shirley Cameron worstel met die lewe. As God haar liefhet, hoekom is sy dan so ongelukkig, en hoekom verloor sy so baie - veral die dinge wat na aan haar hart lê? Sy ondervind diep depressie, is deur 'n egskeiding, en nog meer - maar dit was toe sy met Kanker gediagnoseer is, dat haar stryd verdiep. Dit is dan wanneer god se liefde vir haar begin werklikheid word en net voor haar dood tot dié verklaring lei: "God het my lief, Hy met my so lief". Mettertyd - soos haar liggaam verswak begin ...

Shirley Cameron struggles with depression, feelings of rejection and a sense of unworthiness. Living in the UK, far away from her Christian family in South Africa, she finds herself in and out of relationships and struggling with her faith. If God loves her, then why do so many things close to her heart seem to get taken away?So when she is diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer), she at first concludes it is punishment from God, that she hasn’t performed well enough. But then Go...

Intra-Industry Trade calls for us to rethink what trade most often looks like and how it shapes global institutions, fostering peace among states. Cameron G. Thies and Timothy M. Peterson argue that our understanding of trade has not kept pace with its changing nature in the 21st century; existing models, rooted in Ricardo's theories, regard trade uniformly as taking place between entities and countries that offer different commodities and operate according to the logic of compara...

How do emerging states become full, functioning members of the international system? In this book, Cameron G. Thies argues that new and emerging states are subject to socialization efforts by current member states, which guide them in locating their position in the international system.Thies develops a theoretical approach to understanding how states socialize each other into and out of different roles in the international system, such as regional power, ally, and peacekeeper. The ...

In Rising Powers and Foreign Policy Revisionism, Cameron Thies and Mark Nieman examine the identity and behavior of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) over time in light of academic and policymaker concerns that rising powers may become more aggressive and conflict-prone. The authors develop a theoretical framework that encapsulates pressures for revisionism through the mechanism of competition and pressures for accommodation and assimilation through the me...

This edited volume bridges the "analytical divide" between studies of transatlantic relations, democratic peace theory, and foreign policy analysis, and improves our theoretical understanding of the logic of crises prevention and resolution.The recent rise of populism and polarization in both the U.S.A and Europe adds to a host of foreign policy crises that have emerged in transatlantic relations over the last two decades. Through examining how democracies can manage to sustain and...

Trainspotting är nittiotalsboken som blev kult som blev filmen som blev kult som blev boken som blev kult igen.Trainspotting handlar om en ung skottes kropp och hjärna - om Mark och hans så kallade vänner i Edinburgh i Skottland under det sena åttiotalet. Trainspotting är en längtan efter att spränga jaget, inifrån, utifrån, till varje pris, i en knappt uthärdlig ömhet, i en absolut obegriplig kärlek.Med ett skjuta-heroin-döda-allt-ljus-språk - so...

Härdarna är en diktsamling av KARIN BOYE (1900–1941) som för första gången gavs ut 1927. Nu ger vi ut denna fantastiska diktsamling igen. "Vår ambition är att sprida klassiska verk med hjälp av dagens digitala distributionsvägar"."I mörkret" ur diktsamlingen Härdarna;I mörkret ligger jag och hör, hur klockorna dånar utanför med långa, tunga, jämna slag, som mörkrets djupa andetag.De dövar allt och söver allt Och löser tingens dimgestalt i l...