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This book explores Toni Morrison¿s strategic negotiation of the essentialism/anti-essentialism dialectic regarding the representation of African American female subjectivity, the rewriting of African American history, and the re-appropriation of African American musical aesthetics in fiction. It also examines how Morrison¿s dual-stance positioning demonstrates the conscious strategy of achieving the double goal of recovering African American and female voices as well as of critiquing hegemonic cultural logics about race and gender. The book argues that the motivations behind Morrison¿s dialectic accommodation of the two stances in her fiction, namely The Bluest Eye, Sula, ¿Recitatif¿, Jazz, and Paradise, are related to her strategic positioning that offers fruitful possibilities for mediating affirmations of difference and the necessity of racial, gender and cultural group politics.

The Breaf Historical Sketch covers the historical development of Ukraine Statehood in the ¿¿ - at the beginning of the ¿¿¿ century. The material is represented relying on historical sources, and contemporary scientific research of domestic and foreign historiography, latest scientific and methodical achievements. The manual discusses various aspects and perspectives of society in socio-economic relations and national development of Ukraine.

The expression "American dream" is utilized as a part of numerous ways, however, it basically is a thought that proposes that anybody in the US can succeed through diligent work and can possibly lead a cheerful, effective life. Numerous people have acquired or refined the definition to integrate things, for example, flexibility, satisfaction and significant connections. Someone who figures out how to execute his or her form of the American dream is frequently supposed to be "going through the fantasy." This estimate has been liable to feedback, on the grounds that some individuals assume that the social organization of society in the US turned away such an optimistic objective for everybody. Critics regularly indicate illustrations of imbalance established in class, race, religious belief and ethnicity that recommend that the American dream is not workable for everybody. The American Dream has served as a template for the way we regularly imagine the path of our lifetimes. The criteria of the diversion are extraordinary, as will be the bargain that is impinged on. For those willing to warp down and exploit their chances, there is the desire of a thriving and satisfying life.

The history of the Royal Navy flagships that led the fleet through the Cold War, ensured victory in the Falklands War, and saw action in Iraq and the Balkans.In 1945, at the end of World War II, the Royal Navy's carrier fleet proved essential to the post-war world. Royal Navy carriers fought in the Korean War with the UN fleet, in the debacle at Suez, and in British operations in the last days of Empire, in Malaya, Borneo and Aden. But most famously, they were the key to the Royal Navy's victory in the Falklands campaign, and they went on to fight in the two Iraq wars.Illustrated throughout with new profiles of the key carriers and their development, as well as a cutaway of HMS Victorious and superb new illustrations of the carriers in action, this book explains how the Royal Navy's air power changed throughout the Cold War and beyond. Renowned naval historian Angus Konstam explains how the World War II carriers were rebuilt in a pioneering modernization that allowed them to operate a new generation of naval jets. As carriers became more expensive to operate, the Royal Navy had to scrap its conventional fast jets and introduce a new generation of light carriers designed for the innovative Harrier 'jump jet'. When the Falklands War broke out, it was one of these new carriers and one veteran carrier from World War II that gave the Task Force the fighters it needed to defend itself in hostile waters and retake the islands.Covering a period of dramatic change for the Royal Navy, this book is a history of the Royal Navy's most important ships throughout the Cold War, the retreat from Empire, and the Falklands and Iraq wars, up to the moment Royal Navy fixed-wing air power was temporarily axed in 2010.

Født i Tyrkiet, opvokset i Vollsmose, gift som 17-årig. Efter flere års glædesløst ægteskab bryder Halime Oguz ud og begynder den lange vej mod frihed: skilsmisse, uddannelse, universitetseksamen og politisk engagement. I dag er hun medlem af Folketinget, valgt for SF. En mønsterbryderhistorie, der handler om splittelse og kulturelle sammenstød, miljøets tvang og religionens magt og om en kvinde, der trods uhyre stærk modstand formår at kæmpe sig fri og leve med de konsekvenser, det har, når man lægger afstand til sin kultur og oprindelse.

One of contemporary fiction's most talented satirists delivers a dystopian novel skewering global politics and Big Brother-style government post-9/11.

Elizabeth, Caitlin og Amber er søstre, men vidt forskellige: Elizabeth er den ambitiøse, der evner at manipulerer alle de mænd, hun møder, undtagen den vigtigste: hendes far. Caitlin er den milde og naive, der kæmper for at passe ind i en verden af privileger og samtidig at forblive tro mod sig selv, og til sidst er der den forkælede partypige Amber, der har en svaghed for slemme fyre, men som er mere skrøbelig, end de fleste tror. En ting har de tre søstre tilfælles: De er smukke og rige – og så er de arvinger til et af verdens mest eksklusive modedynastier. Men bag den glamourøse facade gemmer pigerne på en mørk hemmelighed, der truer med at ødelægge familieimperiet …

BURNOUT tells the true story of Julius Klain. How it came to his burnout. How much he suffered from the consequences of this disease. What his everyday life was like in this disturbing phase of his life. What Julius thought and felt. And in what simple and miraculous way he finally succeeded in defeating his burnout sustainably.BURNOUT is aimed at burnout sufferers to encourage you, to show you a way out of this crisis and to say to you: ¿Yoüre not alone.¿BURNOUT is also aimed at relatives and should help you to better understand a person suffering from burnout from your environment: your partner, your son, your daughter, your parent, your husband, your wife, your colleague, your friend, ... .BURNOUT is for anyone who wants to know more about the burnout disease or Julius Klain¿s life.BURNOUT should and will inspire you.Opinions from other readers:A perfect demonstration how the burnout syndrom is. Honest and ruthlessly told.There is no better book, to understand this disease.A real help for affected people and for their members, colleagues and friends.Quick to read and easy to understand.A book you need to read. Even if you have got nothing to do with burnout.

The topic of this book as a result of a master's thesis has three main objectives. The first objective is to examine and analyze the causes, patterns, and structures that lead to conflicts between citizens and states. The development of peace mediation processes requires an analysis of the conflict history as well as of the conflict-triggering events in order for a sustainable peace to be realized in the post-conflict period.Therefore, this book describes the general structures and causes that lead to violent conflicts and also considers the conflict history in order to develop a theoretical model as a useful tool for improving the mediation process (the second objective).The final objective of this book is to apply the theoretical model to a specific violent conflict. The violent conflict in Kenya after the elections of 2007 is very well documented. This conflict was mediated successfully under the leadership of former Secretary of the United Nations Kofi Annan along with other members of the African Union. By refining and applying the theoretical model including the mathematical simulations, it was possible to draw attention to the enormous impact of long-term causes, the origins of which are attributable to the phase preceding the concrete conflict. Changes in citizens' trust in their political leaders harbor an enormous risk of conflict escalation, including violence. The theoretical model can also depict the significant impact of trust on citizen-state conflicts. By using simulations, it could be shown that the theoretical model is stable enough to accept different assessments in the input parameters and that these differences do not relevantly affect the main results based on those parameters in the analysis of the conflict escalation potential. When using the tool in the post-conflict period, it was demonstrated that if the long-term causes of the conflict history are not part of the political changes in the years after the peace agreements, the sustainability of peace is not maintainable and new violent conflicts can occur at any time due to unexpected and specific triggering events.

When homicide detective Miranda Quin becomes a suspect in a murder case, she and her partner, Morgan, must ignore the boundaries of the law in order to find out what really happened.

"Inspired by her experience during a college Islamic Studies course, Wilson, who was raised an atheist, decides to risk everything to convert to Islam and embark on a fated journey across continents and into an uncertain future. She settles in Cairo, where she attempts to submerge herself in a culture based on her adopted religion and where she meets Omar, a man with a mild resentment of the Western influences in his homeland. They begin a daring relationship that calls into question the very nature of family, belief, and tradition. Torn between the secular West and Muslim East, Wilson records her intensely personal struggle to forge a "third culture" that might accommodate her values without compromising them or the friends and family on both sides of the divide."--Provided by publisher.

An authoritative military history of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom, describing the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the siege and fall of Baghdad, and the nation-building mission that followed. In 21 Days to Baghdad, historian Dr. Heather Stur describes the commitment of the division to Kuwait, the invasion of Iraq and the three weeks of violent desert conflicts on the way to Baghdad before the siege and battle for the city itself, and the "thunder runs" that saw its fall to U.S. forces. She then details the complex security mission that required the soldiers and their commanders to convince Iraqi citizens that the U.S. was there to help them, while at the same time they continued fighting Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard, paramilitary forces, and terrorists. This new history is based on exclusive, extensive interviews with General Buford "Buff" Blount, the U.S. Army two-star general who led the 3rd Infantry Division. His years of experience in the Middle East led him to question the recall of his division from Iraq at the end of 2003 and its replacement by a less experienced unit. President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld did not believe that peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance were worthwhile uses of a conventional combat force like the 3rd Infantry Division. The division had destroyed Hussein's government. Mission accomplished, or so Bush and Rumsfeld thought. 21 Days to Baghdad illustrates the long reach of the U.S. military, the limitations of nation building in the wake of war, and the tensions between policymakers in Washington, DC, and troops on the ground over the purpose and conduct of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Three ordinary women with nothing in common. They are different ages, come from different backgrounds, and lead drastically different lives. The only thing that binds them together is their red hair—and that each of them has been targeted for murder. When these women receive chilling letters in the mail from a killer known only as the Big Bad Wolf, their lives are upended. The “Red”s spend every waking moment in fear as the Wolf stalks them, biding his time, searching for the perfect opportunity to complete his master plan. But the one thing this devious killer didn’t count on was the Reds discovering each other. These three women, using clues left by the Wolf, band together to protect one another from their deadly predator. And when law enforcement refuses to pay them any attention, the Reds’ only hope for survival is to turn the tables and beat the Wolf at his own game. In this riveting novel, filled with suspense that only a master like John Katzenbach could write, the Reds must track down the Wolf before he silences them all forever.