\"In ordinary language, \'modernizing\' has come to mean reducing cultural and social reality to Western formats. And today, modernism amounts to a form of complicity with colonialism and Eurocentrism. Let us bet on a modernity which, far from absurdly duplicating that of the last century, would be specific to our epoch and would echo its own problematics: an altermodernity whose issues and features

This book describes the experiences and successes of female innovators and entrepreneurs in the still largely male-dominated tech-world in twenty candid interviews. It highlights the varied life and career stories that lead these women to the top positions in the technology industry that they are in now.Interviewees include CEOs, founders, and inventors from a wide spectrum of tech organizations across

The Idea of the Book and the Creation of Literature explores the intersection of literary history and the history of the book. For several millennia, books have been the material embodiment of knowledge and culture, and an essential embodiment for any kind of knowledge involving texts. Texts, however, do not need to be books-they are not even necessarily written. The oldest poems were composed to be

A powerful and intensely moving true-life account from two sisters who wereamong the very few children to survive Auschwitz. For readers of Lily\'sPromise and The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Always Remember Your Name is anunforgettable story of the power of sisterhood, and of how a mother\'s lovetriumphed over impossible

Catering to the specific needs of science students, this award-winning guide equips students of all scientific disciplines with the skills they need to communicate effectively in written assignments. The book guides students through each of the key stages involved in producing a piece of scientific writing. It begins by developing students\' understanding of the different types of scientific writing,

In Glyphosate and the Swirl Vincanne Adams explores the chemical glyphosate--the active ingredient in Roundup and pervasive agricultural herbicide--as a predicament of contested science and chemically-saturated life. Adams traces the history of glyphosate\'s invention and its multiple uses among activists, regulators, scientists, clinicians, consumers, and sick people as they try to determine its safety

Life is better under the sun, and so is food. Everybody knows a Mediterranean diet is the healthiest way of eating, but how does a modern cook approach it? From her beautiful home in the heart of Provence, in the south of France, Pauline Chardin experiments with local fare, seasonal products, and flavors inspired as much by her surroundings as by her travels around the world. A self-taught cook, Pauline

In her brilliant work Touching a Nerve, Patricia S. Churchland, the distinguished founder of neurophilosophy, drew from scientific research on the brain to understand its philosophical and ethical implications for identity, consciousness, free will, and memory. In Conscience, she explores how moral systems arise from our physical selves in combination with environmental demands.All social groups have

This translation is based upon the Norwegian text in the Centenary Edition of Ibsen\'s collected works. It provides a close account of the quality of Ibsen\'s play by reproducing as nearly as possible not only the meaning in the literal sense but the verse forms that constitute so much of the substance and dramatic structure of the original. It makes an important contribution to those studying Peer

High Society Dinners offers extraordinary insight into the domestic arrangements of the Russian aristocracy, presenting nine months\' worth of menus served in St Petersburg to the guests of Petr Durnovo (1835 - 1918), Adjutant-General of the Tsar\'s Imperial Suite, part of an important late-19th-century dynasty that included ministers and high officials. The menus themselves would be useful enough

How to heal when you feel brokenIn Self-care for Tough Times, Suzy Reading shows the reader how to be their own safe place during periods of stress, grief, loss or change. A gentle yet powerful process is included for developing a self-care toolkit to call on during difficult periods, such as relationship breakdown, illness or death in the family, financial strain or simply feeling completely exhausted

Triathlon Swimming reveals the rewarding and rigorous Tower 26 program for mastering open-water swimming by the world\'s leading open-water swimming coach Gerry Rodrigues and former pro triathlete Emma-Kate Lidbury.Triathlon swimming is unique in its challenges and physical and mental limits. Over his lifetime of over 100 open-water swim race wins and over 30 years of coaching, Rodrigues has perfected

This \"Battleground Europe\" book contains detailed information on the 1916 battles at the village of Serre on the Somme, and detailed walking and car tours of the battlefields and monuments as they are

It\'s one thing to plot against Suzumura in a vain attempt to publicly humiliate him. It\'s quite another to drag the girl he likes into the thick of it. So when Suzumura discovers the student council president\'s scheme, he swears to make the jerk pay for what he

One of the world\'s best-loved singing stars shares his story, from his first 10 years in India to life now as a legend including stories of friends from Muhammad Ali to Elvis PresleyThe man known simply as \"Enge\" by his millions of fans worldwide has soldmore than150 million records and is in the Guinness Book of Records for achieving 56 consecutive weeks on the charts with \"Release Me.\" From

A prince without his kingdom. A kingdom without its princess. The destruction of the stars themselves. War is destroying the galaxy. Esmae has vanished without a trace. A terrifying, ravenous beast is devouring the stars one by one. Titania is offered a gift that may well be a curse. Alexi, the exiled prince, is asked to pay a heavy price for his mistakes. And far, far away, on a dark, mysterious