Jeremy Smith is a historian and professor specializing in Russian history and politics. His work focuses on the non-Russian nationalities of the USSR, its dissolution, and the subsequent aftermath. Smith delves into these complex historical processes, emphasizing their impacts and deeper connections. His research offers insights into pivotal moments of Soviet and post-Soviet history.
This book accounts for later re-workings of early English and Scottish texts, arguing for a new interdisciplinary approach to textual studies from an angle of historical pragmatics. It will appeal to researchers and higher-level students in historical linguistics and book history and to those interested more broadly in sociocultural formation.
Vogon Vetoed
A diverse collection of forty poems, drawn from a larger body of work, captures the essence of notes, doodles, and jottings collected over time. These pieces reflect the author's experiences and travels, preserved in various stained books and biscuit tins, akin to pressed flowers. The poems invite readers into a personal journey, showcasing the beauty found in fleeting moments and memories.
The book explores the poet's journey as they gain the emotional strength to transcend personal barriers, leading to a flood of introspective and often somber reflections. Through a collection of poignant writings, the poet confronts deep feelings and experiences, resulting in a compelling narrative that challenges the reader's perceptions of emotion and creativity. The use of a stapling machine symbolizes the effort to bind these thoughts into a cohesive form, reflecting the struggle between chaos and order in the creative process.
In our fractured, "me-first" world, the science and practice of thankfulness could be just the antidote we need. Gratitude is powerful: not only does it feel good, it's also been proven to increase our well-being in myriad ways. The result of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, The Gratitude Project explores gratitude's deep roots in human psychology--how it evolved and how it affects our brain--as well as the transformative impact it has on creating a meaningful life and a better world. With essays based on new findings from this original research and written by renowned positive psychologists and public figures, this important book delves deeply into the neuroscience and psychology of gratitude, and explores how thankfulness can be developed and applied, both personally and in communities large and small, for the benefit of all. With contributions from luminaries such as Sonja Lyubomirsky, W. Kamau Bell, Van Jones, and many more, this edited volume offers more than just platitudes--it offers a blueprint for a new and better world.
First full monograph to focus entirely on the English-language songs set to music by Byrd.
The narrative centers on a young boy whose innocence is shattered by abuse and neglect from both his family and his employer. Despite facing a life-altering disability, he confronts a corrupt Queensland government system that punishes him for his honesty. This poignant real-life story sheds light on the harsh realities of childhood trauma and systemic failure, highlighting the resilience of a child in the face of overwhelming adversity.
A lavishly illustrated cookbook featuring 100 delicious, easy-to-prepare, revitalizing, recipes from the executive chef at North America's premier yoga-based healing and education center. More than fifty thousand people a year flock to the Kripalu Center in the Berkshires not only to deepen their yoga practice, but also to reap the healing, detoxifying and health-restoring power of the famously delicious food served there. Now you can reap those benefits at home! From Thai French Toast with Gingered Lan Chi Syrup to Mushroom Cheesesteaks to Bucatini with Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce, The Kripalu Kitchen shares recipes inspired by the healthiest foods from around the world and that work for a variety of diets: vegan, vegetarian, raw, gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free. It also offers five-ingredient recipes and thirty-minute meals. Following the yogic philosophy that food either balances or throws off your dosha --your individual energy, a blend of physical, emotional, and mental characteristics--The Kripalu Kitchen also includes a simple quiz to determine your dosha, and every recipe is marked as balancing for each type
Hackers know everything about us. We know almost nothing about them. Until now. The hacker now known as Alien entered MIT in 1998, intending to major in aerospace engineering. Almost immediately, she was recruited to join a secret student group scaling walls, breaking into buildings, pulling elaborate pranks, and exploring computer systems. Within a year, one of her hall mates was dead and two others were arraigned. And Alien's adventures were only beginning. Breaking and Enteringis a whirlwind history of the last 20 years of hacking and cybersecurity. As Alien develops from teenage novice to international expert, she joins the secret vanguard of our digitised world, and reveals the forces at work behind our everyday technology.
Take an in-depth look in stunning detail at one of the most exciting periods in British history in this handy pocket-sized book bursting with giant facts. Discover fascinating facts about Queen Victoria's reign across subjects such as inventions, railways, art, architecture and family life.
Contemporary civilisational analysis has emerged in the post-Cold War period as a forming but already controversial field of scholarship. Debating civilisations seeks to evaluate the main currents of the field and its principal competitors. The author draws a unique comparison of many keyscholars of civilisations, comparing civilisational analysis with competing perspectives and presenting a fresh theoretical approach.As well as tracing the lineage of the field, the book evaluates the work of S. N. Eisenstadt, Norbert Elias and Johann P. Arnason as leading contemporary scholars of civilisations against the competing paradigms of Marxism, globalisation theory and postcolonial sociology. Drawing also on the work ofCornelius Castoriadis, the author argues for an alternative approach that lays stress on the dense engagement of societies, cultures, empires and civilisations in human history.Debating civilisations will appeal to academics and postgraduate and final-year undergraduate students in the fields of history, comparative and historical sociology and social theory.