\"Scholarly advice for dark times.\" --The New Yorker \"Provides a metric ton of misery and a lot of company.\" --New York Times \"Probably philosophy\'s only beach read.\" --Vice A \'nihilist\'s devotional, \' this collection of aphorisms, fragments, and observations on philosophy and pessimism offer a raw look at the human condition Dark times lie around us and ahead of us, and what better way to

George Lawrence Stone\'s Stick Control is the original classic, often called the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named it first in the top 25 drumming books of all-time. In the words of the author, this is the ideal book for improving control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution, and muscular coordination,\" with extra

Spend the day in the life of a detection dog Tucker the beagle is more than just a friendly face at the airport. As part of the \"Beagle Brigade,\" he helps keep out invasive species that could hurt the environment. It\'s a job that would be almost impossible for humans--but for Tucker, it\'s all in a day\'s work. Told from the dog\'s perspective, this story also includes back matter about the breed

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Essays illuminate the lives of ordinary people who lived in the Ottoman era. Drawing from centuries-old court records, The Other Faces of Empire traces the lives of \"outstage\" people in vast empire lands. Each essay in the collection tells the story of an ordinary person navigating the Ottoman Empire. On this journey, we meet colorful and quite extraordinary figures: Deli Şaban, \"naughty and haramzade\"

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This book analyses institutional reforms implemented by Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō, under his second administration from 2012 to 2020. Also examined is the evolution in the role of such actors in Japanese politics as bureaucrats, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) factions, and backbenchers of the ruling party. Chapters offer multi-dimensional explanations for the preconditions of successful gradual

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Presents author\'s journey, from boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war\'s fiercest fighting took place. This title provides details of the horrors and sacrifice of war, painting a portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defence of their

This important text offers a full and detailed account of how to use discourse analysis to study foreign policy. It provides a poststructuralist theory of the relationship between identity and foreign policy and an in-depth discussion of the methodology of discourse analysis. Part I offers a detailed discussion of the concept of identity, the intertextual relationship between official foreign policy

In books such as The Complete Walker and The Man Who Walked Through Time, Colin Fletcher has established a reputation as a literate and witty apostle of roughing it. Secret Worlds of Colin Fletcher is a highly personal celebration of solitary backpacking (and day walking, too), in the wild places of the world, and of all the attendant pleasures: of finding a foothold in difficult terrain, of catching

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\'As we contemplate the coming months, not knowing when we can breathe again, it\'s worth thinking about how already the foundations have been laid for whatever new opportunities God has for us on the far side of this crisis.\'Rowan Williams offers these words of wisdom and many more in Candles in the Dark. This powerful and timely book brings together the 26 weekly Christian meditations originally

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With its fantasy of magical travel and inexhaustible riches, Thomas Dekker\'s Old Fortunatus is the quintessential early modern journeying play. The adventures of Fortunatus and his sons, aided by a magical purse and wishing-hat, offers the period\'s most overt celebration of the pleasures of travel, as well as a sustained critique of the dangers of intemperance and prodigality. Written following a

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