Religion in the Post-Yugoslav Context brings together a diverse group of scholars, each of them specializing in the role of religion in one of the Yugoslav successor states. In addition to providing the readership with the understanding of both the general context (religion during the disintegration of the Yugoslav state) as well as more specific aspects (individual post-Yugoslav states), this rich collection complements the existing research in the fields of religious studies and politica...

Instead of feeding your mind with trivial things, why not drink, day after day, a drop of reflection? At certain moments in life, all we need is a few drops of water amidst the deserts of human existence. Inside the mind of each person, we can find a true sea of feelings, ideas, and hopes. This sea can be externalized by drops laden with wisdom. "100 Thought Drops" is a compilation of 100 beautiful phrases to encourage the soul, lead the mind to God, and stir up good reflective questioning...

The arrival of Europeans in the New World in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, often neglected by historians of philosophy, is a crucial historical event that transformed modern thought. Skepticism and the New World: The Anthropological Argument and the Emergence of Modernity argues that the encounter between Europeans and the inhabitants of the New World challenges Europeans’ concept of a universal human nature and leads to new forms of skepticism.Contrast...

The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's dreams and hope, and was first published in 1845.

This comprehensive collection examines the complex relationship between media and conflict across diverse Asian contexts, offering critical insights into how news coverage shapes public understanding of violence, protest, and social tensions.From domestic violence reporting in China to the framing of political upheaval in Iran, the six research studies reveal how media narratives both reflect and influence conflict dynamics across the region. The volume demonstrates how different m...

This book consists of peer-reviewed papers presented at the First International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Control and Communication (ICCC 2020). It comprises interesting topics in the field of applications of control engineering, communication and computing technology. As the current world is witnessing the use of various intelligent techniques for their independent problem solving, so this book may have a wide importance for all range of researchers and scholars. The book ser...

2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Award List 2026 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award Longlist Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2025 A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionFrom the acclaimed author of Sincerely Sicily, Tamika Burgess, comes a timely coming-of-age story about a young boy’s fight to save his family and his dreams in the aftermath of the US military invasion of Panamá. Perfect for fans of Janae Marks, ...

Written between 1980 and 1986, the six stories that constitute The Lute and the Scars (as well as an untitled piece by the author, included here as "A and B") were transcribed from the manuscripts left by Danilo Kiš following his death in 1989. Like the title story, many of these texts are autobiographical. Others resurrect protagonists belonging to Kiš’s fellow Central European novelists, allowing readers to identify, perhaps, depending on the level of obfuscation, fantasy,and hi...

The first and only book on corporate whistleblowing in the Philippines, this is a true story that explores the descration of corporate integrity, economic sabotage, and injustice perpetrated by the titans of society at the expense of the masses. Lucio C. Tan's Guinness record-holding tax evasion case—a staggering P1.2 trillion—dragged into light the worst menace to a thriving society: corruption of its leaders. In the same breath as Rizal's Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, author Dan...

Feed your spirit daily with this book and everyone will notice your transformation.We are slowly being affected by the chaos of today's world and the frenzy of everyday life. We constantly struggle to fill our pockets with money or our walls with diplomas, but we forget to feed our spirits with doses of faith, joy and love for the Creator. Every day is a day to have a good cup of coffee with psalms. The collection COFFEE WITH PSALMS brings, in each volume, 30 verses to meditate, 30...

True and deep love expressed in a single tale. What does a man need to know to love a woman? That's what you'll discover in this story. A man with a heart hardened by time and guilt is given the chance to right the wrongs of the past and ends up discovering what love is. Will he be able to save his failed marriage? Be touched by this tale through the precious reflections found in each chapter.

This book focuses on the shift in the perception of music by educated classes, from the Greek view as an essentially rational enterprise to the modern view as an essentially artistic enterprise. One of the main parties responsible for the decline of the Greek view was Joseph Sauveur. Although historians universally acknowledge his foundational contributions to the evolution of music, there is a paucity of comprehensive scholarship on his life and work. This book aims to address this gap.