This interdisciplinary monograph examines the potential of Norwegian literary classics by Knut Hamsun, Sigrid Undset and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson to advance diversity and inclusivity in education. Drawing on postcolonial theory, critical race studies and gender critique, the book explores how these canonical texts can be reinterpreted as tools for fostering intercultural empathy and encouraging critical dialogue about societal norms, identities and power structures. While acknowledging the co...

Drawing on accounts of ordinary Americans, Hidden Terrors offers the first comprehensive history of the enigmatic illness behind the 1830s cholera pandemic--and its profound consequences for the nation. From 1832 to 1836, cholera erupted across US cities as well as in small towns, rural farms, prisons, and plantations. Its victims experienced ghastly symptoms--vomiting, explosive diarrhea, painful spasms, turning blue, and collapsing into comas--and often perished within hours of ...

A British PI goes undercover when a ghost threatens the outcome of the Cold War in this mystery from the author of The Poseidon Adventure .Alexander Hero knows a fake when he sees one. As the chief investigator for the British Society of Psychical Research and a private detective of the occult, being a professional skeptic of the paranormal is his job. Of course, he is just as eager to find proof of life after death as he...

Competing Coalitions in World Trade Law: Transnational Advocacy and Nutrition Label Regulations in Chile and Indonesia argues that today's political economy of trade law is—for an important subset of social issues—best theorized as the exercise of regulatory network power by competing transnational coalitions. The book traces how WTO law, processes, and institutions within and between governments are used to advance the regulatory objectives of coalitions of transnational corporat...

A Visual Approach to Introductory Functional Analysis is designed to offer a visual, geometric approach to functional analysis which bridges the gap between elementary analysis and advanced Banach Space Theory.The material is organized to build progressively from foundational topology to the core structural theorems of the discipline. Commencing with the rigorous formalization of metric spaces, topological neighborhoods, and the critical analytical property of comp...

What remains of a man when the money, women, titles, power, and noise finally fade?In After the Noise: The Life, Losses, and Reinvention of Zakrie Darrig, Francis Paul Bach delivers a gripping work of narrative nonfiction about ambition, desire, survival, consequence, and the difficult work of becoming whole.Zakrie Darrig grows up in Chicago learning early that life rewards awareness, discipline, and the ability to endure pressure. From his family'...

What does it take to restore a forgotten English country estate? For more than thirty years, filmmaker Paul Weiland and his wife Caroline have lovingly brought Belcombe Court back to life, transforming an overgrown Georgian estate into one of England's most enchanting gardens.Through Paul's stunning photography and personal reflections, follow the changing seasons as hidden corners, historic landscapes and carefully restored gardens reveal their beauty. Wander thro...

The global climate system in seven easy lessons—an essential primer on the science that shapes our worldEarth’s changing climate is the defining issue of our time. Climate science should be accessible to everyone, but for too long it has remained impenetrable to nonexperts. Paul Palmer throws open the doors to this vital area of research, inviting readers to discover for themselves how scientists take the measure of a warming planet, how the Sun’s rays help to bala...

Uncover How Scripture And The Natural World Are Deeply IntertwinedEvery page of the Old Testament breathes with the life of God's creation. From rainbows and desert winds to the roaring of a lion and green hills after rain, nature is woven through the biblical story and helps make it memorable. The natural world of the Bible holds memories of faith, failure, promise, and renewal.In Landscapes of Memory, Emma Austin blends biblical scholarship, memo...

French troops held the Dunkirk perimeter long enough to safeguard Britain’s precarious 1940 summer.Hitler unleashed his Blitzkrieg in the West on 10 May 1940. As German troops advanced, the British Expeditionary Force, the French First Army and the Belgian Army found themselves squeezed into a narrow corridor between Lille and Dunkirk. By 24 May, there were 400,000 soldiers trapped there, with only one chance of survival – to be evacuated.Somehow, the belea...

A true love story with history as to how and when we met and Ann's life before and Paul's life before right up till we met and how , a "TRUE LOVE STORY" with all details.

A Companion for Your Journey from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost"Let no one fear death, for the death of our Savior has set us free."—St. John ChrysostomLent is a pilgrimage of the soul when Christians have always commemorated the death and resurrection of Jesus with a season of reflection. Through poems, essays, and devotional readings, A Radiant Resurrection invites you into the time of reflection from Ash Wednesday through Eastertide. Writt...