
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to be and Embrace Who You are
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Each day we face a barrage of images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what,...

The Madness of Modern Parenting
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Parenting in the modern world is an overwhelming concept. It seems to divide everyone from...
A Genealogy of the Torture Taboo
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This book examines the historical genealogy of the torture taboo. The dissonance between the...
Do the Geneva Conventions Matter?
Matthew Evangelista and Nina Tannenwald
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The Geneva Conventions are the best-known and longest-established laws governing warfare, but what...

Earth System Governance: World Politics in the Anthropocene
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Humans are no longer spectators who need to adapt to their natural environment. Our impact on the...

E-Government in Kazakhstan: A Case Study of Multidimensional Phenomena
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When it comes to analyzing the phenomenon of digital government, the overwhelming focus is on the...

Family Britain, 1951-1957
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As in Austerity Britain, an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices drive...

Filming the Everyday: Independent Documentaries in Twenty-First-Century China
Paul G. Pickowicz and Yingjin Zhang
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This cutting-edge book examines the rapidly developing scene of Chinese independent documentary,...
Human Rights of, by, and for the People: How to Critique and Change the US Constitution
Keri E. Iyall Smith, Louis Edgar Esparza and Judith R. Blau
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Together, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights comprise the constitutional foundation of the...

In the Shadow of the Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World
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In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the...