International Law and the Quest for its Implementation. Le droit international et la quête de sa mise en oeuvre

International Law and the Quest for its Implementation. Le droit international et la quête de sa mise en oeuvre
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 531
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ISBN-10 : 9789047430582
ISBN-13 : 9047430581
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis International Law and the Quest for its Implementation. Le droit international et la quête de sa mise en oeuvre by : Marcelo Kohen

This Liber Amicorum appears on the occasion of Professor Vera Gowlland-Debbas' retirement from the Graduate Institute. It includes contributions by her colleagues and friends from distinguished universities and international institutions. It covers different fields in which she has excelled. This collective work is divided into three main sections. The first section examines matters concerning the law of the United Nations. The second section is devoted to human rights and international humanitarian law. The third section addresses issues related to law-making, compliance with international law and the peaceful settlement of disputes. The result is a collection of stimulating analysis of most of the topical problems of international law. The contributions are in both English and French.

The Neurology of Religion

The Neurology of Religion
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9781107082601
ISBN-13 : 1107082609
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis The Neurology of Religion by : Alasdair Coles

Examines what can be learnt about the brain mechanisms underlying religious practice from studying people with neurological disorders.

An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax
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Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Total Pages : 792
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ISBN-10 : 0931464315
ISBN-13 : 9780931464317
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax by : Bruce K. Waltke

Meeting the need for a textbook for classroom use after first year Hebrew grammar, Waltke and O'Connor integrate the results of modern linguistic study of Hebrew and years of experience teaching the subject in this book. In addition to functioning as a teaching grammar, this work will also be widely used for reference and self-guided instruction in Hebrew beyond the first formal year. Extensive discussion and explanation of grammatical points help to sort out points blurred in introductory books. More than 3,500 Biblical Hebrew examples illustrate the points of grammar under discussion. Four indexes (Scripture, Authorities cited, Hebrew words, and Topics) provide ready access to the vast array of information found in the 40 chapters. Destined to become a classic work, this long-awaited book fills a major gap among modern publications on Biblical Hebrew.

The Common Book of Witchcraft & Wicca

The Common Book of Witchcraft & Wicca
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Publisher : Eschaton Data
Total Pages : 426
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ISBN-10 : 157353904X
ISBN-13 : 9781573539043
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis The Common Book of Witchcraft & Wicca by : The Ancestors

A collection designed to be the basis of any group's "book of shadows," published as a Creative Commons project.

The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 578
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ISBN-10 : 9780061804816
ISBN-13 : 0061804819
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Poisonwood Bible by : Barbara Kingsolver

New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • An Oprah's Book Club Selection “Powerful . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review The Poisonwood Bible, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, established Barbara Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, it is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in Africa. The story is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it—from garden seeds to Scripture—is calamitously transformed on African soil. The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy. Against this backdrop, Orleanna Price reconstructs the story of her evangelist husband's part in the Western assault on Africa, a tale indelibly darkened by her own losses and unanswerable questions about her own culpability. Also narrating the story, by turns, are her four daughters—the teenaged Rachel; adolescent twins Leah and Adah; and Ruth May, a prescient five-year-old. These sharply observant girls, who arrive in the Congo with racial preconceptions forged in 1950s Georgia, will be marked in surprisingly different ways by their father's intractable mission, and by Africa itself. Ultimately each must strike her own separate path to salvation. Their passionately intertwined stories become a compelling exploration of moral risk and personal responsibility.

Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500–1500

Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500–1500
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 497
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ISBN-10 : 9789004417472
ISBN-13 : 9004417478
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500–1500 by :

Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500–1500 shows the historical value of texts celebrating saints—both the most abundant medieval source material and among the most difficult to use. Hagiographical sources present many challenges: they are usually anonymous, often hard to date, full of topoi, and unstable. Moreover, they are generally not what we would consider factually accurate. The volume’s twenty-one contributions draw on a range of disciplines and employ a variety of innovative methods to address these challenges and reach new discoveries about the medieval world that extend well beyond the study of sanctity. They show the rich potential of hagiography to enhance our knowledge of that world, and some of the ways to unlock it. Contributors are Ellen Arnold, Helen Birkett, Edina Bozoky, Emma Campbell, Adrian Cornell du Houx, David Defries, Albrecht Diem, Cynthia Hahn, Samantha Kahn Herrick, J.K. Kitchen, Jamie Kreiner, Klaus Krönert, Mathew Kuefler, Katherine J. Lewis, Giovanni Paolo Maggioni, Charles Mériaux, Paul Oldfield, Sara Ritchey, Catherine Saucier, Laura Ackerman Smoller, and Ineke van ‘t Spijker. See inside the book.

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights
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ISBN-10 : 8892564021
ISBN-13 : 9788892564022
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Wuthering Heights by : Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres (as an adjective, wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather). The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.

The Modern Ku Klux Klan

The Modern Ku Klux Klan
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Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015049626024
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Synopsis The Modern Ku Klux Klan by : Henry Peck Fry

A memoir of the author's involvment with the Ku Klux Klan. He introduced the KKK to Tennessee while recruiting new members there and later became disenchanted with the group after learning about their racist ideology. The book begins with a history of the origins of secret societies in medieval Germany and the KKK.