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Death of a Translator - Ed Gorman

Death of a Translator

Ed Gorman

A young, devil-may-care englishman, determined to report on the soviet war and make a name for himself, makes a fateful commitment to a swashbuckling afghan guerrilla commander.

Mengele - David G. Marwell

Mengele

David G. Marwell

Mengele zoo —expresión brasileña que quiere decir que una situación está fuera de control— nos presenta a mino, un joven nacido en la selva tropical sudamericana, que se gana la vida buscando mariposas raras junto con su padre.

Explorations in Bion's 'o' - Afsaneh K. Alisobhani

Explorations in Bion's 'o'

Afsaneh K. Alisobhani

Wilfred bion described "o" as "the unknowable and the unreachable ultimate truth".

Afghan Resistance - Grant M. Farr

Afghan Resistance

Grant M. Farr

The people of afghanistan stand at a crossroads, with resistance to the soviet occupation entering its eighth year.

To the Mountains - Abdullah Anas

To the Mountains

Abdullah Anas

Perspectives on British Rural Planning Policy, 1994-97 - Andrew W. Gilg

Perspectives on British Rural Planning Policy, 1994-97

Andrew W. Gilg

First published in 1999, this volume explores the issue of rural planning, which has become a complex activity in which policies in one area have important ramifications in other policy areas.

Changing Labour Party - Martin J. Smith

Changing Labour Party

Martin J. Smith

Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War - Kevin Ruane

Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War

Kevin Ruane

Moving from the development of the atomic bomb during the second world war to the cold war and the advent of the hydrogen bomb, churchill and the bomb explores winston churchill's changing relationship with and views on nuclear weapons.

Afghanistan War - Ryan Wadle

Afghanistan War

Ryan Wadle

This carefully curated primary source collection includes more than 80 documents from the national and international participants in nearly four decades of conflict that led to the afghanistan war.

Honorary Jew - Robert Philpot

Honorary Jew

Robert Philpot

My Life, Our Times - Gordon Brown

My Life, Our Times

Gordon Brown

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Elvis Costello and Thatcherism - David Pilgrim

Elvis Costello and Thatcherism

David Pilgrim

The emergence of thatcherism around 1980, which ushered in a period of neo-liberalism in british politics that still resonates today, led musicians, like other artists, to respond to their context of production.

Conservative Party - Tim Bale

Conservative Party

Tim Bale

The conservatives are back, and back with a bang ?

Burden of Time - John Lincoln Stewart

Burden of Time

John Lincoln Stewart

Labour's Renewal? - Gerald R. Taylor

Labour's Renewal?

Gerald R. Taylor

Lib-Lab Pact - Jonathan Kirkup

Lib-Lab Pact

Jonathan Kirkup

Talcott Parsons and the Social Image of Man - Ken Menzies

Talcott Parsons and the Social Image of Man

Ken Menzies

This account of talcott parsons's work clarifies his basic concepts and sets out their correlation.

Bion in Film Theory and Analysis - Carla Ambrósio Garcia

Bion in Film Theory and Analysis

Carla Ambrósio Garcia

In bion in film theory and analysis: the retreat in film, carla ambrósio garcia introduces the rich potential of the thinking of british psychoanalyst wilfred bion for film theory.

Afghanistan under Soviet Domination, 1964-91 - Anthony Hyman

Afghanistan under Soviet Domination, 1964-91

Anthony Hyman

The book offers a clear, authoritative and readable guide to the modern history of afghanistan.

City of thorns - Ben Rawlence

City of thorns

Ben Rawlence

To the charity workers, dadaab refugee camp is a humanitarian crisis; to the kenyan government, it is a 'nursery for terrorists'; to the western media, it is a dangerous no-go area; but to its half a million residents, it is their last resort.

Bion in Film Theory and Analysis - Carla Ambrósio Garcia

Bion in Film Theory and Analysis

Carla Ambrósio Garcia

In bion in film theory and analysis: the retreat in film, carla ambrósio garcia introduces the rich potential of the thinking of british psychoanalyst wilfred bion for film theory.

Changing Course - Sarah E. Mendelson

Changing Course

Sarah E. Mendelson

Between careers?

Praying shapes believing - Leonel L. Mitchell

Praying shapes believing

Leonel L. Mitchell

Talcott Parsons on Economy and Society - Bryan S. Turner

Talcott Parsons on Economy and Society

Bryan S. Turner

'in this remarkable collection of essays, holton and turner demonstrate that parsonian sociology addresses the most central problems of our time - issues of sickness and health, power and inequality, the nature of capitalism and its possible alternatives..

War Memoirs 1917-1919 - Wilfred R. Bion

War Memoirs 1917-1919

Wilfred R. Bion

Elizabeth Bishop - Linda R. Anderson

Elizabeth Bishop

Linda R. Anderson

A new reading of elizabeth bishop's work ranging across archival, historical and theoretical materialsgbs_insertpreviewbuttonpopup(['isbn:9780748665747','isbn:9780748665754']);linda anderson explores elizabeth bishop's poetry, from her early days at vassar college to her last great poems in geography iii and the later uncollected poems.

War Memoirs 1917-1919 - Wilfred R. Bion

War Memoirs 1917-1919

Wilfred R. Bion

Inshallah - Dima Gavrysh

Inshallah

Dima Gavrysh

Inshallah (god willing in arabic) explores the soviet and american occupations of afghanistan and intertwines with the photographer's past and present personal conflicts.

Pact - Hoggart Michie

Pact

Hoggart Michie

Jean Rhys - Erica L Johnson

Jean Rhys

Erica L Johnson

Burden of Time - John Lincoln Stewart

Burden of Time

John Lincoln Stewart

Two groups which originated in nashville: tennessee, in the early 1920's had a strong influence on american letters.

Politics of Race - Ivor Crewe

Politics of Race

Ivor Crewe

This volume, first published in 1975, is concerned with the politics of race relations; it is divided into theoretical, empirical and methodological studies together with an extensive bibliography.

Politics of Race - Ivor Crewe

Politics of Race

Ivor Crewe

This volume, first published in 1975, is concerned with the politics of race relations; it is divided into theoretical, empirical and methodological studies together with an extensive bibliography.

Charlie Wilson's War - George Crile

Charlie Wilson's War

George Crile

The bestselling true story of a texas congressman’s secret role in the afghan defeat of russian invaders is “a tour de force of reporting and writing” (dan rather).

S. J. Perelman - Steven H. Gale

S. J. Perelman

Steven H. Gale

First published in 1992, this book focuses on the oeuvre of s.

British Elections and Parties Yearbook 1994 - David Broughton

British Elections and Parties Yearbook 1994

David Broughton

This volume combines current academic research on british elections, parties and public opinion with a detailed reference section including a chronology of the major political events of 1993, opinion polls and by-election results for 1993, as well as an u.

Heath Government 1970-74 - Stuart Ball

Heath Government 1970-74

Stuart Ball

Only now is it possible to see edward heath's controversial administration (1970-1974) in balanced historical perspective - and increasingly it seems a turning-point for postwar britain.

Attlee Governments 1945-1951 - Kevin Jefferys

Attlee Governments 1945-1951

Kevin Jefferys

In 1945 the labour government set about a major transformation of british society, dr jefferys's analyses the main changes and relates them to debates within the labour party, on the nature of its aims and how best to achieve them.

John Wayne's World - Russell Meeuf

John Wayne's World

Russell Meeuf

Escaping Iran - Mark J. Lijek

Escaping Iran

Mark J. Lijek

Macmillan - John Turner

Macmillan

John Turner

Harold macmillan presided over the dissolution of the british empire and the first stages of irreversible economic decline.

Complete Works of W. R. Bion - Chris Mawson

Complete Works of W. R. Bion

Chris Mawson

Publication scheduled for spring 2014the complete works of wilfred ruprecht bion will be available in a coherent and corrected format.

Social Cinema of Jean Renoir - Christopher Faulkner

Social Cinema of Jean Renoir

Christopher Faulkner

Reinterpreting twelve of renoir's best-known works, professor faulkner attributes their qualities not to the director's unified sensibility but to varying social and historical circumstances.

Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward - Anthony Summers

Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward

Anthony Summers

A tour de force account of seduction, power, and betrayal in the biggest political sex scandal of its agethe profumo affair rocked the british establishment like no scandal before or since.

Changing Course - Sarah E. Mendelson

Changing Course

Sarah E. Mendelson

Soviet foreign policy changed dramatically in the 1980s.

Herbert Marcuse - John Abromeit

Herbert Marcuse

John Abromeit

Battle of London - édéric Bastien

Battle of London

édéric Bastien

Policy and Management British Civil Servic - Geoffrey K. Fry

Policy and Management British Civil Servic

Geoffrey K. Fry

First published in 1996.