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The Rev. Dr. Leo Theriault is not only an Anglican priest, an erstwhile Roman Catholic priest, but a Doctor of Psychology—a recognized authority on psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and group management. He knows the depth of sex scandals, why they occurred, and why the church is so ill-equipped to control the inequities. Leo may be considered a rogue priest, not in the typical interpretation of a malefactor against the creeds or liturgy of the Church, but as a foot soldier battling the evil manifestation of repugnant morals and mores within. With master’s in theology and doctorate in psychology, the Church hierarchy assumed they had a great defender in their midst against accusations. This was not to be. Leo fought child abuse from the podium, the pulpit, the couch, and the courts. The reader possibly will maintain or retain their peace of mind and assurance of their faith. Leo was a Ford Foundation Fellow.

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John E. Smith has contributed to contemporary philosophy in primarily four distinct capacities; first, as a philosopher of religion and God; second, as an indefatigable defender of philosophical reflection in its classical sense ( a sense inclusive of, but not limited to, metaphysics); third, as a participant in the reconstruction of experience and reason so boldly inaugurated by Hegel then radically transformed by the classical American pragmatists, and significantly augmented by such thinkers as Josiah Royce, William Earnest Hocking, and Alfred North Whitehead; fourth, as an interpreter of philosophical texts and traditions (Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche no less than Charles Peirce, William James and John Dewey; German idealism as well as American; the Augustinian tradition no less than the pragmatic). Reason, Experience, and God provides an important and comprehensive look at the work of John E. Smith by collected essays which each address aspects of his life-long work. A response by John E. Smith himself draws a line of continuity between the pieces.

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WHEN EDDIE BROCK BECOMES BIOLOGICALLY LINKED TO A BIZARRE ALIEN SYMBIOTE, THE TWO SHARE A COMMON GOAL. At first they seek to squash their arch-foe Spider-Man. After repeated attempts, Venom reaches an uneasy truce with the web-spinner. Brock leaves New York and heads west to San Francisco, the city of his birth, eager to put trouble behind him. Trouble has different ideas. Brock commits himself to becoming a defender of the innocent, but he's a six-foot-three-inch, 260 lb. figure with bulging muscles and fangs like a shark. Venom quickly draws attention-first from a furious Spider-Man, who's certain Brock has broken his word, then from a team of armored enemies who set out to kill the "Lethal Protector." Venom joins forces with the web-spinner, only to face an even deadlier threat-five trained killers, each wearing a symbiotic suit like Brock's. These are the Spawn of Venom, and they're out for blood.

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From the author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle and Becoming Ted, a brand new enemies-to-lovers romcom for fans of Ted Lasso and Red, White and Royal Blue . . .''Heart-warming and joyful'' LORRAINE KELLY ''A great big hug of a book'' MICHAEL BALL Toddington FC defender Tom Horrocks is never happier than when he''s on the football pitch, but when it comes to love, he''s hiding a big secret. Worried about his young daughter and sick father - and with his team finally in the Premier League - he avoids all media.Journalist Cosmo Roberts wants to change the world, so is angry when he''s sent to a quiet northern town to cover a sport he sees as anti-gay. Then something about Tom catches his eye.Cosmo hates football. Tom hates journalists.Perhaps this time they''ve both met their match.''Filled with joy and strength and optimism'' RUSSELL T. DAVIES'

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'Defiant, probing, hot' Saba Sams, author of Send NudesAt the age of forty-three, the narrator abandons her marriage, her apartment and her successful legal career as a public defender to re-emerge as an out lesbian and a writer.In a series of short, sharp vignettes, the narrator describes her first female lovers - a married woman fifteen years older than her, a model ten years her junior - punctuated by encounters with her ex-husband, her father and her son. Looking at the world through fresh eyes, she questions everything that once lay beneath the surface of her well-managed life. Unburdened by marital and familial obligations, a new woman emerges, free to examine gender and marriage, selfishness and sacrifice, money and family, even the privilege inherent in her downward mobility.A compelling chronicle of transgression, Playboy is Constance Debré's unflinching account of new bachelorhood. Laconic, aggressive and radically truthful, she chronicles the process that made her one of the

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Malicious hackers utilize the World Wide Web to share knowledge. Analyzing the online communication of these threat actors can help reduce the risk of attacks. This book shifts attention from the defender environment to the attacker environment, offering a new security paradigm of 'proactive cyber threat intelligence' that allows defenders of computer networks to gain a better understanding of their adversaries by analyzing assets, capabilities, and interest of malicious hackers. The authors propose models, techniques, and frameworks based on threat intelligence mined from the heart of the underground cyber world: the malicious hacker communities. They provide insights into the hackers themselves and the groups they form dynamically in the act of exchanging ideas and techniques, buying or selling malware, and exploits. The book covers both methodology - a hybridization of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and social network analysis methods - and the resulting conclusions, detailing how a deep understanding of malicious hacker communities can be the key to designing better attack prediction systems.

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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Third Duke of Alba, is one of the most formidable and controversial figures of the sixteenth century. He has been depicted as a great hero, an indefatigable defender of the Catholic faith and a true buttress of the Spanish monarchy, but also as a terrifying man, the dark suppressor of the revolt in the Low Countries. During his long and fascinating life Alba revealed wide-ranging skills and interests. A successful soldier, he was also a distinguished courtier and an influential diplomat serving his monarchs, Charles V and Philip II, without fail. Moreover, he was a maecenas and an avid art collector. Using a variety of sources, including previously unexamined data, sixteen leading historians from eight countries present newly developed insights and offer a nuanced image of the Grand Duque. Adopting different perspectives, they shed new light on this intriguing and influential leader, thus showing that Alba continues to be deserving of study and discussion.

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La vocación poética de Luis García Montero se ha caracterizado por unir la labor creativa con la meditación intelectual sobre la poesía. En este libro, el poeta colombiano Federico Díaz Granados ha preparado una antología de las reflexiones más características de García Montero sobre la lírica y sus vinculaciones sociales. Desde el libro inicial Poesía, cuartel de invierno (1987) hasta los artículos más recientes, esta antología invita a meditar sobre la evolución de la poesía española desde el Romanticismo y las vanguardias hasta el uso actual del lenguaje cívico en la literatura urbana de nuestro tiempo. Defender la poesía se convierte así en un modo de cultivar las raíces humanas y la conciencia crítica en el mundo de las transformaciones tecnológicas y las redes sociales. Conviene saber lo que decimos cuando escribimos soy yo o te quiero. La poesía nos ayuda a indagar en las raíces históricas de nuestra intimidad y en el respeto con el que la historia y la política deben tratar a c

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Desde el comienzo del milenio, cuando Vladimir Putin tomó el poder en Rusia, diferentes líderes autoritarios han llegado a dominar la política mundial. Autodenominados hombres fuertes han llegado al poder en Moscú, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh y Washington.Cómo y por qué llegó este nuevo estilo de liderazgo de hombre fuerte? Qué posibilidades hay de que conduzca a una guerra o al colapso económico? Y qué fuerzas existen no solo para mantener a raya a estos hombres fuertes, sino también para revertir la tendencia?Estos líderes fomentan el culto a la personalidad. Son nacionalistas y conservadores sociales, con poca tolerancia a las minorías, la disidencia o los intereses extranjeros. En casa afirman defender a la gente común contra las élites globalistas; en el extranjero, se presentan como las encarnaciones de sus naciones. Y no solo están operando en sistemas políticos autoritarios, sino que han comenzado a surgir en el corazón de la democracia liber

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Un apasionante paseo por la matemática y la física, y por los hallazgos del pensamiento humano de la mano de Roger Penrose, Premio Nobel de Física 2020.Durante décadas, los defensores de la inteligencia artificial han mantenido que los ordenadores harán pronto todo lo que la mente humana puede hacer. En su favor, se puede utilizar, por ejemplo, el que ya hay máquinas que juegan al ajedrez como los grandes maestros. Ahora bien, comprenden el juego como lo hacemos nosotros?En este libro, Roger Penrose, probablemente el especialista en la teoría general de la relatividad más prestigioso del mundo y una de las mentes analíticas más originales de la actualidad, sostiene que existen facetas del pensamiento humano que nunca serán emuladas por un ordenador. Para defender esa tesis, Penrose recurre a una amplia gama de conocimientos científicos, que van desde la máquina de Turing hasta la estructura del cerebro, pasando por el teorema de Gödel, los agujeros negros y los blancos, la

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Cuba inicia una nueva etapa. Raúl Castro, el nuevo presidente del Consejo de Estado, anuncia ?cambios estructurales y de conceptos?, si bien le acompañan las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias que controlan la economía y cuya prioridad sigue siendo defender el derecho de la isla a ser una nación independiente. El nuevo panorama político en América Latina abre nuevas expectativas de mejora de sus relaciones comerciales con otros países. El cambio en la presidencia de Estados Unidos puede suponer el levantamiento del bloqueo. La disidencia permanece dividida y sin alternativas. El autor reflexiona sobre las claves del nuevo escenario que se abre en la isla y en torno a los interrogantes que a partir de ahora se plantean: Qué repercusión tendrán sobre la vida cotidiana de los cubanos las previsibles mejoras económicas? Conservará el Partido la capacidad de intervención sobre las reformas prometidas para evitar el desmerengamiento del sistema? Podrá democratizarse el socialismo cubano?

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De sobra es conocido el extraño caso de J. D. Salinger, quien, tras publicar en 1951 El guardián entre el centeno, pasó el resto de su vida ocultándose de los medio de comunicación y eludiendo el fervor de los admiradores. En esta biografía, Kenneth Slawenski desmenuza las claves vitales y literarias del enigmático novelista: las vivencias de sus años juveniles en colleges elitistas; su experiencia como combatiente en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, o la evolución espiritual que lo condujo a abrazar el budismo zen y abrió un abismo entre sus anhelos de retiro y meditación y la presión de los medios. Slawenski analiza y expone las conflictivas relaciones del escritor con los editores, su difícil vida familiar y sentimental, sus períodos de silencio y escritura secreta, así como sus querellas contra el mundo editorial y gigantes mediáticos con objeto de defender su obra frente a manipulaciones.Este relato veraz y libre de sentimentalismos de la vida de Salinger constituye un apasionante recor

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A las puertas de la casa de Miguel de Cervantes ha aparecido el cadáver del hidalgo Gaspar de Ezpeleta, al que han apuñalado. Una vecina beata acusa al escritor y a sus alegres hermanas, las Cervantas, de estar implicados en el asunto y acaban encarcelados. La duquesa de Arjona, gran admiradora de Cervantes, requiere los servicios de la joven Dorotea de Osuna para que acuda a Valladolid e investigue el caso, conocedora de sus habilidades en este campo.A través de la investigación detectivesca de Dorotea para defender la inocencia del autor de El Quijote asistimos a un retablo de la España del Siglo de Oro: un país agotado por las guerras, anegado de clases ociosas e improductivas, nobles y clérigos, lleno de prejuicios, con una legión de mendigos, veteranos de las guerras tullidos, pícaros, busconas y criadillos. Una auténtica corte de los milagros en la que la mujer se rebela y lucha denodadamente por escapar del papel secundario al que la sociedad la relega.

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Deja de machacarte para gustar a los demás y concéntrate en gustarte a ti mismo. Siempre estás insatisfecho? Nunca te acabas de gustar?Los nuevos gurús de la autoayuda nos han repetido machaconamente frases como ?Si quieres algo lucha para conseguirlo?, ?querer es poder?, ?siempre se puede mejorar?, ?si no logras tus metas es porque no te has esforzado lo suficiente?. Guiarse por estos mantras es casi siempre la causa de frustraciones, depresiones y estrés que no hacen sino jodernos la vida.Frente a la tendencia imperante de valorarnos en términos de competencias y logros, con la autoexigencia que supone, debemos reivindicar y defender la congruencia con nosotros mismos y nuestros valores personales. Y luchar por ellos.Seamos felices con lo que tenemos y dejemos que los demás, si quieren, sigan jodiéndose la vida tratando de mejorar su versión de si mismos, sacar lo mejor de sí y hagan cada noche su propia autocrítica.Un nuevo manual de anti-autoyuda.

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Sevilla, 20 años después de la caída del CieloEn un mundo oscuro en el que los demonios vencieron a los ángeles y en que los escasos supervivientes humanos viven aterrados y sometidos, los demonios campan a sus anchas por Andalucía para defender un oscuro secreto que Luzbel, el rey de los demonios, escondió en la Alhambra.Carmen y su familia, sin embargo, también esconden un secreto: poseen unos dones llamados gracias, que les permiten luchar de forma encubierta contra los demonios. Han sido sus dones un regalo de los ángeles? Pretendían estos, antes de morir, convertirlos en armas para luchar contra los demonios? Podrá usar Carmen sus gracias para vengarse de Yud, el Escamillo, el demonio que le arrebató la vida a sus padres?A estas y a otras preguntas tendrán que responder mientras luchan contra unos soldados del Infierno que les castigan por unos crímenes que no han cometido. Con la ayuda de un demonio arrepentido por el que se siente inmediatamente atraída, Carmen t

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Andrei Kurkov, uno de los novelistas más reconocidos de Ucrania y enemigo declarado de Putin, denuncia con su pluma los crímenes que está cometiendo Rusia contra su patria.Un Bulgákov moderno [...]. Un Murakami ucraniano. Phoebe Taplin, The GuardianAl principio no entendíamos qué era la guerra. No puedes entenderlo hasta que la escuchas y la ves.El 24 de febrero de 2022 el ejército ruso invadió Ucrania y dio comienzo a una brutal guerra. En este libro imprescindible, Andréi Kurkov narra el terrible impacto del conflicto a través de una crónica personalísima, que es, a la vez, un relato asombroso del territorio.Diario de una invasión explora la identidad nacional ucraniana a través de las historias de los ciudadanos, que resisten unidos para defender el estado democrático, liberal y diverso al que pertenecen. Durante la invasión, el pan se hornea entre los escombros y se comparte entre la gente, los heridos son trasladados a trenes de evacu

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La sociedad actual adolece de una realidad velada que es el incremento de la pobreza, de la marginación de los inmigrantes, del racismo, del populismo y de la ultraderecha; mientras tanto quienes poseen los medios para fijar la agenda y cuyas voces se escuchan, para que sus políticas se implementen, defiende únicamente sus intereses egoístas y limitados, favoreciendo finalmente esta tendencia.?Democracia reaccionaria? es el uso del concepto de democracia y su idea fundamental de que el poder (kratos) lo tiene el pueblo (demos) como una manipulación más o menos consciente que utiliza la construcción del sentido común y la voluntad popular (?la voluntad del pueblo?) para defender e impulsar ciertas ideas reaccionarias al servicio del poder político, y que frena así la posibilidad de una democracia que progrese hacia una mayor justicia social.Los autores nos aportan en este libro un marco analítico con el que entender el funcionamiento de esta realidad actual excluyente en el cont

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1890. Un coronel francés entra en Segú, ciudad de África Occidental, y se apodera de un tesoro compuesto por joyas y un sable que se lleva de regreso a la metrópolis. Junto a ellos, también viajaron dos jóvenes: un niño y una niña separados a la fuerza de su entorno y trasplantados en Francia. A él, valeroso ya a su edad, el coronel lo encuentra blandiendo el sable para defender a su madre del ataque de las tropas; a ella la acoge como compañía para sus sobrinas. Tanto los objetos como los jóvenes se utilizaron para demostrar la supuesta supremacía de la civilización occidental.Siguiendo los pasos de este botín, Taina Tervonen descubre una truculenta historia colonial de la que los objetos son testigos silenciosos. Mientras Senegal exige desde hace décadas la devolución del sable, Francia lucha por dar respuesta a esa demanda, atrapada en una camisa de fuerza ideológica y jurídica. Es un patrimonio tangible, pero también intangible: generaciones y generaciones de senegaleses han cr

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Te gustaría entender cómo funciona la naturaleza? Entonces tendrás que aprender muchas cosas y muy distintas. Por suerte, Jenny y Ole están dispuestos a contarte todo lo que saben en este cómic repleto de animales, plantas, mucho humor y datos interesantísimos e inimaginables.ABRE este libro y recorre con ellos selvas, bosques, océanos y continentes de todo el mundo.CONOCE los inventos geniales que se han puesto en marcha para luchar contra la contaminación, así como las cosas que hacemos todos los días que dañan la naturaleza.APRENDE qué son los ecosistemas, por qué es importante cuidarlos y por qué no podemos vivir sin ellos. Y descubre lo que es posible hacer desde casa para protegerlos.ESCUCHA cómo discuten los políticos sobre el medioambiente: serán capaces de ponerse de acuerdo y trabajar con nosotros para defender de verdad el planeta?JENNY Y OLE te cuentan en este cómic todo lo que saben sobre el medioambiente. Y te aseguramos que después de leerlo no te quedará

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El Ku Klux Klan se fundó en el sur de Estados Unidos en 1865, al terminar la guerra civil, con el propósito de defender la supremacía blanca, que se había visto en entredicho por la Reconstrucción, un programa federal que otorgaba ciertos derechos a la población negra. Su evolución posterior incluyó a otras minorías: judíos, católicos o extranjeros (como no auténticamente americanos), a diferencia de blancos y protestantes (los únicos capaces de proteger el proyecto nacional). Un siglo más tarde, cuando el historiador William Peirce Randel escribía esta obra ?convertida hoy en todo un clásico?, el florecimiento del Klan, que llegó a contar en algún momento con cinco millones de miembros y a quien ningún gobierno de EE UU ha declarado ?terrorista?, había penetrado en amplios sectores conservadores. Según sostiene Randel, lo dramático ha sido cómo ?el espíritu del Klan? ha ido tiñendo ideológicamente a una parte de la sociedad norteamericana.?Si revisamos someramente la historia de E

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LA NOVELA MÁS VENDIDA DEL AÑO.DESPUÉS DE JULIO CÉSAR, EL MUNDO NUNCA VOLVIÓ A SER EL MISMO.Si alguna vez hubo un hombre nacido para cambiar el curso de la Historia, ese fue Julio César. Su leyenda, veinte siglos después, sigue más viva que nunca.Roma, año 77 a.C. El cruel senador Dolabela va a ser juzgado por corrupción, pero ha contratado a los mejores abogados, ha comprado al jurado y, además, es conocido por usar la violencia contra todos los que se enfrentan a él. Nadie se atreve a ser el fiscal, hasta que de pronto, contra todo pronóstico, un joven patricio de tan solo veintitrés años acepta llevar la acusación, defender al pueblo de Roma y desafiar el poder de las élites. El nombre del desconocido abogado es Cayo Julio César.Combinando con maestría un exhaustivo rigor histórico y una capacidad narrativa extraordinaria, Santiago Posteguillo logra sumergir al lector en el fragor de las batallas, hacerle caminar por las calles más peligrosas mientras

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Stella Feehily brings her trademark wit and emotional insight to this revealing play that goes behind the public face of charities, journalists and NGOs, and is drawn directly from workshops and interviews with aid workers, doctors, human rights defenders, government advisers, journalists and photographers. A seasoned human rights defender and her idealistic young colleague embark on a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo. For Mathilde, it's an induction into a life less ordinary. For Sadhbh it's back to madness and chaos away from her lover and London – exactly as she likes it. But while Mathilde lets off steam with a photographer and a spliff, Sadhbh has her own encounter: tea with a smart but brutal young warlord she's investigating. Stella Feehily's play Bang Bang Bang was first performed at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, in 2011, in a production by Out of Joint that subsequently toured the UK, including performances at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 2011.

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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 2021 STONEWALL HONOR BOOKMeet Kimberly, a regular suburban housewife and mother, whose discovery later in life that she was born intersex fuelled her to become an international human rights defender and globally-recognised activist. Charting her intersex discovery and her journey to self-acceptance, this book movingly portrays how being intersex impacted Kimberly's personal and family life, as well as her career. From uncovering a secret that was intentionally kept from her, to coming out to her family and friends and fighting for intersex rights, her candid and empowering story helps breakdown barriers and misconceptions of intersex people and brings to light the trauma and harmful impact medical intervention continues to have on the intersex community. Written from a non-queer perspective, and filled with much-needed, straightforward information and advice about what it means to be intersex, this is a vital and timely resource for intersex people and their families, as well as the general reader.

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Leah Williamson plays as a defender for Arsenal and the Lionesses, England Women's Football team. In the summer of 2022 Leah captained the Lionesses to victory in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.As the first captain in the men's or women's senior teams to lead England to a European victory, Leah is uniquely positioned to motivate and inspire younger generations, and her first book, You Have the Power, is her empowering guide for children.Jordan Glover grew up with her nose perpetually lodged in a book. As an adult, living in Cambridgeshire with her husband, son, cat, and dog, not much has changed. When not searching for magic and adventure between the pages of her current read, you can find her scribbling away or studying for her masters in Creative Writing with the Open University. She is the co-author of The Wonder Team series.Robin Boyden is a freelance illustrator based in Herefordshire in the West of England. In 2007 he graduated f

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The nervous geopolitical tension between East and West, the Cold War, emerged before the end of the Second World War and lasted until 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The British Army of the Rhine was born in 1945 out of the British Liberation Army at the close of the war as the military government of the British zone of occupied Germany. As the Soviet threat increased, so BAOR became less of an occupational army and assumed the role of defender of Western Europe, and as a major contributor to NATO after 1949. This book traces and examines the changing role of BAOR from 1945 to its demise in the 1993 Options for Change defence cuts. It looks at the part it played in the defence of West Germany, its effectiveness as a Cold War deterrent, the garrisons and capabilities, logistics and infrastructure, its arms and armour, the nuclear option and the lives of the thousands of families living on the front line.

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An eye-opening history of Britain and the Islamic world—a thousand-year relationship that is closer, deeper, and more mutually beneficial than is often recognized In this broad yet sympathetic survey—ranging from the Crusades to the modern day—Martin Pugh explores the social, political, and cultural encounters between Britain and Islam. He looks, for instance, at how reactions against the Crusades led to Anglo-Muslim collaboration under the Tudors, at how Britain posed as defender of Islam in the Victorian period, and at her role in rearranging the Muslim world after 1918. Pugh argues that, contrary to current assumptions, Islamic groups have often embraced Western ideas, including modernization and liberal democracy. He shows how the difficulties and Islamophobia that Muslims have experienced in Britain since the 1970s are largely caused by an acute crisis in British national identity. In truth, Muslims have become increasingly key participants in mainstream British society—in culture, sport, politics, and the economy.

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The great Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) is widely recognized as one of the most consequential human beings of the twentieth century. Through his writings and moral witness, he illumined the nature of totalitarianism and helped bring down an ‘evil empire.’ His courage and tenacity are acknowledged even by his fiercest critics. Yet the world-class novelist, historian, and philosopher (one uses the latter term in its capacious Russian sense) has largely been eclipsed by a caricature that has transformed a measured and self-critical patriot into a ferocious nationalist, a partisan of local self-government into a quasi-authoritarian, a man of faith and reason into a narrow-minded defender of Orthodoxy. The caricature, widely dispensed in the press, and too often taken for granted, gets in the way of a thoughtful and humane confrontation with the “other” Solzhenitsyn, the true Solzhenitsyn, who is a writer and thinker of the first rank and whose spirited defense of liberty is never divorced from moderation. It is to the recovery of this Solzhenitsyn that this book is dedicated. This book above all explores philosophical, political, and moral themes in Solzhenitsyn’s two masterworks, The Gulag Archipelago and The Red Wheel, as well as in his great European novel In the First Circle. We see Solzhenitsyn as analyst of revolution, defender of the moral law, phenomenologist of ideological despotism, and advocate of “resisting evil with force.” Other chapters carefully explore Solzhenitsyn’s conception of patriotism, his dissection of ideological mendacity, and his controversial, but thoughtful and humane discussion of the “Jewish Question” in the Russian – and Soviet twentieth century. Some of Solzhenitsyn’s later writings, such as the “binary tales” that he wrote in the 1990s, are subject to critically appreciative analysis. And a long final chapter comments on Solzhenitsyn’s July 2007 Der Spiegel interview, his last word to Russia and the West. He is revealed to be a man of faith and freedom, a patriot but not a nationalist, and a principled advocate of self-government for Russia and the West. A final Appendix reproduces the beautiful Introduction (“The Gift of Incarnation”) that the author’s widow, Natalia Solzhenitsyn, wrote to the 2009 Russian abridgment of The Gulag Archipelago, a work that is now taught in Russian high schools.

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A biography of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States​: from childhood through the Senate to his election as vice president and, in 2020, as president.The road to the presidency of the United States was a long—and determined—one for Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. From Joe’s childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, his close-knit, devoted family gave him the foundation that would guide him through life. His family’s unwavering support bolstered Joe when he was bullied for stuttering, attended law school, and became a public defender. They encouraged Joe when he pursued a career in politics and became the sixth youngest senator in US history. They consoled him when he suffered the devastating loss of his first wife and baby daughter and years later the death of his eldest son, Beau. And they cheered Joe when he served two vice presidential terms with President Barrack Obama. After a lifetime marked by perseverance, integrity, and accomplishment, Joe Biden and running mate, Kamala Harris, won the 2020 presidential election. And standing by his side each and every step of the way was his wife Jill, his children, and his grandchildren—his family.

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Carol really loves Christmas. The decorating and shopping, the Christmas sweaters and music—she wishes it all could be a year-round event. The only downside to the holiday is that she lives in Florida (not exactly the land of snow) and her only family is her Uncle Christopher, who adopted Carol when she was young, after her father's disappearance and mother's death. Her uncle owns a toy company and is super rich—but he's a grinch and a workaholic. Then, on a magical December trip to NYC, Carol meets her destiny. Santa—the real man with the bag—meets Carol at the top of Rockefeller Center, overlooking the tree. There he explains that Carol is descended from a long line of Defenders of Claus, those who protect and serve Santa. Carol's dad was a Defender. And now Carol has been tapped to fulfill his legacy. Who would want to hurt Santa? Someone pretty scary and shady, it appears—a masked man who's trying to destroy Christmas! Carol is whisked off to the North Pole on the adventure of a lifetime. Can she help save Santa before it's too late?

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Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the twelfth century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. A ruthless defender of his faith and brilliant leader, he also possessed qualities that won admiration from his Christian foes. But Saladin is far more than a historical hero. Builder, literary patron, and theologian, he is a man for all times, and a symbol of hope for an Arab world once again divided. Centuries after his death, in cities from Damascus to Cairo and beyond, to the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf, Saladin continues to be an immensely potent symbol of religious and military resistance to the West. He is central to Arab memories, sensibilities, and the ideal of a unified Islamic state. John Man charts Saladin's rise to power, his struggle to unify the warring factions of his faith, and his battles to retake Jerusalem and expel Christian influence from Arab lands. Saladin explores the life and enduring legacy of this champion of Islam while examining his significance for the world today.

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Ludwig von Mises is not the most well-known classical liberal political economist of the twentieth century. He has remained relatively obscure because both methodologically and ideologically his thinking went against the prevailing mood and on a personal level he was more difficult to approach than other thinkers of his time. However, among those in the know, he is considered to be the architect of Austrian economic thought, the most ardent defender of classical liberalism in the last century and history's strongest critic of socialism.This new collection of previously published writings has three main aims: to introduce the reader to von Mises and the core of his ideas; to provide a number of essays which project the Misesian spirit, contribute to Mises's system and suggest areas for future research based on his insight and thought; and to establish an interest in Mises's ideas among those not already familiar with them.This pathbreaking book seeks to be the definitive collection documenting the intellectual legacy of Ludwig von Mises in modern political economy. Its intended readership is scholars in the history of political economy and in particular those interested in the Austrian school of economics.

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After prolonged resistance against tremendous odds, Geronimo, the Apache shaman and war leader, and Naiche, the hereditary Chiricahua chief, surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles near the Mexican border on September 4, 1886. It was the beginning of a new day for white settlers in the Southwest and of bitter exile for the Indians. In Geronimo and the End of the Apache Wars Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, an emissary of General Miles, describes in vivid circumstantial detail his role in the final capture of Geronimo at Skeleton Canyon. Gatewood offers many intimate glimpses of the Apache chief in an important account published for the first time in this collection. Another first-person narration is by Samuel E. Kenoi, who was ten years old when Geronimo went on his last warpath. A Chiricahua Apache, Kenoi recalls the removal of his people to Florida after the surrender. In other colorful chapters Edwin R. Sweeney writes about the 1851 raid of the Mexican army that killed Geronmio's mother, wife, and children; and Albert E. Wratten relates the life of his father, George Wratten, a government scout, superintendent on three reservations, and defender of the rights of the Apaches.

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To find out why Pope Francis is making Oscar Romero a saint, read the words that cost him his life.”A church that does not provoke crisis, a gospel that does not disturb, a word of God that does not touch the concrete sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed – what kind of gospel is that?”Three short years transformed El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Romero from a defender of the status quo into one of the most outspoken voices of the oppressed. An assassin’s bullet ended his life, but his message lives on. In March 2018 Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church would canonize Oscar Romero, acknowledging that he is indeed a saint who was martyred for proclaiming the gospel, and that the political and social implications of that message, which so scandalized the powerful, flowed directly from Romero’s faithfulness to the teachings of Jesus.These selections from Romero’s diaries and radio broadcasts invite each of us to align our own lives with the way of Jesus that lifts up the poor, welcomes the broken, wins over enemies, and transforms the history of entire nations.

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2023 Carol Award Winner His promise will cost him far more than he imagined. Guilt has defined Luke Dempsey's life, but it was self-destructiveness that landed him in prison. When his friend and fellow inmate lay dying shortly before Luke's release, the older man revealed he left a string of clues for his daughter, Finley, that will lead her to the treasure he's hidden. Worried that she won't be the only one pursuing the treasure, he gains Luke's promise to protect her until the end of her search. Spunky and idealistic, Finley Sutherland is the owner of an animal rescue center and a defender of lost causes. She accepts Luke's help on the treasure hunt while secretly planning to help him in return--by coaxing him to embrace the forgiveness he's long denied himself. As they draw closer to the final clue, their reasons for resisting each other begin to crumble, and Luke realizes his promise will push him to the limit in more ways than one. He'll do his best to shield Finley from unseen threats, but who's going to shield him from losing his heart?

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Para muchos de los que la impulsaron, como el presidente estadounidense Woodrow Wilson, la Primera Guerra Mundial era la guerra que tenía que acabar con todas las guerras, la confrontación armada que debía evitar que una carnicería semejante, con millones de muertos en todo el mundo, desproporcionada incluso un siglo después de su estallido, volviera a repetirse.Está claro que no fue así. Y solo unos pocos supieron verlo entonces. De todos ellos habla Adam Hochschild en este libro, en el que los que lucharon en la guerra dejan sitio a los que se opusieron a ella, muchos de los cuales terminaron en la cárcel por defender sus ideas. Entre ellos, el futuro ganador de un Premio Nobel de Literatura Bertrand Russell y un exdirector de diario que publicó para sus compañeros de prisión un periódico en papel higiénico.Libro formidable y documentado, Para acabar con todas las guerras no es solo una poderosa evocación del terror de la Primera Guerra Mundial, sino un homenaje a los que sufri

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YA el propio título de esta obra nos descubre muchas de sus claves. Por una parte, el Diálogo entre Pedro Barrantes Maldonado y un cauallero estrangero nos indica su pertenencia a uno de los géneros literarios más importantes del siglo XVI: el diálogo; género muy emparentado con todo el movimiento humanista que se desarrolló en Europa entre los siglos XV y XVI, y cuyos moldes utilizarán muchos autores de la época para exponer toda clase de temas: sus ideas sobre el matrimonio, sobre el perfecto médico, la política, la educación, etc. y, sobre todo, sus experiencias personales. Y a este último tema pertenece esta obra de Barrantes que, además y por otra parte, tiene como otra de sus características el relato de un suceso histórico (segunda parte del título): que cuenta el saco que los turcos hizieron en Gibraltar en 1540, lo que lleva al autor no sólo a dar cuenta de este hecho, con el detalle y la exhaustividad del que fue enviado para defender Gibraltar, sino a exponer todo su conocim

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A propósito del aborto, hablamos sin atender y, si llega el caso, nos agredimos. Es hora de no olvidar lo esencial. Porque defender la vida oculta de un prenacido no debe estar por encima de respetar la vida del real contertulio que discrepa de nosotros.El absolutismo y la intransigencia han escrito crueles páginas de nuestra historia. Luego, con el tiempo, descubrimos que lo defendido no fue la verdad sino espejismos. Demasiadas veces!Vida es confiar en el otro, dialogar, entenderse, acordar. Pero es vieja y testaruda la tendencia a encapsularnos en el error o la maldad. La vida se hace armonía y progreso cuando busca la verdad incansable y humilde desde la razón, la experiencia y el saber del corazón.Vida es escuchar y valorar la verdad del otro venga de donde viniere, no negarla y silenciarla.Por la verdad -qué verdad?- hemos matado muchas veces, sin dejar que la vida naciera en el común buscar. Y la abortamos.Hay muchas vidas nacidas, adultas físicamente, pero que es

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Tras mudarse a Horror de los Montes y acudir a su primer día de clase, Kevin se hace amigo del Cuerpo de Bienhechores, un grupo de chavales que sufren acoso escolar por parte de una banda cuyos miembros se hacen llamar los Migalas. Una jornada más, el grupo es víctima de las fechorías de la cruel banda, pero, a diferencia de otras ocasiones, Kevin está ahí para defender a sus nuevos amigos. A pesar de contar con el factor sorpresa, su intervención no es suficiente. Ahora llega el momento de la verdad. Kevin tiene hasta medianoche para trasformar a sus nuevos amigos en los formidables guerreros que sabe que son. La guerra entre los dos bandos ha estallado y el campo de batalla no será otro que un psiquiátrico abandonado. Los dos bandos se enfrentarán en una batalla como nadie hubiese imaginado. Todo podría haberse quedado ahí, pero la tragedia se desencadenará cuando, por error, los chicos liberen de las profundidades del psiquiátrico a un mal que nadie vivo ha visto, un ser monstruoso,

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Las Crónicas Vampíricas continúan con el relato del Príncipe Lestat y la fundación de la Comunidad de la Sangre. La historia que voy a contaros tiene poco o nada que ver con el mundo moderno. Es un cuento tan antiguo como el género mismo, sobre la lucha de los individuos para encontrar y defender su lugar en un universo atemporal, junto a todos los demás hijosde la tierra y del sol y de la luna y de las estrellas.De la mano de Lestat conoceremos cómo se convirtió en el líder del mundo vampírico y su lucha para encontrar un lugar en el universo de los muertos vivientes y cómo, en contra de su voluntad, debe luchar contra las fuerzas amenazadoras y aparentemente imbatibles de la oscuridad. Desde las torres y las almenas de un castillo ancestral en las montañas nevadas de Francia, hasta los verdes montes de Luisiana con sus fragancias a magnolias y jazmín, pasando por las islas vírgenes del Pacífico y la ciudad de San Petersburgo durante la corte de la emperatriz Ca

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“(Jill) Biden’s anecdotal portrait of her spouse’s early years spotlights his competitiveness and risk-taking…his role as a peacemaker, devoted brother, and defender of bullied peers…and reveals how…high school, when he became a star athlete and class president, paved the way for leadership roles in college and beyond.” —Publishers Weekly “Young readers are likely to find inspiration and aspiration in young Joey as a relatable, athletic, and tenacious kid who grew into a civic leader.” —School Library Journal Joey is the first ever picture book about the young life of Joe Biden, the 47th Vice President of the United States, and includes never before told family stories about the president-elect and former vice president’s childhood—written by Jill Biden, his spouse.Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be independent and strong. The family moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where at twenty-nine, Biden was elected one the youngest United States Senators ever elected. This is his story.

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In 1217 England was facing her darkest hour, with foreign troops pillaging the country and defeat close at hand. But, at the battle of Lincoln, the seventy-year-old William Marshal led his men to a victory that would secure the future of his nation. Earl of Pembroke, right-hand man to three kings and regent for a fourth, Marshal was one of the most celebrated men in Europe, yet is virtually unknown today, his impact and influence largely forgotten. In this vivid account, Richard Brooks blends colourful contemporary source material with new insights to uncover the tale of this unheralded icon. He traces the rise of Marshal from penniless younger son to renowned knight, national hero and defender of the Magna Carta. What emerges is a fascinating story of a man negotiating the brutal realities of medieval warfare and the conflicting demands of chivalric ideals, and who against the odds defeated the joint French and rebel forces in arguably the most important battle in medieval English history – overshadowing even Agincourt.

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All Hoof the Unicorn wants to do is be part of a football team but his club never appreciated his talents and kicked him out. Then he spots an advert for BAD UNITED and he feels a tingling in his hooves. A chance to be part of a team again! A chance to play the game he loves! And a chance to show off his skillsHoof is thrilled to find his new teammates are more than up for the challenge. Led by enthusiastic mermaid coach Serena Winmer, the team consists of: Bones, their skeleton captain who sometimes struggles to keep her head; Rex, the ROARsome dinosaur defender; cheetah striker Bolt brings the thunder; Tinkerball dazzles with her magic fairy moves and Annette guards the goal with her life (and eight spider legs). All deemed not good enough to play for their teams (who decides what's good anyway?!), BAD UNITED combine strength, skill, speed and stench to show everyone what they've gotThe first book in a super and silly graphic novel series, perfect for fans of

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First and Last: How I Made European History With Hibs is the fascinating autobiography of Jackie Plenderleith, the only surviving player from the first British side to compete in the European Cup. A graceful yet tough-tackling defender, Jackie takes us back to 1955 and describes what it was like for a 17-year-old coal miner's son to witness first-hand the awkward birth of the global phenomenon now known as the Champions League and his role in helping Hibernian reach the semi-finals. The former Scotland international relives his time playing alongside the Edinburgh club's legendary 'Famous Five' forward line, and reveals how it felt to line up against the incomparable Ferenc Puskas twice in the space of two days while in South Africa. Captain of the British Army team during his national service, a team-mate to Denis Law at Manchester City and the proud possessor of international caps from schoolboy to senior level, Jackie played an important part in football's past and, with typical good humour, he has plenty to say about its future.

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When Gina was deported to Tijuana, Mexico, in 2011, she left behind her parents, siblings, and children, all of whom are U.S. citizens. Despite having once had a green card, Gina was removed from the only country she had ever known. In Deported Americans legal scholar and former public defender Beth C. Caldwell tells Gina's story alongside those of dozens of other Dreamers, who are among the hundreds of thousands who have been deported to Mexico in recent years. Many of them had lawful status, held green cards, or served in the U.S. military. Now, they have been banished, many with no hope of lawfully returning. Having interviewed over one hundred deportees and their families, Caldwell traces deportation's long-term consequences—such as depression, drug use, and homelessness—on both sides of the border. Showing how U.S. deportation law systematically fails to protect the rights of immigrants and their families, Caldwell challenges traditional notions of what it means to be an American and recommends legislative and judicial reforms to mitigate the injustices suffered by the millions of U.S. citizens affected by deportation.

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With a foreword by England player Steph Houghton, She Shoots, She Scores! tells the incredible story of the BEST sport in the world, women’s football – from the men who tried to ban it to the superstars of today’s game, including Lucy Bronze, Sam Kerr and Alex Morgan. Young footie fans can find out about . . .- The girl who had to play football in secret but grew up into a goal scoring legend- The thirteen-year-old who shot to international fame but didn’t get a mention in school assembly- The greatest women’s footballer ever, who scored in FIVE World CupsWritten by acclaimed YA novelist Catriona Clarke, the book is packed with facts and stats about the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Olympics, plus pocket profiles of the world's top players – from Marta to Megan Rapinoe – and record-breaking teams, including the US national women's team and Olympique Lyonnais. What's more, discover the key skills you'll need to become a great goalkeeper, a tough-tackling defender or the world's next superstar striker!

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The growth in popularity and complexity of video games has spurred new interest in how games are developed and in the research and technology behind them. David Heineman brings together some of the most iconic, influential, and interesting voices from across the gaming industry and asks them to weigh in on the past, present, and future of video games. Among them are legendary game designers Nolan Bushnell (Pong) and Eugene Jarvis (Defender), who talk about their history of innovations from the earliest days of the video game industry through to the present; contemporary trailblazers Kellee Santiago (Journey) and Casey Hudson (Mass Effect), who discuss contemporary relationships between those who create games and those who play them; and scholars Ian Bogost (How to Do Things With Videogames) and Edward Castronova (Exodus to the Virtual World), who discuss how to research and write about games in ways that engage a range of audiences. These experts and others offer fascinating perspectives on video games, game studies, gaming culture, and the game industry more broadly.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018A TRUE STORY THAT IS PACKED WITH FICTION - FICTION CREATED BY ITS MAIN CHARACTER, ENRIC MARCOBut who is Enric Marco? A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a fighter against fascism, an impassioned campaigner for justice, and a survivor of the Nazi death camps? Or, is he simply an old man with delusions of grandeur, a charlatan who fabricated his heroic war record, who was never a prisoner in the Third Reich and never opposed Franco; a charming, beguiling and compulsive liar who refashioned himself as a defender of liberty and who was unmasked in 2005 at the height of his influence and renown?In this extraordinary novel - part narrative, part history, part essay, part biography, part autobiography - Javier Cercas unravels the enigma of the man and delves with passion and honesty into the most ambiguous aspects of what makes us human - our infinite capacity for self-deception, our need for conformity, our thirst for affection and our conflicting needs for fiction and for truth.Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne

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How to Be a Christian brings together the best of Lewis’s insights on Christian practice and its expression in our daily lives. Cultivated from his many essays, articles, and letters, as well as his classic works. From the revered teacher and best-selling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters comes a collection that gathers the best of C. S. Lewis’s practical advice on how to embody a Christian life. The most famous adherent and defender of Christianity in the twentieth century, C. S. Lewis has long influenced our perceptions and understanding of the faith. More than fifty years after his death, Lewis’s arguments remain extraordinarily persuasive because they originate from his deep insights into the Christian life itself. Only an intellectual of such profound faith could form such cogent and compelling reasons for its truth. By provoking readers to more carefully ponder their faith, How to Be a Christian can help readers forge a deeper understanding of their personal beliefs and what is means to be a Christian, and strengthen their profound relationship with God.

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