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Death in the Rubble: The Female Killer Who Stalked Cold War Berlin (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Set against the shattered landscape of post-war Berlin, Death in the Rubble follows a nurse battling addiction who murders her victims to buy gifts for her lover – a married police detective.
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Pedagogies of Proximity: The Making of an Itinerant School (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
During the pandemic, authors Vintimilla and Pacini-Ketchabaw, alongside an elementary school in Ecuador, initiated the Itinerant school. In this book, they explore the curricular trajectories of nine gardens that created this educational experience.
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A Matter of Detail: Anthropology, Philosophy, and Aesthetics (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book establishes a history of attention to detail (rather than an amassing of details) to disrupt a teleological view of history that positions Europe as the principal protagonist in the story of detail.
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Oscar Wilde's Paris: Legends and Legacies (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Oscar Wilde’s Paris explores Wilde’s connection with the French capital from his rise to fame to his eventual exile and death, examining his self-fashioning in the city, its impact on his career, and his eventual absorption into Parisian cultural history.
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Crossing Lines: Comics About Human Migration (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A graphic anthology co-created by migration scholars and comics artists, Crossing Lines explores issues of displacement, identity, and community, offering nuanced perspectives amid rising anti-immigrant populism.
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Written in Blood: Lessons on Prevention from a Risky World (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Written in Blood, by physician and author Brodie Ramin, draws on lessons from past disasters to argue that proactive, preventative strategies can reduce risks and help avert crises – in our personal lives, our organizations, and society at large.
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The Many and the Few: Machiavelli and Guicciardini's Critique of Aristocratic Regimes (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Many and the Few examines the improbable friendship between Francesco Guicciardini and Niccolò Machiavelli, and its impact on Guicciardini’s political thought.
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Nightmares of the National Imaginary: Surveillance and Sousveillance in Canadian Literature (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book explores the importance of contemporary Canadian literature as a kind of nuance-making machine in a world where we appear to be under constant observation.
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Reason and Revelation in Hegel: Metaphysical Dimension of the Absolute (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Absolute revelation comingles with human reason and is communally celebrated in art, religion, and philosophy. This book is a scholarly examination of the metaphysical and self-revelatory dimensions of the Idea in the German philosopher’s thought.
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Jacopo Passavanti: The Mirror of True Penitence (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Jacopo Passavanti is a complete English translation of Jacopo Passavanti’s summa on penitence that explores sin, confession, and repentance.
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Telling Tales: Clerics, Concubines, and an Inquisitor in Late Medieval Ferrara: a Primary Source Study (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Telling Tales takes readers on a guided tour through the lives of women and clergy who were investigated by an inquisitor in the city of Ferrara, Italy during the late Middle Ages.
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KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet Union (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
KGB Literati offers a first-ever glimpse into the mysterious and long-ignored world and work of Soviet spies- and counterspies-turned-writers.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
