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Bloomsbury
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'A wonderful book ... Reading it is akin to kicking a can along the road of higher learning' Patti Smith Simone Weil: famous French philosopher, writer, political activist, mystic – and sister to André, one of the most influential mathematicians[...]
Edition statement: 2nd ed. ISBN (or other code): 978-1-5266-0753-9 Article on page: 214 p. Descriptors: Class number: 510.92 Tags: Weil, André, 1906-1998 ; Mathematicians--France--Biography Languages: English ![]()
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For the past forty years the images flashing across our television screens from the Middle East have provoked anger, outrage and, sometimes, military action from the international community. But the stories behind them were rarely understood. In[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4088-4060-3 Article on page: VIII, 467 p. Class number: 956.054 Tags: Arab Spring, 2010- ; Middle East--Politics and government--1979- ; Middle East--Politics and government--21st century Languages: English ![]()
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Today, the Internet has become a source of information that no country or company can forgo. It is not only used to communicate or entertain, but most importantly to operate utilities and public services such as banking or air traffic. As the re[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-62356-803-0 Article on page: XXIII, 237 p. Descriptors: 4.20 Social problems > Crime > Cybercriminalité > Systèmes informatiques -- Mesures de sûreté
Class number: 363.325 900 4 Languages: English ![]()
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This groundbreaking survey explains why war remains predominant in today's world by showing how the spread of nationalism and capitalism has brought about modern warfare. It argues that the key explanation for modern conflict, which is character[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4411-8249-4 Article on page: XI, 281 p. Class number: 303.6/6 Tags: War--Economic aspects ; War--Causes ; Capitalism ; Nationalism ; Nation-state ; Globalization Languages: English ![]()
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Fratricide, or 'Friendly Fire', is a persistent and unwelcome feature in war. Can it be avoided? How can it be properly understood?Beginning with a historical analysis, Fratricide in Battle examines all aspects of the problem, covering both huma[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4725-2303-7 Article on page: XX, 266 p. Class number: 355.422 Tags: Friendly fire (Military science) ; Friendly fire (Military science)--Prevention Languages: English ![]()
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In this groundbreaking work, leading scholars and experts set out to explore the utility of the concept of affordance in the study and understanding of terrorism and political violence. Affordance is a concept used in a variety of fields, from p[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-62892-021-5 Article on page: VIII, 204 p. Descriptors: Class number: 363.32501 Tags: Terrorism--Philosophy ; Terrorism Languages: English ![]()
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Martin h. Manser ; Rosalind Fergusson ; David Pickering ; Jenny Roberts | London [United Kingdom] : A & C Black | 2011'In every sense, a good word guide' Times Educational Supplement 'This intelligent guide is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all readers and writers' Good Book Guide Our language is changing faster than ever before. Modern communicati[...]
Edition statement: 7e ed ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4081-2294-5 Article on page: XVII, 460 p. Class number: 425 Tags: English language--Usage ; English language--Grammar--Handbooks, manuals, etc. ; English language--Usage--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Languages: English ![]()
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His mates watch, and giggle, when tracer bullets from Spongebob's machine gun rip through a Taleban fighter. A wounded colonel high on morphine mistakes a helicopter for a train. Young men and teenagers fight the toughest battles for fifty years[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-7475-9996-8 Article on page: 1 vol. (XV, 264 p.) Class number: 958.104 7 Tags: Afghan War, 2001--Personal narratives, British ; Great Britain. Army. Air Assault Brigade, 16 ; Afghan War, 2001--Campaigns Languages: English ![]()
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China is a country on the move, and Route 312 - China's Route 66 - is the artery along which 150 million Chinese are daily travelling in search of work and a better life. Running 3,000 miles from the east-coast boomtown of Shanghai to the border[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-7475-8892-4 Article on page: XXIV, 326 Class number: 951.06 Tags: Voyages and travels--China--Guidebooks ; China (E) Languages: English ![]()
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For former hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina, words are the most powerful weapon in the human arsenal. For good and for evil, as was the case in the spring of 1994 in Rwanda. Over 100 days, some 800,000 people were slaughtered, most hacked to deat[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-7475-8558-9 Article on page: XVIII, 264 Class number: 364.151 675 Tags: Genocide--Rwanda--Prevention (E) ; Rwanda--Biography ; Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994--Civilian relief ; Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994--Refugees Languages: English ![]()
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The war against Iraq divided opinion throughout the world and generated a maelstrom of spin and counterspin. The man at the eye of the storm, and arguably the only key player to emerge from it with his integrity intact, was Hans Blix, head of th[...]
Article on page: X, 285 Class number: 956.7044/3 Tags: Iraq War, 2003- ; United Nations--Iraq ; Weapons of mass destruction--Iraq ; Arms control--Verification--Iraq Languages: English ![]()
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Article on page: XII, 404 p. Languages: English