A Foreign Country

Reducere. From Pariah to Priority gives a unique, insider perspective that explains the unexpected incorporation of LGBTI rights into the United States and S...

This book provides an up-to-date guide to managing Country Risk. It tackles its various and interlinked dimensions including sovereign risk, socio-...

Reducere. After the ravages of World War I and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Budapest was engulfed by revolution and marauding foreign armies ...

Reducere. The economics background investors need to interpret global economic news distilled to the essential elements: A tool of choice for investment deci...

This book examines Turkey's ethno-religious activism and power-related political strategies in the Balkans between 2002 and 2020, the period under ...

Better analysis for more accurate international financial valuation International Financial Statement Analysis, 4th Edition provides the most up-to...

Reducere. Prologue1. A Five-year Project: 3, 000 Nights2.The Israelis and My Home: Under the Rubble (1983) and Children of Fire (1989)3.The Green Line: War G...

Reducere. Starting in 1959 a young girl from Locust Ridge, TN started releasing recordings on small labels and in little more than a decade became one of the...

Reducere. Many visitors to Mexico City's 1886 Electricity Exposition were amazed by their experience of the event, which included magnetic devices, electroni...

Reducere. The house of Valois ruled France for 250 years, playing a crucial role in its establishment as a major European power. When Philip VI came to the t...

Reducere. DescriptionFor over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada's oil industry. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the in...

Since 2001 the U.S. government has been engaged in the delicate balancing act of seeking to protect the country against terrorism, both foreign-con...

Reducere. When South Sudan's war began, the Beatles were playing their first hits and reaching the moon was an astronaut's dream. Half a century later, with ...

What is unique about Brears book is that he combines an account of the cookery with a close look at the practical arrangements, the kitchens and di...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Dan HolohanThis was my first book and a true labor of love. I spent decades studying steam and the work of Dead Men, in bot...

Reducere. DescriptionNader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, embodied ruthless ambition, energy, military brilliance, cynicism and cruelty. His reign ...

Reducere. What if photography is more listening than seeing? Come Get Your Honey uses this question as a compass while telling a story about the trans* and q...

Reducere. Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by ...

Reducere. Every Child Who Has Access to a Smartphone, Tablet, Computer, or Video Games is at Risk!But NOW You Can Help Keep Them Safe.Would you ever consider...

The Christian faith has the allegiance of one third of the human race. It has succeeded in influencing civilization to such a degree that we now ta...

Contributor(s): Editor: Lois BraggTo many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited. Deaf World thus concerns itself less w...

DescriptionTunisia became one of the largest sources of foreign fighters for the Islamic State--even though the country stands out as a democratic ...

Reducere. After the ravages of World War I and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Budapest was engulfed by revolution and marauding foreign armies ...

In 1986, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) adopted the Doi Moi (Renovation) policy at its sixth national congress, opening up a new chapter in t...

During the 1930s Mexico was undergoing a healing process after three decades of revolutionary turmoil and reform. In this climate, the coming of Wo...

DescriptionFrom the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha and The Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fr...

Some styles of decorating have a longer shelf life than others. One of the most durable is what has come to be known as English Country Style, whic...

While teaching in Japan, Judith Pascoe was fascinated to discover the popularity that Emily Bront 's novel Wuthering Heights has enjoyed there. Nea...

Reducere. A lot can happen in a decade apart from just living. You will end up outliving your past tribulations and growing into your future triumphs. The pa...

Reducere. Privileges of War is a collection of positive stories about wartime service during one of the most negative and controversial periods in American h...

Reducere. THE RIVETING NEW THRILLER FROM FORMER GREEN BERET AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JASON KASPER"David Rivers is back with a vengeance in the Shadow...

DescriptionSince the 1980 military coup in Turkey, much of the history and politics of the country can be described as a struggle between democracy...

When the Viet Nam War ended, with the United States of America defeated, many wondered how a military powerhouse lost to a "raggedy-ass, little fou...

Reducere. When Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, launching World War Two, its army seemed an unstoppable force. The Luftwaffe bombed towns an...

Reducere. This is a story of how one young soldier recalls the events of war. He remembers the men he served with who had such a great impact on his life dur...

Reducere. Technically speaking, slavery was not legal in the English-speaking world before the mid-seventeenth century. But long before race-based slavery wa...

As the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of ...

In his greatest challenge yet, international spy Simon Riske must foil a plot with global implications whose masterminds will stop at nothing to en...

In 1947, grocer Johnny Lombardi went on air for the first time to share the sounds of "sunny Italy" with the radio listeners of Toronto. Meanwhile,...

In the last three decades, Somalia has been associated with such horrible terms as 'state collapse', 'civil wars', 'foreign intervention', 'warlord...

Reducere. This book is about an idea--namely, that Scripture mandates a Jewish return to the historical region of Palestine--which in turn morphed into a pol...

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Accidental President comes the thrilling story of the 1948 presidential election, one of the gre...

Reducere. A captivating non-fiction anthology filled with heroic profiles, epic tales, and timeless parables. You'll meet valiant personalities who've challe...

This captivating ethnography explores Vietnam's sex industry as the country ascends the global and regional stage. Over the course of five years, a...

As National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017) guided U.S. foreign policy at a critical juncture of the Co...

Reducere. A country bitterly divided between two political parties. Populist mobs rising in support of a reactionary rabble-rouser. Foreign interference in t...

Reducere. A better way to think about foreign influence and the nation's futureWhen he visited Australia in 2014, Chinese president Xi Jinping said there was...

The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics"Latinx" (pronounced "La-teen-ex") is the gender-neutral term that covers one of the larg...

Reducere. For over twenty-five years John Dickson served the United States as a Foreign Service officer in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and A...

Reducere. DescriptionThis collector's edition comprises episodes 5-8 of the Dino lernt Deutsch story series for German learners: "Ahoi aus Hamburg", "Pl tzli...

Reducere. Everything Australia wants to achieve as a country depends on its capacity to understand the world outside and to respond effectively to it. In Fea...

Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BCE, at Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the Persians. He travelle...

Whispers of War: An Afghan Freedom Fighter's Account of the Soviet Invasion is the real-life tale of a young political leader, Masood Khalili. Son ...

Reducere. From Nikki Page, #1 International bestselling author of "Cut The Crap & Move To Costa Rica" with the follow-up, "The Ultimate Costa Rica Cookbook" ...

Reducere. From growing up in the Channel Islands post World War II, to running sheep and cattle stations in Australia, Memoirs of a Jersey Girl is the story ...

Reducere. Beyond the killing fields and the temples of Angkor is Cambodia: a country with a genocidal past and a wide, open smile. A frontier land where anyt...

The imbalance of Pakistan's civil-military relations has caused misperceptions about the changing role of intelligence in politics. The country mai...

Reducere. It takes a particular blend of curiosity and courage to dive into a culture foreign to your own. In Across Japan, photographer Eren Sarigul takes u...

Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy.

Reducere. Just as U. S. soldiers and diplomats pulled out of Afghanistan, supposedly concluding their role and responsibility in the two-decade conflict, the...

Reducere. Tucked into the rugged Canadian wilderness of Muskoka's majestic lake country, Merilee Sutcliffe's peaceful town seems worlds away from the escalat...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this engaging and spirited book, eminent social psychologist Robert Levine asks us to explore a dimension of our experience that we t...

Reducere. Left by harrowing circumstances to fend for herself in the great capital of a foreign country, Lucy Snowe, the narrator and heroine of Villette, ac...

'...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called 'path breaking, ' 'seminal, ' 'essential, ' a 'must read.' How the Irish Became ...

Reducere. New author M.E. Evans debuts with a profoundly intimate and wildly entertaining portrait of a young woman trying to cope with life's lemons by drow...

Reducere. "But the country could not accept the bridge and the bridge could not accept the country."This quotation, from the short story "The Bridge on the Z...

DescriptionInvestigative journalist Lee Smith uses his unprecedented access to Congressman Devin Nunes, former head of the House Intelligence Commi...

Reducere. This is a story of a young woman who, with her husband and her baby, made a brave decision in 1923 to travel from her country of origin, Hungary/Ro...

Reducere. According to USNews, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 21.9% compared to a national average of 11.8%.In 23 Miles and Running, Pinkins shares his jo...

Reducere. Political polarization and unrest are not exclusive to our era, but in the twenty-first century, we are living with seemingly unresolvable disagree...