This major six-volume project, co-published with Macmillan, covers the historical experience of the peoples and societies of the Caribbean region from the earliest times to the present day. The sixth volume brings this series to an end as it takes in the whole of the modern period from colonial conquest and domination to decolonization; the Cold War from start to finish; the disintegration of the Soviet Union; and the renewed instability in certain areas. Not only did the colonial regimes lay a new patina over the region, but nationalism remoulded all old identities into a series of new ones. That process of the twentieth century was perhaps the most transformative of all after the colonial subjugation of the nineteenth. While it has been the basis of remarkable stability in vast stretches of the region, it has been a fertile source of tension and even wars in other parts. The impact and the results of such changes have been astonishingly variable despite the proximity of these states to each other and their being subject to, or driven, by virtually the same compulsions.

This major six-volume project, co-published with Macmillan, covers the historical experience of the peoples and societies of the Caribbean region from the earliest times to the present day. The sixth volume brings this series to an end as it takes in the whole of the modern period from colonial conquest and domination to decolonization; the Cold War from start to finish; the disintegration of the Soviet Union; and the renewed instability in certain areas. Not only did the colonial regimes lay a new patina over the region, but nationalism remoulded all old identities into a series of new ones. That process of the twentieth century was perhaps the most transformative of all after the colonial subjugation of the nineteenth. While it has been the basis of remarkable stability in vast stretches of the region, it has been a fertile source of tension and even wars in other parts. The impact and the results of such changes have been astonishingly variable despite the proximity of these states to each other and their being subject to, or driven, by virtually the same compulsions.

<p>Burnout is common among doctors in the West, so one might assume that a medical career in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, would place far greater strain on the idealism that drives many doctors. But, as A Heart for the Work makes clear, Malawian medical students learn to confront poverty creatively, experiencing fatigue and frustration but also joy and commitment on their way to becoming physicians. The first ethnography of medical training in the global South, Claire L. Wendland's book is a moving and perceptive look at medicine in a world where the transnational movement of people and ideas creates both devastation and possibility.Wendland, a physician anthropologist, conducted extensive interviews and worked in wards, clinics, and operating theaters alongside the student doctors whose stories she relates. From the relative calm of Malawi's College of Medicine to the turbulence of training at hospitals with gravely ill patients and dramatically inadequate supplies, staff, and technology, Wendland's work reveals the way these young doctors engage the contradictions of their circumstances, shedding new light on debates about the effects of medical training, the impact of traditional healing, and the purposes of medicine.<br></p>

Chahryar A. (ed.) - Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 2005. - 992 p. -ISBN 92-3-103985-7 The preparation of the History of Civilizations of Central Asia undertaken by the International Scientific Committee began in 1980. This scholarly team, composed of 19 members until 1991 and just 16 members after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, comes from the region of Central Asia (as defined by UNESCO) and from other parts of the world. They are responsible for the preparation of this six-volume work, which covers the period from the dawn of civilization to the present day. More than three hundred scholars, mostly from the Central Asian region, have contributed to this major work, which is now completed with the publication of the present volume. For each scholar who has invested his or her knowledge and expertise in this great undertaking, the work on this History has been a difficult task since Central Asia is a complex region, composed of a variety of cultural entities and influences that have undergone major changes over the centuries. Today, in an era of rapid globalization, it is increasingly vital to find ways to respect the world’s human values. The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity adopted by the General Conference at its thirty-first session is a major step towards finding avenues of dialogue between peoples living on our planet. We know that human beings forge their identity through the cultures which have enriched them. Their sense of worth and personal dignity very much lies in the recognition by the other of the special contribution that each and all - women and men, majorities and minorities - have made to weaving the rich tapestry of the world’s civilization. Indeed, civilizations are fertile mixtures and all borrowed from one another well before the advent of our age of electronic communications. The term ‘civilization’ must denote a universal, plural and non-hierarchical phenomenon,

The period treated in this volume is highlighted by the slow retreat of nomadism and the progressive increase of sedentary polities owing to a fundamental change in military technology: Furthermore, this period certainly saw a growing contrast in the pace of economic and cultural progress between Central Asia and Europe. The internal growth of the European economies and the influx of silver from the New World gave Atlantic Europe an increasingly important position in world trade and caused a major shift in inland Asian trade. Thus, 1850 marks the end of the total sway of pre-modern culture as the extension of colonial dominance was accompanied by the influx of modern ideas.

<p>This book collects six studies on the interactions between Ottomans and Safavids in the early sixteenth century. It presents a number of interesting documents in original, transcription and translation.<br></p>

<p>Burnout is common among doctors in the West, so one might assume that a medical career in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, would place far greater strain on the idealism that drives many doctors. But, as A Heart for the Work makes clear, Malawian medical students learn to confront poverty creatively, experiencing fatigue and frustration but also joy and commitment on their way to becoming physicians. The first ethnography of medical training in the global South, Claire L. Wendland's book is a moving and perceptive look at medicine in a world where the transnational movement of people and ideas creates both devastation and possibility.Wendland, a physician anthropologist, conducted extensive interviews and worked in wards, clinics, and operating theaters alongside the student doctors whose stories she relates. From the relative calm of Malawi's College of Medicine to the turbulence of training at hospitals with gravely ill patients and dramatically inadequate supplies, staff, and technology, Wendland's work reveals the way these young doctors engage the contradictions of their circumstances, shedding new light on debates about the effects of medical training, the impact of traditional healing, and the purposes of medicine.<br></p>

The period treated in this volume is highlighted by the slow retreat of nomadism and the progressive increase of sedentary polities owing to a fundamental change in military technology: Furthermore, this period certainly saw a growing contrast in the pace of economic and cultural progress between Central Asia and Europe. The internal growth of the European economies and the influx of silver from the New World gave Atlantic Europe an increasingly important position in world trade and caused a major shift in inland Asian trade. Thus, 1850 marks the end of the total sway of pre-modern culture as the extension of colonial dominance was accompanied by the influx of modern ideas.

Volume II presents an account of various population movements and cultural exchanges in Central Asia between 700 B.C. and 250 A.D. Important nomadic tribal cultures such as the Kushans emerged during this period. Contacts between the Mediterranean and the Indus Valley were reinforced by the campaigns of Alexander the Great and, under his successors, the progressive syncretism between Zoroastrianism, Greek religion and Buddhism gave rise to a new civilization instituted by the Parthians, known for its artistic creations. Under Kushan rule, Central Asia became the crossroads of a prosperous trade between the Mediterranean and China along the Silk Route.

Volume II presents an account of various population movements and cultural exchanges in Central Asia between 700 B.C. and 250 A.D. Important nomadic tribal cultures such as the Kushans emerged during this period. Contacts between the Mediterranean and the Indus Valley were reinforced by the campaigns of Alexander the Great and, under his successors, the progressive syncretism between Zoroastrianism, Greek religion and Buddhism gave rise to a new civilization instituted by the Parthians, known for its artistic creations. Under Kushan rule, Central Asia became the crossroads of a prosperous trade between the Mediterranean and China along the Silk Route.

Chahryar A., Habib I. (eds.) - Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 2003. — 934 pp. — (Multiple History Series). — ISBN 92-3-103876-1. This volume continues the history of Central Asian civilizations from c. 1500 to c. 1850, a period which saw the last medieval empires, notably the Uzbeks, Safavids, Mughals and Dzungars, and witnessed the early impact of colonialism. Like the preceding volumes, the present one also deals with all the diverse elements of culture. It describes the last phase of nomadism as a viable system of social organization; the effects on Central Asian economies of the shift of the main lines of international trade from the Great Silk Route to the oceanic routes; the various schools of art; the last great age of classical Persian literature and the growth of Turkic literatures; and, finally, in the religious sphere, the Shiite triumph in Persia, the conversion of the Mongol peoples to Buddhism, and the rise of Sikhism. It also analyses the problem of the lag in Central Asian scientific and technological development in relation to Europe and the nature of early colonialism - notably British and Russian - in Central Asia. The conclusion sums up the main trends in Central Asian history from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Introduction (The Editors). The khanate (emirate) of Bukhara. The Shaybanids (R. G. Mukminova). The Janids (Astarkhanids) (R. G. Mukminova). The Manghits (A. Mukhtarov). The khanates of Khiva and Kokand and the relations between the khanates and with other powers. The khanate of Khiva (Khwarazm) (M. Annanepesov). Ferghana and the khanate of Kokand (H. N. Bababekov). Relations between the khanates and with other powers (M. Annanepesov). The Kazakhs (K. M. Baipakov and B. E. Kumekov). The Kyrgyz (T. Tchoroev (Chorotegin)). The Turkmens (M. Annanepesov). The Dzungars and the Torguts (Kalmuks), and the peoples of southern Siberia. History of the Dzungars: introductory survey (J. Miyawaki). The Dzungars and the Torguts (Kalmuks) in China (Bai Cuiqin). The peoples of southern Siberia in the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries (L. R. Kyzlasov). The Tarim basin (Ma Dazheng). The Mongols (N. Ishjamts). The Pamirs, Badakhshan and the trans-Pamir states. The Pamirs and Badakhshan (H. S. Pirumshoev). The trans-Pamir states (A. H. Dani). Persia during the period of the Safavids, the Afshars and the early Qajars (E. Eshraghi). The Safavids (1501–1722). The Afshars, a short-lived military empire (1736–47), and the Zand regime (1747–94). The early Qajars at the threshold of the modern world (1795–1848). Afghanistan (Mir Hussain Shah). The Mughal empire and its successors (M. Athar Ali). International relations. Inter-state relations (c. 1500–1850) (Iqtidar A. Khan). Colonialism and Central Asia (Irfan Habib). Society. Social structure. Nomadic societies (The Editors). Sedentary societies (S. Moosvi). The status of women. Transoxania (A. Tabyshalieva). Iran (S. Moosvi). India (S. Moosvi). The economy. Production and trade. Production. Northern areas (Transoxania and the steppes). Pastoral production (N. Masanov). Agriculture (The Editors). Handicrafts (K. M. Baipakov). Southern Central Asia (S. Moosvi). Trade (A. Burton). Monetary systems and prices. Northern parts of Central Asia: monetary policy and currency circulation under the Shaybanid and the Janid (Astarkhanid) dynasties (E. A. Davidovich). Eastern and northern Central Asia (c. 1750 to c. 1850) (E. V. Rtveladze). The monetary system in Safavid Persia (S. Moosvi). The monetary system and price movements in India (S. Moosvi). Science and technology (Irfan Habib). Science. Technology. Architecture. Architecture in Transoxania and Khurasan (G. A. Pugachenkova). The architecture of the Mughal empire (north-western regions) (A. H. Dani). The eastern region of Central Asia (Liu Zhengyin). Mongol architecture (E. Alexandre). Arts of the book, painting and calligraphy. Iran and north-western Central Asia (O. Akimushkin) Painting in Mughal India (A. Okada). Eastern Central Asia (Liu Zhengyin). Applied arts: metalwork, ceramics and sculpture (A. Ivanov). Applied arts: textiles and carpets. Textile fabrics other than carpets (M. Ashrafi). Textile arts in Transoxania (L. Carmel and M. Niyazova). Carpets (E. Tsareva). Literature in Persian and other Indo-Iranian languages. Literature in Persian (K. Aini). Literature in Pashto (R. Farhadi). Literature in the Indic languages of Pakistan and north-western India (Irfan Habib). Appendix: The languages of Afghanistan (R. Farhadi). Turkic and Mongolian literature. Turkic literature (A. Kayumov). The epic tradition and historical literature in Turkic (I. Togan). Mongolian literature (G. Kara). Mongolian lexicography and historiography (Sh. Bira). Philosophy, logic and cosmology (M. Dinorshoev). Religious movements. Islam. The Sufi orders in northern Central Asia (Th. Zarcone). Shiism in Iran (Irfan Habib). Islam in India (Irfan Habib). Buddhism (Y. Ishihama). Hinduism (J. S. Grewal). Sikhism (J. S. Grewal). Shamanism (C. E. Bosworth). Cultural and religious cross-fertilization between Central Asia and the Indo-Persian world (J. Calmard). Conclusion (The Editors). Maps.

<p>Burnout is common among doctors in the West, so one might assume that a medical career in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, would place far greater strain on the idealism that drives many doctors. But, as A Heart for the Work makes clear, Malawian medical students learn to confront poverty creatively, experiencing fatigue and frustration but also joy and commitment on their way to becoming physicians. The first ethnography of medical training in the global South, Claire L. Wendland's book is a moving and perceptive look at medicine in a world where the transnational movement of people and ideas creates both devastation and possibility.Wendland, a physician anthropologist, conducted extensive interviews and worked in wards, clinics, and operating theaters alongside the student doctors whose stories she relates. From the relative calm of Malawi's College of Medicine to the turbulence of training at hospitals with gravely ill patients and dramatically inadequate supplies, staff, and technology, Wendland's work reveals the way these young doctors engage the contradictions of their circumstances, shedding new light on debates about the effects of medical training, the impact of traditional healing, and the purposes of medicine.<br></p>

In the aftermath of violent conflict, a society seeking to rebuild its future needs to consider the interests and needs of its young generation, and these young people need to participate in the process. Yet, trapped in a state of protracted victimhood, children and youth are too often overlooked in post-conflict peacebuilding. Their voices will not be heard unless they can escape the chains of victimhood and their proper role in postwar recovery is recognized. In Escaping Victimhood , a diverse group of researchers and scholar-practitioners working in academia, nongovernmental, and international organizations examine the proactive roles of girls and boys in promoting security for themselves and their families. They discuss the disproportionate suffering and specific vulnerabilities of the young during and after war, as well as the international legal frameworks created to protect and empower these groups in post-conflict environments. The authors provide examples of initiatives to help young people escape the traps of victimhood and voicelessness and actively engage in rebuilding their communities and nations, and they examine international and national efforts to provide for the security of children and young people in post-conflict environments. Children and youth are essential catalysts for the successful rebuilding of war-torn societies. Many will reach adulthood as new social, economic, and political orders are being consolidated, as first elections are held, and as local groups take over assistance and rebuilding efforts. The young post-war generation will become the next leaders, parents, and teachers, hence ensuring its active role in post-conflict peacebuilding today could help build a sustainable peace tomorrow.

<p>This book collects six studies on the interactions between Ottomans and Safavids in the early sixteenth century. It presents a number of interesting documents in original, transcription and translation.<br></p>

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Part One: The Historical, Social and Economic SettingDuring the eight centuries covered in this volume, the new faith of Islam arose in Arabia and gradually spread eastwards and northwards, eventually affecting much of Central Asia, the southern fringes of Siberia and the eastern regions of China. These were also the centuries in which nomadic and military empires arose in the heart of Asia, impinging on the history of adjacent, well-established civilizations and cultures (China, India, Islamic Western Asia and Christian eastern and central Europe) to an unparalleled extent. Lamaist Buddhism established itself inthe Mongolian region and in Tibet and Islam among the Turkish people of Transoxania, southern Siberia and Xinjiang. It was in Eastern Europe, above all in Russia, that the Turco-Mongol Golden Horde was to have a major, enduring influence on the course of the region's history.

<p>Burnout is common among doctors in the West, so one might assume that a medical career in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, would place far greater strain on the idealism that drives many doctors. But, as A Heart for the Work makes clear, Malawian medical students learn to confront poverty creatively, experiencing fatigue and frustration but also joy and commitment on their way to becoming physicians. The first ethnography of medical training in the global South, Claire L. Wendland's book is a moving and perceptive look at medicine in a world where the transnational movement of people and ideas creates both devastation and possibility.Wendland, a physician anthropologist, conducted extensive interviews and worked in wards, clinics, and operating theaters alongside the student doctors whose stories she relates. From the relative calm of Malawi's College of Medicine to the turbulence of training at hospitals with gravely ill patients and dramatically inadequate supplies, staff, and technology, Wendland's work reveals the way these young doctors engage the contradictions of their circumstances, shedding new light on debates about the effects of medical training, the impact of traditional healing, and the purposes of medicine.<br></p>

<p>Burnout is common among doctors in the West, so one might assume that a medical career in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, would place far greater strain on the idealism that drives many doctors. But, as A Heart for the Work makes clear, Malawian medical students learn to confront poverty creatively, experiencing fatigue and frustration but also joy and commitment on their way to becoming physicians. The first ethnography of medical training in the global South, Claire L. Wendland's book is a moving and perceptive look at medicine in a world where the transnational movement of people and ideas creates both devastation and possibility.Wendland, a physician anthropologist, conducted extensive interviews and worked in wards, clinics, and operating theaters alongside the student doctors whose stories she relates. From the relative calm of Malawi's College of Medicine to the turbulence of training at hospitals with gravely ill patients and dramatically inadequate supplies, staff, and technology, Wendland's work reveals the way these young doctors engage the contradictions of their circumstances, shedding new light on debates about the effects of medical training, the impact of traditional healing, and the purposes of medicine.<br></p>

<p>A definitive, clinically oriented guide to the pathology of genetics of developmental neuropathology<br></p><p>Developmental neuropathology relates to the wide range of disorders affecting the developing brain or pre- and post-natal life, with emphasis on the genetic and molecular mechanisms involved. This book provides a practical guide to diagnosing and understanding these disorders affecting this vulnerable population and potentially stimulates further advances in this exciting area. It also addresses the controversies in inflicted head injury in infants.<br></p><p>The fourth major title to be approved by the International Society of Neuropathology (ISN), Developmental Neuropathology offers in-depth chapter coverage of brain development; chromosomal changes; malformations; secondary malformations and destructive pathologies; developmental vascular disorders; acquired metabolic and exogenous toxins; metabolic disorders; Rett syndrome and autism; and infectious diseases. The text provides:<br></p><ul> <li>Clinical, disease-oriented approach to the pathology and genetics developmental neuropathology </li> <li>Fuses classical and contemporary investigative approaches </li> <li>Includes genetic and molecular biological pathogeneses </li> <li>Fully illustrated </li> <li>Approved and endorsed by International Society of Neuropathology </li></ul><p>Developmental Neuropathology is the perfect book for practicing neuropathologists, pediatric pathologists, general pathologists, neurologists, and geneticists in deciphering the pathology and pathogenesis of these complex disorders affecting the nervous system of the embryo, fetus, and child.<br></p>

Overview: By day, Anara Bella is a mild-mannered writer pounding out erotic romance stories on her trusty keyboard, but by night she’s the Domestic Avenger, ready to take on any and all evil that gets in her way. Okay, so the evils in question are only despicable dust bunnies and dastardly dirty dishes, but they are evil. And diabolically prolific too.

Overview: By day, Anara Bella is a mild-mannered writer pounding out erotic romance stories on her trusty keyboard, but by night she’s the Domestic Avenger, ready to take on any and all evil that gets in her way. Okay, so the evils in question are only despicable dust bunnies and dastardly dirty dishes, but they are evil. And diabolically prolific too.

He came back for her. Now if only he could convince her that’s a good thing...If there’s one thing bar owner Thea Maguire knows for sure, it’s that you can’t trust men to stick around. They’re only good for one thing—fun and games. Anything more than that? No way. Case in point, Cain Marshall. She’d trustingly given him her heart and he’d left her high and dry to follow his dreams. So she’s more than a little skeptical when he shows up claiming he’s come back for her.Cain has never forgotten Thea, nor stopped loving her. Nor has he forgiven himself for leaving her behind. But the Siren call of adventure and ambition had been a heady combination he couldn’t ignore. Especially when the fear of being tied down was riding his tail. But if the past ten years have taught him anything, it’s that life without Thea isn’t worth living.Sparks are flying, and the heat is undeniable. Now it’s up to Cain to convince Thea they belong together.Warning: This book contains a sexy, smoldering bad boy, excessive margarita drinking, drunk dialing, and oh yeah, plenty of molten-hot graphic sex.Wörter : 34878eboox : [MF],

Nica’s got a new look, and an attitude to match. Logan doesn’t stand a chance... Nica Morelli is through wasting time mooning over Logan Donovan from afar. It’s time to make him see her as more than his tomboyish, honorary little sister. Now, armed to the teeth with a sexy makeover, Nica’s kicking butt in four-inch heels and taking no prisoners. One minute Logan’s enjoying a beer at the bar. The next, he’s mesmerized by the finest butt he’s ever laid eyes on. It shimmies, it shakes. It makes him want to do all kinds of wicked things to it. Then he realizes who the butt belongs to—his best friend’s little sister. No matter how badly he wants the tasty bait she’s dangling in front of him, she’s forbidden fruit. Except now that she’s got him turned on, tied up in knots, and swimming in intense emotion, what’s he supposed to do? Fall in love? Not in a million years... Warning: This book contains hot ’n steamy graphic sex brought about by the flagrant use of seduction, near-nakedness and lavish amounts of tempting, teasing and tequila.

A powerful attraction is the last thing these arch enemies need. Or is it? Selena Tremayne is different. For one thing, how many vampires do you know faint at the sight of blood? Despite the problems her differences cause, she s grateful. It means she s not an all-out-evil killing machine. It also means she can t afford to let anyone get too close. And a guy like Rafe, delicious as he is, is to be avoided at all costs. Rafe Hunter is a vampire slayer, an odd job thrust upon him by dint of birth. And with his augmented abilities, no one else does it better. Those abilities run into a major short-circuit, however, when he meets Selena. The mysterious beauty clouds his every instinct something he can ill afford in his line of work. Because of her, his quarry has somehow slipped out of his grasp. Twice. Coincidences are piling up, and he can t help but wonder if simple lust is the culprit. Or if it s something deeper with dangerous repercussions that extend beyond anything either of them imagined "

A stodgy lawyer butts heads with a free spirit. Let the mattress dancing begin! At first, Brianna Michaels agreement to fill in as a bachelor party stripper sounds like a win-win situation. She s returning a favor to a friend, and earning some much-needed cash. But when she sees the man she s lusted after for years in the audience, baring all suddenly doesn t seem like such a hot idea. Quinn MacRae stops the show literally when he reacts instinctively to protect Brianna and her reputation. Plus, it s nearly unbearable to see exactly what he s been missing. As an attorney with a prestigious law firm, he s sure of one thing. Brianna would hate living in his world. She s the last woman he should be lusting after. But lust he does with a vengeance. Warning: Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex."

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A powerful attraction is the last thing these arch enemies need. Or is it? Selena Tremayne is different. For one thing, how many vampires do you know faint at the sight of blood? Despite the problems her differences cause, she s grateful. It means she s not an all-out-evil killing machine. It also means she can t afford to let anyone get too close. And a guy like Rafe, delicious as he is, is to be avoided at all costs. Rafe Hunter is a vampire slayer, an odd job thrust upon him by dint of birth. And with his augmented abilities, no one else does it better. Those abilities run into a major short-circuit, however, when he meets Selena. The mysterious beauty clouds his every instinct something he can ill afford in his line of work. Because of her, his quarry has somehow slipped out of his grasp. Twice. Coincidences are piling up, and he can t help but wonder if simple lust is the culprit. Or if it s something deeper with dangerous repercussions that extend beyond anything either of them imagined "

A stodgy lawyer butts heads with a free spirit. Let the mattress dancing begin! At first, Brianna Michaels agreement to fill in as a bachelor party stripper sounds like a win-win situation. She s returning a favor to a friend, and earning some much-needed cash. But when she sees the man she s lusted after for years in the audience, baring all suddenly doesn t seem like such a hot idea. Quinn MacRae stops the show literally when he reacts instinctively to protect Brianna and her reputation. Plus, it s nearly unbearable to see exactly what he s been missing. As an attorney with a prestigious law firm, he s sure of one thing. Brianna would hate living in his world. She s the last woman he should be lusting after. But lust he does with a vengeance. Warning: Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex."

A stodgy lawyer butts heads with a free spirit. Let the mattress dancing begin! At first, Brianna Michaels agreement to fill in as a bachelor party stripper sounds like a win-win situation. She s returning a favor to a friend, and earning some much-needed cash. But when she sees the man she s lusted after for years in the audience, baring all suddenly doesn t seem like such a hot idea. Quinn MacRae stops the show literally when he reacts instinctively to protect Brianna and her reputation. Plus, it s nearly unbearable to see exactly what he s been missing. As an attorney with a prestigious law firm, he s sure of one thing. Brianna would hate living in his world. She s the last woman he should be lusting after. But lust he does with a vengeance. Warning: Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex."

Women Are Among The Most Competent, Yet Marginalized, Unnoticed And Underutilized Actors In Efforts To Rebuild War-torn Societies. Opportunities For Sustainable Peacebuilding Are Lost -- And Sustainable Peace Is At Risk -- When Significant Stakeholders In A Society's Future Peace And Conflict Architecture Are Excluded From Efforts To Heal The Wounds Of War And Build A New Society And A New State. The Contributors To This Book Draw On Comparative Case Studies And Country Studies From Post-conflict Contexts In Different Parts Of World To Offer Their Insights Into Frameworks For Understanding Women As Both Victims And Peacebuilders, To Trace The Road That Women Take From Victimhood To Empowerment And To Highlight The Essential Partnerships Between Women And Children And How They Contribute To Survival And Peace. Drawing Particularly On African Cases, The Authors Examine National And Global Efforts To Right Past Wrongs As Well As The Roles Of Women In Political And Security Institutions. They Argue That, For Women In Post-conflict Societies, Defying Victimhood Means Being An Activist, Peacebuilder And -- Above All -- A Full Participant In Post-war Social, Economic, Political And Security Structures, Access To Which All Too Often Has Unjustly And Unwisely Been Denied.--page 4 Of Cover. Figures And Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Forgone Opportunities : The Marginalization Of Women's Contributions To Post-conflict Peacebuilding / Albrecht Schnabel And Anara Tabyshalieva -- Frameworks For Understanding Women As Victims And Peacebuilders / Lisa Schirch -- From Victimhood To Empowerment : Patterns And Changes -- Mass Crimes And Resilience Of Women : A Cross-national Perspective / Krishna Kumar -- Victimization, Empowerment And The Impact Of Un Peacekeeping Missions On Women And Children : Lessons From Cambodia And Timor-leste / Sumie Nakaya -- Frontline Peacebuilding : Women's Reconstruction Initiatives In Burundi / Rose M. Kadende-kaiser -- Women And Children : Essential Partnership Of Survival And Peace -- Women And Children In The Post-cold War Balkans : Concerns And Responses / Constantine P. Danopoulos, Konstantinos S. Skandalis, And Zlatko Isakovic -- Emerging From Poverty As Champions Of Change : Women And Children In Post-war Tajikistan / Svetlana Sharipova And Hermine De Soto -- Young Mothers As Agents Of Peacebuilding : Lessons From An Early Childcare And Development Project In Macedonia / Deborah Davis -- Putting Good Intentions Into Practice : National And Global Efforts To Right Past Wrongs -- Gender And Transitional Justice Experiences From South Africa, Rwanda And Sierra Leone / Lyn S. Graybill -- Empowering Women To Promote Peace And Security From The Global To The Local : During And Implementing Un Security Council Resolution 1325 / Ancil Adrian-paul -- Deconstructing Victimhood: Women In Political And Security Institutions -- State-building Or Survival In Post-conflict And Conflict Situations? : A Peacebuilding Perspective On Palestinian Women's Contributions To Ending The Israeli Occupation / Vanessa Farr -- Women's Participation In Political Decision-making And Recovery Processes In Post-conflict Lebanon / Kari H. Karamà -- Combating Stereotypes : Female Security Personnel In Post-conflict Contexts / Kristin Valasek -- Conclusion -- Defying Victimhood : Women As Activists And Peacebuilders / Anara Tabyshalieva And Albrecht Schnabel -- Index. Edited By Albrecht Schnabel And Anara Tabyshalieva. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Realistically assesses the promise and shortcomings of integrated security-development policies as a strategy for conflict prevention.

Nica?s got a new look, and an attitude to match. Logan doesn?t stand a chance?Nica Morelli is through wasting time mooning over Logan Donovan from afar. It?s time to make him see her as more than his tomboyish, honorary little sister. Now, armed to the teeth with a sexy makeover, Nica?s kicking butt in four-inch heels and taking no prisoners. One minute Logan?s enjoying a beer at the bar. The next, he?s mesmerized by the finest butt he?s ever laid eyes on. It shimmies, it shakes. It makes him want to do all kinds of wicked things to it. Then he realizes who the butt belongs to?his best friend?s little sister. No matter how badly he wants the tasty bait she?s dangling in front of him, she?s forbidden fruit. Except now that she?s got him turned on, tied up in knots, and swimming in intense emotion, what?s he supposed to do? Fall in love? Not in a million years?Warning: This book contains hot?n steamy graphic sex brought about by the flagrant use of seduction, near-nakedness and lavish amounts of tempting, teasing and tequila

Nica?s got a new look, and an attitude to match. Logan doesn?t stand a chance?Nica Morelli is through wasting time mooning over Logan Donovan from afar. It?s time to make him see her as more than his tomboyish, honorary little sister. Now, armed to the teeth with a sexy makeover, Nica?s kicking butt in four-inch heels and taking no prisoners. One minute Logan?s enjoying a beer at the bar. The next, he?s mesmerized by the finest butt he?s ever laid eyes on. It shimmies, it shakes. It makes him want to do all kinds of wicked things to it. Then he realizes who the butt belongs to?his best friend?s little sister. No matter how badly he wants the tasty bait she?s dangling in front of him, she?s forbidden fruit. Except now that she?s got him turned on, tied up in knots, and swimming in intense emotion, what?s he supposed to do? Fall in love? Not in a million years?Warning: This book contains hot?n steamy graphic sex brought about by the flagrant use of seduction, near-nakedness and lavish amounts of tempting, teasing and tequila

Falling for a hot guy is not in her plans. He's got a different agenda. Nothing much ever happens in Forsythia Falls-except the only robbery anyone can remember, which leaves Asia Smith tied up in her grandmother's antique shop. Just her luck, her rescuer turns out to be Marcus Thorne, the single most tempting morsel of male flesh she's ever encountered. As he unties her knots, his touch sorely tests her resolve to avoid any involvement with the male species. A bestselling author, Marcus is used to women throwing themselves at him. Asia's resistance to his charm is a whole new challenge, a temptation he has no intention of resisting. All he has to do is break down her defenses and get at the soft, willing woman he suspects is hiding inside. As chance-and her meddling grandmother-throw them together, Asia tries to remember why she shouldn't just follow her friends' advice to jump on Marcus and ride him until she can't see straight. In one storm-swept night, she throws caution to the wild wind and savors pleasures she'd almost forgotten. Except some old hurts just won't stay in the past. Marcus peels away her inhibitions with sizzling ease. But now comes the biggest challenge of all-winning her trust. Warning: This book contains a resistant damsel in distress, a sexy-as-hell hero who can cook, adventures with rope, great food, and oodles of red-hot sex.

Falling for a hot guy is not in her plans. He?s got a different agenda. Nothing much ever happens in Forsythia Falls?except the only robbery anyone can remember, which leaves Asia Smith tied up in her grandmother?s antique shop. Just her luck, her rescuer turns out to be Marcus Thorne, the single most tempting morsel of male flesh she?s ever encountered. As he unties her knots, his touch sorely tests her resolve to avoid any involvement with the male species. A bestselling author, Marcus is used to women throwing themselves at him. Asia?s resistance to his charm is a whole new challenge, a temptation he has no intention of resisting. All he has to do is break down her defenses and get at the soft, willing woman he suspects is hiding inside. As chance?and her meddling grandmother?throw them together, Asia tries to remember why she shouldn?t just follow her friends? advice to jump on Marcus and ride him until she can?t see straight. In one storm-swept night, she throws caution to the wild wind and savors pleasures she?d almost forgotten. Except some old hurts just won?t stay in the past. Marcus peels away her inhibitions with sizzling ease. But now comes the biggest challenge of all?winning her trust. Warning: This book contains a resistant damsel in distress, a sexy-as-hell hero who can cook, adventures with rope, great food, and oodles of red-hot sex

This second part of volume IV deals with the cultural achievements of the various peoples of this immense region: arts and crafts, literature, architecture, music, science, medicine and technology.

Harmatta J. (Ed.) — Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 1996. — 573 pp. — ISBN 92-3-102846-4. Volume II of the History of Civilizations of Central Asia presents an account of various movements of populations and the interrelations of their cultures in this region between 700 B.C. and A.D. 250. This period saw the emergence of several nomadic and sedentary civilizations who lived partly in the steppe zone and partly in the oasis zone. The contrast between them was accentuated by the rise of the Achaemenid Empire. The invasion of Alexander the Great transformed the scene. The nomads were driven back, sedentary civilization was strengthened and became rapidly predominant. With the rise of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom, the civilizations of Central Asia underwent a fundamental change by a progressive syncretism between Zoroastrianism, Greek religion and Buddhism, which formed the basis of the civilizations of Central Asia up to the Arab conquest. In the first century B.C. the Sakas established a series of kingdoms in eastern Iran and north-western India, but in the first century A.D. these territories came under the control of the Parthians who ruled an empire that stretched from Sistan to the Indus and beyond. Meanwhile, the Kushan Empire was emerging, overthrowing the Parthians and annexing their Indian provinces. A rich and prosperous trade developed between the Mediterranean and China through Central Asia by what is known as the Silk Route. Traversed by caravans of Bactrian camels, this international highway remained in use for several centuries despite the development of the sea routes. It was only in about A.D. 234 that the Kushan Empire faced a new powerful enemy - Sasanian Iran - who led to its disintegration. Introduction (J. Harmatta). Ancient Iranian nomads in western Central Asia (A. Abetekov and H. Yusupov). Media and Achaemenid Iran (M. A. Dandamayev). Alexander and his successors in Central Asia (A. H. Dani and P. Bernard). The Greek kingdoms of Central Asia (P. Bernard). Parthia (G. A. Koshelenko and V. N. Pilipko). Nomads in eastern Central Asia (N. Ishjamts). The Yüeh-chih and their migrations (K. Enoki, G. A. Koshelenko and Z. Haidary). The Sakas and Indo-Parthians (B. N. Puri). The culture of the Xinjiang region (Ma Yong and Wang Binghua). The Western Regions under the Hsiung-nu and the Han (Ma Yong and Sun Yutang). The Kushans (B. N. Puri). Economy and social system in Central Asia in the Kushan age (A. R. Mukhamedjanov). Cities and urban life in the Kushan kingdom (B. A. Litvinsky). Religions in the Kushan Empire (J. Harmatta, with the contributions of B. N. Puri, L. Lelekov, S. Humayun and D. C. Sircar). Kushan art (G. A. Pugachenkova, S. R. Dar, R. C. Sharma and M. A. Joyenda, in collaboration with H. Siddiqi). Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka kingdoms (J. Harmatta). Languages and literature in the Kushan Empire (J. Harmatta). States in north-western Central Asia (N. N. Negmatov). The nomads of northern Central Asia after the invasion of Alexander (Y. A. Zadneprovskiy). The rise of Sasanian Iran (B. A. Litvinsky, with the contributions of M. Hussain Shah and R. Shabani Samghabadi). Conclusion (J. Harmatta). Maps.

Nica?s got a new look, and an attitude to match. Logan doesn?t stand a chance?Nica Morelli is through wasting time mooning over Logan Donovan from afar. It?s time to make him see her as more than his tomboyish, honorary little sister. Now, armed to the teeth with a sexy makeover, Nica?s kicking butt in four-inch heels and taking no prisoners. One minute Logan?s enjoying a beer at the bar. The next, he?s mesmerized by the finest butt he?s ever laid eyes on. It shimmies, it shakes. It makes him want to do all kinds of wicked things to it. Then he realizes who the butt belongs to?his best friend?s little sister. No matter how badly he wants the tasty bait she?s dangling in front of him, she?s forbidden fruit. Except now that she?s got him turned on, tied up in knots, and swimming in intense emotion, what?s he supposed to do? Fall in love? Not in a million years?Warning: This book contains hot?n steamy graphic sex brought about by the flagrant use of seduction, near-nakedness and lavish amounts of tempting, teasing and tequila

Falling for a hot guy is not in her plans. He's got a different agenda. Nothing much ever happens in Forsythia Falls-except the only robbery anyone can remember, which leaves Asia Smith tied up in her grandmother's antique shop. Just her luck, her rescuer turns out to be Marcus Thorne, the single most tempting morsel of male flesh she's ever encountered. As he unties her knots, his touch sorely tests her resolve to avoid any involvement with the male species. A bestselling author, Marcus is used to women throwing themselves at him. Asia's resistance to his charm is a whole new challenge, a temptation he has no intention of resisting. All he has to do is break down her defenses and get at the soft, willing woman he suspects is hiding inside. As chance-and her meddling grandmother-throw them together, Asia tries to remember why she shouldn't just follow her friends' advice to jump on Marcus and ride him until she can't see straight. In one storm-swept night, she throws caution to the wild wind and savors pleasures she'd almost forgotten. Except some old hurts just won't stay in the past. Marcus peels away her inhibitions with sizzling ease. But now comes the biggest challenge of all-winning her trust. Warning: This book contains a resistant damsel in distress, a sexy-as-hell hero who can cook, adventures with rope, great food, and oodles of red-hot sex.

Cover......Page 1 Copyright......Page 5 Preface Of The Director-general Of Unesco......Page 6 Contents......Page 10 Description Of The Project......Page 16 Members Of The International Scientific Committee......Page 20 Members Of The Reading Committee......Page 21 List Of Contributors......Page 22 Note On Transliteration And Style For Names......Page 26 Introduction......Page 28 The Dablristäns, Or Higher Secular Schools......Page 32 Mosques......Page 33 The Maktabs, Or Elementary Schools......Page 34 The Profession Of Qur'an-reciter......Page 36 The Madrasas, Or Colleges For Higher Religious And Other Studies......Page 37 General remarks......Page 44 Christian Texts......Page 45 Buddhist Translations......Page 46 Tokharian Translations......Page 48 Turkic Translations......Page 49 General Remarks......Page 50 Mongol Buddhism Of The First Period......Page 51 The Struggle Between Buddhism And Bon......Page 53 The Learning And Teaching Of The Buddhist Scriptures In Early Monasteries (mid-eighth Century)......Page 54 Revived Buddhism (latter Half Of The Tenth Century)......Page 55 The Construction Of Monasteries Of Different Sects Of Tibetan Buddhism (eleventh-fifteenth Century)......Page 56 The Establishment Of The Dge-lugs-pa, Or Yellow Sect, Of Tibetan Buddhism......Page 58 The Propagation Of Tibetan Buddhism At The Mongol Court (mid-thirteenth Century)......Page 60 Introduction......Page 62 Turkic And Mongol Beliefs, The Tibetan Bon Religion And Shamanism......Page 66 Religion Among The Uighurs, Kyrgyz And Kitan......Page 68 Manichaeism......Page 70 Nestorian Christianity......Page 73 Zoroastrianism......Page 77 Hinduism......Page 80 Part Three - The advent of Islam: extent and impact......Page 82 The Hatha-yoga Movement......Page 87 The Bhakti Movement......Page 88 Birth Of The Sikh Religion......Page 90 Part One - The contribution of eastern Iranian and Central Asian scholars to the compilation of Hadîths......Page 92 The Age Of 'the Six Sahibs' (850-900)......Page 93 Subsequent Hadith Literature......Page 95 Introduction And Origins......Page 98 Corpora Of Exegesis Based On Hadith......Page 102 The Beginnings Of Theology In The Region......Page 118 Hanafite Tradition Before Al-maturidi......Page 122 The State Of Theology In The Ninth Century......Page 124 Theology In The Age Of Al-maturïdï......Page 125 Al-maturidi And Maturidism......Page 126 Ashcarite Theology......Page 130 The Legal Sciences......Page 134 Political Science......Page 138 The Pre-mongol Period......Page 143 The Mongol Period......Page 149 The Timurid Period......Page 151 Part Three - Arabic, Persian and Turkish historiography in Central Asia......Page 153 Part Four - Historiography among the Mongols......Page 157 Introduction......Page 162 Classification Of The Sciences......Page 163 Schools Of Philosophy From The Eighth To The Fifteenth Century......Page 166 Part One - Introduction: the mathematicians and their heritage......Page 178 Some Eminent Mathematicians......Page 179 Part Two - The Mathematical Sciences......Page 183 Arithmetic......Page 184 Algebra......Page 188 Trigonometry......Page 190 Geometry......Page 192 Conclusions......Page 193 The Persian And Indian Origins Of Islamic Astronomy......Page 196 Astrology......Page 200 Observatories And Astronomical Instruments......Page 203 Calendars......Page 204 Geodesy......Page 206 Geology And Mineralogy......Page 209 Hydrostatics......Page 214 Geography And Cartography......Page 217 Part Two - The Silk Route across Central Asia......Page 222 Origins......Page 228 The Eastern Tradition Of Early Chemistry And Alchemy......Page 229 Medicine And Pharmacology......Page 232 Medicine, Biology, Chemistry And Technology In The Later Medieval Period......Page 238 Part Two - Tibetan and Mongolian Pharmacology......Page 244 Physics And Mechanics......Page 250 Civil And Hydraulic Engineering......Page 262 Industrial Processes And Manufacturing, And Craft Activities......Page 270 Flora......Page 276 Fauna......Page 282 Natural Habitat And Patterns Of Human Life......Page 287 Part One - Medicine, pharmacologyand veterinary sciencein Islamic eastern Iran and Central Asia......Page 300 The Growth And Consummation Of A Scholastic Tradition; The Emergence Of Regional Differentiation (750-1050)......Page 301 The Continuing Elaboration And 'islamic Naturalization' Of Galenism; The Consolidation Of Arabic-persian Bilingualism (1050-1220......Page 310 Commentaries, Encyclopedias And Inter-asian Exchanges (1220-1500)......Page 313 Veterinary Science (750-1500)......Page 316 Conclusion......Page 318 Chinese Influence On Islamic Medicine......Page 319 Indian Influence On Islamic Medicine......Page 320 Traditional Tibetan Medicine......Page 321 Medical Works By Indo-Muslim Authors......Page 322 Sogdian......Page 324 Khwarazmian......Page 327 Parthian......Page 328 New Persian......Page 329 Scripts......Page 331 Old Turkic......Page 332 Middle Turkic......Page 334 Part Three - Pre-Mongol and Mongol writing systems......Page 336 Part Four - The Tibetan script......Page 339 Part Five - Arabic......Page 341 Texts Of Middle Persian (Pahlavi) Lexicography......Page 352 The Lexicography Of New Persian: The Beginnings......Page 353 Subsequent Developments......Page 357 Persian Lexicography In India......Page 359 General Trends......Page 362 Part Two - Encyclopedias......Page 364 Literature In Arabic......Page 370 Literature In Persian......Page 372 Part Two - Literature of the Turkic peoples......Page 380 Tibetan Literature......Page 384 Mongolian Literature......Page 390 Part Four - The literatures of north-western India......Page 396 Literary Languages......Page 397 The Courtly Heritage......Page 398 The Rise Of The Vernacular Lyric......Page 399 Early Romances......Page 400 Heroic Poetry......Page 401 Didactic Verse......Page 402 Part Five - The Kyrgyz epic Manas......Page 404 Part One - Arts and crafts in Transoxania and Khurasan......Page 412 Ceramics......Page 413 Metal-working......Page 424 Artefacts Made Of Glass, Bone And Wood......Page 437 Fine Fabrics And Carpet-making......Page 441 Mural Paintings And Sculpture......Page 444 Uighur Art And Sculpture......Page 450 Sculptures Of The Turks Of Kazakhstan And Mongolia......Page 451 Mongol Art: Architecture And Painting......Page 453 Tibet......Page 455 Part Three - Hindu and Buddhist arts and crafts: tiles, ceramics and pottery......Page 456 General Features......Page 462 The Importance Of The Miniature......Page 466 Developments In The Western Iranian Lands Under The Ii Khanid And Turkmen Dynasties......Page 470 The Timurid Period And The Florescence Of The Herat School......Page 475 The Samarkand School......Page 483 Part Two - The development of calligraphy......Page 486 The Abbasid Period......Page 488 The Mongol And Post-mongol Periods......Page 498 Conclusion......Page 506 The Arrival Of The Arabs......Page 508 The Mongol Conquests And Their Aftermath......Page 526 The Period Of Arab Rule In Sind......Page 558 The Ghaznavids In Afghanistan And North-western India......Page 560 The Delhi Sultans......Page 564 Provincial Styles: Panjab, Sind And Kashmir......Page 571 The Turfan Region......Page 575 The Towns Of The Eastern End Of The Tarim Basin......Page 578 The Region North Of The T'ien Shan Mountains......Page 579 Towns In Mongolia......Page 583 Conclusion......Page 585 Part One - Music in the Buddhist and pre-Buddhist worlds......Page 586 Buddhist Orchestras......Page 587 The Harp......Page 588 The Eastern Iranian Lands And Transoxania......Page 595 Musical Modes......Page 597 The Academic Study Of Music......Page 599 Musical Instruments......Page 600 The Modes And Song Forms Of Turkish Music......Page 602 Military Bands......Page 603 The Sufis And Music......Page 604 Feast-days And Festivals......Page 605 Performing Artists......Page 608 Court Patronage......Page 609 Rules Of Behaviour For Performing Artists......Page 611 The Effects Of The Mongol Conquests......Page 612 The Timurid Revival......Page 613 Traditional Theatre And Dance......Page 614 Conclusion......Page 616 Maps......Page 618 Bibliography And References......Page 636 Glossary......Page 682 Index......Page 688 Back Cover......Page 702

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<p>Burnout is common among doctors in the West, so one might assume that a medical career in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, would place far greater strain on the idealism that drives many doctors. But, as A Heart for the Work makes clear, Malawian medical students learn to confront poverty creatively, experiencing fatigue and frustration but also joy and commitment on their way to becoming physicians. The first ethnography of medical training in the global South, Claire L. Wendland's book is a moving and perceptive look at medicine in a world where the transnational movement of people and ideas creates both devastation and possibility.Wendland, a physician anthropologist, conducted extensive interviews and worked in wards, clinics, and operating theaters alongside the student doctors whose stories she relates. From the relative calm of Malawi's College of Medicine to the turbulence of training at hospitals with gravely ill patients and dramatically inadequate supplies, staff, and technology, Wendland's work reveals the way these young doctors engage the contradictions of their circumstances, shedding new light on debates about the effects of medical training, the impact of traditional healing, and the purposes of medicine.<br></p>