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Ordinary Sudan, 1504–2019
This book starts from the premise that the study of "exceptionally normal" women and men – as conceived by microhistory – has radical implications for understanding history and politics, and applies this notion to Sudan. Against a historiography dominated by elite actors and international agents, it examines both how ordinary people have brought about the most important political shifts in the country’s history (including the recent revolution in 2019) and how they have played a role in maintaining authoritarian regimes. It also explores how men and women have led their daily lives through a web of ordinary worries, desires and passions. The book includes contributions by historians, a...
Ceramics
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Naughty
In 1985, forty hooligan followers of Stoke City FC experienced a riotous trip to Portsmouth - and the Naughty Forty was born. It became one of the most notorious soccer gangs in Britain.Mark Chester was a founder member of the N40. Already a hardened fighter, he had been expelled from school after an unsettled childhood and joined the Staffordshire Regiment, only to be discharged for misconduct. Stoke City's emerging 'casual' mob became his family. 'Right or wrong, I was ready to be a committed football hooligan,' he says.He recounts tales of raucous coach trips from the Glebe pub and the pivotal clashes with the likes of Everton, Manchester United and West Ham that defined the new firm. For...
Kicking Off
Why hooliganism and racism are killing footballThe media and police claim the battle against football hooligans has been all but won. Those who study the culture of football know only too well that behind the squeaky clean corporate image being fed to the public lie some dark and unpalatable truths.Compiled by best-selling author, screenwriter and world-renowned hooliganism expert Dougie Brimson, KICKING OFF picks up the debate where BARMY ARMY left it - Euro 2000 and the horrific murders of two Leeds United fans in Turkey.In his own uncompromising style Brimson exposes the truth and paints a disturbing picture of what lies ahead for the game if the culture of hate, racism and violence remains unchecked.
O xardín secreto
Esta obra recibiu unha subvención da Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Universidade da Xunta de Galicia Mary Lennox é unha consentida rapaza que, tras a morte dos seus pais na India debido a unha epidemia de cólera, vai vivir co seu tío Archibald Craven, viúvo e cun fillo enfermo, na súa agoniante mansión de Yorkshire, xunto coa estrita ama de chaves Medlock. Pero todo cambia para ela cuns novos amigos: o seu descoñecido primo Colin e Dickon, un rapazote da zona, inxenuo, bondadoso e grande amante dos animais. Entre os tres exploran un xardín que permanecía oculto á vez que descobren unha incrible maxia, coa que rehabilitan o lugar e establecen unha relación que cambiará para sempre os seus destinos e que converten a O xardín secreto nun dos relatos máis valorados da literatura infantil e xuvenil.
