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Jihadism in Europe
"European jihadism is a multi-faceted social phenomenon. It is not only linked to the extremist behaviour of a limited group, but also to a broader crisis, including the lack of utopia and loss of meaning among the middle classes, and the humiliation and denial of citizenship among disaffiliated young people in poor districts all over Western Europe. Fundamentally, it is grounded IN AN UNBRIDLED AND MODERN IMAGINATION, IN AN UNEASY RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC REALITY. THAT IMAGINATION IS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK AMONG YOUNG WOMEN AND THEIR LONGING FOR ANOTHER FAMILY MODEL, ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR DESIRE TO BECOME ADULTS AND TO OVERCOME THE FAMILY CRISIS, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL P...
Challenging the Pacific
Just two years after rowing solo across the North Atlantic at the age of twenty-five, Maud Fontenoy was ready for a new challenge—crossing the Pacific Ocean. Leaving from Lima, Peru, and traveling 4,400 miles in seventy-three days, Fontenoy landed in Hiva Oa in French Polynesia, becoming the first woman to complete what is known as the “Kon-Tiki” route. Alone at sea for days and nights on end, Fontenoy’s story relates the ups and downs of her time at sea, from circling sharks to the celebrity welcome upon her journey’s end. Named one of Time Magazine International’s thirty most important people of 2005, Fontenoy presents the reader with a terrific, entertaining adventure story on the high seas as she faces the Pacific Ocean. Fontenoy overcame the odds as well as her personal doubts and fears, demonstrating not only her indomitable courage and strength, but proving once again that women can conquer the most difficult and treacherous obstacles.
The Waxing of the Middle Ages
Johan Huizinga’s much-loved and much-contested Autumn of the Middle Ages, first published in 1919, encouraged an image of the Late French Middle Ages as a flamboyant but empty period of decline and nostalgia. Many studies, particularly literary studies, have challenged Huizinga’s perceptions of individual works or genres. Still, the vision of the Late French and Burgundian Middle Ages as a sad transitional phase between the High Middle Ages and the Renaissance persists. Yet, a series of exceptionally significant cultural developments mark the period. The Waxing of the Middle Ages sets out to provide a rich, complex, and diverse study of these developments and to reassert that late medieval France is crucial in its own right. The collection argues for an approach that views the late medieval period not as an afterthought, or a blind spot, but as a period that is key in understanding the fluidity of time, traditions, culture, and history. Each essay explores some “cultural form,” to borrow Huizinga’s expression, to expose the false divide that has dominated modern scholarship.
Venice's Secret Service
Ioanna Iordanou traces the remarkable development of Venetian intelligence in the city-state system of Northern Italy, contesting that early-modern Venice was home of the world's first centrally-organized state intelligence service, setting a framework that has been instrumental in the creation of modern intelligence.
Early Modern European Diplomacy
New Diplomatic History has turned into one of the most dynamic and innovative areas of research – especially with regard to early modern history. It has shown that diplomacy was not as homogenous as previously thought. On the contrary, it was shaped by a multitude of actors, practices and places. The handbook aims to characterise these different manifestations of diplomacy and to contextualise them within ongoing scientific debates. It brings together scholars from different disciplines and historiographical traditions. The handbook deliberately focuses on European diplomacy – although non-European areas are taken into account for future research – in order to limit the framework and ensure precise definitions of diplomacy and its manifestations. This must be the prerequisite for potential future global historical perspectives including both the non-European and the European world.
Incas: The puma's shadow
This first book of the internationally bestselling trilogy captures the life and love of the lost Inca civilization in all its savagery, and spirituality. Anamaya, daughter of an Incan princess, is conferred with the mysteries of the Inca Gods by the dying King. From now on, she will be the guardian of the Incan Empire. Yet, with no clear successor to the throne, the death of the King brings uncertainty to the Empire.
Crusades
Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades also incorporates the Society's Bulletin.
Peklo jménem Rakká
Skutečný příběh ženy, které se podařilo uprchnout z bašty islamistů v syrském městě Rakká. Jde o upřímnou a místy až šokující zpověď, psanou formou deníku, jež zachycuje veškeré dění i nejniternější pocity hlavní hrdinky. Sophie Kasiki, původem z Konga, se přestěhovala do Francie po smrti matky už v devíti letech a ve své nové vlasti působila jako sociální pracovnice. Souhrou okolností se seznámila s mladými radikálními islamisty, kteří ji dokázali ovlivnit natolik, že Sophie konvertovala k islámu a posléze učinila osudové rozhodnutí – opustila rodinu a vyrazila přímo do srdce islámského státu. Jak strašná to byla chyba, zjistí ihned po svém příjezdu...
Mimi
On l’appelle « Mimi ». Michèle Marchand, la papesse des paparazzis, la gardienne des rumeurs, des secrets de la politique et des affaires. Elle collectionne les scoops sur les puissants, ceux que vous avez vus et ceux que vous ne verrez jamais. Mimi ne dispose d’aucun titre officiel mais son agence de presse, Bestimage, protège l’image de la première dame et celle, privée, du couple Macron. Une manne. Jamais une petite marchande de photos n’aura eu un tel privilège... Comment Mimi est-elle arrivée au cœur du pouvoir ? Que sait-elle ? Que voit-elle ? Difficile d’enquêter sur cette femme puissante et redoutée. Ses amis se taisent, ses obligés aussi, et ceux qui ont été photographiés malgré eux préfèrent se faire oublier. Garagiste, tenancière de boîte de nuit quand le Tout-Paris se consumait dans la fête, mariée à un braqueur puis à un policier, reine de la presse people... avant de se rendre à l’Élysée par la grande porte. La vie de Mimi est une énigme, un vertige, un roman.
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