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Blind spots (2008)
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Rumens, C. (2008). Blind spots. Seren Books

Informed by a consciousness that is as fiercely personal and tender as it is public-minded and political, this compelling collection presents a wide range of poetry, from a sonnet, a sestina, and a villanelle, to a pantoum, a ghazal, or a fluid free... Read More about Blind spots.

Self Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq (2008)
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Shah, N. (2008). Self Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230611658

The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal test. Similarly, the invasion of Iraq does meet the international legal test.

Self-defense in Islamic and international law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the invasion of Iraq (2008)
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Shah, N. A. (2008). Self-defense in Islamic and international law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the invasion of Iraq. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230611658

© Niaz A. Shah, 2008. All rights reserved. The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal test. Similarly, the invasion of Iraq does mee... Read More about Self-defense in Islamic and international law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the invasion of Iraq.

Ten Years of New Labour (2008)
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Beech, M., & Lee, S. (2008). Ten Years of New Labour. Palgrave Macmillan

Drawing upon the expertise of a team of established researchers, Ten Years of New Labour provides a detailed and comprehensive evaluation of the ideas, institutions and policies that shaped the Blair Governments' decade in office. The reader is provi... Read More about Ten Years of New Labour.

A Ned Kelly Hymnal (2008)
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(2008). A Ned Kelly Hymnal. Cherry on the Top Press

Chapbook collection of poems.

Shakespeare and his collaborators over the centuries (2008)
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Kolinská, K., Nicholls, M., Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2008). Shakespeare and his collaborators over the centuries. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

An edited volume of essays on the collaborative nature of Shakespeare's works, originating in the eponymous conference held at Masaryk University (Brno, CZ) on February 8-11, 2006.

In Search of Adam (2007)
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Smailes, C. (2007). In Search of Adam. London: HarperCollins Publishers

From the publisher:
A taut and beautifully written debut novel by an exciting and accomplished new author.

Motherless, rootless and unprotected, Jude Williams' childhood is fractured by the horror and experience of sexual abuse, forcing her to ex... Read More about In Search of Adam.

Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: The Initial Decade (2007)
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Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2007). Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: The Initial Decade. Routledge

The sudden collapse of communism stimulated both the rapid emergence of fledgling democracies and scholarly attention to the post-communist transition. These newly democratized parliaments have been described as "parliaments in adolescence". This boo... Read More about Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: The Initial Decade.

Tradition and change in administrative law: An anglo-german comparison (2007)
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Künnecke, M. (2007). Tradition and change in administrative law: An anglo-german comparison. Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48689-3

Administrative legal systems are based on national constitutional legal traditions and cultural values. English judges have for centuries applied the common law. In Germany, judges have developed administrative legal principles for the protection of... Read More about Tradition and change in administrative law: An anglo-german comparison.

Neo-liberalism, state power and global governance (2007)
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Lee, S., & Mcbride, S. (Eds.). (2007). Neo-liberalism, state power and global governance. Dordrecht: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6220-9

The volume explores the relationship between neo-liberalism, state power and global governance. It seeks to show how neo-liberalism has failed to deliver a framework for state power and global governance capable of delivering stability and enduring p... Read More about Neo-liberalism, state power and global governance.

Middle Tennessee, 1775-1825: Progress and popular democracy on the Southwestern Frontier (2007)
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Ray, K. (2007). Middle Tennessee, 1775-1825: Progress and popular democracy on the Southwestern Frontier. University of Tennessee Press

During its early years, the frontier region of Middle Tennessee developed from thinly settled outposts to a premier destination for thousands of land-hungry immigrants. The resulting population explosion led to a shift in political power from a small... Read More about Middle Tennessee, 1775-1825: Progress and popular democracy on the Southwestern Frontier.

Place and Native American Indian history and culture (2007)
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Porter, J. (2007). J. Porter (Ed.). Place and Native American Indian history and culture. Peer Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Review
«Place remains a native concept rich with political meaning for North American culture as a whole, and for the world as a whole. This volume undertakes a broad and deep exploration of what the sense of place has meant in specific Indian cultu... Read More about Place and Native American Indian history and culture.

Labour’s Thinkers: The Intellectual Roots of Labour from Tawney to Gordon Brown (2007)
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Beech, M. A., & Hickson, K. E. (2007). Labour’s Thinkers: The Intellectual Roots of Labour from Tawney to Gordon Brown. I.B. Tauris

"Labour's Thinkers" seeks to examine the key ideas emphasised by the twelve individuals whom the authors judge to have made the most significant development to the political thought of the Labour Party since the 1930s. Hickson and Beech argue the Lab... Read More about Labour’s Thinkers: The Intellectual Roots of Labour from Tawney to Gordon Brown.