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Gender-based explosions the nexus between Muslim masculinities, jihadist Islamism and terrorism / by Aslam, Maleeha

Table of Contents: “…Framing the global chaos: an overview -- The global jihadist movement -- Terrorism and counterterrorism: an overview of current strategies -- Islam, masculinities and performance -- Gender theory -- Islamic masculinities -- Muslim masculinities -- Pakistani masculinities and vulnerable social groups in the age of terror: a pilot study of Muslim men in Islamabad, aged 18-40 -- Research setting: contextualizing the pilot study on Pakistani masculinities -- Self-image, social expectations and pressures -- Muslim masculinities in the age of terror -- Muslim masculinities, militant-jihadist Islamism and suicide terrorism -- Islamism, terrorism and "the vulnerable" in society -- Analysis of the pilot study.…”
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Psychology for nurses / by Rana, Devinder

Table of Contents: “…The meaning and measurement of health -- The principles of behaviourist psychology -- Patient-centred nursing -- Anxiety and psychodynamic principles -- Cognitive psychology -- Social psychology -- Child development and health care -- The impact of social group on health -- Cultural awareness and transcultural issues -- Working with older adults -- Patient loss, bereavement, and terminal illness -- Risky behaviours : smoking, alcohol, diet, and exercise -- Stress and stress management -- The psychology of pain -- Psychological models in health and health care -- Patient adherence to medical information and lifestyle change -- Communication and counselling skills -- Being admitted to hospital -- Applying psychology to specific conditions, part I -- Applying psychology to specific conditions, part II.…”

Russia before the radiant future essays in modern history, culture, and society / by Confino, Michael, 1926-2010

Table of Contents: “…The fate of ideas in history -- Alexander Herzen and Isaiah Berlin on Russia's elusive counter-Enlightenment -- Russian and Western European roots of Soviet totalitarianism -- Traditions, old and new : patterns of protest and dissent in modern Russia -- pt. 2. Social groups in comparative perspective -- On intellectuals and intellectual traditions in eighteenth- and nineteenth- century Russia -- The nobility in Russia and Western Europe : contrasts and similarities -- Comparing Russian serfdom and American slavery -- Agrarian crisis, urbanization, and the Russian peasants at the end of the old regime, 1880s-1920s -- pt. 3. …”
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Routledge handbook of counter-narratives /

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The Visigothic Kingdom : The Negotiation of Power in Post-Roman lberia /

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The Visigothic Kingdom : The Negotiation of Power in Post-Roman lberia /

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Global Domestic Workers : Intersectional Inequalities and Struggles for Rights / by Marchetti, Sabrina, Garofalo Geymonat, Giulia, Cherubini, Daniela

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History of the mafia by Lupo, Salvatore, 1951-

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Horizontal Learning in the High Middle Ages : Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Transfer in Religious Communities /

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Global Domestic Workers : Intersectional Inequalities and Struggles for Rights / by Marchetti, Sabrina, Garofalo Geymonat, Giulia, Cherubini, Daniela

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Horizontal Learning in the High Middle Ages : Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Transfer in Religious Communities /

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The ancient Andean states : political landscapes in pre-hispanic Peru / by Tantaleán, Henry, 1974-

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Symbolic Objects in Contentious Politics /

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Symbolic Objects in Contentious Politics /

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Studies in the book of Ben Sira papers of the Third International Conference on the Deuterocanonical books, Shime'on Centre, Pápa, Hungary, 18-20 May, 2006 /

Table of Contents: “…The canon, literary genre, intellectual movement, and social group of a Zadokite document / Gabriele Boccaccini -- The pre-eminence of the Hebrew language and the emerging concept of the "ideal text" in late second temple Judaism / Stefan Schorch -- "The law, the prophets, and the other books of the Fathers" (Sir, prologue) : canonical lists in Ben Sira and elsewhere? …”
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Mimbres during the Twelfth Century : Abandonment, Continuity, and Reorganization / by Nelson, Margaret Cecile, 1951-

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Mimbres during the Twelfth Century : Abandonment, Continuity, and Reorganization / by Nelson, Margaret Cecile, 1951-

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Citizenship education and the personalization of democracy / by Hermans, H. J. M., Bartels, Rob, 1953-

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Alcohol flows across cultures : drinking cultures in transnational and comparative perspective /

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People's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam / by Opper, Marc

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