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Boken Nära sin nations längtan är Carl-Göran Heidegrens (prof emeritus i sociologi) tredje bok om Weimarrepublikens år. I den första boken Preussiska anarkister utforskades kretsen kring författaren Ernst Jünger, i den senare Den högra handens tendens berättades om tre karaktärer som gjorde resan från den yttersta…
Kategorier: Fredsbevarande operationer Krig och försvar Militära operationer Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
In today s dynamic geopolitical landscape, Force Commanders in United Nations peacekeeping operations play a pivotal role in the politico-diplomatic process for the accomplishment of the Mission s mandate. Charged with the daunting task of leading multinational forces in some of the world s most complex and often…
Do you long for a more powerful prayer life? Do you grow discouraged when your prayers don’t seem to change anything or allow you to hear God’s voice?
In this video-based Bible study workshop (DVD/digital video sold separately), Anne Graham Lotz presents a biblical approach to prayer that will help…
Every week a terrorist attack, riot, or political scandal makes the headlines—and we feel the world around us shaking again. We struggle to separate truth from biased statements and hope from naïveté. We wonder how we got here and where these uncertain days will take us.
One of the world’s top investigative reporters,…
Four generic motives have historically led states to initiate war: fear, interest, standing, and revenge. Using an original data set, Richard Ned Lebow examines the distribution of wars across three and a half centuries and argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, only a minority of these were motivated by…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Andlighet och religiös erfarenhet Aspekter av religion Filosofi och religion Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Mysticism Mystik, magi och det ockulta Religion och tro
Throughout the world – in countries as far apart as China, Ireland, Iceland and Madgascar – there survive records and traditions of whole nations being divided into twelve tribes and twelve regions, each corresponding to one of the twelve signs of the zodiac and to one of the twelve months of the year. Best…
Kategorier: Alternativa terapier, healing och hälsa Ande, kropp och själ Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling
Body, Mind & Spirit / Self-Help This book’s perspective on healing will expand the reader’s vision, beyond the scope of healing as a purely individual and personal matter, to one that spans generations in its scope, crosses racial and cultural barriers and sheds new light on the relationships between…
Kategorier: Aspekter av religion Filosofi och religion Kristendom Kristna riktningar Pingstkyrkor Protestantism och protestantiska kyrkor Religion och tro Religiös mission och konvertering Religiösa institutioner och organisationer
What were the motivations for such a large missionary commitment in a time of limited resources? Are the same motivations and understanding driving missions today?
In Called to the Nations, different writers paint a picture of how Swedish Pentecostal Mission has grown. It is a story of both the dedication of…
Learning the lessons from the past helps us to understand how we can make the most of the opportunities in the turbulent times ahead
Why are some nations more prosperous than others? This book sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. It explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management
Published in 1776, in the same year as the Declaration of Independence, The Wealth of Nations has had an equally great impact on the course of modern history. Adam Smith’s celebrated defense of free market economies was written with such expressive power and clarity that the first edition sold out in six months.…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management
This short primer distils Ruchir Sharma's decades of global analytic experience into ten rules for identifying nations that are poised to take off or crash. A wake-up call to economists who failed to foresee every recent crisis, including the cataclysm of 2008, 10 Rules is full of insights on signs of political,…
Disposition, administration and possession of territory have occurred throughout of the history of mankind, often resulting all together in conquest and annexation. In more modern times the peace treaties of Osnabrück and Münster in 1648 (Westphalian Peace), ending the war of the “Thirty Years” in Europe, brought a new…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
”Democracy and the Welfare State – the Nordic Nations Since 1800” är en rikt illustrerad överblickshistoria över de nordiska länderna efter 1800. Boken är intressant för alla som vill bilda sig en överblick över utvecklingen i Norden under de två senaste århundradena. Denna bok är ett samarbete mellan…
Xian 1974 När några fattiga kinesiska bönder gräver en ny brunn upptäcks det som kommer bli känt som terrakottaarmén, en av världens största och mest berömda arkeologiska upptäckter genom tiderna. De 8 000 fullskaliga krigare och hästar av bränd lera begravdes tillsammans med den förste kejsaren 210 f Kr och har…
In this report, Sweden’s Sixth National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a comprehensive summary of Sweden’s efforts to combat climate change is provided in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the parties to the UNFCCC. Emissions and removals of…
Kategorier: Arkitektur Arkitektur: offentliga byggnader Internationella institutioner Internationella relationer Konst Politik och statsskick Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
The headquarters of the United Nations is one of the world’s best-known buildings – and perhaps the most important. The building is located in Manhattan, on the site of a former slaughterhouse. Architectural writer Mark Isitt has, together with photographer Åke E:son Lindman, gained unique access to this…
När börjar svenskarna uppleva att de inte endast bör var lojala mot kungen och prästen utan också mot varandra?
Visst kan en sådan anda skönjas bland Gustav Vasas dalkarlar, Gustav II Adolfs knektar och Karl XII:s bussar. Men det är först som en kontrast till Gustav III:s patriotiska gester och piruetter som…
After the withdrawal, UNEF remained for ten years as a buffer between the Egyptian and Israeli forces in Sinai and the Gaza strip. UNEF’s presence brought calm to the region. Illegal passage over the borders, firing and various violations took place, but they were infrequent and not serious. UNEF was trusted by…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management
Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers from Rio to Beijing, tycoons, and presidents, Ruchir Sharma’s The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks the ”dismal science” of economics as a practical art. Narrowing the thousands of factors that can shape a…