Hannah Arendt and the Challenge of Modernity
Hannah Arendt and the Challenge of Modernity explores the theme of human rights in the work of Hannah Arendt. Parekh argues that Arendt's contribution to this debate has been largely ignored because she does not speak in the same terms as contempo...
Desert and Justice
Serena Olsaretti brings together new essays by leading moral and political philosophers on the nature of desert and justice, their relations with each other and with other values. Does justice require that individuals get what they deserve? What e...
Responsibility to Protect and the International Criminal Court
This book provides an account of how the responsibility to protect (R2P) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) were applied in Kenya. In the aftermath of the disputed presidential election on 27 December 2007, Kenya descended into its worst c...
Understanding Transatlantic Relations
In light of the Arab Spring and after days of public quarreling that highlighted the divisions among NATO's members on an agreement to give command of the "no-fly" zone in Libya to the Alliance, it is evident that the U.S. is having prob...
Material Lives
Eighteenth-century women told their life stories through making. With its compelling stories of women's material experiences and practices, Material Lives offers a new perspective on eighteenth-century production and consumption. Genteel women's m...
Evil Thing-Villains, Book 7
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES - This stylishly twisted novel follows the rise and fall of one of Disney's most relentless villains: Cruella De Vil. The real story. It is fabulous, after all. Behold The story of me. Cruella De Vil From her lonely childhood to her iconic fashion choices, to that fateful car crash (you know the one), Cruella tells all in this marvelous memoir of a woman doomed. Even the cruelest villains have best friends, true loves, and daring dreams. Now it's Cruella's turn to share hers. This darkly fascinating novel in the wildly popular Villains series brings readers a tale told by the Evil Thing herself―a tale of the complicated bonds of female friendship, of mothers and daughters, and of burning, destructive desire. After all, nothing is as simple as black and white.
Poor Unfortunate Soul-Villains, Book 3
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES - This haunting novel reveals the dark ambition of one of Disney's most cunning villains: Ursula, the sea witch. Hate. Her magic was infused with it. And in that hate was a deep, penetrating sorrow... The tale of the sea king's daughter Ariel is a beloved one of losing―and then finding―one's own voice. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the mergirl wants more than her world can offer, and her father demands that she live within the confines of his domain. Her rebelliousness costs the little mermaid her voice and nearly her soul. But the power of good prevails, and Ariel emerges proud and unchanged. And yet this is only half the story. So what of Ariel's nemesis, Ursula, the sea witch? What led to her becoming so twisted, scorned, and filled with hatred? Many tales have tried to explain her motives. Here is one account of what might have shaped the sea witch into a detestable and poor unfortunate soul.
Raising the Horseman
A ghostly stand-alone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Disney's Villain Tales series, that reimagines Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow through the eyes of a modern teen ... Kat Van Tassel wants nothing to do with Sleepy Holl...
Gender Equality and Genocide Prevention in Africa
This book investigates what impact gender equality has on genocide in Africa, to verify whether it is a missing indicator from current risk assessments and models for genocide prevention. Examining whether States characterised by lower levels of g...
Disney Princess Beauty and the Beast: The Beast Within
The story of Beauty and the Beast is one as old as time. A cruel and selfish prince transformed into a beast meets a maiden who shows him what it means to love and to be loved. But one question is yet to be answered... what was it that transformed...
Disney Classics Peter Pan: Never Never
From Never Land comes another story in the best-selling Villain Tales series! His fate was written long ago... Before the story of the infamous Captain Hook was another, of a baby stripped of his chance to become a Lost Boy. Of a boy who longed to...
International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, and epitomizes the very notion of international judicial institution. Yet, it decides inter-State disputes only with the parties' consent. This makes it more...
International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, and epitomizes the very notion of international judicial institution. Yet, it decides inter-State disputes only with the parties' consent. This makes it more...
Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels
A graphic novel adaptation of the hit books that inspired the Netflix film! Sherlock Holmes' brilliant, strong-willed younger sister takes center stage in this delightfully drawn graphic novel based on Nancy Springer's bestselling mystery series. ...
Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels
In Book 2 of the series, Enola is back on the case, deciphering clues and developing leads in each of three new mysteries. What she doesn't know is that she, too, is being pursued-by her own brother! Once again, Sherlock Holmes' brilliant, strong-...
Do Over
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The Consigliere (The Valentini Family
The Consigliere (The Valentini Family
The Oracle (The Valentini Family
The Oracle (The Valentini Family
Sh!te Before Christmas
From Sunday Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation @MammyBanter One month to go. One stressed mum. Can she pull off the perfect family Christmas? It's the most wonderful time of the year? Like every mum, Tara wants a perfect Christmas for h...