Roads and Rivals
Roads and Rivals

Author: Mahnaz Ispahani

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1501745913

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Over the past two centuries, the borderlands of Central, South, and West Asia have been transformed from the remote peripheries into areas of intense regional and international interest. In Roads and Rivals, Mahnaz Ispahani explores the crucial but unacknowledged role that land routes have played in the strategic, political, and economic evolution of those borderlands.

Rivals and Retribution
Rivals and Retribution

Author: Shannon Delany

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0312625189

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In this final volume in the series, Pietr and Jessie find themselves caught in a pack war with a new breed of werewolf.

Globalizing Geographies: Perspectives from Eurasia
Globalizing Geographies: Perspectives from Eurasia

Author: Ms A Sengupta

Publisher: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd

Published: 2014-12-15

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9385714279

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This volume examines the Eurasian engagement with geographies of globalisation through an understanding of the intersection of space and place in Eurasia, Eurasian encounters with globalisation in terms of shifting spheres in politics, economics and culture, levels of integration and the intricate patterns of roads and routes. It also takes note of challenges encountered by social groups and communities in the face of globalising tendencies. The role of emerging alternatives within the region and community partnerships in Eurasia has also been addressed. Written by Eurasian scholars and others working on the region, it takes note of the formal and informal linkages between local communities and the larger global arena of which they are a part. The Eurasian context and the changing contours of Eurasia’s globalised space have been addressed in this book. The book would be of value to scholars and practitioners engaged in policy debates and area studies.

Rivals!
Rivals!

Author: Richard O. Davies

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-01-28

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1444320815

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Rivals! The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th Century presents the most memorable rivalries in over a hundred years of American sports history. Examines ten of the greatest American sports rivalries of the past century, relating them to their broader historical context Includes the rivalries between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, Duke and North Carolina, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, and more Draws upon the most recent works of sport historians, as well as hundreds of books, articles, and newspaper accounts Reveals a deep understanding of American sports history and American popular culture Features 30 images that bring the rivalries vividly to life

Partners and Rivals
Partners and Rivals

Author: Wendy J. Schiller

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2000-04-02

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780691048871

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This volume argues against the commonly held view that individual Senators do an inadequate job in representing their states. Instead it demonstrates how the competitive structure of Senate delegations creates the potentialfor broad and responsive representation in the Senate.

The Verifiers
The Verifiers

Author: Jane Pek

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0593313798

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ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST MYSTERY BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Introducing Claudia Lin: a sharp-witted amateur sleuth for the 21st century. This debut novel follows Claudia as she verifies people's online lives, and lies, for a dating detective agency in New York City. Until a client with an unusual request goes missing.... “The world of social media, big tech and internet connectivity provides fertile new ground for humans to deceive, defraud and possibly murder one another.... Well rendered and charming.... Original and intriguing.” —The New York Times Book Review Claudia is used to disregarding her fractious family’s model-minority expectations: she has no interest in finding either a conventional career or a nice Chinese boy. She’s also used to keeping secrets from them, such as that she prefers girls—and that she's just been stealth-recruited by Veracity, a referrals-only online-dating detective agency. A lifelong mystery reader who wrote her senior thesis on Jane Austen, Claudia believes she's landed her ideal job. But when a client vanishes, Claudia breaks protocol to investigate—and uncovers a maelstrom of personal and corporate deceit. Part literary mystery, part family story, The Verifiers is a clever and incisive examination of how technology shapes our choices, and the nature of romantic love in the digital age.