Guardians of the Arab State, Johnson RW

Автор: Johnson R W
Название: How Long Will South Afica Survive?
ISBN: 1849045593 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849045599
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 54600 T
Описание: In 1977, Johnson's best selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? offered a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects of apartheid. Now, after more than two decades of the ANC in government, he believes the question must be posed again. "The big question about ANC rule," Johnson writes, "is whether African nationalism would be able to cope with the challenges of running a modern industrial economy. Twenty years of ANC rule have shown conclusively that the party is hopelessly ill equipped for this task. Indeed, everything suggests that South Africa under the ANC is fast slipping backward and that even the survival of South Africa as a unitary state cannot be taken for granted. The fundamental reason why the question of regime change has to be posed is that it is now clear that South Africa can either choose to have an ANC government or it can have a modern industrial economy. It cannot have both."

Автор: Gaub, Florence,
Название: Guardians of the Arab state :
ISBN: 019069761X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190697617
Издательство: Oxford Academ
Цена: 70620 T
Описание: Guardians of the Arab State explains clearly and concisely how and why military organizations become involved in politics across the Middle East and North Africa, identifying four key factors: a high degree of organizational capacity, clear institutional interest, a forgiving population and
weak civilian control.

Looking at numerous case studies ranging from Mauritania to Iraq, the book finds that these factors are common to all Arab countries to have experienced coups in the last century. It also finds that the opposite is true in cases like Jordan, where strong civilian control and the absence of capacity,
interest, or a positive public image made coup attempts futile. Gaub also convincingly argues that the reasons are structural rather than cultural, thereby proving a counter-narrative to conventional explanations, which look at Arab coups along religious or historical lines. In essence, the
questions addressed herein lead back to issues of weak statehood, legitimacy, and resource constraints - all problems the Arab world has struggled with since independence. Guardians of the Arab State picks up where previous literature on Middle Eastern military forces dropped the debate, and
provides an updated and insightful analysis into the soul of Arab armies.

Автор: Thomas, Frank Johnston, Ollie Johnson
Название: Illusion of life: Disney Animation (Disney Editions Deluxe)
ISBN: 0786860707 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786860708
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 30090.00 T
Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: The most complete book on the subject ever written, this is the fascinating inside story by two long-term Disney animators of the gradual perfecting of a relatively young and particularly American art from, which no other move studio has ever been able to equal.
The authors, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, worked with Walt Disney himself as well as other leading figures in a half-century of Disney films. They personally animated leading characters in most of the famous films and have decades of close association with the others who helped perfect this extremely difficult and time-consuming art form. Not to be mistaken for just a "how-to-do-it," this voluminously illustrated volume (like the classic Disney films themselves) is intended for everyone to enjoy.
Besides relating the painstaking trial-and-error development of Disney's character animation technology, this book irresistibly charms us with almost an overabundance of the original historic drawings used in creating some of the best-loved characters in American culture: Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Snow White and Bambi (among many, many others) as well as early sketches used in developing memorable sequences from classic features such as Fantasia and Pinocchio.
With the full cooperation of Walt Disney Productions and free access to the studio's priceless archives, the authors took unparalleled advantage of their intimate long-term experience with animated films to choose the precise drawings to illustrate their points from among hundreds of thousands of pieces of artwork carefully stored away.
The book answers everybody's question about how the amazingly lifelike effects of Disney character animation were achieved, including charming stories of the ways that many favorite animated figures got their unique personalities. From the perspective of two men who had an important role in shaping the art of animation, and within the context of the history of animation and the growth of the Disney studio, this is the definitive volume on the work and achievement of one of America's best-known and most widely loved cultural institutions. Nostalgia and film buffs, students of popular culture, and that very broad audience who warmly responds to the Disney "illusion of life" will find this book compelling reading (and looking ).
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Автор: Johnson Paul M.
Название: Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
ISBN: 0061253170 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061253171
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
Цена: 11830.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: “Johnson revels in all the wicked things these great thinkers have done....Great fun to read.” --New York Times Book Review

Автор: Adam Johnson
Название: Parasites Like Us
ISBN: 1784160083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784160081
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 14070.00 T
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Описание: *The debut novel by the author of THE ORPHAN MASTER`S SON: winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2013After trashing his cherry `72 Corvette, illegally breaking into an ancient burial site, and snacking on 12,000-year-old popcorn, Hank Hannah finds that he`s inadvertently unleashed the apocalypse.

Автор: Johnson, Spencer
Название: One Minute Sales Person, The
ISBN: 0060514922 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780060514921
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
Цена: 13930.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Who Moved My Cheese? shows professionals -- and everyone else -- how to successfully sell anything in this newly updated edition of his phenomenal classic.

Автор: Johnson, Anna
Название: Handbags
ISBN: 0761123776 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780761123774
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 13900.00 T
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Описание: The Bolide. The Plume. The Birkin--object of lust in Sex in the City. Celebrating the must-have accessory for the fashion conscious woman, Handbags is an obsessive, irresistible visual extravaganza, featuring over 900 full-color photographs of the most luxurious, witty, covetable, talismanic examples of the bagmaker's art and history.

The iconic Herm s Kelly bag, made from first stitch to last by a single craftsperson. Judith Leiber's whimsical minaudiFres, Moschino's smiley-face bag, Elsa Schiaparelli's surrealist "bird cage," and the ne plus ultra of fashionable purses--the Chanel bag, reinvented for a new generation by Karl Lagerfeld. There are novelty bags, evening bags, sculptural bags, and class acts. Practical leather pochettes to carry a life, and elegant little reticules for nothing more than a credit card and a lipstick. Profiles of famous bagmakers: Jamin Puech, Kate Spade, Carlos Falchi, and the poet of utility, Bonnie Cashin, with her visionary "Cashin Carry" bags for Coach. Plus the anonymous Florentine artisans whose specialist leather workshops sprouted up in the 14th century.

A labor of love written by Anna Johnson, author of Three Black Skirts, Handbags features over 900 bags from collections, museums, and designers around the world, most of them photographed in seductive full-color exclusively for the book. The perfectly matched complement to Shoes, Handbags is about fashion, about desire, about secrecy, craftsmanship, art, and imagination as well as about the changing roles of women--everything that's packed into every important bag. Includes timelines, fascinating captions, and the "It" bags--anyone for a Fendi baguette?

Автор: Johnson Crockett
Название: Harold and the Purple Crayon
ISBN: 0007464371 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007464371
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Цена: 7910.00 T
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Описание: A collectable classic picture book that every child should read and own. Maurice Sendak says "Harold is a masterpiece". "One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight"

Автор: Green, John/Myracle, Lauren/Johnson, Maureen
Название: Let It Snow
ISBN: 0142412147 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780142412145
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 7970.00 T
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Описание: Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow would lead to love with an old friend. Or that the way back to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks. Thanks to three of today's bestselling teen authors--John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle--the magic of the holidays shines on these hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and breathtaking kisses.

Автор: Boris Johnson
Название: The Spirit of London
ISBN: 0007511175 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007511174
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Цена: 8790.00 T
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Описание: First published as Johnson`s Life of London, now released with new material following Jubilee and Olympic celebrations in 2012. This updated history of London shows that the ingenuity, diversity, creativity and enterprise of the city are second to none...

Автор: Green Michael, Johnson Mike
Название: Supergirl Vol. 2: Girl in the World (the New 52)
ISBN: 1401240879 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401240875
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 8040.00 T
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Описание: Jettisoned to Earth when her home planet of Krypton explodes, Supergirl emerges, alone and confused. Not knowing who to trust, Kara has spurned help from her fellow Kryptonian survivors Superman and Superboy. However, the last daughter of Krypton has finally made a friend in a young girl name Siobhan.

Автор: Melinda Johnson (Author), Mindy Johnson (Author)
Название: Tinker Bell: An Evolution
ISBN: 1423172019 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781423172017
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
Цена: 27870.00 T
Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.

Автор: Adam Johnson
Название: The Orphan Master`s Son
ISBN: 0552778257 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552778251
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 11430.00 T
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Описание: - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER- NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST- `You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story.

Автор: Johnson, Michael
Название: Indian Tribes of the New England Frontier
ISBN: 1841769371 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841769370
Издательство: Osprey
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Цена: 11870.00 T
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Описание: The first Native Americans who came into contact with the 17th century English settlers were the tribes of the North Atlantic coast and the interior of New England. Featuring colour illustrations and photographs, this book tells the story of New England`s Native Americans.