The Renaissance Restored: Paintings Conservation and the Birth of Modern Art History in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Автор: Richardson, Matthew
Название: The Insider
ISBN: 0718183436 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780718183431
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: The thrilling novel of espionage and murder set in the dark heart of Westminster, from the UK's most exciting new spy writer

A Russian defector is found brutally murdered in a London hotel.

Only four people knew he had turned - the four most important and powerful figures in Whitehall.

There's only one conclusion:

A mole has infiltrated the highest levels of the nation's security.

Operating in secret from within Westminster's darkest corners, former spy, Solomon Vine, must uncover the traitor.

Because Britain's future hangs in the balance.

And with it, the fate of the whole world . . .

Praise for Matthew Richardson

'Proof that the spy genre is flourishing in the 21st century . . . [Richardson's] plotting has an old-school, Swiss-clock precision' The Guardian

'Compelling, intense and sharply authentic' James Swallow, bestselling author of Nomad

'A splendid tale of espionage starring an old-fashioned MI6 hero . . . Exciting spy literature' The Times

'A bang-up-to-date thriller told with old-school panache. A great read' Mick Herron, CWA Gold Dagger-winning author of the Slough House Series

Автор: Matthew Hayes
Название: Gringolandia: Lifestyle Migration under Late Capitalism
ISBN: 1517904919 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781517904913
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: A telling look at today\u2019s \u201creverse\u201d migration of white, middle-class expats from north to south, through the lens of one South American city Even as the \u201cmigration crisis\u201d from the Global South to the Global North rages on, another, lower-key and yet important migration has been gathering pace in recent years—that of mostly white, middle-class people moving in the opposite direction. Gringolandia is that rare book to consider this phenomenon in all its complexity.Matthew Hayes focuses on North Americans relocating to Cuenca, Ecuador, the country\u2019s third-largest city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Many began relocating there after the 2008 economic crisis. Most are self-professed \u201ceconomic refugees\u201d who sought offshore retirement, affordable medical care, and/or a lower–cost location. Others, however, sought adventure marked by relocation to an unfamiliar cultural environment and to experience personal growth through travel, illustrative of contemporary cultures of aging. These life projects are often motivated by a desire to escape economic and political conditions in North America. Regardless of their individual motivations, Hayes argues, such North–South migrants remain embedded in unequal and unfair global social relations. He explores the repercussions on the host country—from rising prices for land and rent to the reproduction of colonial patterns of domination and subordination. In Ecuador, heritage preservation and tourism development reflect the interests and culture of European-descendent landowning elites, who have most to benefit from the new North–South migration. In the process, they participate in transnational gentrification that marginalizes popular traditions and nonwhite mestizo and indigenous informal workers. The contrast between the migration experiences of North Americans in Ecuador and those of Ecuadorians or others from such regions of the Global South in North America and Europe demonstrates that, in fact, what we face is not so much a global \u201cmigration crisis\u201d but a crisis of global social justice.