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This work traces the emergence of the police officer as hero and the police novel as a significant popular genre, from the cameo appearances of police in detective novels of the 1930s and 1940s through the serial killer and forensic novels of the 1990s. The work chronicles the ways in which changes in the law and society have affected the actions of the police and shows how the protagonists of police novels have changed in gender, race, nation...

Britain's support for constitutional government in Italy and anxieties about the Irish Catholic Church brought Britain and the Papacy briefly together.

Emphasizing management and conservation, this book provides a synthesis of the literature on the role of forest mammals in community structure and function in the coniferous forests of western North America. In addition to coverage of some of the charismatic megafauna such as grizzly bears, gray wolves, mountain lions, elk and moose, it also includes small terrestrial mammals, arboreal rodents, bats, medium-sized carnivores, and ungulates. The...

This practical guide presents Leahy's multidimensional model of resistance in cognitive therapy. Richly illustrated with case examples and session vignettes, the book addresses a variety of ways that clients may resist basic therapeutic procedures: noncompliance with agenda setting and homework assignments, splitting transference with other therapists, inappropriate behavior, and premature termination. Underlying processes of resistance are ex...

Beyond the Ruins: The Meanings of Deindustrialization moves the discussion of America's industrial decline beyond the immediate realities of plant shutdowns by placing it in a broader social, political, and economic context.

No book is more central to the study of nineteenth-century American literature than Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, or The Whale. First published it 1851, it still speaks powerfully to readers today. Combining reprinted documents with clear introductions for student readers, this volume examines the contexts of and critical responses to Melville's work. It draws together: *an introduction to the contexts in which Melville was writing and relevant...

Man kennt, man liest und liebt die Bücher und Aufsätze von Marion Gräfin Dönhoff. Wenig aber weiß man vom Alltag der Grand Old Lady des deutschen Journalismus. Im Archiv der »Zeit« liegen ihre Briefe, die ein einzigartiges biografisches Zeugnis geben. »Im übrigen, was mich betrifft, so gebe ich Ihnen hiermit das Versprechen, daß ich aus dem politischen Journalismus ausscheide, wenn Krone Kanzler werden sollte. Dieses Triumvirat der ausgewählte...

Innere Stille ist die Bedingung dafür, dass wir in Kontakt treten mit unserem wahren Sein. Wir müssen unsere Betriebsamkeit loslassen, um auf der Seinsebene anzukommen. In "Stille spricht" behandelt Eckhart Tolle Themen wie "Wer du wirklich bist", "Das ich-zentrierte Selbst" "Sich in Beziehungen annehmen und hingeben", "Leiden und das Ende des Leidens" und "Spirituelle Lehren".Was Eckhart Tolle sagt, ist kristallklar und so eingängig, dass man...

In seinem 75. Lebensjahr legt Walter Kempowski einen neuen Roman vor, seinen zehnten. Die »Letzten Grüße« sind nur vordergründig die Abschiedsgrüße eines Amerikareisenden an seine Frau. Sie sind auch Grüße an seine Leser - und darüber hinaus das Resümee eines Repräsentanten seiner Generation, die Auseinandersetzung eines Unzeitgemäßen mit den Werten des »Alten Europa« im Angesicht der Neuen Welt.Die Einladung zu einer Lesereise durch Amerika k...

Primary Colours is an activity-packed, six-level course for young learners aged six to twelve years.

Considering the relationship between artists and texts throughout classical antiquity, this study systematically applies new and objective criteria to judge the fidelity between picture and text. It becomes clear that artists illustrate stories, not texts, and Jocelyn Penny Small argues that artistic transmissions follow the model of oral, not textual, transmission where the variant rules and there is no original. Pictures on vases, she demons...

This volume contains a new general introduction by Alan Bennett, as well as the original preface by Lindsay Anderson to The Old Crowd. A companion volume of Alan Bennett's work from the late 1970s and early 1980s is published as Rolling Home.

Barry Gifford was born in Chicago in 1946. His novels have been translated into twenty-two languages. His book Night People was awarded the Premio Brancati in Italy, and he has been the recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Library Association and the Writers Guild of America. David Lynch's film Wild at Heart, which was based on Gifford's novel, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. G...

Elvis Cole has got a problem to solve - and this time it's personal.

A savagely mutilated doll, the sinister reminder of the terrifying photos he had seen earlier in London, is in the shoe box given to Keegan as he embarks on the run from Belgium. He has been 'sold' by his creditor, Viney, to a London firm to clear himself financially. But the firm has elaborate games in mind: games involving a patsy . . . International security is at risk. And the patsy, Keegan, is needed . . . dead!

The latest title from Celia Haddon - "Daily Telegraph" pet agony aunt and author of many "100 Ways..." titles. Line drawings.

The eight feet referenced in the title belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter, and an elegant mule, who together clambered the length of Peru, from Cajamarca near the border with Ecuador, to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital--traveling over 1, 300 miles in high altitudes. Despite extreme discomfort and occasional danger, mother and daughter, a formidable duo, were unflagging in their sympathetic response to the perilous beauty and i...

Die Dokumentation versammelt Beiträge eines interdisziplinären und internationalen Symposions am Institut für Musikpädagogik der Johnnes Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main in 2001. Die zentrale Fragestellung der Tagung richtete sich auf den allgemeinen und fachspezifischen Beitrag der Musik zur Ethik des Lebens, zum Menschsein und zur Menschlichkeit in der heutigen und zukünftigen Gesellschaft. Experten aus Europa und den USA liefer...

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A star during his lifetime, a legend after a bullet killed him at the age of 25, Shakur was the most influential rap musician of his day. This is an eyewitness account of his formative years, written by his close friend from high school.