273 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

Smart, sophisticated and thoroughly irresistible, a timely and timeless novel about the friendship and family and how love can never be planned.

The 'return of metaphysics' evident in the continental and analytic traditions of philosophy, has been a major intellectual shift. This volume offers a contribution to this renaissance, gathering together philosophers, theologians, and scientists, who offer an alternative to the violence of reductionism, and the nihilism of postmodern relativism.

Keine Beschreibung.

The title of this 3-volume edition work takes its inspiration from Towards a New Abstraction, the catalogue of an exhibition organised by Ben Heller in 1963 at the Jewish Museum in New York, which brought together artists such as Frank Stella, Paul Brach, Kenneth Noland and Raymond Parker. The theme unites the artists of this "New Abstraction" through their spirit, as opposed to the "spirit of the times" reflected in other movements such as Mi...

Keine Beschreibung.

Im dritten Band seines Werkes geht Hans-Ulrich Wehler wiederum von Wirtschaft, Sozialstruktur, politischer Herrschaft und Kultur als den wichtigsten Dimensionen einer Gesellschaft aus und analysiert ihre Entwicklung vom Ende der "Deutschen Doppelrevolution" im Jahre 1849 bis zum Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges. Mehr als ein halbes Jahrhundert deutscher Geschichte wird in diesem großen Buch neu dargestellt.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

This study uses sociological theories of personal memory to show how Anglo-Saxon burial practices enabled the grieving process, and ensured the remembrance of the dead.

Integrated Water Management (IWM) deals with the planning and management of water resources by integrating the different issues involved, including ecological, economic, technical legislative, and transboundary. This book offers a general framework for IWM. It includes both the different environmental problems that affect the very different ecosystems and the main methodologies able to face the problem of IWM.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

The explosive first novel from the author of the bestselling 'The Little Prisoner' is a gripping tale of a woman whose troubled childhood comes back to haunt her.

At the Sharp End is a critical examination of the work of five leading dramatists who have made an indelible mark on today's theatre. An analysis of the work of David Edgar, Mark Ravenhill, David Greig, Tanika Gupta and Tim Etchells of Forced Entertainment is combined with an interview with each of the dramatists.

This book considers the methods used by illicit manufactures and traders to introduce counterfeit goods into the supply chain, the extent of their success, the various barriers that may be brought against their actions, and the effectiveness of those barriers. The new field of lightweight cryptography is described in the context of using RFID systems in the fight against counterfeit products, its cost effectiveness is examined and feasible app...

Laut wissenschaftlicher Studien könnten 30 bis 70 Prozent unerwünschter Arzneimittelwirkungen vermieden werden. Strittig ist, ob die Sicherheitsprobleme ausreichend an Ärzte und Öffentlichkeit kommuniziert werden. Die Beiträge des XVIII. Kölner Symposiums der "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rechtsanwälte im Medizinrecht" schildern die rechtlichen und ökonomischen Anforderungen u.a. an die Entwicklung neuer Medikamente. Ein Arbeitsbuch für die tägliche Pr...

A Just Immigration Law, An Impossible Dream? After the November 2006 elections, there was hope that the new Democratic controlled Congress would join with President Bush to give the country a bipartisan and fair immigration bill. However, a New York Times editorial wondered if political interests were stronger than the will of our government to do what is right for immigrants and the country as a whole: "Immigration remains a high-voltage issu...