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Ein Mini-Advents-Kalender mit witzigen Sprüchen zum Thema Weihnachten. Sie sind bereits im September genervt von überquellenden Lebkuchen-Regalen, von Weihnachtsgedudel im Radio oder blinkenden Lichterketten? Dann ist dieser Mini-Advents-Kalender goldrichtig für Sie. Schonungslos entzaubern die Sprüche das Fest der Feste. Zum Verschenken an alle Lieben als tolles Advents-Geschenk oder um sich selbst eine kleine Freude zu bereiten.

This book introduces oncoplastic surgery as an interdisciplinary branch of oncological surgery that integrates theories and technologies in oncological surgery, plastic surgery and microsurgery with characteristics of planned radical resection of tumors and one-stage repair and reconstruction of surgical defects on the basis of multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) of tumors. Consisting of 23 chapters, the book covers a range of surgical topics re...

This is the third volume in the Essentials of Diagnostic Gynecological Pathology series sponsored by the British Association of Gynecological Pathologists. Focusing on cervical pathology, it provides an update on current diagnostic criteria, the use of biomarkers and specimen handling. It serves as a quick desktop reference facilitating accurate diagnosis, and also provides detailed descriptions and an exhaustive reference list for more in-dep...

Jean Genet (1910-1986) resonates, perhaps more than any other canonical queer figure from the pre-Stonewall past, with contemporary queer sensibilities attuned to a defiant non-normativity. Not only sexually queer, Genet was also a criminal and a social pariah, a bitter opponent of the police state, and an ally of revolutionary anticolonial movements. In Disturbing Attachments, Kadji Amin challenges the idealization of Genet as a paradigmatic ...

Zeph's new in town. He finds a room in West Hollywood and shares the house with two ultrasleek gender illusionists who style themselves after classic movie goddesses Lauren Bacall and Rita Hayworth. A private investigator named O'Keefe stops by, and Zeph finds himself drawn into an investigation surrounding the disappearance of a porn-studio owner and one of his stars. The missing porn star is, not by coincidence, the boyfriend of one of Zeph'...

This book, part of a series, seeks to re-conceptualize Asian geographies, rather than a static East Asia core, this volume analyzes Asia's southern fringe, as symbolized in the trading group ASEAN and its role in Asia's evolving international relations. The contributors include many leading experts in the field, ensuring that this book will be the go-to text for students, scholars, and civil society decision makers exploring Asia's contemporar...

Der Band präsentiert Untersuchungen zum Zusammenhang von Familie und Migration in aktueller und historischer Perspektive. Er gibt einen Einblick in neue Erkenntnisse zu Familie, Religion und Migration im 18. Jahrhundert, zu historischen Zäsuren und Migrationswellen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, zu Umstrukturierungen und (intergenerativem) Wandel von Familie, zu Migrationsprozessen und pädagogischen Organisationen sowie zu Fragen von Geschlecht, ...

Jason Dittmer is Professor of Political Geography at University College London and the author of Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero: Metaphors, Narratives, and Geopolitics and coeditor of Diplomatic Cultures and International Politics: Translations, Spaces, and Alternatives.

Applying new materialism to international relations, Jason Dittmer offers a counterintuitive reading of foreign policy by tracing the ways that complex interactions between people and things shape the decisions and actions of diplomats and policymakers.

Richard B. Gunderman is Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University. He is the author of We Make a Life by What We Give.

This book sets out political economy explanations for higher education policy reform in Europe in the initial decades of the 21st century. With a sustained focus on the national level of policy implementation, institutional change is considered in relationship to broader trends in economic development and globalization. Since the concept of a “Europe of Knowledge” was presented by the European Commission in 1997, the pursuit of global competit...

Get ready for another mind-blowing adventure from Wonderland-a story shot straight through the Pool of Tears. Wonderland's elite forces of light must unite to battle the harbinger of darkness in the unforeseeable conclusion to CROSSFIRE.Previously...Dashing Ovid Grey, rogue, criminal and ex-Milliner, was ordered by Queen Alyss to secretly locate and retrieve a Heart Crystal shard that had been hidden on Earth and was been igniting Black Imagin...

Offers higher education professionals a way to measure the degree of equality taking place in work environments across institutional settings. It frames the relevant issues and nationwide surveys that reveal the current professional landscape. The goal is to offer a standardized way to identify both unjust and equitable labour practices that impact adjunct faculty on campus.

Summertime feels the same everywhere, and its simple joys hot sun, long days, bare feet, cool pools, creamy ice cream, steamy beaches, and the blessed relief of grassy shade have a special affinity for children. Feel the Summer mirrors the sights and sensations of the sunniest season. Sarah L. Thomson's lyrical text has the rhythmic qualities of waves lapping the shore, and Kana Yamada's stunning, impressionistic illustrations reflect the sun-...

Social theoretical concepts are at the very heart of social work, providing frameworks to connect wider political and social processes with individual development and sense of selfhood. This textbook outlines how these ideas can be used to provide insight into a wide-range of issues and challenges in social work practice.

As the debate regarding the increasing use of adjunct faculty in higher education continues to swirl, the voices of adjunct faculty themselves are rarely heard. Adjunct Faculty Voices gives a voice to this growing population, and shares the experiences and clear benefits adjuncts gain from having access to professional development opportunities.

This book is the first green criminology text to focus specifically on Latin America. Green criminology has always adopted a broad horizon and explicitly emphasised that environmental crimes and harms affect countries and cultures around the world. The chapters collected here illuminate and describe the "theft of nature" and the "poisoning of the land" in Latin America through and from processes of agro-industry expansion, biopiracy, legal and...

Piggy lives in a large house with Thomas. Thomas knows exactly what Piggy needs. But a chance meeting with a wild pig changes everything, and Piggy finds out what lies outside the four walls, beyond the fence. A gentle book about freedom and friendship.

Das erste Lehrbuch zur Ökologie der Wirbeltiere Der Wolf frisst einen Elch, der Luchs ein Reh und der Habicht einen jungen Waldkauz. Was bedeutet das für die Bestände der Beutetiere? Vögel und Säugetiere zeigen als endotherme Wirbeltiere viele Gemeinsamkeiten in ihrer Biologie. Ausgehend von den theoretischen Grundlagen der Ökologie und mit einem konsequent evolutionsbiologischen Ansatz behandelt «Ökologie der Wirbeltiere» die Ernährung...