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Baby (ANSEL ELGORT), ein junger talentierter Fluchtwagenfahrer, verlässt sich voll und ganz auf den Beat seiner persönlichen Playliste, um der Beste in seinem Job zu sein. Als er das Mädchen seiner Träume (LILY JAMES) trifft, sieht Baby eine Chance, einen Schlussstrich unter sein Gaunerleben zu ziehen und reinen Tisch zu machen. Doch als er genötig wird, für einen Gangsterboss (KEVIN SPACEY) zu arbeiten, und ein zum Scheitern verurteilter Raub...

Baby (ANSEL ELGORT), ein junger talentierter Fluchtwagenfahrer, verlässt sich voll und ganz auf den Beat seiner persönlichen Playliste, um der Beste in seinem Job zu sein. Als er das Mädchen seiner Träume (LILY JAMES) trifft, sieht Baby eine Chance, einen Schlussstrich unter sein Gaunerleben zu ziehen und reinen Tisch zu machen. Doch als er genötig wird, für einen Gangsterboss (KEVIN SPACEY) zu arbeiten, und ein zum Scheitern verurteilter Raub...

This new fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Gabon brings up to date the political affairs of the country, since the accession to power of Ali Bongo, eldest son of Omar Bongo, the former president-for-life, who died in 2009 after the publication of the third edition. Themes of "continuity" and "change" are present throughout the entries, not only as the Bongo family continues its half century of dynastic rule (there are a dozen Bong...

This edited volume addresses memory practices among youth, families, cultural workers, activists, and engaged citizens in Lebanon and Morocco. In making a claim for `the social life of memory, ¿ the introduction discusses a particular research field of memory studies, elaborating an approach to memory in terms of social production and engagement. The Arab Spring is evoked to draw attention to new rifts within and between history and remembranc...

Trauma is an important aspect of all clinical care specialties. As a rule, each specialty has its own approaches to and protocols for dealing with trauma. This book focuses on the various aspects of trauma in ENT for all groups of practitioners – students, trainees and independent professionals alike – and provides an essential guide to the optimal management of ENT trauma.

The study of Jewish converts to Christianity in the modern era has long been marginalized in Jewish historiography. Labeled disparagingly in the Jewish tradition as meshumadim (apostates), many earlier Jewish scholars treated these individuals in a negative light or generally ignored them as not properly belonging any longer to the community and its historical legacy. This situation has radically changed in recent years with an outpouring of n...

Fifty years after his death in 1965 the essays in this collection return to Paul Tillich to investigate his theology and its legacy, with a focus on contemporary British scholarship. Originating in a conference held in Oxford in 2014, the book contains 16 original contributions from a mixture of junior and more established scholars, most of whom have a connection to Britain. The contributions are diverse, but four themes emerge throughout the ...

This step-by-step guide will share strategies on preparing for doctor visits and communicating with doctors to get the most out of limited time. Taking the approach of working with your physicians as patient partners, the book suggests you first see your doctors as human beings. Learn their backgrounds, their biases, and their limitations.After years of interactions with patients, Kilbourn Gordon III, M.D., provides the innermost details of bu...

A life changing diagnosis for one woman brings a deeper understanding and sparks an investigative flair. Propelled to reflect, she learns to find meaning and truths. In this endless quest, not only does she uncover hidden clues along the way, she discovers steps that can easily be taken to ensure our best self is realized. Her observations of the neglectful mentality to health at all levels beckons each of us to empower ourselves, take a stanc...

Die Oper ist ein Gesamtkunstwerk, zu dessen Erfolg Tag für Tag viele Menschen auf, vor und hinter der Bühne beitragen, damit Staunenswertes, Wunderbares, sogar Magisches zur Erscheinung kommt - "kostbare Augenblicke", die beeindrucken und in Erinnerung haften bleiben. Nur wenige Opernhäuser haben eine bewegtere Geschichte durchlaufen als die Berliner Hof- und Staatsoper UNTER DEN LINDEN seit ihrer Gründung durch Friedrich den Großen 1742. Sie ...

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This book examines the social organizational discourse of task-oriented business meetings in a Kuwaiti financial organization and an American non-profit trade organisation. Focusing primarily on the linguistic behaviours demonstrating agency and power of managers and staff members displayed during these meetings, the project is based on ethnographic data collected during eight months of fieldwork. The author examines the similarities and diffe...

This comparative study explores the involvement of the United States in four successful military coups in Turkey and Pakistan during the Cold War. Focusing on military-to-military relations with the US in each country, the book offers insight into how external actors can impact the outcomes of coups, particularly through socialization via military training, education, and international organizations such as NATO. Drawing upon recently declassi...

This book focuses on case studies of vocabulary strategy use and presents an in-depth account of the vocabulary learning experiences of Chinese students in the UK. It challenges the view that vocabulary strategies result only from learners' cognitive choices, and provides insightful analysis of the interplay between learner characteristics, agency and context in the process of strategic learning. The author makes a strong case for using qualit...

This book-aimed at both the general reader and the specialist-offers a transatlantic, transnational, and multidisciplinary cartography of the rapidly expanding intellectual field of Galician Studies. In the twenty-one essays that comprise the volume, leading scholars based in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand engage with this field from the perspectives of queer theory, Atlantic and diasporic thought, political eco...

Grenzen überschreiten ohne Risiko! Der Einsatz von Mitarbeitern im Ausland bzw. die zeitweise oder permanente Beschäftigung ausländischer Mitarbeiter in Deutschland nimmt kontinuierlich zu. Aus steuerlicher Sicht müssen dabei vielfältige nationale und internationale Regelungen beachtet werden. Mit seiner kompakten Darstellung gibt Ihnen dieses Buch einen fundierten Überblick über alle maßgebenden Rechtsnormen. Darüber hinaus behandelt es rege...

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The Beatles¿ engagement with Japan, especially their 1966 tour, highlights a great deal about Japan¿s postwar cultural development and Japan¿s deepening relationship with the West. Up to the 1960s Japan¿s reconstruction phase was not fully completed, its ¿economic miracle¿ and the associated high level of self-confidence were not yet in place, and Japan was not yet considered a fully-fledged partner of the West. All these potential development...

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