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Jung, rasant und voller Energie: Irlands Hauptstadt ist eine mondäne und schillernde Metropole - und verwandelt sich an den Tresen seiner Pubs doch Abend für Abend in ein heimeliges und gemütliches Dorf, in dem man sich Runde um Runde näher kommt. Musiker von Händel bis Bono und Dichter von Swift bis Roddy Doyle fanden wohl auch hier die Atmosphäre und den Stoff für ihre kreativen Höhenflüge. Größter baugeschichtlicher Schatz Dublins ist seine...

A key driver of migration is environmental conflict, and this is only likely to increase with the effects of climate change. This urgent book responds to this and provides invaluable insights into urgent questions surrounding migration, climate change and conflict that will be of relevance to researchers across social science.

This book offers an introduction to the study of childhood and the different contexts within which childhood exists. It explores childhood from within the family, to the global perspective, and the child's own perspective. It enables readers to begin to understand childhood in relation to society and to develop the skills to look at childhood from a critical standpoint.

A catalog nearly fifty years in the making, Bruce Springsteen's music remains popular and a frequent subject of study yet little critical attention has been given to its inclusion in film and television. This book examines a selection of films and TV shows from the 1980s to the present--including Mask, High Fidelity, The Sopranos and The Wrestler--that feature Springsteen's music on the soundtrack. Relating his thematic preoccupations with r...

The theatre is the central theme of this fourth volume in our series titled 'Art Brut - The Collection', published to coincide with the fourth Art Brut Biennale.

J. M. Coetzee unternimmt in seiner »Jesus-Trilogie« eine Reise an das Ende erzählerischer Gewissheiten. Seine Figuren sind ans Land gespülte Menschen. Sie alle sind auf der Suche nach einer Bedeutung, die über sie hinausreicht, sie mit etwas verknüpft, das ihrem Leben »Sinn« verleiht, so fragil er auch sei. »Der Tod Jesu« hat unvergleichliche Sogkraft: David, das Kind, wendet sich von der improvisierten Familie ab, die Simon ihm geschaffen ha...

Kolloquiumsprüfung Bayern - GeschichteDer passende Band zur effizienten Vorbereitung auf die mündliche Abiturprüfung im Fach Geschichte in Bayern. Wissenswertes zu Ablauf und Bewertung des Kolloquiums sowie zum Prüfungsstoff Praktische Hinweise und Tipps für eine effektive Prüfungsvorbereitung Verschiedene, von erfahrenen Lehrkräften entworfene Aufgabenstellungen Ausformulierte Kurzreferate zu unterschiedlichen Themenbereichen mit Bearbeitungs...

This book highlights the differences, in terms of neoplastic dissemination pathways, between various types of thoracic cancers. It presents and discusses a comprehensive schematic overview of tumors of the lung parenchyma, of the mediastinum, of the pleura, and of the chest wall. For each tumor, it details the local spread and the lymphatic and vascular dissemination, and it describes the challenging staging of lung tumors with mutations. Illu...

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: FrenchFirst Teaching: 2018, First Exam: 2019Two books in one! Combining a revision guide, a full set of practice test papers, this fantastic resource is all you need to revise for the new 2020 exam.

Based on actual data of Soviet whaling, and reliable methodologies that existed at the time when this monograph was written, it examines the distribution and migration patterns of whales of the Southern Ocean. It defines distinct populations on the basis of phenes, as well as whale breeding zones, which are located in the adjacent to the Southern Ocean waters at lower latitudes. The book records the presence of a new species of killer whale in...

For a long time, the philosophically difficult topic of religious experience has been on the sidelines of phenomenological research (with a notable exception of Anthony Steinbock, who focused on mysticism). The book The Problem of Religious Experience: Case Studies in Phenomenology, with Reflections and Commentaries brings together preeminent as well as emerging voices in the field, with fresh views on the topic. Originating from dialogues of ...

This volume serves to help readers understand and address factors that contribute to the psychological distress and negative self-perception of patients with head and neck cancer to improve their quality of life. It explores many of these issues in depth, such as the trends in diagnosis of head and neck cancer, disfigurement, advances and outcomes associated with minimally invasive surgery, long-term quality of life and functional outcomes, is...

Cystic fibrosis is a disease that affects the entire body. It tends to be thought of as primarily a pulmonary disease since pulmonary decline is the main factor in early mortality. Because of the multi-system nature of the disease, a better understanding of cystic fibrosis expands the family physician's understanding of subjects ranging from genetics to pulmonary function to nutrition to colon transport to hydration to electrolyte management. ...

This edited volume presents an overview of cutting edge research areas within digital ethics as defined by the Digital Ethics Lab of the University of Oxford. It identifies new challenges and opportunities that will be influential in setting the research agenda in the field.The yearbook presents research on the following topics: conceptual metaphor theory, cybersecurity governance, cyber conflicts, anthropomorphism in AI, digital technologies ...

It is vital that nurses providing person-centred care understand how culture and diversity affect patients' experience of health care. This book provides the knowledge, awareness and skills, ensuring that nursing students are able to communicate effectively with people from across the social spectrum.

John Davidson came to the North Carolina back country circa 1751 as a young man, with his sister and widowed mother. Typical of Scots-Irish settlers, they arrived with little more than basic farming tools, determined to make it on their own terms. Davidson worked hard, prospered, married well and built a plantation on the Catawba River he called Rural Hill. The Davidson's were loyal British citizens who paid their taxes and participated in col...

In this five-week video study, pastor and business leader Jeff Henderson provides practical tools to help Christians communicate to the world what they are FOR rather than AGAINST.

This volume brings together a range of scholars dissatisfied with the mainstream of the populism debate. It intends to bring forward a perspective which envisions populism not simply as a negative aspect of politics, but as a way of doing politics. Contemporary politics has been characterised by the overarching presence of populism, while simultaneously engendering a sense of fear and extremism around the results of populist movements. This co...

This volume brings together a range of scholars dissatisfied with the mainstream of the populism debate. It intends to bring forward a perspective which envisions populism not simply as a negative aspect of politics, but as a way of doing politics. Contemporary politics has been characterised by the overarching presence of populism, while simultaneously engendering a sense of fear and extremism around the results of populist movements. This co...

The "communication effect" is what happens when we saturate our classrooms with authentic communication, which occurs when students use language to build up ideas and do meaningful things. For starters, authentic communication deepens and increases language development, learning of content concepts and skills, rigor and engagement, empathy and understanding of others¿ perspectives, agency and ownership of core ideas across disciplines, and soc...