Judith Martin: 32 books
by W. Tecumseh Fitch, Björn Merker, Iain Morley
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and make music.
Research shows that all humans have a predisposition for music, just as they do for language. All of us can perceive and enjoy music, even if we can't carry a tune and consider ourselves “unmusical.”...
by Andrea Jacobi, Martin Widmark, Sarah Forbes
Language: German
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Beinhaltet Leseproben folgender Herbstnovitäten 2016 des Ueberreuter Kinder- und Jugendbuchprogramms: Andrea Jacobi, Kastanienallee 8 – Annas Geheimnis (ab 7) Martin Widmark, Detektivbüro LasseMaja: Das Feuerwehrgeheimnis (ab 8) Sarah Forbes, Elsa Zart und die Schule für Aufschneider und Hochstapler...
Griechische Einladung in die Politik
Erzählungen, Geheimnisse und Rezepte
Language: German
Release Date: January 22, 2015
In Griechenland ist die Politik in aller Munde. Jeder, der einmal im Kafeníon seinen Frappé getrunken hat, kennt dieses Phänomen von den Nachbartischen. Es wird temperamentvoll diskutiert, mit Händen und Füßen gestikuliert und jedes Handeln von Regierung sowie Abgeordneten lautstark kommentiert....
Stephen Hawking: Denken ohne Grenzen
Mit Beiträgen u. a. von Brian Greene, Reinhold Beckmann, Michio Kaku, Vince Ebert, Harald Lesch, Leonard Mlodinow, Ulrich Walter und Ian Stewart
Language: German
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Am 300. Todestag von Galileo Galilei kam er auf die Welt, am Geburtstag von Albert Einstein, dem 139., verließ er sie wieder. Stephen Hawking ist zweifellos der berühmteste Wissenschaftler unserer Zeit gewesen. Kein Wissenschaftler, Einstein vielleicht ausgenommen, hat die Menschheit in den letzten...
by Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes, Robert Rollinger, Manfred Oeming
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Das »Wörterbuch alttestamentlicher Motive« erleichtert das Verständnis der alttestamentlichen Texte und erschließt die Bedeutung ihrer Themen und Motive. Rund 120 Artikel beschreiben die altorientalischen Wurzeln zu jedem Motiv und erwähnen die Wirkungsgeschichte, die zumeist über das Neue...
How to Live
What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
The Rule of St. Benedict arose from an era when a great civilization was threatened by violence, economic forces that favored the wealthy, political leaders that lacked the trust of the public, and rampant xenophobia. Similar to the anxieties and frustrations of the 6th century, we are living in a...
Transformative Imagery
Cultivating the Imagination for Healing, Change, and Growth
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Guided imagery is a transformative practice for reducing stress, healing mind and body, and improving performance. This definitive collection brings together leading pioneers in the field of guided imagery to share its theory, practice and history.
Readers are introduced to the extensive uses...
Global Divas
Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2003
A vivid ethnography of the global and transnational dimensions of gay identity as lived by Filipino immigrants in New York City, Global Divas challenges beliefs about the progressive development of a gay world and the eventual assimilation of all queer folks into gay modernity. Insisting that gay...
Germaine de Staël in Germany
Gender and Literary Authority (1800–1850)
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
Germaine de Staël and German Women: Gender and Literary Authority (1800-1850) investigates Staël's significance as an icon of female artistic genius and political engagement for two generations of German women, including Caroline A. Fischer, Caroline Pichler, Johanna Schopenhauer, Bettina von Arnim,...
Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities
Lessons from Educational Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities: Lessons from Educational Leaders addresses how educational leaders have made efforts to reconnect their schools to their communities and the varied goals they achieved. The contributors of this book are educational leaders who have stayed...
Biophilic Design
The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
"When nature inspires our architecture-not just how it looks but how buildings and communities actually function-we will have made great strides as a society. Biophilic Design provides us with tremendous insight into the 'why,' then builds us a road map for what is sure to be the next great design...
Edible Cities
Urban Permaculture for Gardens, Balconies, Rooftops and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
A fully-illustrated guide to growing your own fruit, vegetables, herbs and even mushrooms in small spaces. Edible Cities shows readers the principles of permaculture, green roofs, ideas for flats and balconies, vertical gardening and urban beekeeping, guerrilla gardening, case studies from across the...
Opa kriegt nichts mehr zu trinken!
Neue Weihnachtsgeschichten mit der buckligen Verwandtschaft
Language: German
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Hat es geklingelt? Schreck! Dann haben sie also keine Panne gehabt. Sie sind da. Begeistert stürmen sie die Wohnung. Die Schuhe behalten sie an. Sie haben Hunger mitgebracht und wollen was trinken. Ach, wie haben wir sie vermisst! Die nervige Tante, den geizigen Onkel, den streitlustigen Schwager,...
The American Civil War on Film and TV
Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes...