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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Geriatrische Urologie: für die Praxis
Tipps für eine abgestimmte Behandlung von geriatrisch urologischen PatientenDas Praxisbuch zur Urogeriatrie. Als erster Professor für Urogeriatrie Deutschlands schafft der Autor den Transfer von hilfreichen Erkenntnissen aus der Geriatrie in die Urologie und umgekehrt. Die Zunahme älterer, multimorbider Patienten ist in der Urologie besonders stark. Inkontinenz ist eines der führenden Leiden im höheren Lebensalter. Fachübergreifend, auf der Basis der aktuellen Wissenschaft und einer jahrelangen Erfahrung aus Klinikpraxis und Forschung, werden relevante Aspekte der Geriatrie, die bei der Behandlung multimorbider, urologischer Patienten berücksichtigt werden sollten, übersichtlich und praxisnah erläutert. Dazu zählen Themen wie: Einbinden geriatrischer Assessments in die urologische Diagnostik Einbeziehung der geistigen und körperlichen Ressourcen in die Therapieentscheidung Nebenwirkungen und Wechselwirkungen urologischer Präparate Polypharmazie Demenz und andere Komorbiditäten Kognitive Veränderungen nach einer urologischen Operation Jedes Kapitel enthält Tabellen und Entscheidungshilfen, die es dem Leser erlauben, schnell die wichtigsten Punkte für den geriatrischen Patienten zu prüfen. Für alle Urologen, aber auch Allgemeinmediziner, Internisten, Geriater, die diese Patientengruppe, die eine ganzheitliche Behandlung verfolgen.Das Buch entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Arbeitskreis Geriatrische Urologie. Es möchte durch den fachübergreifenden, interdisziplinären Blick, ein Überdenken standardisierter Therapien anregen.
£54.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gold and Guns: The 1874 Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition and the Battle of Lodge Grass Creek
This is the story of 150 of the most adventurous scouts, gold prospectors, gunslingers, buffalo hunters, and Civil War veterans of both sides—they may have been the deadliest collection of shooters to ever hit the trail. This is the most detailed work ever produced on the obscure legend of the 1874 Yellowstone Wagon Road Prospecting Expedition in the Montana Territory—the product of multi-year research across the country, and visits to the three battlefields and expedition route of over 500 miles—an event that impacted the Little Bighorn in 1876. Numerous legends of the West rode on the expedition, later playing roles in the Great Sioux War of 1876. Their adversaries now were the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne—some of the greatest light cavalry to ever gallop over the North American continent. And watching their every move were Sitting Bull, Gall, Hump, Crazy Horse, and a renegade chief named Inkpaduta, ready to strike.
£36.89
Acantilado La central de fro
El narrador y protagonista de esta novela recibe la llamada de su ex mujer, a la que acaban de diagnosticarle un cáncer. Instado por la necesidad de ayudar, decide averiguar si la enfermedad es una secuela del accidente nuclear de Chernóbil, y con ese fin regresa a Berlín para intentar reconstruir los acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar en mayo de 1986, cuando ambos eran empleados de Neues Deutschland? el periódico del partido socialista alemán?, en cuya central de climatización él era mecánico. Estuvo ella en contacto con un camión contaminado que llegó a la central de frío desde Ucrania? Fue él una pieza más del engranaje que ayudó a encubrir aquel fatídico episodio? Con una prosa sobria y certera, Inka Parei urde uninquietante relato en primera persona que nos va revelando las inflexiones de un sufrimiento acallado, en el que los accidentes de la vida del protagonista se confunden con la sombría realidad de la Berlín del Este antes de la caída del muro y con el inevitable extraví
£15.96
C & T Publishing krafttex Roll Moss HandDyed Prewashed
Introducing prewashed kraft-tex in a sophisticated range of new colours! Wait until you get your hands on this rugged paper that looks, feels, and wears like leather, but sews, cuts, and washes just like fabric. kraft-tex Designer is supple and easy to sew with, yet strong enough to use for projects that get tough wear. This cruelty-free leather alternative now comes in hand-dyed, hand-finished denim blue, saffron yellow, moss green, and linen, and will bring an exciting new texture and colour to your craft-sewing projects, mixed-media arts, and bookmaking. The sumptuous surface is prewashed, preshrunk, eco-friendly, colour-fast, tear-resistant, and so much more. â Play with it! Sew it, stamp it, draw on it, fold it, inkjet print it â Prewashed treatment gives it a suede-like finish and lovely crinkles â Pieces are hand-dyed and hand-cut, so colour and size may vary slightly.
£20.99
C & T Publishing krafttex Roll Saffron HandDyed Prewashed
Introducing prewashed kraft-tex in a sophisticated range of new colours! Wait until you get your hands on this rugged paper that looks, feels, and wears like leather, but sews, cuts, and washes just like fabric. kraft-tex Designer is supple and easy to sew with, yet strong enough to use for projects that get tough wear. This cruelty-free leather alternative now comes in hand-dyed, hand-finished denim blue, saffron yellow, moss green, and linen, and will bring an exciting new texture and colour to your craft-sewing projects, mixed-media arts, and bookmaking. The sumptuous surface is prewashed, preshrunk, eco-friendly, colour-fast, tear-resistant, and so much more. Play with it! Sew it, stamp it, draw on it, fold it, inkjet print it Prewashed treatment gives it a suede-like finish and lovely crinkles Pieces are hand-dyed and hand-cut, so colour and size may vary slightly.
£20.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Bankwirtschaft
Dieses Lehrbuch gibt einen kompakten und verständlichen Überblick über alle wichtigen Institutionen, Funktionen, Rahmenbedingungen und Geschäfte der Bankwirtschaft. Darüber hinaus werden die Entstehung und die weitreichenden Auswirkungen der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise bis in die heutige Zeit diskutiert.Die Überarbeitung für diese Neuauflage reflektiert insbesondere die Bedeutung der Megatrends Digitalisierung (inkl. im Zahlungsverkehrsgeschäft), Nachhaltigkeit sowie Demografie für das Bankgeschäft und bringt zudem alle gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen auf den aktuellen Rechtsstand.Kurze Lerneinheiten, übersichtliche didaktische Module sowie die begleitende Lernkontrolle sorgen für eine nachhaltige Wissensvermittlung. Das Buch richtet sich damit an alle Leser, die sich mit Fragen der Bankwirtschaft im Rahmen ihrer Aus- und Weiterbildung (auch im Nebenfach) sowie ihrer beruflichen Praxis auseinandersetzen.
£27.99
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Golden Kamuy, Vol. 23
A tale of high adventure and survival!In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi Sugimoto searches the wilderness of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold. With only a cryptic map and a native Ainu girl to help him, Saichi must also deal with every murderous cutthroat, bandit and rogue who knows about the treasure!Asirpa and Sugimoto are back in Hokkaido at last and determined to find the Ainu gold for themselves. Lieutenant Tsurumi and Hijikata are also hot on their trail. While Sugimoto and Shiraishi work on a plan to find a strange tattooed prisoner named Botaro the Pirate, a series of horrific murders in Sapporo draws Hijikata’s attention. Lieutenant Tsurumi sends Tanigaki to kill Sugimoto, but the loyal Matagi has only one true goal—finding Inkarmat!
£11.13
Flame Tree Publishing Claude Monet Set of 3 Standard Notebooks
Claude Monet Set of 3 Standard Notebooks features a collection of three A5, foiled notebooks with alternating lined and blank pages. Each notebook has a different beautiful design: Waterlillies, Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies and The Poplars. With a sturdy cover and rounded corners, they are perfect to be carried everywhere! Claude Monet was an extremely insightful and experimental artist, from his first inklings as an Impressionist to his later flirtations with Abstract Expressionism. Towards the end of his life and much inspired by Japanese water gardens, Monet spent a great deal of time in his beloved Giverny. Adorned with poppies, blue sage, dahlias and irises, the waters were disturbed only by bamboos and water lilies. His water garden was originally created to satisfy a need to be near water, and to provide a visual feast that could be enjoyed from his house. Its famous green wooden footbridge was built across the water and it became the central focus of many of his works. He said, ‘It took me some time to understand my water lilies. I planted them for pleasure.’ and so he began to work on what is probably the most famous series of paintings the world has ever seen. Flame Tree: The Art of Fine Gifts.
£10.79
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Ekel - Professioneller Umgang mit Ekelgefühlen in Gesundheitsfachberufen
Das Pocketbuch unterstützt Angehörige von Gesundheitsberufen in einem offenen Umgang mit Ekelgefühlen. Die Autorin erläutert anhand vieler Beispiele die Zusammenhänge zwischen Ekel, Scham und Gewalt. Weiterhin werden Maßnahmen und Strategien vorgeschlagen, wie jeder Mitarbeiter, das Team und auch die Institution für einen "gesunden" und erträglichen Umgang mit Ekelsituationen sorgen kann. Praxistipps, Selbsttests und Übungen binden den Leser aktiv in die Auseinandersetzung mit ein und erleichtern einen Umgang mit Ekelsituationen im Berufsalltag. Denn ein offener Umgang mit diesem Thema nützt dem Team und dem Patienten bzw. Bewohner.Pflegekräfte und andere Gesundheitsberufe kommen berufsbedingt regelmäßig in Situationen, die Ekel erregen können. So gehört der Umgang mit großen Wunden, Dekubiti, Verstümmelungen, Inkontinenz oder künstlichen Körper ausgängen zum Berufsalltag. Jedoch werden Ekelgefühle meist noch tabuisiert, verleugnet oder verdrängt – „Ein Profi darf sich doch nicht ekeln!“ Dieses Verhalten birgt Gefahren wie z.B. Burn-Out (wenn unterdrückte Gefühle implodieren) oder Gewalt (wenn unterdrückte Gefühle explodieren). So ist in der Bewältigung dieser Ekelgefühle die schwierigste Voraussetzung, Ekel zuzulassen.
£19.10
Hay House UK Ltd Tarot for Change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance and Growth
Unlock the transformative power of tarot with this unique investigation into the psychology of its secrets, symbols and stories.Symbols have been used in modern psychology for generations, from the interpretation of fairy tales to inkblot tests. Although tarot is often thought of as a spiritual tool for divination and fortune-telling, it too contains a set of symbols that can help us better understand our selves and align with our values. In this book, Jessica Dore reveals years of secrets and insights about how to work with tarot to activate your potential. You'll discover:· the importance of choosing the right deck and how to find it· how the mythic imagery of tarot supports evidence-based therapeutic concepts such as mindfulness, acceptance and compassion· the skill of interpreting specific images and symbols· how to build a meaningful relationship with the cardsJessica's reflections on each of the 78 cards breathe new language into ancient wisdoms about what it means to be human. Whether you're new to tarot or have worked with the cards for years, this book will provide a path towards reclaiming your imagination and true sense of self.
£22.59
Oxford University Press Inc Mind-Society: From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions (Treatise on Mind and Society)
How do minds make societies, and how do societies change? Paul Thagard systematically connects neural and psychological explanations of mind with major social sciences (social psychology, sociology, politics, economics, anthropology, and history) and professions (medicine, law, education, engineering, and business). Social change emerges from interacting social and mental mechanisms. Many economists and political scientists assume that individuals make rational choices, despite the abundance of evidence that people frequently succumb to thinking errors such as motivated inference. Much of sociology and anthropology is taken over with postmodernist assumptions that everything is constructed on the basis of social relations such as power, with no inkling that these relations are mediated by how people think about each other. Mind-Society displays the interdependence of the cognitive and social sciences by describing the interconnections among mental and social mechanisms, which interact to generate social changes ranging from marriage patterns to wars. Validation comes from detailed studies of important social changes, from norms about romantic relationships to economic practices, political institutions, religious customs, and international relations. This book belongs to a trio that includes Brain-Mind: From Neurons to Consciousness and Creativity and Natural Philosophy: From Social Brains to Knowledge, Reality, Morality, and Beauty. They can be read independently, but together they make up a Treatise on Mind and Society that provides a unified and comprehensive treatment of the cognitive sciences, social sciences, professions, and humanities.
£44.56
University of New Mexico Press The Course of Andean History
The only comprehensive history of Andean South America from initial settlement to the present, this useful book focuses on Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, the four countries where the Andes have played a major role in shaping history. Although Henderson emphasises the period since the winning of independence in 1825, he argues that the region’s republican history cannot be explained without a clear understanding of what happened in the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras Henderson carefully explores the complex relationship between the Andean peoples and their land up until the fall of the Inka Empire in 1532 before addressing the Spanish conquest and the colonial aftermath, emphasising the syncretism often unwillingly forced upon the original inhabitants of the region. His account of the nineteenth century discusses the attempts of the Andean elite to fashion modern nation-states in the face of many divisive factors, including race. The final chapters carry the story from 1930 to the present as the Andean countries debated different ways to create a more inclusive and prosperous society.
£29.95
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Plattformökonomie im Gesundheitswesen: Health-as-a-Service – Digitale Geschäftsmodelle für bessere Behandlungsqualität und Patient Experience
Dieses Buch zeigt, wie neue Health-as-a-Service-Geschäftsmodelle zu einer besseren Patientenerfahrung und zugleich Kostensenkungen beitragen können. Im Gesundheitssektor entstehen neue digitale Geschäftsmodelle der Plattformökonomie, die Vorteile für alle am Markt der Gesundheitsdienstleistung Beteiligten Akteuren – inklusive des Patienten – bringen können. Digitale, datengetriebene Gesundheitsangebote werden zu einer messbaren Verbesserung der Behandlungsqualität führen und zugleich die Effizienz der Leistungserbringung steigern. Dazu werden vermehrt auch Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz und des Maschinellen Lernens eingesetzt. Zudem erwarten Patienten, die in der Zukunft mehrheitlich der Gruppe der Digital Natives angehören werden, zunehmend eine individuelle Betreuung (Patienten-Journey). Alle Leistungsanbieter im Gesundheitsbereich müssen systematisch prüfen, welche Health-as-a-Service-Geschäftsmodelle entwickelt und wie diese erfolgreich umgesetzt werden können. Dieses Buch bietet dafür den fundierten Leitfaden.Inhalte aus folgenden Themenbereichen Die Grundlagen der Plattformökonomie für das Gesundheitswesen verstehen Wie Plattformen und Marktplätze das Gesundheitswesen verändern Erfolgsfaktoren von Plattform-Geschäftsmodellen im Gesundheitswesen KI als Enabler für Plattform-Geschäftsmodelle der Zukunft Mit Beiträgen von: Dr. med. Henri Michael von Blanquet – Precision Medicine Alliance, Föhr, Deutschland Tobias Chrobok – Erlangen, Deutschland Timo Frank – Ada Health GmbH, Berlin, Deutschland Julian Gansen – Mementor GmbH, Berlin, Deutschland Clemens von Guenther – Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Deutschland Anisa Idris – Ada Health GmbH, Berlin, Deutschland Dr. Florian Koerber – Flying Health GmbH, Berlin, Deutschland Dr. Lara Maier – goetzpartners Holding AG, München, Deutschland Marius Mainz – GET.ON Institut für Online Gesundheitstrainings GmbH, Berlin, Deutschland Manon Mandel – München, Deutschland Prof. Dr. Alessandro Monti – CBS International Business School, Köln, Deutschland Prof. Dr. Volker Nürnberg – BearingPoint GmbH, Frankfurt, Deutschland Prof. Dr. Erika Raab – MSH Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland Prof. Dr. Christoph Rasche – Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Deutschland Prof. Dr. Dominik Rottenkolber – Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland Dr. Alexander Schachinger – EPatient Analytics GmbH, Berlin, Deutschland Frank Stratmann – SMARTR.care, Schmallenberg, Deutschland Sophia Strube – Ada Health GmbH, Berlin, Deutschland Mario Unterbrunner – CHECK24 Vergleichsportal, München, Deutschland Stephanie Widmaier – BearingPoint GmbH, Frankfurt, Deutschland Henry Alexander Wittke – Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg
£39.99
WORD The Universal Spirit,U.S. God Heals
Positive powers, the pure divine powers, strengthen soul and body and stimulate health, so that becoming whole from within to without can take place - through the power of God in us. What person does not need healing? The one whose heart can still feel deeply has an inkling that healing, becoming whole and finally being healed are all related to a fundamental order of the inner person. A mighty power is at work in us that is both indescribable and incomprehensible. A fulness of indications and advice are given in this book, among other, a practical exercise in positive thinking that allows us to experience how quickly and directly the positive forces can be effective. It describes, for example, how we can remove negative thoughts from our consciousness and what is important in prayer. It explains the right body posture as a preparation for the inflow of the healing forces and how we can address our individual organs ourselves. But since neither soul nor person can free them
£11.24
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Empires and Diversity: On the Crossroads of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History
For more than four thousand years, empires have been geographically the largest polities on Earth, shaping in many respects the human past and present in different epochs and on different continents. Covering the time span from the second millennium B.C.E. to the sixteenth century C.E., and geographic areas from China to South America, the case studies included in this volume demonstrate the necessity to combine perspectives from the longue duree and global comparativism with the theory of agency and an understanding of specific contexts for human actions. Contributions from leading scholars examine salient aspects of the Hittite, Assyrian, Ancient Egyptian, Achaemenid and Sasanian Iranian, Zhou to Han Dynasty Chinese, Inka, and Mughal empires.
£42.50
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Ein guter Chef sein: Ratgeber für erfolgreiche Führung
Sofern Sie sich für Führung im privaten, ehrenamtlichen oder beruflichen Umfeld interessieren, ist dieser Ratgeber genau richtig für Sie. Auch wenn Sie Ihr eigenes Führungsverhalten reflektieren möchten oder vor kurzem die Funktion als Vorgesetzter bzw. Chef übernommen haben, finden Sie in diesem Buch viele konkrete Beispiele und hilfreiche Tipps zur Umsetzung. So lernen Sie, optimal zuzuhören und Fragen zu stellen, um Bedürfnissen von Mitarbeitenden und anderer besser gerecht werden zu können und gemeinsam die gesteckten Ziele zu erreichen.Dieses Buch hilft allen, die erfahren möchten: welche Werte für die Führung von Menschen von Bedeutung sind und wie man diese im Alltag erkennt warum es in vielen Bereichen wichtig es ist, selbst als Vorbild voranzugehen wie wichtig Ziele im partizipativen Führungsstil sind wie Menschen in Verantwortung nachhaltig zur Zufriedenheit mit diversen Stakeholdern, inkl. Mitarbeitenden und Aufsichtsrat, zusammenarbeiten Zielgruppen: Alle Menschen und Führungskräfte, die in irgendeiner Weise führen und ihr Tun reflektieren möchten Neu ernannte Führungskräfte und alle, die gerne in einer Vorgesetzten-Funktion tätig wären und wissen möchten, was sie erwarten könnte Zum Autor: Der Autor Clemens Hasler hat schon immer mit Leidenschaft geführt, sei es in Vereinen, Abteilungen oder Unternehmen als CEO. Er nimmt Sie als Leser mit und lässt sich in diesem Ratgeber über die Schultern schauen.
£20.78
Pen & Sword Books Ltd A Guardsman in the Crimea: The Life and Letters of William Scarlett
The Brigade of Guards was the elite force of the British Army in the Crimea. William Scarlett, a captain in the Scots Fusilier Guard and one of the most active junior officers in the regiment, fought throughout the entire campaign. After the Allied landing at Kalamita Bay, Scarlett rallied his regiment at a critical moment during the battle of the Alma, supported by his company sergeant, who was awarded the VC. William Scarlett’s life may well have been saved after the battle of Balaklava by becoming an aide de camp to his uncle, General James Scarlett, the commander of the Heavy Brigade. This meant that he did not fight at Inkerman, which took a heavy toll on the officers of the Guards Brigade. Returning to the trenches early in 1855, William Scarlett was involved in all the phases of the siege of Sebastopol until its fall in September 1855. The survival of 139 previously unpublished letters record Scarlett’s deeds and thoughts. Written to nineteen different correspondents, and deliberately intended by him to form a personal account of his rôle in the war, his letters provide a forceful commentary on the successes and failures of the British army in the East. His life before and after the war is well recorded. Becoming the third Lord Abinger in 1861, Scarlett was the second English peer to marry an American. He built a castle in Scotland, where Queen Victoria stayed in 1873, and two of his daughters became notable suffragettes.
£22.50
James Clarke & Co Ltd Living With Eagles: Marcus Morris, Priest and Publisher
Eagles seemed to dominate Marcus Morris's life. As a clergyman's son, he grew up with the eagle of the church lectern; as a priest himself he had his own lecterns. A brass inkwell topped by a flying eagle became the symbol of the most famous eagle of all - the children's magazine that influenced a generation. Eagle and its sister papers Girl, Swift and Robin were read by millions throughout the 1950s and 60s. They offered excitement in the adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, brilliantly drawn by Frank Hampson; of PC49, Riders of the Range, Tommy Walls, Luck of the Legion, Harris Tweed and Captain Pugwash. Small boys were fascinated by the cutaway drawings of modern wonders like the first jet airliner, by features on science, history and nature, and by the adventures of a roving Special Investigator. The religious and moral framework was strong, though not overstated, with Bible stories and lives of missionaries and saints featured regularly, and young readers were encouraged to become good citizens. David Hockney and Gerald Scarfe had their teenage drawings published in Eagle (the first published work for Scarfe), and many of the original illustrators of the magazine are well-known today - some have contributed cartoons drawn especially for this book. Each issue of Eagle had an Editor's Letter, signed by Marcus Morris, a name as widely known to his young readers as any modern pop idol. The fascinating story of this extraordinary man is now told for the first time. Morris was a radical priest, continually at odds with the Church establishment. His desire to spread the word of Christianity led him into journalism, and his Lancashire parish magazine was read throughout Britain and as far afield as Australia. This magazine was a commercial failure, but its literary success made Morris determined to spread its ethos to children. Eagle was the immensely successful outcome. Morris was a man of contrasts. His clerical status did not prevent him, or his beautiful and successful actress wife, from indulging in extramarital affairs. The success of Eagle and his other magazines brought him no substantial wealth, and his way of life was funded by a generous expense account. After arguments with new masters in Fleet Street he left the company and spent the rest of his working life with the fourth eagle in his life, the symbol of the National Magazine Company which he made one of the most successful publishers in Britain. Though he became disillusioned with the Church, he remained a priest, and in spite of being happily married until his death, he continued to enjoy liaisons with beautiful women. Although a legendary drinker and lover of good living, he was greatly respected, loved, and mourned by employees, parishioners, and his many friends. Prof Stephen Hawking, when asked what influence Dan Dare had on him: 'Why am I in cosmology?' Kenny Everett, on Eagle: 'Marcus made my childhood a lot easier to bear. Every week this divine colour magazine came through the letter box with lots of fab colour adventures; it was glossy and other worldly ... You don't know what this magazine meant to me. It saved me.' With a foreword by Sir Tim Rice.
£13.42
John Murray Press Devorgilla Days: finding hope and healing in Scotland's book town
AN INSPIRING STORY OF STARTING OVER'We all need a Devorgilla Cottage somewhere in our hearts' - KIRSTY WARK'Beautifully written' - ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG 'A magical and beautifully written memoir and so evocative of Wigtown and its landscape' - RUTH HOGANThis is a story about uncovering the things that really matter, and discovering what makes us feel alive. It is a story about finding that inner strength and resilience, and never giving up hope.Eight years ago, Kathleen Hart was diagnosed with breast cancer. Further complications led to a protracted recovery and months spent in hospital, where Kathleen had to learn how to walk again. While recuperating, she came across a small whitewashed cottage for sale in Wigtown, Scotland. Driving hundreds of miles on nothing more than a few photographs and an inkling, she bought it that very same day, and named it Devorgilla after the formidable 13th century Scottish princess.Devorgilla Days is the story of how Kathleen left behind her old life to begin again in Scotland's book capital. From renovating her cottage to exploring the seemingly quiet, but actually bustling town, she encounters a whole community of book lovers, beekeepers, artists and writers - and Lobster Fishermen. Kathleen starts wild swimming, a ritual that brings peace and clarity to her mind as her body heals. And, with the support of her virtual worldwide community who know her as PoshPedlar on Instagram, she rebuilds her life again.Heartwarming and deeply moving, Devorgilla Days is an inspiring tale of one woman's remarkable journey, a celebration of community, and a call-to-arms for anyone who has ever dreamt of starting over.
£10.99
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd The Young Entrepreneur’s Playbook: Using Failure as a Shortcut to Success
The Young Entrepreneur’s Playbook is a sequential guide that takes the entrepreneur from inception of an idea to success and all the way to exit. Lindile details the milestones of growing and evolving a business in a journey that is by no means linear. This playbook reveals a path to the desired destination of every entrepreneur who uses it, where the entrepreneur can define his or her own formula of success, from the very first inkling of an idea and turning that into a reality. Lindile push-starts the entrepreneur using a strategy he calls Rapid Deployment to monetise ideas by turning them into reality. It is a model that can move an idea from zero to a hundred in a matter of days. Fast implementation allows the idea to go through an entire life cycle in a short space of time. Most importantly, it forces the budding entrepreneur to start. This playbook outlines the importance of investing in oneself. A successful exit is determined at the point of entry. The entrepreneur must take full control of how the journey ends or evolves. This guides the decisions that the entrepreneur makes as he or she starts and grows the business. Ultimately, entrepreneurship requires consistency, resilience, adaptability, mental strength and acute awareness. All of this must be rooted in mindfulness. Although mindfulness is not something taught in business schools, it is an essential element of success. At its very core, The Young Entrepreneur’s Playbook is for anyone with an idea to bring to life, something of value to provide, challenge to move past, aspiration to chase after and willingness to do something about it. This is a playbook of how to get it done, all the while embracing failure as an important part of the process but ultimately a useful tool to expedite the very outcome that you seek.
£12.99
JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Meinungsfreiheit in der Rechtsprechungspraxis des Interamerikanischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte
Mit dem Interamerikanischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte verfügt Lateinamerika über ein regionales Tribunal, das für die innerstaatlichen Demokratisierungsprozesse eine wichtige Rolle spielt. Neben der Aufarbeitung schwerer Menschenrechtsverletzungen rückt zunehmend, auch angesichts der aktuellen politischen Situation in der Region, die Demokratiekonsolidierung ins Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit. Ausgehend von Art. 13 und Art. 14 der Amerikanischen Menschenrechtskonvention (AMRK) analysiert Johannes Seidl die Konturen der Meinungsfreiheit im interamerikanischen System unter Berücksichtigung der Einflüsse der EMRK, des IPbpR sowie des US-Rechts. Neben dieser materiell-rechtlichen Seite beleuchtet er die innovative Tenorierung, die Durchsetzung der Entscheidungen sowie die Inkorporation interamerikanischer Standards in die nationalen Rechtsrahmen der Konventionsstaaten. Die Untersuchung verdeutlicht das Rezeptionspotential der interamerikanischen Praxis für den EGMR sowie den Afrikanischen Menschengerichtshof.Die Arbeit wurde mit dem Fakultätspreis der Juristenfakultät Leipzig (in Zusammenarbeit mit der Dr. Feldbausch-Stiftung) ausgezeichnet.
£96.73
JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Grundrechtsinnovationen
Grundrechtstexte und ihre Auslegung weisen gegenüber sonstigen Rechtsnormen eine höhere Stabilität auf, unterliegen aber dennoch dem Wandel. Gerrit Hornung untersucht die Grundrechtsentwicklung unter einer innovationstheoretischen Perspektive. Er arbeitet den Begriff der Grundrechtsinnovation als signifikante Veränderung von Text oder Bedeutung einer Grundrechtsnorm heraus, die als umwälzende Basisinnovation oder inkrementelle Innovation auftritt. Die Abhandlung beschreibt Innovationsanlässe und -bedarf, Innovationsgegenstände, Innovatoren und Innovationsprozesse und macht so Erkenntnisse der wirtschafts-, sozial- und rechtswissenschaftlichen Innovationsforschung für das wissenschaftliche Verständnis und die normative Bewertung der Grundrechtsentwicklung fruchtbar. Auf dieser Basis werden Schlussfolgerungen für die Verfassungsdogmatik gezogen, die das Verhältnis der Grundrechte zueinander und zu "neuen" Grundrechten, die Innovationskompetenz zu deren Erschaffung und die Wirkungen im Mehrebenensystem betreffen. Schließlich ergeben sich auch verfassungspolitische Erkenntnisse über den Wert und die Grenzen eines aktuellen Grundrechtskatalogs.
£210.17
JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Ziviler Ungehorsam als Verfassungsinterpretation
Ziviler Ungehorsam hat Konjunktur. Samira Akbarian befragt diese kontroverse Protestform auf ihre Vereinbarkeit mit dem Rechtsstaat und der Demokratie. Wie können die emanzipatorischen Potenziale des Ungehorsams genutzt werden, ohne der Gefahr anheimzufallen, den Rechtsstaat dauerhaft zu unterlaufen? Die Autorin schlägt vor, zivilen Ungehorsam als Verfassungsinterpretation zu verstehen. Der von einer Richtigkeitsüberzeugung motivierte Rechtsbruch schafft neue Interpretationen der Verfassung und Visionen normativer Ordnungen. Unter Rückgriff auf theoretische Konzeptionen zivilen Ungehorsams und der Verfassungsinterpretation untersucht Samira Akbarian den Ungehorsam in seiner ethischen, rechtsstaatlichen sowie politischen Dimension und wendet dieses mehrdimensionale Verständnis auf aktuelle Beispiele an. Dabei adressiert sie auch das Problem, mit dem Rechtsstaat kompatible von inkompatiblen Interpretationen abzugrenzen.Die Arbeit wurde mit dem Merkur-Preis 2022 für herausragende Dissertationen der Ernst H. Klett Stiftung Merkur und dem Werner-Pünder-Preis 2023 ausgezeichnet.
£71.91
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Das motivierte Unternehmen: Tools und Techniken für ein leistungsstarkes Team
Was ist eigentlich Motivation? Kann man sie erzeugen, vervielfältigen und weitergeben? Was muss man tun, um sie zu bewahren, wenn man sie einmal errungen hat? Fragen, mit denen sich viele Führungskräfte immer wieder auseinandersetzen müssen. Jörg Lahmann liefert in seinem Buch die Antworten. Seine Überzeugung: Motivation gedeiht dauerhaft nur in einem richtig strukturierten Umfeld. Mit seinen Tools und Techniken im Buch liefert er nun die Bauanleitung. Das Ziel jeder Führungskraft ist, ein motiviertes Team zu haben. Das funktioniert weder mit einfachen Tricks noch mit charmanten Witzen. Damit es gelingt, erklärt das Buch zunächst die Theorie der Motivation und legt dann ein klar aufgebautes Modell vor, ein Rezept sozusagen, Motivation im Unternehmen entstehen zu lassen. Die Grundlage für Jörg Lahmanns Modell des motivierten Unternehmens liefern neueste Erkenntnisse aus den Bereichen Management, Soziologie, Wirtschaft, Psychologie und Neurowissenschaften. Außerdem finden die Leser im Buch zahlreiche Beispiele und Übungen, mit denen sie die einzelnen Bestandteile des Modells sowie die externen und internen Faktoren, die ins Spiel kommen, identifizieren und herausfinden können, wie es in ihrem Unternehmen oder Team um die Motivation bestellt ist und wo Verbesserungsbedarf besteht. Jörg Lahmann liefert die dafür nötigen Strategien und Tools und erklärt anhand von Fallbeispielen, wie man diese richtig einsetzt. Abgerundet wird das Buch dann durch einen Leitfaden oder Aktionsplan, der aufzeigt, wo Führungskräfte loslegen müssen, Methoden zur Selbstevaluation inklusive, mit denen sie die Fortschritte ihres Unternehmens messen können.
£22.50
JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Die Anfänge von Weihnachten und Epiphanias: Eine Anfrage an die Entstehungshypothesen
Die wissenschaftliche Diskussion um die Entstehung von Weihnachten und Epiphanias kreist meist um zwei Entstehungshypothesen: Vor allem im angelsächsischen Sprachraum wird in der theologischen Literatur ein innerchristlicher Entstehungszusammenhang aufgrund von frühchristlichen Berechnungen favorisiert, während sonst meist auf parallele heidnische Feiern als Anlaß für die Entstehung der beiden Feste verwiesen wird. Eine derartige Parallelbildung eines christlichen Festes am Termin eines beliebten heidnischen Festes würde, so die weit verbreitete Ansicht, den heutigen Kenntnissen über die Inkulturation des Christentums entsprechen. Hans Förster zeigt, daß beide Hypothesen für die Entstehung von Weihnachten und Epiphanias die Situation des vierten Jahrhunderts nicht erklären können. Die Sonnensymbolik hat sicherlich zur Wahl des Festtermins entscheidend beigetragen. Sie konnte dies jedoch gerade deswegen, weil es eben kein paralleles römisches Sonnwendfest gab, das sich im vierten Jahrhundert besonderer Beliebtheit erfreut hätte. Das angeblich weit verbreitete und beliebte "Sol-Invictus-Fest" wurde vielmehr aufgrund einer höchst fragwürdigen Interpretation christlicher Quellen konstruiert; eine genaue Lektüre dieser Quellen vermag jedoch zu zeigen, daß es dieses Fest wahrscheinlich nicht gab, zumindest hat es sich um kein verbreitetes oder beliebtes Fest gehandelt. Dies bedeutet eine entscheidende Akzentverschiebung der gängigen Sicht des Christentums im vierten Jahrhundert.
£108.31
Cameron & Company Inc Echoes
Roger Arthur Smith’s spectacular debut, Echoes, asks, what happens when your fundamental nature is challenged, not by the many evils without, but by an unexpected awakening within?It’s 1960 in Hawthorne, Nevada, a desert town so secluded that the U.S. Navy stores munitions nearby. While the Cold war lumbers on, the town’s gossip mills and marriage-eligible bachelors and bachelorettes play a game of cat and mouse, a pastime, that if nothing else, manages to while away the hours. Attorney Will Dubykky keeps a watchful eye over Hawthorne, and it comes as no surprise that his interest is piqued by the sudden appearance of a strange boy. Why is this boy disfigured? Why does he have difficulty speaking? Why can’t some people seem to see him? As one of the initiated, Dubykky has an inkling; the boy is evil, an echo sent to rectify the wrongs of an indulgent murderer. The echo’s mission? Tempt, trap and eliminate the human monster that spawned it. If all goes according to evil’s intent, the echo will die fulfilling its destiny. This fatal sequence has persisted as long as evil itself, but before the dark circle can be closed, riddles must be solved. In a town this small, who is capable of committing a string of heinous crimes undetected? And, when the time comes will this echo, more naïve and innocent than any echo Dubykky has ever encountered, fulfill its gruesome destiny? Echoes, is a wildly entertaining, gloriously absorbing exploration of humanity, evil, and the stark environs in which both exist.
£14.84
HarperCollins Publishers Church Girl
From finding herself to finding himAaliyah Montgomery isn't just ditching her wedding. She's also fleeing her suffocating small town and her family's expectations. But landing a job in Chicago that fits her schedule isn't easy. Good thing Von Howard is desperate to find a live-in nanny. Bad thing that he's a gritty, gorgeous tattoo artist carrying as much baggage as he has ink.Von's new hire is inexperienced and a fire hazard in the kitchen. She's also inconveniently attractive. But after the upheaval of a divorce, Von doesn't need anything complicated.Deep down, Aaliyah's still running from her feelings and her fear of losing herself to someone else's expectations again. Even as their pasts return to haunt them, is their undeniable heat a sign it's time for a love they didn't see comingPerfect for fans of:Workplace romance ??Small town to big city ??Grumpy v sunshine ??He''s her boss ??Spicy ???Readers love Naima Simone:''Entertaining, funny, page-turner'' ?????''I was upset last nig
£8.99
De Gruyter Macht und Makel der Bilder
Bilder machen seit je her einen Unterschied. Kunst als Trägerstoff von Emotionen religiöser, kultischer oder kollektiver Art kommt eine wichtige Rolle bei der machtvollen Verwandlung von Welt zu. Vom Makel des Kultes oder des Götzendienstes behaftet zu sein oder durch die Inkarnation von Ideen und des Transzendenten erst das Leben und Kunstwerke zu ermöglichen in dieser Spannung geht bis heute der Streit um die Macht der Bilder. Sie rufen den Schrecken und das Heilige hervor und bannen beides zugleich. Auf zahlreichen Leinwänden von der Antike bis zur Moderne wird diese Spannung in religiösen und weltlichen Lebenszusammenhängen kritisch anschaulich. Von antiken und jüdischen Fundstellen handelnd sowie christliche, islamische und bürgerliche Belege aufsuchend, wird der Bogen bis in unsere demokratisch oder autoritär geprägte politische Gegenwart geschlagen. Bilder des Wahren und Verrat durch Bilder Kunst, Bilderstreit und Kultverbot in den Kulturen seit der Antike <
£37.80
Safe Haven Books A Major Adjustment: How a Remarkable Child Became a Remarkable Adult
Sarah Merriman is just like any other urbane young woman in her twenties... She has a job in a Central London hotel, a boyfriend, commutes to work on the Tube, eats out, goes to films and theatre... This is all the more remarkable (though not to her) because Sarah was born with Down's Syndrome. Her parents having no prior inkling, it came as a huge shock to them that they now had a daughter with a disability. In 1999 her father Andy wrote a frank and moving book, A Minor Adjustment, about the challenge of her early years. The national publicity it gained saw it become a treasured resource for other families on a similar journey. Now he follows up with the inspirational story of how his daughter, whose favourite expression is `I love my life', has grown up, featured on Michel Roux's compelling Kitchen Impossible series, and is making a life of her own at a time when pre-natal testing is threatening the very existence of people with Down's syndrome. Sarah has contributed throughout.
£9.99
Murdoch Books A Whisper of Cardamom: Sweetly spiced recipes to fall in love with
This is a love story between sugar and spice. Spice is often the party girl, the loud, bold, exuberant element in the mix. There is also another art, more subtle yet equally seductive. Married with sugar, spice can provide a delicate fragrance, hard to put your finger on but one that gives backbone to a dish. It can balance tartness and bring sweetness so you can tone down the sugar. Flavours can be enhanced by a thoughtful addition from the spice cupboard, making chocolate more chocolatey and fruit taste more of itself. Added not in shouts, but in whispers, an intrigue of spice deepens allure. In this book, we explore how to unlock flavours, and how to marry them to make much more than the sum of their parts. Floral and fruity spices pair well with rich fats. Warming spices like ginger and clove play off treacly brown sugar. Anise sweetens, lemony coriander seed brightens and herbaceous notes pick out complexity in chocolate. A suspicion of nutmeg cuts the sweet creaminess of custard for a more rounded tart, and a whisper of cardamom makes inky poached plums jaunty and interesting. Chapters are divided by taste to guide you towards a dessert or bake that is bright and zippy, floral and fragrant, or dark and spicy. Recipes include spice switches so you can be creative and playful with your combinations. For those with an eye to expanding their repertoire, there are helpful spice-matching features and flavour wheels to inspire. A whole world of inviting new flavours awaits.
£23.40
University of Nebraska Press Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown
In 1923, not long after oil had started gushing from northern Montana fields, declining real-estate sales in nearby Shelby were dimming the little town’s prospects of becoming the “Tulsa of the West.” Then the mayor’s son dreamed up a marketing ploy: offer to host heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey’s next fight. What began as a publicity stunt soon spiraled into a civic drama unlike any Montana had ever seen. Shelby’s Folly tells this story in full for the first time. Against the background of boom-and-bust Montana history, the folly of Shelby’s would-be promoters unfolds in colorful detail. It took months to persuade Dempsey’s conniving manager, Jack “Doc” Kearns, to sign a $300,000 contract. With less than two months before the July 4 fight, the town still had no stadium and no accommodations for tens of thousands of expected fans. Jason Kelly describes the promoters’ desperate measures and their disastrous results, from the first inkling of the idea to the bitter end of the fifteen-round boxing match. Shelby residents identified with the underdog challenger, Tommy Gibbons, who went toe-to-toe with the champion in an atmosphere crackling with tension. A soap opera of financial intrigue and chicanery, Shelby’s Folly chronicles how Big Sky ambition and Doc Kearns’s scheming mind collided to produce one of the most preposterous series of events in boxing history. Watch the Shelby's Folly book trailer on YouTube.
£12.99
Atlantic Books Mother of Eden
Mother of Eden has been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Novel of the Year Award, 2015.'We speak of a mother's love, but we forget her power. Power over life. Power to give and to withhold.' Generations after the breakup of the human family of Eden, the Johnfolk emphasise knowledge and innovation, the Davidfolk tradition and cohesion. But both have built hierarchical societies sustained by violence and dominated by men - and both claim to be the favoured children of a long-dead woman from Earth that all Eden knows as Gela, the mother of them all. When Starlight Brooking meets a handsome and powerful man from across Worldpool, she believes he will offer an outlet for her ambition and energy. But she has no idea that she will be a stand-in for Gela herself, and wear Gela's ring on her own finger. And she has no idea of the enemies she will make, no inkling that a time will come when she, like John Redlantern, will choose to kill...
£8.99
Galison Your Seal Of Approval Stamp Set
STAMP SET - Just in case your exasperated eye roll wasn’t quite clear enough, this rubber stamp set will let you make your true feelings official in the best way possible–with giant stamps. They’re perfect for meeting agendas, year-end reviews, and that sign that says that the vending machine is out of order…again. VINTAGE INSPIRED - Set includes 2 stamps and a large color inkpad (red, of course). The stamps themselves are incredibly easy to use and comes in a beautiful vintage style box so you can bring it with you anywhere you feel the need to express how you feel. GIFT IT UP - The Your Seal Of Approval Stamp Set by Brass Monkey is perfect for anyone who wants to add a touch of whimsy to their work or personal life. Not to mention, the vintage inspired design adds an aesthetic charm to your otherwise dull and boring workspace or home. Brass Monkey - We’re the line between roadside souvenirs and fine china. Here to turn the th
£13.50
Gill The Accidental Soberista: Discover the unexpected bliss of an alcohol-free life
Kate Gunn was a social drinker, usually having a few drinks about three nights a week. But she had an inkling that alcohol was holding her back from getting on top of her life, and the hangovers were getting worse. So, when Kate’s partner had to take a break from alcohol for a month, in solidarity with him, she decided to dip her toes in the water and try being a non-drinker too. Not long into her transformational journey, Kate discovered that breaking free from alcohol improved every single aspect of her life: from relationships to health to work to happiness. By giving up one thing, she gained so much more. In The Accidental Soberista, Kate chronicles the challenges and obstacles on the path to giving herself the greatest gift she has ever received – freedom from alcohol. Whether you’re sober-curious or want to remove the final obstacle in the way of your own health and life goals, this could be just the journey for you too.
£15.99
The University of Chicago Press Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work
Many artists, writers, and other creative people do their best work when collaborating within a circle of likeminded friends. Experimenting together and challenging one another, they develop the courage to rebel against the established traditions in their field. Out of their discussions they develop a new, shared vision that guides their work even when they work alone. In a unique study that will become a rich source of ideas for professionals and anyone interested in fostering creative work in the arts and sciences, Michael P. Farrell looks at the group dynamics in six collaborative circles: the French Impressionists; Sigmund Freud and his friends; C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Inklings; social reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; the Fugitive poets; and the writers Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford. He demonstrates how the unusual interactions in these collaborative circles drew out the creativity in each member. Farrell also presents vivid narrative accounts of the roles played by the members of each circle. He considers how working in such circles sustains the motivation of each member to do creative work; how collaborative circles shape the individual styles of the persons within them; how leadership roles and interpersonal relationships change as circles develop; and why some circles flourish while others flounder.
£36.00
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The "Lost" Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany: Windows, Paintings, Lamps, Vases, and Other Works
The works of the Tiffany Studios revolutionized interior design in turn-of-the-century America. All of the company's works-from stained-glass windows to blown-glass vases; lamp shades to inkwells-bore the unique stamp of one man, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who created the Tiffany Studios and supervised every aspect of their production. Many of these official studio pieces are well known today-avidly sought by museums and collectors worldwide. Special ones among them, as well as other lesser known pieces-the "lost" works of Louis Tiffany himself-are, in a real sense, the core of his astonishing achievement. They comprise his personal oeuvre-the objects made from his original designs for exhibition, for private commissions, or for use in Tiffany's own homes. This book reevaluates Tiffany's art in terms of his personal work-including pieces in all the media that attracted him over the course of his prolific career; stained glass, of course, but also mosaics, blown glass, pottery, jewelry, and enamels. Tiffany's pioneering efforts in interior design are covered, as are his easel paintings and his dream of creating a permanent residential retreat for working artists. Hugh F. McKean also provides much intimate insight into Tiffany's personality, his domestic life, his financial dealings, and his unusual philosophy of art. Lavishly illustrated, the book presents a vivid display of Tiffany's wide-ranging aesthetic. The result is a rare portrait of Tiffany the man-and of the prodigious imagination that almost single-handedly transformed the day-to-day image of a nation and an era.
£45.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Die Portfolio-Revolution: Das Ende der klassischen Portfoliotheorie
Die Finanzmärkte stehen spätestens seit dem russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine ganz im Zeichen inflationärer Tendenzen. Vor allem die Reaktionen der Zentralbanken führen nun dazu, dass der zentrale Parameter des globalen Finanzmarktes starken Änderungen unterworfen wird: der risikolose Zins. Dieser beeinflusst nicht nur Bewertungsmodelle, Risikoberechnungen und künftige Kapitalflüsse im Allgemeinen. Er beeinflusst auch direkt den Marktwert aller gehandelten Finanzinstrumente, inklusive aller Arten von Sachwerten, Kryptowährungen oder Kunstobjekte. Zunehmende Marktverwerfungen und nach wie vor niedrige Risikoprämien in traditionellen Marktsegmenten sprechen für alternative Risikoprämien, die vor allem mit Hilfe von aktiven Managementmethoden vereinnahmt werden können. Hier haben sich neue Möglichkeiten entwickelt, denen in Zukunft ein breiterer Raum im Portfolio institutioneller Investoren eingeräumt werden sollte. Jochen Felsenheimer zeigt, wie die Entwicklungen der letzten Jahre an den Grundpfeilern der Portfoliotheorie rütteln. Die Aktivität der Notenbanken an den Anleihemärkten lässt den Schluss zu, dass die dominanten Investoren nicht nach Risiko-Return-Optimierung streben. Konzertierte Aktionen, wie zum Beispiel bei der GameStop-Aktie wiederum sprechen gegen die Annahme der Informationseffizienz und der Siegeszug passiver Investmentanbieter lässt vermuten, dass die Struktur der Finanzmärkte Oligopol-artige Formen annimmt. Jochen Felsenheimer stellt die Frage: Wenn also die Grundannahmen der Portfoliotheorie angesichts der jüngsten Entwicklungen als obsolet angesehen werden müssen, müssen nicht auch die klassischen Portfoliokonzepte in Frage gestellt werden? In diesem Umfeld entfällt die ökonomische Rechtfertigung für passive Indexinvestments, die dominierende Anlagestrategie der letzten Dekade. Und es spricht für die Notwendigkeit alternativer Methoden zur Bewertung von Investments und zur Konstruktion effizienter Portfolien. Das beginnt mit neuen Konzepten hinsichtlich der Risiko- und Return-Parameter und endet mit der Frage nach der Korrelation verschiedener Investments. In jedem Fall bedeutet es ein Ende der klassischen Portfoliotheorie zugunsten alternativer Ansätze.
£29.95
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd In the Mood for Colour: Perfect Palettes for Creative Interiors
Bring the transformative power of colour into your life with the help of Hans Blomquist, whose inspiring interiors will enable you to find the right colours for your home. Colour is powerful – it can change our moods or raise our spirits. It can be positively life-enhancing, yet so many of us struggle to choose the right shades for our home. In the Mood for Colour reveals celebrated interior stylist Hans Blomquist's passion for colour and the way in which it can affect our emotions. Colour can soothe, enchant or excite. And, as Hans demonstrates, it has the ability to render rooms cool and calming, dynamic and stimulating or moody and intriguing. As ever, Hans draws his inspiration from the natural world, exploring shades that range from the dazzling white of newly fallen snow to the fiery crimson heart of an unfurled poppy and the inky canopy of the midnight sky. Divided into five sections – Dark, Pale, Natural, Soft and Bold – In the Mood for Colour will make you see colour in a completely different light.
£22.50
Monacelli Press New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting
New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting by Robert Zeller offers a sweeping exposition of both historical Surrealism and its legacy in the world of contemporary art. It demonstrates the many ways in which the most significant art movement of the last century continues to be relevant today, featuring an international selection of contemporary artists whose compositions and studio practice reveal its influence. There are many modalities of historical Surrealism that still maintain contemporary currency: presenting the familiar as unfamiliar and uncanny, the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated imagery, the use of absurdity to critique political or social issues, and the use of erotic imagery in an irrational, non-linear context. Not all the artists brought together in this book self-identify as Surrealist, per se, but each uses some variation of Surrealism in a personal manner. The book begins with a study of the origins, leadership, participating artists, and major milestones of historical Surrealism. Zeller chronicles the movement starting at the end of World War I and the birth of Dada. The most important players and events emerge throughout the timeline of events—including World War II, and such notable artists as Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Leonora Carrington, and many others—up until the death of its leader Andre Breton in 1966. Zeller then explores how elements of New Surrealism are being put into practice in the contemporary art world. Section Two offers a survey of 29 contemporary artists who engage in New Surrealism’s seemingly unlimited variations of the movement’s original themes, including Rosa Loy, Glenn Brown, and Arghavan Khosravi. Section Three features 14 artists, including important contemporary artists such as Inka Essenhigh, Ginny Casey and Anna Weyant, who speak to Surrealism’s influence on their studio practice, detailing in their own words how they create a composition from start to finish.
£29.66
Quarto Publishing PLC Moon Bear
In this enchantingly illustrated, almost wordless picture book, a story of courage and creativity unfolds when a girl who is afraid of the dark meets a magical moon bear who is afraid of the light. Ettie is afraid of the dark. Every night without fail her Mummy calls, 'Time for bed, Ettie!' The curtains pull shut, her bedside light blinks out and Ettie is surrounded by the deep inky cloak of the dark… … Until one night, the bright moon shines through a crack in her curtains. Cautiously, Ettie reaches out a hand to touch the light and is surprised to find that it leaves a glittering mark on her hands. Overcome with curiosity and joy, Ettie dances around her room, drawing with this magical beam of moonlight. She pulls open her curtains and begins to connect the stars in the sky as if they were dots. A moon bear slowly appears in the sky, and when she connects the very last dot, he bursts i
£7.99
C & T Publishing krafttex Roll Linen HandDyed Prewashed
Introducing prewashed kraft-tex in a sophisticated range of new colours! Wait until you get your hands on this rugged paper that looks, feels, and wears like leather, but sews, cuts, and washes just like fabric. kraft-tex Designer is supple and easy to sew with, yet strong enough to use for projects that get tough wear. This cruelty-free leather alternative now comes in hand-dyed, hand-finished denim blue, saffron yellow, moss green, and linen, and will bring an exciting new texture and colour to your craft-sewing projects, mixed-media arts, and bookmaking. The sumptuous surface is prewashed, preshrunk, eco-friendly, colour-fast, tear-resistant, and so much more. â Play with it! Sew it, stamp it, draw on it, fold it, inkjet print it â Prewashed treatment gives it a suede-like finish and lovely crinkles â Pieces are hand-dyed and hand-cut, so colour and size may vary slightly.
£24.74
Zando A Tall Dark Trouble
Raised to fear their magic, twin witches begin receiving premonitions of a killer targeting brujas and must embrace their powers to save lives . . . before it's too late. The high-stakes worldbuilding of Divine Rivals meets the witchy romance of Practical Magic in Vanessa Montalban's thrilling YA Latine fantasy debut. In contemporary Miami, twins Delfi and Lela are haunted by a family curse that poisons any chance at romantic love. It’s no wonder their mother forbids them from getting involved with magic. When Lela and Delfi receive premonitions of a mysterious killer targeting brujas, however, the sisters must embrace their emerging powers to save innocent lives. Teaming up with their best friend Ethan and brooding detective-in-training Andres, Delfi and Lela set out to catch a murderer on a dangerous hunt that will force them to confront the dark secrets of their family’s past.Meanwhile, in 1980s Cuba, Anita de Armas whispers to the spirits for mercy—not for herself, but for the victims of her mother’s cult. She’s desperate to rid herself of her power, which manifests as inky shadows and an ability to speak to the dead. As political tensions rise and Anita’s cult initiation draws near, she must make a decision that could change not only her fate, but the fate of the nation.Lela, Delfi, and Anita’s stories intertwine in a thrilling fantasy that spans oceans and generations as each woman steps into her power, refusing to be subdued by any person or curse.
£14.99
Icon Books Into the Dark: What darkness is and why it matters
'Often poetic ... highly-researched and thought-provoking' New Scientist'Gently and thoughtfully enquiring' The SpectatorCan you remember the first time you encountered true darkness? The kind that remains as black and inky whether your eyes are open or closed? Where you can't see your hand in front of your face?Jacqueline Yallop can. It was in an unfamiliar bedroom while holidaying in Yorkshire as a child, and ever since then she has been fascinated by the dark, by our efforts to capture or avoid it, by the meanings we give to it and the way our brains process it. Taking a journey into the dark secrets of place, body and mind, she documents a series of night-time walks, exploring both the physical realities of darkness and the psychological dark that helps shape our sense of self. Exploring our enduring love-hate relationship with states of darkness, she considers how we attempt to understand and contain the dark, and, as she comes to terms with her father's deteriorating Alzheimer's, she reflects on how our relationship with the dark can change with time and circumstance.Darkness captivates, baffles and appals us. It's a shifty thing of many textures and many moods. It can be an absence and a presence, a solace and a threat, a beginning and an end. Into the Dark is the story of the many darks that fascinate and assail us. It faces the darkness in all its guises and mysteries, celebrating it as a thing of beauty while peering into the void.
£16.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Intervention Resource Guide: 50 Performance Improvement Tools
Your performance improvement toolbox! You want to be able to: * Increase your awareness of various performance improvementoptions * Propose an intervention or a series of interventions to eliminatea performance gap * Select interventions systematically * Learn how to implement interventions more effectively . . . andmore! Here's your toolbox. Interventions are the tools that you can useto effect changes in performance. While many other resources haveidentified the importance of interventions as performance tools,and some resources have even singled out select interventions thatmight be used to drive improvement at an organization, no otherresource has offered you so many interventions. * How would a 360-degree-feedback program improve yourorganization? * How could you design communication, leadership, and mentoringprograms? * When should you improve your compensation systems and employeeorientations? * How could you maximize the effectiveness of job aids andon-the-job training? This resource not only answers those questions--and manyothers--but also gives you the field-tested tools you need toproduce measurable modifications in performance. You'll be able tosolve a host of operational dilemmas! Don't worry about how to face performance problems. Just grab yourtoolbox and go! The Intervention Resource Guide has the toolsyou've waited for. First, these experienced editors tell you how to select andimplement interventions. Then you get a huge array of fiftyinterventions designed by the top practitioners in the field. Inkeeping with the central tenets of human performance technology,all of these interventions are designed to prompt measurablechanges at your organization. You'll have an easier time justifyingwhy you're doing what you're doing than ever before!You'll get whatyou need for: * action learning * competency modeling * conflict management * customer feedback * diversity management * electronic performance support systems (EPSS) * performance appraisal * strategic planning * teaming . . . and much more! All these resources are field-tested and formulated for fastimplementation.Among the many leading contributors to thisone-of-a-kind resource are: * Jean Barbazette * Dale M. Brethower * Gloria Gery * Roger Kaufman * Danny Langdon * Bob Nelson * William J. Rothwell * Edgar H. Schein * Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan * Donald Tosti * Kathleen Whiteside * Ron Zemke . . . and many others! You've heard about performance improvement and human performancetechnology. They have sounded promising. But you weren't fully surewhat an intervention was, how to select one, or how to implementone. Now you know! Intervention Resource Guide is your performanceimprovement toolbox.
£65.00
Little, Brown Book Group A Time of Love and Tartan
Catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith . . .'A joyous, charming portrait of city life and human foibles, which moves beyond its setting to deal with deep moral issues and love, desire and friendship' Sunday ExpressIf only Pat Macgregor had an inkling of the embarrassment romantic, professional, even aesthetic that flowed from accepting narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce Anderson's invitation for coffee, she would never have said yes. And if only Matthew, her boss at the art gallery, hadn't wandered into his local bookshop and picked up a particular book at a particular time, he would never have knocked over his former English teacher or attracted the attentions of the police.Whether caused by small things such as a cup of coffee and a book, or major events such as Stuart's application for promotion and his wife Irene's decision to go off and study for a PhD in Aberdeen, change is coming to serial fiction's favourite street. But for three seven-year-old boys Bertie Pollock, Ranald Braveheart Macpherson, and Big Lou's foster son Finlay - it also means a getting a glimpse of perfect happiness.Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully witty, wise and sometimes surreal comedy spirals out to include tennis-playing Rwandan Forest People, researches into levitating Celtic saints, bogus headhunters in Papua New Guinea and primary school performances of Beckett. But its heart remains where it has always been true to life, love and laughter in Edinburgh's New Town.
£8.09
John Wiley & Sons Inc Architectural Building Codes: A Graphic Reference
Architectural Building Codes by James G. Scott All architects musthave a solid working knowledge of building codes. Noncompliancemeans facing strained schedules and budgets at best, and lawsuitsat worst. Yet until now, no resource has been available toprofessionals that demystifies architectural building codes instraightforward, easy-to-understand language, with a unique graphicpresentation. James G. Scott's Architectural Building Codes slicesthrough the technical, legal, and bureaucratic jargon of buildingcodes with a direct, engaging style. Beginning with the assumptionthat building codes are by nature complex and difficult tounderstand, Mr. Scott provides both the theoretical principles andpractical grounding all architectural professionals need toefficiently incorporate code regulations into their designs. Theauthor bridges the gap between theory and application, turning thearcane, impenetrable rules of building codes into usable concepts.The material is cogently organized from general to specific ideas,leading the reader on a logical progression through the maze ofcode regulation. Comprehensive in scope, this book covers buildingcodes with a refreshingly broad perspective. Architectural BuildingCodes is a complete user's guide that covers a wide range oftopics, including: * accessibility standards and the Americans with DisabilitiesAct * fire-resistant materials * building limitations * means of egress * roofing, interior finishes, floor and wall coverings * occupancy * building materials * plumbing and mechanical codes * elevators An outstanding graphic presentation featuring striking pen-and-inkdrawings illuminates technical concepts and regulations. TheAppendix provides a list of practical addresses that guides thereader to other useful resources. Architectural Building Codes is aone-of-a-kind reference and resource for architecture students aswell as professionals responsible for code compliance. Buildingmanagers and owners who require both practical information and abroad grasp of code issues will find this book an indispensableguide.
£120.95
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Creative Process: Stories from the Arts and Sciences
The Creative Process: Stories from the Arts and Sciences asks how celebrated works of art and breakthroughs in science came to be. What was the first inkling? What were the steps and missteps along the way? How was the process experienced by the creative person as it proceeded? And what are the implications for the psychology of the creative process?Each chapter focuses on a specific creative endeavor, situating the work in the context of domain, culture, and historical era. Then it traces the development of the work—from what we know of its beginnings to its fulfillment. Qualitative materials—interviews, notebooks, diaries, sketches, drafts, and other writings—allow a story of the creative process as lived to emerge. The narratives exemplify established concepts in the psychology of creativity, propose broadening some, reveal the need for modification, and suggest new ones. Application of phenomenological frameworks illuminate the episodes in new ways as well. The case study approach proves again that each episode is unique, yet themes and variations come into view when the episodes are considered together in a final reflection.From Darwin’s theory to an unusual jazz sound, here are 11 fascinating stories of how specific works took shape. Psychologists, students interested in creativity, and all those intrigued by the process in any creative field will find this book essential reading.
£135.00
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Tiffany Desk Sets: With the Master List of Tiffany Studios Items
In the dynamic first quarter of the 20th century, Louis Comfort Tiffany and his Tiffany Studios in New York City produced 24 distinctly different bronze desk-set patterns with nearly 1,000 different items sold separately, so that successful business leaders could decide which and how many they could arrange on their desks. The typical set might include inkwell, pen tray, paper rack, rocker blotter, and decorative ends for the desk blotter. Some patterns have a dozen or fewer items, but a few patterns have about 80 items available. Over 600 color photographs show most of the desk set items, with carefully researched text, including their Tiffany item numbers, markings, sizes, related pieces, and rarity, and an indispensible Master List of all the original Tiffany Studios items, including lamps, planters, match holders, etc., in numerical order. It will help to identify pieces never seen before and mismatched and put-together items. This is the most comprehensice collecting guide to the subject..
£73.79