Empire of Ecstasy
"Empire of Ecstasy" offers a novel interpretation of the explosion of German body culture between the two wars - nudism and nude dancing, gymnastics and dance training, dance photography and criticism, and diverse genres of performance f...
Antieigenvalue Analysis: With Applications To Numerical Analysis, Wavelets, Statistics, Quantum Mechanics, Finance And Optimization
Karl Gustafson is the creator of the theory of antieigenvalue analysis. Its applications spread through fields as diverse as numerical analysis, wavelets, statistics, quantum mechanics, and finance.Antieigenvalue analysis, with its operator trigon...
Sounds of Innate Freedom
Sounds of Innate Freedom
Prophet in Debate
An investigation of the literary structure and rhetorical challenge that prompted the book's production. Moller argues that the book of Amos captures and presents the debate between Amos and his eighth-century audience. When read in the light of I...
Moscow, 1937
Moscow, 1937: the soviet metropolis at the zenith of Stalin's dictatorship. A society utterly wrecked by a hurricane of violence.¿ In this compelling book, the renowned historian Karl Schlögel reconstructs with meticulous care the process through ...
Scent of Empires
Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the twentieth century by examining the fate of perfumes? In this remarkable book, Karl Schlögel unravels ...
Knowledge and Knowers
We live in 'knowledge societies' and work in 'knowledge economies', but accounts of social change treat knowledge as homogeneous and neutral. While knowledge should be central to educational research, it focuses on processes of knowing and condemn...
The Cambridge Companion to German Idealism
This updated edition offers a comprehensive, penetrating, and informative guide to what is regarded as the classical period of German philosophy. Kant, Fichte, Hegel, and Schelling are all discussed in detail, along with contemporaries such as Höl...
Native American Storytelling
The myths and legends in this book have been selected both for their excellence as stories and because they illustrate the distinctive nature of Native American storytelling. A collection of Native American myths and legends. Selected for their ex...
Plant Maintenance with SAP S/4HANA: Business User Guide
Plant maintenance with SAP Enterprise Asset Management (SAP EAM) is more than just a routine checkup. Use this must-have guide to structure your functional locations, capture shift notes and shift reports, and much more. Dive into the technical underpinning of SAP PM, from material and plant maintenance assemblies to linear asset management. Discover best practices and real-world tips make to your SAP PM job easier. - Best Practices for Your Day-to-Day Duties: Harness the power of SAP EAM with real-world best practices and strategies. Discover critical SAP EAM functionality like shift notes, shift reports, and preventative maintenance. - Specialized Functionality and Framework: Master SAP EAM business processes, from planned repairs and refurbishment, to subcontracting, and pool asset management. Map and implement these processes to your specialized requirements with detailed guides to optimize SAP PM daily workload. - Under-the-Hood Insigh: Explore technologies both old and new; see
Stretching for 50+
An easy-to-start program for maintaining a mobile, active, and healthy lifestyle after 50 and beyond Designed to meet your unique needs, the carefully modified stretches in this book are easy to learn and safe to perform at any age. Regardless of your current fitness level, 50+ Stretching shows how to substantially improve flexibility by incorporating basic stretches into your life. The exercises in this book can reverse years of muscle tightening, helping you perform daily activities without pain and enjoy sports and leisure activities without injury. Fully illustrated with step-by-step photos and clear captions, the stretches cover all muscle groups, including problem areas such as neck, lower back, and hands. In addition, the author includes tips, cautions and techniques for properly performing each stretch. Also among the book's exclusive features are the 'supereasy' variations designed for the 60-and-older individuals with limited mobility. By incorporating helpful props such as
Heal Your Frozen Shoulder
A comprehensive at-home rehab, strengthening, and maintenance program for recovering from and preventing frozen shoulder Featuring step-by-step exercises complete with over 150 photos, Heal Your Frozen Shoulder guarantees that you, regardless of fitness level, can recover from and prevent further shoulder pain. The author, a medical doctor who specializes in the needs of aging patients, details the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this condition, along with simple lifestyle tweaks that can make a world of difference to sufferers. With the emphasis on proper form and gentle, effective stretching and strengthening movements, this book helps you safely and easily regain motion while avoiding injury. Plus, its exercise and workout schedules make it easy for you to achieve optimal results.
Vermeer. The Complete Works
His works have prompted a New York Times bestseller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington, DC; and special crowd-control measures at the Mauritshuis, The Hague,...
Eleusis
The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to "see visions," C. Kerenyi exa...
Reformation Unbound
Fundamentally revising our understanding of the nature and intellectual contours of early English Protestantism, Karl Gunther argues that sixteenth-century English evangelicals were calling for reforms and envisioning godly life in ways that were ...
