One Nation Under Stress
The wear and tear of American life has been a topic of public concern ever since the mid-nineteenth century when middle-class men faced pressures to succeed in a newly industrialized society. But although stress is often associated with conditions...
Rogue Regime
How combustible is the Korean crisis? Very, is the only sensible answer. In 1994, the united states came close to launching a pre-emptive strike against North Korea. Since then perhaps three million have died of starvation in the North, a disaster...
The Right and the Welfare State
The Right and the Welfare State studies the welfare state policies of conservative and liberal governments. These parties have been assumed to be nothing but the welfare-sceptical flip-side of the Left, but the book presents a new theory arguing t...
Syria and the Neutrality Trap
The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance. According to international practice, humanitarian aid should be channelled through a state government that bears a particular responsibility for ...
Chemical Sciences in the 20th Century
Chemistry in the last century was characterized by spectacular growth and advances, stimulated by revolutionary theories and experimental breakthroughs. Yet, despite this rapid development, the history of this scientific discipline has achieved on...
A Critical Introduction to International Criminal Law
International criminal law has witnessed a rapid rise after the end of the Cold War. The United Nations refers to the birth of a new 'age of accountability', but certain historical objections, such as selectivity or victor's justice, have never fu...
Cultures of Relatedness
Our understanding of what makes a person a relative has been transformed by radical changes in marriage arrangements and gender relations, and by new reproductive technologies. We can no longer take it for granted that our most fundamental social ...
A Critical Introduction to International Criminal Law
International criminal law has witnessed a rapid rise after the end of the Cold War. The United Nations refers to the birth of a new 'age of accountability', but certain historical objections, such as selectivity or victor's justice, have never fu...
Religion and Democracy
This fully updated new edition empirically assesses the relationship between religion and democracy, looking at global, regional, and individual countries' perspectives. Using a wide range of quantitative data, the author tests the validity of Hun...
Inorganic Mass Spectrometry
Providing an exhaustive review of this topic, Inorganic Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications¿provides details on all aspects of inorganic mass spectrometry, from a historical overview of the topic to the principles and functions of mass ...
Compassion for Couples
How resilient is your relationship? Do you and your partner go into "reactivity mode" when a conflict arises? Do you wish you were closer and more connected? We all need healthy, secure relationships in order to thrive--but they can be h...
Even Superheroes Make Mistakes
"A highly appealing read. . . . Children will readily gravitate to this book." --School Library Journal What do young superheroes do when they've blundered and bungled? They don't get mad; they get SMART! This fun follow-up to Even Super...
Knigokhodets
ISTORIJa PRO KNIZHKI, JAKI POJeDNUJUT DUSHIKarl, 72-richnij knigar, schovechora obkhodit rajon, dostavljajuchi knizhki svojim osoblivim chitacham. Vin uvazhno dobiraje idealni istoriji, jaki vtishajut i darujut radist.Odnogo vechora, pid chas svojeji zvichnoji proguljanki, Karl zustrichaje dev'jatirichnu Shashu. Tsja energijna divchinka v zhovtomu doschoviku napoleglivo prosit prijednatisja do nogo i navit namagajetsja podilitisja svojimi znannjami pro knigi.Koli zh robota Karla v knigarni opinjajetsja pid zagrozoju, same Shasha beretsja dopomogti jomu vidnoviti garmoniju v zhitti.Dvoje vipadkovikh perekhozhikh, jakikh pojednala zvorushliva druzhba, namagajutsja razom povernuti magiju chitannja do svogo malenkogo mistechka.
Blood Work
What is blood? How can we account for its enormous range of meanings and its extraordinary symbolic power? In Blood Work Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malays...
Bioaesthetics
In recent years, bioaesthetics has used the latest discoveries in evolutionary studies and neuroscience to provide new ways of looking at art and aesthetics. Carsten Strathausens remarkable exploration of this emerging field is the first comprehen...
Skandinavisk Racerelite
Tre skandinaviske racerkørere sigtede højt og ambitiøst. De ville i F1 - men kom de det og hvordan? Ole, Reine og Ronnie var fortroppen for nutidens store stjerner. De tre talenter var anden generation af formelracerkørere, der gjorde sig internat...
Der Buchspazierer
Der Buchspazierer
Hans Scharoun
Hans Scharoun is one of the most important architects of the 20th century; as a proponent of organic architecture, he created unconventional and imaginative buildings which adapt to users' needs in a dynamic way. His oeuvre includes family residen...
Vi, de druknede
Marstal, en flække på en ø i Østersøen, et fjernt sted i en lille nation. I 1800-tallet bliver Marstal hjemsted for nye generationer af mænd, der drevet af udlængsel sætter sig for at krydse verdenshavene. Det er mænd, der lever i et evigt opgør: med havet, med hinanden og med de kvinder, de elsker, men først og fremmest med deres egne mørke sider. Havet kræver sin pris af mænd som den fandenivoldske Laurids, der efter et tabt søslag aldrig bliver den samme igen. Og sønnen Albert, der på Stillehavet leder efter sin forsvundne far, men i stedet kommer hjem med et skrumpehoved. Og Knud Erik, som med hovedet fuldt af Alberts skrøner bliver stillet over for et moralsk umuligt valg i Anden Verdenskrig. Også familierne bliver havets ofre; de fædreløse børn, de druknedes enker - og Klara, Marstals dødsengel. Fra Newfoundlands klippekyster til Samoas plantager, fra Tasmaniens lyssky barer til det nordlige Ruslands ødemark er Vi, de druknede en episk beretning om fire generationer af mænd
We, The Drowned
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. We, The Drowned is an epic novel about generations of men who go to sea and the women and children they leave behind. Filled with adventure, cannibals, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, forbidden passions, cowards, heroes, tragedies, love, and survival, this book takes its place among the greatest seafaring literature. We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, Denmark, whose inhabitants sailed the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War. The novel tells of ships wrecked and blown up in wars, of places of terror and violence that continue to lure each generation. The result is a brilliant seafaring novel, a gripping saga encompassing industrial growth, the years of expansion and exploration, the crucible of the first half of the twentieth century, and most of all, the sea. 'We, the Drowned sets sail beyond the narrow channels of the seafaring genre and approaches Tolstoy in its evocation of war's confusion, its
The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court
Some parts of this publication are open access, available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. Chapters 2, 4, 10, 47 and 49 are offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The International Cr...
Hans und Wassili Luckhardt
The architectural work of Hans and Wassili Luckhardt (1890–1954/1889–1972) is not yet adequately appreciated. As members of the Glass Chain initiative and the Ring collective, they shaped, especially through their work with Alfons Anker, the development of Modernist architecture in the 1920s, as evidenced by their winning design for the layout of Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. While their early work was anchored in utopian expressionism, a more objective attitude emerged later, based on the application of new architectural constructs. The book documents all 40 of Hans und Wassili Luckhardt’s realized buildings. Two essays deal with the unbuilt and utopian projects. Newly taken photographs and newly drawn plans by Carsten Krohn complement the historical illustrations. * Comprehensive documentation of the work of Hans and Wassili Luckhardt. * * With approx. 80 new photographs and 80 newly drawn plans by Carsten Krohn