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The Literature of Possibility (trailer)
Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2013; US$ 0.00What is the literature of possibility? For over 2,000 years, philosophers have been interested in what makes for "the good life" in terms of the ability to provide for oneself and ones family, enjoy the pleasures of culture and nature, participate in political life, and make some contribution to society. The literature of possibility... more...
Praxisfelder des kreativen und therapeutischen Schreibens
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2013; US$ 38.03Hauptbeschreibung Wirst du jetzt Schriftstellerin? Dieser Frage begegnen Absolventinnen von Masterstudiengängen zu kreativem und therapeutischem Schreiben oft. Den Autorinnen dieses Bandes geht es jedoch um wissenschaftlich gesicherte Handlungs- und Wirkungsfelder ihrer Methode. So kann kreatives und therapeutisches Schreiben in der Beratung,... more...
Running Crazy - Imagine Running a Marathon. Now Imagine Running Over 100 of Them. Incredible True Stories from the World's Most Fanatical Runners
John Blake Publishing 2013; US$ 8.74Pheidippides did it once and became a legend. Brian Mills did it 771 times... but you might be forgiven for not knowing who he is. He is a runner and ?it? is the marathon ? all 26 miles and 385 yards of it ? and for some people once is not enough. Brian Mills is rumoured to have a butterfly tattoo for each of his 771 efforts. And Brian is not the... more...
Robust Structural Design against Self-Excited Vibrations
Springer 2013; US$ 39.95This book studies methods for a robust design of rotors against self-excited vibrations. The occurrence of self-excited vibrations in engineering applications if often unwanted and in many cases difficult to model. Thinking of complex systems such as machines with many components and mechanical contacts, it is important to have guidelines for design... more...
Opening the Doors
University of Alabama Press 2013; US$ 34.95Opening the Doors is a wide-ranging account of the University of Alabama’s 1956 and 1963 desegregation attempts, as well as the little-known story of Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s, own civil rights movement. Whereas E. Culpepper Clark’s The Schoolhouse Door remains the standard history of the University of Alabama’s desegregation,... more...
Zur doppelten Diskontinuität in der Gymnasiallehrerbildung
Springer 2013; US$ 39.95Ausgehend von Problemanalysen zur doppelten Diskontinuität der Lehramtsausbildung sind in den letzten Jahren an vielen Standorten Konzepte entwickelt worden für sinnstiftende Anfangsveranstaltungen und die Aufbereitung der fachlichen Inhalte für späteres didaktisches Handeln zwischen fachinhaltlichen und fachdidaktischen Ausbildungselementen.... more...
Speaking of Race and Class
Temple University Press 2012; US$ 29.95In Speaking of Race and Class , the follow-up volume to her groundbreaking Race and Class Matters at an Elite College , Elizabeth Aries completes her four-year study of diversity at a prestigious liberal arts college. Here, the 58 students—affluent, lower-income, black, and white—that Aries has interviewed since they were Amherst freshmen... more...
Anerkennung und Gewalt an Schulen
Springer 2012; US$ 47.99Wie wirken sich schulische und familiäre Anerkennungskonflikte auf das Selbstkonzept von SchülerInnen, auf deren Zugehörigkeit zu aggressiven Peergroups und auf die von ihnen gezeigte Gewalt im Schulalltag aus? Tilmann Kammler nutzt zur Klärung dieser Fragen ein umfangreiches Messinstrument, das neben Teilen aus bestehenden Studien... more...
Power, Knowledge, Animals
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 88.00This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about animals that are understood to convey true things. more...
Forever New
Dartmouth College Press 2012; US$ 34.99The collected speeches of Dartmouth's sixteenth president more...









