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Mary on the Eve of the Second Vatican Council (9780268101589)

The Blessed Virgin Mary is uniquely associated with Catholicism, and the century preceding the Second Vatican Council was arguably the most fertile era for Catholic Marian studies. In 1964, Pope John Paul VI published the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, or Lumen Gentium (LG), the eighth chapter of which presents the most comprehensive magisterial teaching on the Blessed Virgin Mary. As part of its Marian Initiative, the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame invited scholars to a conference held at Notre Dame in October 2013 to reflect the rich Marian legacy on the eve of the Second Vatican Council. The essays unanimously stress that the Blessed Virgin Mary is not merely a peripheral figure in Christian faith and in the panorama of theology. More than fifty years after Lumen Gentium, students of theology as well as Marian devotees take their bearings from this document in order to promote the person of Mary and the study of Mariology, as well as grow in authenti...

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Bach (3446246193)

Mit Johann Sebastian Bach ist John Eliot Gardiner seit seiner Kindheit verbunden: Auf dem Weg ins Kinderzimmer begleitete ihn von einem Bild herab stets der strenge Blick des Thomaskantors. Heute ist Gardiner der bedeutendste Bach-Interpret unserer Zeit, kaum einer hat sich mit solcher Leidenschaft und solchem Kenntnisreichtum mit dem großen Komponisten beschäftigt. Nun legt der weltberühmte Dirigent ein Porträt des Komponisten und Menschen Bach vor einem großen Panorama der damaligen Zeit vor. Bachs Musik kommt aus einer Welt großer Ängste und großer Hoffnungen - Erfahrungen, die auch einem heutigen Hörer nicht fremd sind. Gardiner gelingt es auf einzigartige Weise, Bachs Welt des Barock mit unserer Gegenwart zu verbinden. Product details Format Hardback ...

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Lineare Algebra (3540439498)

Diese Einfuhrung in die lineare Algebra bietet einen sehr anschaulichen Zugang zum Thema. Die englische Originalausgabe wurde rasch zum Standardwerk in den Anfangerkursen des Massachusetts Institute of Technology sowie in vielen anderen nordamerikanischen Universitaten. Auch hierzulande ist dieses Buch als Grundstudiumsvorlesung fur alle Studenten hervorragend lesbar. Daruber hinaus gibt es neue Impulse in der Mathematikausbildung und folgt dem Trend hin zu Anwendungen und Interdisziplinaritat. Inhaltlich umfasst das Werk die Grundkenntnisse und die wichtigsten Anwendungen der linearen Algebra und eignet sich hervorragend fur Studierende der Ingenieurwissenschaften, Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Informatik, die einen modernen Zugang zum Einsatz der linearen Algebra suchen. Ganz klar liegt hierbei der Schwerpunkt auf den Anwendungen, ohne dabei die mathematische Strenge zu vernachlassigen. Im Buch wird die jeweils zugrundeliegende Theorie mit zahlreichen Beispielen aus der Elektro...

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The Vineyard (9780520210905)

Set in the Napa Valley at the turn of the century, this novel beautifully evokes the characters' love of the land and the rhythms of life lived close to the earth and its seasons. Spirited Alda Pendle is the daughter of a viticulturist who has taught her his craft. When he dies, leaving her without property, her skills make her indispensable to the solitary owner of one of the old vineyards in the valley. The novel provides a vivid history of winemaking in California to the Prohibition era. Product details Format Paperback | 285 pages Dimensions ...

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Weimar (3608943080)

Das Trauma des Versailler Vertrages, die hohen Reparationen, das Desaster der Inflation, die agitatorische Unausgewogenheit und bedenkliche Zersplitterung der Parteien, die zahllosen Regierungskrisen und rasch wechselnden Kabinette, die Weltwirtschaftskrise 1929 bis hin zur Präsidialdemokratie: Ursula Büttner vermeidet bewusst, dieses kaum 14 Jahre dauernde Stakkato dramatischer und traumatischer Ereignisse mit seinem Ende gleichzusetzen. Denn die Weimarer Republik, so ihre entschiedene These über die erste deutsche Demokratie, hätte nicht in den 30. Januar 1933 münden müssen. Im Brennglas dieses einzigartigen Überblicks verdeutlichen Details und Zäsuren, wie sehr die erste deutsche Demokratie überfordert war: Von undemokratischen wie ideologischen, von konservativen wie revisionistischen Kräften, von links wie rechts missbraucht, wurde sie Beute der Skrupellosen. Product details ...

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Das achte Leben (Für Brilka) (9783627002084)

Georgien, 1900: Mit der Geburt Stasias, Tochter eines angesehenen Schokoladenfabrikanten, beginnt dieses berauschende Opus über sechs Generationen. Stasia wächst in der wohlhabenden Oberschicht auf und heiratet jung den Weißgardisten Simon Jaschi, der am Vorabend der Oktoberrevolution nach Petrograd versetzt wird, weit weg von seiner Frau. Als Stalin an die Macht kommt, sucht Stasia mit ihren beiden Kindern Kitty und Kostja in Tbilissi Schutz bei ihrer Schwester Christine, die bekannt ist für ihre atemberaubende Schönheit. Doch als der Geheimdienstler Lawrenti Beria auf sie aufmerksam wird, hat das fatale Folgen. Deutschland, 2006: Nach dem Fall der Mauer und der Auflösung der UdSSR herrscht in Georgien Bürgerkrieg. Niza, Stasias hochintelligente Urenkelin, hat mit ihrer Familie gebrochen und ist nach Berlin ausgewandert. Als ihre zwölfjährige Nichte Brilka nach einer Reise in den Westen nicht mehr nach Tbilissi zurückkehren möchte, spürt Niza sie auf. Ihr wird sie die ganze Geschicht...

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Meaning and Method : The Cultural Approach to Sociology (9781594515705)

Culture is increasingly important to American social science, but in what way? This book addresses the core issues of the sociology of culture-questions about the social role of meaning, along with those about the methods sociologists use to study culture and society-in a manner that makes clear their relevance to sociology as a whole. Part I consists of essays by leading cultural sociologists on how the turn to culture has changed the sociological study of organizations, economic action, and television, and concludes with Georgina Born's methodological statement on the sociology of art and cultural production. Part II contains a highly original, and at times heated, debate between Richard Biernacki and John H. Evans on the appropriateness of abstract and quantifiable coding schemes for the sociological study of culture. Ranging from the philosophy of science to the concrete, practical problems of interpreting masses of cultural data, the debate raises the controversy over the inte...

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Collected: Past + Present, Volume No 2 (9781982140397)

Get inspired by a new compilation of crave-worthy spaces and places curated by HGTV star and award-winning designer Sarah Richardson, following on the bestselling success of Sarah Style and At Home: Sarah Style. Collected by Sarah Richardson is a series of books that contains an ever-changing mood board of soulful design-from interior and exterior spaces, to products, places, and creative people. Filled with striking photos from Sarah and her team, along with top designers from the global scene, each volume is filled with diverse looks and perspectives, ensuring there's something for everyone. In the second volume, Past + Present, Sarah explores the relationship between old and new-from historic houses with sleek, contemporary interiors, to modern houses filled with beloved antiques. "Whether you're tackling a ground-up build or simply looking to make your spaces sing, these pages and the insight from our experts will excite and inform your design adventures," says S...

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Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge the Twenty-Four Carat Moon : The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library Vol. 22 (9781683962915)

Carl Barks delivers another superb collection of outrageous hijinks, preposterous situations, and all-around cartooning brilliance. Over 170 pages of stories, each meticulously restored and newly colored. Insightful story notes written by an international panel of Barks experts. Product details Format Hardback | 200 pages Dimensions 185 x 257 x 23mm | 816g ...

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Das 18. Jahrhundert : Zeitalter Der Aufklarung (3050043644)

Die Aufklärung - eine bekannte Epoche? Der Epochenband gibt eine Einführung in das Zeitalter der Aufklärung aus literaturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive. Die zentralen ästhetischen Entwicklungen und Debatten des 18. Jahrhunderts werden unter Einbeziehung aktueller Forschungen problemorientiert diskutiert, die Epoche wird frisch und innovativ reflektiert: Diskussion von Epochenbegriff und Epochengrenzen Autor, Markt und Publikum: Strukturwandel der literarischen Öffentlichkeit Die Epoche im Spiegel der zeitgenössischen Debatten, z. B.: Nationalliteratur, Antike, Ästhetik, Religion Popularisierung von Wissen und literarische Wissensvermittlung Kulturtransfer und Fremderfahrung Gattungsinnovationen und Gattungswandel: Drama, Roman, Publizistik und Literaturkritik, Fabel und Prosaerzählung, Dialog und Essay Pressestimmen: [Es ist] zu begrüßen, dass der Akademie Verlag mit der Reihe 'Studienbuch' den Versuch unternommen hat, den Studenten komplizierte wissenschaftliche Sachverhalte...

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Connect : How companies succeed by engaging radically with society (9780753556948)

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. Drawing on the experience of John Browne, former CEO of BP, and the insight of two McKinsey experts, Connect articulates and explores the recurring rift between big business and society, offering a practical manifesto for reconciliation. This timely and important book features candid interviews with global leaders at the heart of this debate, from Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Goldman Sachs' CEO Lloyd Blankfein to Tony Blair and Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Connect shows how companies and executives can enhance their performance by engaging radically with the world around them. Product details Format Paperback | 320 pages ...

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Critical Thinking : An Introduction to Reasoning Well (9781472595676)

'You shouldn't drink too much. The Earth is round. Milk is good for your bones.' Are any of these claims true? How can you tell? Can you ever be certain you are right? For anyone tackling philosophical logic and critical thinking for the first time, Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Reasoning Well provides a practical guide to the skills required to think critically. From the basics of good reasoning to the difference between claims, evidence and arguments, Robert Arp and Jamie Carlin Watson cover the topics found in an introductory course. Now revised and fully updated, this Second Edition features a glossary, chapter summaries, more student-friendly exercises, study questions, diagrams, and suggestions for further reading. Topics include: the structure, formation, analysis and recognition of arguments deductive validity and soundness inductive strength and cogency inference to the best explanation truth tables tools for argument assessment informal and formal...

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Treasonable Doubt : The Harry Dexter White Spy Case (9780700613113)

Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley shocked America in 1948 with their allegations that Communist spies had penetrated the American government. The resulting perjury trial of Alger Hiss is already legendary, but Chambers and Bentley also named Harry Dexter White, a high-ranking Treasury official. (Hiss himself thought that White had been the real target of the House Un-American Activities Committee.) When White died only a week after his bold defense before Congress, much speculation remained about the cause of his death and the truth of the charges made against him. Armed with a wealth of new information, Bruce Craig examines this controversial case and explores the ambiguities that have haunted it for more than half a century. The highest ranking figure in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations to be accused of espionage, White played a central role in the founding of the United Nations' twin financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. For years...

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World Regional Geography : A Short Introduction (9780190206703)

World Regional Geography: A Short Introduction is a compact, focused, and affordable book that provides foundational materials with an emphasis on contemporary issues. The crisp text introduces students to the character of world regional geography-the distinctiveness of different parts of the world-but also the linkages and connections. Part One sets the scene: one introductory chapter discusses the opportunities and dangers in using maps, data, and different scales of analysis, while another surveys broad global trends. The second part of the book explores these trends in sharper focus in a concise geography of the major regions of the world: Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Russia and its neighbors, East Asia, South East Asia, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia and Oceania, and North America. Each chapter examines a region's environmental context, historical geography, economic transformation, urban and rural trends,...

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Ptolemaic and Early Roman Egypt (9783110707687)

Private associations organized around a common cult, occupation, ethnic identity, neighborhood or family were among the principal means of organizing social and economic life in the ancient Mediterranean. They offered opportunities for sociability, cultic activities, mutual support and contexts in which to display and recognize virtuous achievement. This volume collects 140 inscriptions and papyri from Ptolemaic and early Roman Egypt, along with translations, notes, commentary, and analytic indices. The dossier of association-related documents substantially enhances our knowledge of the extent, activities, and importance of private associations in the ancient Mediterranean, since papyri, unavailable from most other locations in the Mediterranean, preserve a much wider range of data than epigraphical monuments. The dossier from Egypt includes not only honorific decrees, membership lists, bylaws, dedications, and funerary monuments, but monthly accounts of expenditures and income, corres...

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Megathreats : The Ten Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them (9781529373776)

'Roubini has surpassed even his high standards: the ten Megathreats he details are as scary as they are plausible. Forewarned is forearmed. Read and pay attention' Martin Wolf 'Roubini cuts to the real problems like a hot knife through butter with a clarity of mind that is rare among economists. I have never seen a more lucid and nuanced account of our financial condition. Not only will the reader be better off after reading this book, but the world will be a better place - Nassim Nicholas Taleb' We are heading towards the worst economic catastrophe of our lifetimes - unless we can defend against ten terrifying threats. World renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed Dr. Doom until his warnings of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Financial Crisis came true - when it was too late. Now he's back with much scarier predictions, ones that we ignore at our peril. There are no fewer than ten overlapping, interconnected threats that are so serious Roubini descri...

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Nala's World : One Little Cat's Quest for Love and Adventure (9781526364739)

A heartwarming picture book based on the incredible true story of social media sensation and round-the-world-cyclist Dean Nicholson and his trusty cat companion, Nala. When Dean Nicholson found an abandoned kitten by the side of the road one day, he hadn't bargained on the lessons he'd learn from his unlikely companion, Nala. Both curious, independent, resilient and adventurous, they were a perfect match - and so together, they set off to travel around the world. This inspirational true story, with an underlying message about loving and caring for animals, will show young readers everywhere that you can find friendship in the most unlikely places. With gorgeous illustrations from winner of the Waterstones Gift of the Year, Frann Preston-Gannon, and also featuring photos of Dean and Nala's real-world adventures. Dean and Nala's story has become a social media and publishing phenomenon. Dean's book for adults, Nala's World, spent two weeks on the Sunday Times...

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Verity : The thriller that will capture your heart and blow your mind (9781408726600)

OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD - THE NO.1 BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION, FROM THE AUTHOR OF IT ENDS WITH US Are you ready to stay up all night? Rebecca meets Gone Girl in this shocking, unpredictable thriller with a twist that will leave you reeling . . . Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hid...

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The Tempted (9781942017103)

New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant returns to the Highlands in the third book in her sizzling Rogues of Scotland series complete with breathtaking romance and the enchantment of the paranormal A MAN CONSUMED BY RAGE Stefan Kennedy was cursed by a gypsy and sentenced to a prison of darkness and despair. A hell that only served to feed the monster within. Unexpectedly released from his mystical cell, he's engulfed by fury and overcome by his need for vengeance until a beautiful and caring woman unexpectedly tames his inner beast. With just one touch, she makes his rage fade away. Stefan knows that he owes it to his friends to find out what happened to them after their run-in with the gypsy, but the mysterious and enchanting Morvan may be a temptation that he cannot resist. A WOMAN'S MAGICAL TOUCH Morvan has always been a child of the forest. She spends her days using her unique gifts to calm and heal the animals she encounters near her woodland cottage. But when she f...

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EU Law Directions (9780198853909)

The Directions series has been written with students in mind. The ideal guide as they approach the subject for the first time, this book will help them: - Gain a complete understanding of the topic: just the right amount of detail conveyed clearly - Understand the law in context: with scene-setting introductions and highlighted case extracts, the practical importance of the law becomes clear - Identify when and how to evaluate the law critically: they'll be introduced to the key areas of debate and given the confidence to question the law - Deepen and test knowledge: visually engaging learning and self-testing features aid understanding and help students tackle assessments with confidence - Elevate their learning: with the ground-work in place your students can aspire to take their learning to the next level, with direction provided on how to go further Digital formats and resources This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, an...

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